AAC 2024

[dragon2owl]

Oct 25, 2024 21:11:57 GMT -5 volleav said:

Oct 25, 2024 17:50:31 GMT -5 dragon2owl said:

Rice is without its top offensive player for at least a few weeks. Also, one of the starting liberals/DS is out for a bit.

Wouldn't have known that. The bro let nothing fall tonight. They adjusted well without those starters.

Nia has been the starting libero over the years. However, over the past few weeks Gaby Mansfield took over the role and Nia had moved to DS. But now Gaby is out. But not sure of the reason or for how long.

Cindy Tchouangwa apparently has a hernia. Not sure of the severity or what the recovery plan is.

[vballfreak808]

Standings

Rank	Team	Record (Conf.)	Record (Overall)
1.	Rice	8-2	13-6
1.	South Florida	8-2	12-9
3.	East Carolina	7-3	14-6
3.	Tulsa	7-3	15-7
3.	Wichita State	7-3	12-10
6.	Florida Atlantic	5-5	13-9
6.	Tulane	5-5	13-9
6.	North Texas	5-5	8-13
9.	Memphis	4-6	10-12
10.	Temple	3-7	11-13
10.	UAB	3-7	8-13
12.	UTSA	2-8	8-15
13.	Charlotte	1-9	4-19

RPI
34. Rice (39)
69. South Florida (60)
75. Wichita State (78)
78. Tulsa (81)
97. East Carolina (115)
124. Florida Atlantic (121)
166. Temple (172)
180. Tulane (177)
232. UAB (220)
234. North Texas (223)
243. UTSA (261)
245. Memphis (245)
307. Charlotte (303)

() = Previous RPI

[vballfreak808]

AAC Players of the Week

Offensive: Morgan Stout, R-SR, MB, Wichita State
Defensive: Marta Pecalli, SR, L, Tulsa
Setter: Brayden Hipp, JR, Tulsa
Freshman: Sydney Jones, OH, Temple

[slicknick]

Enjoying watching this conference unfold.  Lots of surprises at this point.

[volleav]

Oct 28, 2024 19:58:35 GMT -5 slicknick said:

Enjoying watching this conference unfold.  Lots of surprises at this point.

Middle of the conference is anyone's game at this point. It's really about who brings their A game there. UTSA beating USF was a bit of a surprise.

[dragon2owl]

Oct 28, 2024 21:01:22 GMT -5 volleav said:

Oct 28, 2024 19:58:35 GMT -5 slicknick said:

Enjoying watching this conference unfold.  Lots of surprises at this point.

Middle of the conference is anyone's game at this point. It's really about who brings their A game there. UTSA beating USF was a bit of a surprise.

And any late season injuries. Rice is down two starters. Think they can overcome it to win out, except for maybe the Wichita State match.

[vballfreak808]

If the AAC Tournament started today

(1) South Florida vs (8) Florida Atlantic
*FAU defeated USF 3-1 @ FAU

(4) Tulsa vs (5) Wichita State
*Faces off 11/1 & 11/3 (Home & Away)

(3) East Carolina vs (6) North Texas
*ECU defeated UNT 3-2 @ ECU

(2) Rice vs (7) Tulane
*Rice defeated Tulane twice @ FAU

[volleav]

Oct 29, 2024 11:14:28 GMT -5 vballfreak808 said:

If the AAC Tournament started today

(1) South Florida vs (8) Tulane
*Faces off 11/15 @ USF

(4) Tulsa vs (5) Wichita State
*Faces off 11/1 & 11/3 (Home & Away)

(3) East Carolina vs (6) North Texas
*ECU defeated UNT 3-2 @ ECU

(2) Rice vs (7) Florida Atlantic
*FAU defeated Rice 3-0 @ FAU

How are tie breakers decided? If you look at standings on conf page Rice is listed 1st and NT is 8.

