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Post by horns1 on Nov 25, 2024 9:28:59 GMT -5
State College Regional (#4)
(1) Penn State vs. Fairfield Yale vs. (8) Florida State* (4) Kentucky vs. Western Michigan Loyola-Chicago vs. (5) BYU* (2) Creighton vs. Florida A&M* Northern Iowa* vs. (7) Missouri (3) Purdue vs. Cleveland State Western Kentucky vs. (6) Miami-FL*
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Post by trianglevolleyball on Nov 25, 2024 9:36:49 GMT -5
Begging the committee to send a good team to TCU, Kansas, or Utah Please send Miami or Minnesota there  Praying Lawrence and Minneapolis magically get 20 miles closer so we don’t have to go to Austin. |
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Post by bluepenquin on Nov 25, 2024 9:41:57 GMT -5
I know they will never put someone against each other in first round who are in the same conference. Does the same hold true in the second round as well? Curious if they set up to avoid in rd of 32 as well. No conference matchups in the 1st and 2nd round. No such restriction thereafter. |
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Nov 25, 2024 9:47:59 GMT -5
State College Regional (#4)
(1) Penn State vs. Fairfield Yale vs. (8) Florida State* (4) Kentucky vs. Western Michigan Loyola-Chicago vs. (5) BYU* (2) Creighton vs. Florida A&M* Northern Iowa* vs. (7) Missouri (3) Purdue vs. Cleveland State Western Kentucky vs. (6) Miami-FL*
Drive-in, right? 259 miles according to my oldish list. |
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Post by austintatious on Nov 25, 2024 10:08:57 GMT -5
Really appreciate your hard work. Don't understand how RPI is used, heavily? starting point? As a Purdue follower love that you have them hosting, but isn't their RI in the 20s?
Thanks for any education.
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Post by photos1 on Nov 25, 2024 10:11:47 GMT -5
Don’t see any way Penn State beats Nebraska on Friday.
-passing matters
-Nebraska is vastly superior in at least 2 rotations. ,
If Nebraska does win, Creighton will get the #4 hosting spot.
Don’t see Louisville beating Pitt either. . . we’ll see how it goes. . .
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Post by ScottsTots on Nov 25, 2024 10:19:38 GMT -5
I would not choose for Wisconsin or Texas to be Pitt's Regional Final opponent. But you have to beat someone good in that round no matter what, so it's not worth worrying about. I would also not want to be Wisconsin or Texas, having to beat the other for the privilege of facing Pitt (in the later poster's seed predictions I am now realizing, not Tojan's).
If Louisville wins Wednesday, do they and Pitt switch the 2/3? Louisville would seem slight to moderate favorites in my mind. A five-set battle in Pittsburgh seems to me to be a good sign for Louisville at home. These matchups have been dogfights in Pittsburgh and neutral sites, but not in Louisville.
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Post by boxcariii on Nov 25, 2024 10:20:00 GMT -5
Don’t see any way Penn State beats Nebraska on Friday. -passing matters -Nebraska is vastly superior in at least 2 rotations. , If Nebraska does win, Creighton will get the #4 hosting spot. Don’t see Louisville beating Pitt either. . . we’ll see how it goes. . . Don't see Penn State losing to Nebraska hurting PSU that much. I'm a Creighton fan and I just don't see it without a couple upsets/some of them big this week. But, I appreciate the optimism. |
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Post by horns1 on Nov 25, 2024 10:32:49 GMT -5
Really appreciate your hard work. Don't understand how RPI is used, heavily? starting point? As a Purdue follower love that you have them hosting, but isn't their RI in the 20s? Thanks for any education. In addition to a team's individual RPI ranking, committee uses metrics such as wins against RPI Top 10, RPI Top 25, and RPI Top 50 teams. Purdue has some good wins in those categories including against RPI #10 Kentucky and RPI #13 Utah. ncaastats.figstats.net/volleyball-rpi.cgi |
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Post by blue10 on Nov 25, 2024 10:35:29 GMT -5
Utah being 13 in rpi is just so crazy. I wasn’t sure they’d even make the tournament let alone host the first 2 rounds lmfao
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Post by maigrey on Nov 25, 2024 10:35:46 GMT -5
Penultimate 2024 Bracketology (11/24) NCAA Selection Show: Sunday, December 1st - 5pm ET Pittsburgh Regional (#2) (1) Pittsburgh vs. Delaware State Arizona* vs. (8) Oklahoma* (4) Oregon vs. Wofford* FGCU* vs. (5) TCU* (2) Wisconsin vs. Chicago State Ole Miss* vs. (7) Georgia Tech* (3) Kansas vs. Wichita State South Carolina* vs. (6) Marquette* |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 25, 2024 10:39:20 GMT -5
Absolutely hate this thanks ! Ugh, same. |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 25, 2024 10:41:44 GMT -5
Heading into the final week of play, if I were sitting on the committee, I'd be handing out the following seeds: 1 - Nebraska (Oklahoma) 8 - SMU (Marquette) 9 - ASU (USC) 16 - Florida (Georgia Tech) 2 - Pitt (LMU) 7 - Wisconsin (FSU) 10 - Texas (BYU) 15 - TCU (Texas A&M) 3 - Louisville (Tennessee) 6 - Creighton (Miami) 11 - Kansas (Missouri) 14 - Purdue (Baylor) 4 - Penn State (North Carolina) 5 - Stanford (Minnesota) 12 - Kentucky (Dayton) 13 - Utah (Oregon) 5 Seeds: Oregon, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M 6 Seeds: Dayton, USC, BYU, Missouri 7 Seeds: Miami, Marquette, FSU, Minnesota 8 Seeds: Tennessee, LMU, Oklahoma, North Carolina *( ) is the sub regional seeded opponent NOPE. |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 25, 2024 10:44:24 GMT -5
Well wouldn’t that be something if Ally could somehow get back to Lincoln to end her career.. I would love to see this  |
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Post by trojansc on Nov 25, 2024 10:54:20 GMT -5
Really appreciate your hard work. Don't understand how RPI is used, heavily? starting point? As a Purdue follower love that you have them hosting, but isn't their RI in the 20s? Thanks for any education. Purdue moved into the top 16 in RPI this weekend |
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