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Post by bruinsgold on Jan 12, 2020 16:14:41 GMT -5
I thought it'd be fun if we did a weekly Men's version of the VolleyTalk TOP 15 (Top 25 on the Women's side). Since there are fewer posters on the men's side (except for you Hawaii fans -- thanks for keeping the game live on both sides), I figured we could do this without an official committee and, instead, allow any poster that wants to participate list their Top 15.
*** The Weekly Top 15 will be your choices for who you think the best in the country are; not who you think the AVCA or Off the Block will choose. Who do you think are the best of the best? Breaking down your list is optional; not required. ***
I also thought it'd be great to add your NEXT THREE IN (which teams you feel are on the verge of cracking the Top 15) for each week and then your choice of Player of the Week (which player do you think contributed the most for their team or gave the best overall performance, despite win/loss).
I'll attach a sample template for everyone to make format easy:
VT Top 15
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
NEXT THREE IN:
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Hopefully this'll just be a fun way for us to reflect over the week's games and give our "expert" thoughts on what's happening across the country in this ever expanding men's side of the game.
Cheers!
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Post by bruinsgold on Jan 12, 2020 16:18:35 GMT -5
For anyone who might not have been able to catch all the action this week, here are the "upsets" that occurred across the game: • St. Francis (PA) over No. 7 Stanford • George Mason over No. 12 Southern California • NJIT over No. 12 Southern California • UCSD over No. 11 Loyola-Chicago • Concordia Irvine over No. 13 CSUN • McKendree over No. 13 CSUN (thanks knox) If I've forgotten any, please let me know!
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Post by knox on Jan 12, 2020 17:06:56 GMT -5
For anyone who might not have been able to catch all the action this week, here are the "upsets" that occurred across the game: • St. Francis (PA) over No. 7 Stanford • George Mason over No. 12 Southern California • NJIT over No. 12 Southern California • UCSD over No. 11 Loyola-Chicago • Concordia Irvine over No. 13 CSUN If I've forgotten any, please let me know! McKendree over No. 13 CSUN
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Post by raian13 on Jan 12, 2020 17:23:28 GMT -5
For anyone who might not have been able to catch all the action this week, here are the "upsets" that occurred across the game: • St. Francis (PA) over No. 7 Stanford • George Mason over No. 12 Southern California • NJIT over No. 12 Southern California • UCSD over No. 11 Loyola-Chicago • Concordia Irvine over No. 13 CSUN If I've forgotten any, please let me know! All of the teams are still finding their groove.
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Post by vinnielopes on Jan 12, 2020 20:01:01 GMT -5
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Post by bruinsgold on Jan 12, 2020 21:10:24 GMT -5
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Post by bruinsgold on Jan 12, 2020 21:12:00 GMT -5
For anyone who might not have been able to catch all the action this week, here are the "upsets" that occurred across the game: • St. Francis (PA) over No. 7 Stanford • George Mason over No. 12 Southern California • NJIT over No. 12 Southern California • UCSD over No. 11 Loyola-Chicago • Concordia Irvine over No. 13 CSUN If I've forgotten any, please let me know! All of the teams are still finding their groove. As are all the teams. But that's why I also put "upsets" because I'm very aware we're still in the early stages of the season. Doesn't mean the coaches/media aren't still asked to rank these teams based on their own voting process.
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Post by bruinsgold on Jan 12, 2020 21:25:16 GMT -5
VT Top 15
1. Hawaii 2. BYU 3. UC Santa Barbara 4. Lewis 5. UCLA 6. Long Beach State 7. UC Irvine 8. Stanford 9. Pepperdine 10. Penn State 11. Princeton 12. Purdue Fort Wayne 13. George Mason 14. Ohio State 15. Loyola-Chicago
NEXT THREE IN: UC San Diego, Concordia-Irvine, Southern California
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Davide Gardini, BYU
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Post by lipton on Jan 13, 2020 4:23:58 GMT -5
1. Hawaii 2. BYU 3. UC Santa Barbara 4. UCLA 5. Lewis 6. UC Irvine 7. Long Beach State 8. Pepperdine 9. Stanford 10. Princeton 11. George Mason 12. McKendree 13. Penn State 14. UCSD 15. Concordia
Knocking on the Door: Harvard, Loyola, Purdue Fort Wayne
PLAYER of the WEEK: Jon Diedrich, Opposite, PFW NEWCOMER of the WEEK: Kyle McCauley, Outside Hitter, UCSD
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Post by lankykong on Jan 13, 2020 13:20:13 GMT -5
not at all high on lbsu this year
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Post by Volleyfan024 on Jan 13, 2020 13:38:26 GMT -5
VT Top 15
1. Hawaii 2. BYU 3. UCSB
These 3 teams separate themselves from the pack in my opinion. 4. Lewis The rest is a total guess at this point. Only time will tell.
5. UCLA 6. Long Beach State 7. UCI 8. Stanford 9. Pepperdine 10. Princeton 11. Purdue Fort Wayne 12. Loyola 13. UCSD 14. Penn State 15. McKendree
NEXT THREE IN: CSUN, USC, George Mason
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jon Diedrich, Purdue Fort Wayne
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Post by lipton on Jan 13, 2020 13:48:47 GMT -5
When selecting a PoW, are all of you considering that Jon Diedrich had an insane 7 kills/set average for the week? SEVEN KILLS every set. That is unheard of in the rally scoring era with games to 25.
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Post by Volleyfan024 on Jan 13, 2020 13:55:32 GMT -5
When selecting a PoW, are all of you considering that Jon Diedrich had an insane 7 kills/set average for the week? SEVEN KILLS every set. That is unheard of in the rally scoring era with games to 25. Oversight on my part. Updated as he is more deserving than Coenen. Coenen had a great week against much better competition, but Diedrich’s numbers can’t be argued against.
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Post by haw2991 on Jan 13, 2020 13:55:35 GMT -5
VT Top 15
1. Hawaii 2. BYU 3. UC Santa Barbara 4. Lewis 5. UCLA 6. Long Beach State 7. UC Irvine 8. Pepperdine 9. Princeton 10. Stanford 11. Purdue Fort Wayne 12. George Mason 13. UC San Diego 14. Concordia-Irvine 15. McKendree
NEXT THREE IN: Penn State, Loyola, Ohio State
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Raymond Barsemian, Concordia-Irvine
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Post by MVBFAN on Jan 13, 2020 13:57:57 GMT -5
1. Hawaii 2. BYU 3. UCSB 4. Lewis 5. UCLA 6. UCI 7. LBSU 8. Pepperdine 9. Stanford 10. Princeton 11. IPFW 12. UCSD 13. USC 14. George Mason 15. McKendree
NEXT THREE IN: Loyola (They need to get Zolg back.), NJIT, CSUN
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jon Diedrich, PFW
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