[vballfreak808]

Oct 30, 2024 2:04:24 GMT -5 volleav said:

Oct 29, 2024 11:14:28 GMT -5 vballfreak808 said:

If the AAC Tournament started today

(1) South Florida vs (8) Tulane
*Faces off 11/15 @ USF

(4) Tulsa vs (5) Wichita State
*Faces off 11/1 & 11/3 (Home & Away)

(3) East Carolina vs (6) North Texas
*ECU defeated UNT 3-2 @ ECU

(2) Rice vs (7) Florida Atlantic
*FAU defeated Rice 3-0 @ FAU

How are tie breakers decided? If you look at standings on conf page Rice is listed 1st and NT is 8.

Conferences typically list their standings based on the order of conference record then overall record win percentage, not based on tiebreaker scenarios.

For the AAC, two-way ties are decided by (1) head-to-head results, (2) sets won in the head-to-head results, and many more. In this situation USF beat Rice already so they would be the top seed.

For a three-way or more tie, the criteria is similar to a two-way tie but just amongst those teams tied. With three-way or more ties, conferences have different ways of determining but this is how the AAC does it. But I just realized there was a mistake in my bracket, I didn’t see that North Texas/Tulane played twice already. So Tulane and FAU would swap as the 7/8.

[vballfreak808]

Standings

Rank	Team	Record (Conf.)	Record (Overall)
1.	Rice	10-2	15-6
1.	South Florida	10-2	14-9
3.	East Carolina	9-3	16-6
3.	Wichita State	9-3	14-10
5.	Tulsa	7-5	15-9
6.	Florida Atlantic	6-6	14-10
6.	Tulane	6-6	14-10
8.	Memphis	5-7	11-13
8.	North Texas	5-7	8-15
10.	UAB	4-8	9-14
11.	Tempe	3-9	11-15
12.	UTSA	2-10	8-17
12.	Charlotte	2-10	5-20

RPI
36. Rice (34)
52. Wichita State (75)
63. South Florida (69)
84. East Carolina (97)
94. Tulsa (78)
123. Florida Atlantic (124)
173. Temple (166)
193. Tulane (180)
228. UAB (232)
241. Memphis (245)
256. North Texas (234)
257. UTSA (243)
296. Charlotte (307)

() = Previous RPI

Bracket if the AAC Tournament started today

(1) South Florida vs (8) Memphis
*USF defeated Memphis in the lone series 3-1 @ USF

(4) Wichita State vs (5) Tulsa
*WSU defeated Tulsa 3-1 @ home & 3-1 away

(3) East Carolina vs (6) Tulane
*Tulane defeated ECU 3-2 in the lone series 3-2 @ Tulane

(2) Rice vs (7) Florida Atlantic
*FAU defeated Rice in the lone series 3-0 @ FAU

[vballfreak808]

AAC Players of the Week

Offensive: Morgan Stout, R-SR, MB, Wichita State
Defensive: Katie Galligan, JR, L, Wichita State
Setter: Caroline Dykes, SR, S, South Florida
Freshman: Savannah Skopal, S, Rice

[volleav]

Offensive Player of the Week
Samarah Hill, 6th, OH, Rice
Hill averaged 5.19 points per set at a .352 clip to lead the Owls to wins over Wichita State and UAB. She had a weekend-high 29 kills in the win over the Shockers.

Defensive Player of the Week
Hikalani Kaohelaulil, Gr., L/DS, Temple
Kaohelaulil finished with 6.83 digs per set in a pair of wins over Tulane and North Texas. She had 29 digs along in the 3-0 win over the Mean Green. The 6.83 digs per set was the 7th best in the NCAA this week.

Setter of the Week
Savannah Skopal, Fr., S, Rice
Skopal paced the Owls with 12.38 assists per set, finishing with 99 on the week. She led the league in both total assists and assists per set.

Freshman of the Week
Sydney Jones, Fr., OH, Temple
Jones averaged 5.33 points per set while hitting .299 in a pair of wins. She finished with 15 kills at a .406 clip against the Mean Green.

Honorable Mention
Christiana Greene, Fr., OH, Temple
Greene helped keep the Owls tournament chances alive, averaging 4.42 points per set while hitting .432 in wins over Tulane and North Texas.

Lexi Yoza, So., S, Temple
Yoza paced the Owls with 12.17 assists per set in a pair of sweeps. She finished with 73 total assists and no errors.

Brayden Hipp, Jr., S, Tulsa
Operating out of a 6-2 rotation, Hipp paced the Golden Hurricane to a pair of wins with 6.86 assists per set.

Tytiana Johnson, Sr., MB, Tulsa
Johnson averaged 1.57 blocks per set in a pair of wins over East Carolina and Charlotte. She finished with 10 blocks against the 49ers.

Morgan Stout, R-Sr., MB, Wichita State
Stout averaged 5.56 points per set at a .364 clip. She finished with over 20 points in both matches.

[vballfreak808]

Standings

Rank	Team	Record (Conf.)	Record (Overall)
1.	South Florida	12-2	16-9
1.	Rice	12-2	17-6
3.	Wichita State	10-4	15-11
4.	Tulsa	9-5	17-9
4.	East Carolina	9-5	16-8
6.	Florida Atlantic	7-7	15-11
7.	Tulane	6-8	14-12
7.	Memphis	6-8	12-14
9.	UAB	5-9	10-15
9.	Temple	5-9	13-15
9.	North Texas	5-9	8-17
11.	UTSA	3-11	9-18
12.	Charlotte	2-12	5-22

RPI
33. Rice (36)
55. Wichita State (52)
57. South Florida (63)
86. Tulsa (94)
104. East Carolina (84)
132. Florida Atlantic (123)
165. Temple (173)
214. Tulane (193)
227. UAB (228)
241. Memphis (241)
261. North Texas (256)
253. UTSA (257)
299. Charlotte (296)

() = Previous RPI

Bracket if the AAC Tournament started today

(1) South Florida vs (8) Memphis
*USF defeated Memphis in the lone series 3-1 @ USF

(4) Tulsa vs (5) East Carolina
*Tulsa defeated ECU in the lone series 3-0 @ ECU

(3) Wichita State vs (6) Florida Atlantic
*WSU defeated FAU 3-2 in the lone series 3-2 @ WSU

(2) Rice vs (7) Tulane
*Rice defeated Tulane twice; 3-2 @ Tulane & 3-1 @ Rice

[trojansc]

vballfreak808 4 teams tied at 6-9 for only 2 spots is pretty wild going into the last match.

The tiebreaker would be pretty extensive. I imagine UAB, Memphis, North Texas, and Tulane could ALL lose their final match. If you do H2H against each other, Tulane, UAB, and Memphis would be even and North Texas would be odd-man out from what I see.

But what does that mean? Would you re-start the tiebreaker without North Texas involved and look at H2H between Tulane/UAB/Memphis, or would you go to the next step in the tiebreaker and look at H2H *set record* between those three? Because technically when you take North Texas out of the tie-breaker, Memphis would get eliminated. But if they do go to set record, Memphis would get the nod.

Very interested.

[vballfreak808]

Nov 16, 2024 0:47:53 GMT -5 trojansc said:

vballfreak808 4 teams tied at 6-9 for only 2 spots is pretty wild going into the last match.

The tiebreaker would be pretty extensive. I imagine UAB, Memphis, North Texas, and Tulane could ALL lose their final match. If you do H2H against each other, Tulane, UAB, and Memphis would be even and North Texas would be odd-man out from what I see.

But what does that mean? Would you re-start the tiebreaker without North Texas involved and look at H2H between Tulane/UAB/Memphis, or would you go to the next step in the tiebreaker and look at H2H *set record* between those three? Because technically when you take North Texas out of the tie-breaker, Memphis would get eliminated. But if they do go to set record, Memphis would get the nod.

Very interested.

I believe it would be, use the head-to-head tiebreaker, which eliminates North Texas, then continue to set record amongst the three which then eliminates UAB