LEADING DEFENSIVE NUMBERS

[bearwatch]

Check out what Baylors doing on the Defensive end. Nebraska usually leads the Nation in Opponent hitting %. The Bears also averaged a .310 hitting % this past weekend.



OPPONENT HITTING PCT G Kills Errs Total Pct
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1. Baylor.............. 22 244 189 872 .063
2. Nebraska............ 12 129 89 456 .088
3. Iowa State.......... 27 336 223 1060 .107
4. Missouri............ 24 320 174 956 .153
5. Kansas.............. 24 279 147 857 .154
6. Oklahoma............ 20 241 121 710 .169
7. Kansas State........ 20 271 135 793 .172
8. Texas............... 20 285 129 837 .186
9. Texas A&M........... 23 355 178 943 .188
10. Texas Tech.......... 26 346 171 925 .189
11. Colorado............ 12 196 57 459 .303


BLOCKS G Solo Asst Total Avg/G
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1. Nebraska............ 12 8 79 47.5 3.96
2. Baylor.............. 22 15 121 75.5 3.43
3. Iowa State.......... 27 22 139 91.5 3.39
4. Kansas State........ 20 4 116 62.0 3.10
5. Missouri............ 24 10 123 71.5 2.98
6. Texas A&M........... 23 13 103 64.5 2.80
7. Oklahoma............ 20 14 83 55.5 2.78
8. Texas............... 20 15 76 53.0 2.65
9. Texas Tech.......... 26 11 114 68.0 2.62
10. Kansas.............. 24 7 76 45.0 1.88
11. Colorado............ 12 5 21 15.5 1.29

SERVICE ACES G No. Avg/G
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1. Baylor.............. 22 50 2.27
2. Kansas State........ 20 42 2.10
3. Kansas.............. 24 50 2.08
4. Texas Tech.......... 26 52 2.00
5. Missouri............ 24 46 1.92
6. Iowa State.......... 27 51 1.89
7. Oklahoma............ 20 35 1.75
Colorado............ 12 21 1.75
Nebraska............ 12 21 1.75
10. Texas A&M........... 23 32 1.39
11. Texas............... 20 25 1.25

DIGS G No. Avg/G
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1. Texas............... 20 346 17.30
2. Baylor.............. 22 372 16.91
3. Kansas State........ 20 336 16.80
4. Missouri............ 24 401 16.71
5. Nebraska............ 12 198 16.50
6. Iowa State.......... 27 426 15.78
7. Kansas.............. 24 372 15.50
8. Colorado............ 12 182 15.17
9. Texas A&M........... 23 336 14.61
10. Oklahoma............ 20 291 14.55
11. Texas Tech.......... 26 333 12.81


6-1 so far!!!!

[canyoudigit]

That's nice and all, but the only real team they played hit close to .400 on them


As big as Texas is, I'm really surprised by their low blocking numbers. Those are pretty pathetic, actually, for a team that big and athletic. At least they are digging the balls up that get past them.

[lilred]

I don't care who Baylor plays or what the record is. I love Bearwatch's neverending enthusiasm for his/her team. Because of you I do root for the Bears (when not playing Nebraska) I really like that one girl on your team, the African American gal. I think her name is Desire or something. She really has some hops. I also like the coach, from the few interviews I've seen on NETV when they play Nebraska.

[BearClause]

lilred said:

I don't care who Baylor plays or what the record is. I love Bearwatch's neverending enthusiasm for his/her team. Because of you I do root for the Bears (when not playing Nebraska) I really like that one girl on your team, the African American gal. I think her name is Desire or something. She really has some hops. I also like the coach, from the few interviews I've seen on NETV when they play Nebraska.

That's Desiree Guilliard-Young, from Berkeley, California. She was considered a bit raw in HS/club, but always had the potention because of her size and athleticism. Her block is phenomenal, but I'm not sure that her offensive game has quite caught up.

I would agree that Baylor is more or less feasting on mostly second tier competition. Not that it's a bad thing for a team trying to get back, but I wouldn't say the stats are an accurate indication of how they'll perform against the Big 12.

[bearwatch]

OK Cal did hit around .400 but if you look at game 3 they hit (15 8 38 .184) That was when Desiree tried to play with a twisted ankle (she's 100% now). The young team was a step slow to start but game 3 was closer to reality. The game was 30-25.
Thanks Lilred. You Nebraskans are quality people.

[Wolfgang]

Yes, I too admire bearwatch. I personally don't know a lick about Waco and Baylor and Texas, for that matter, but the more fans from that region come on board, the more I'll be informed. We are all the better for his/her presence.

The only thing that bothers me about bearwatch...and it's a bigee...is his/her inability to give his thread an adequately descriptive title; that is, his/her title does NOT fully represent the contents therein.

[ESTRELLA]

canyoudigit said:

That's nice and all, but the only real team they played hit close to .400 on them


As big as Texas is, I'm really surprised by their low blocking numbers. Those are pretty pathetic, actually, for a team that big and athletic. At least they are digging the balls up that get past them.

CANYOUDIGIT,
total blocks by a team is not the indication what a good blocking team you are. Did it cross your mind that maybe the opponents are good enough to hit around it or that TX blockers are funneling those attacks to designed locations on the court?

Give it some thought and please remember that there are more dumb hitters than good blockers.

ESTRELLA

[Keystonekid]

Estrella is partially correct, but it should be noted the Jerrit is probably not recruiting 6'2 athletes to channel balls to defenders. It also is not new news that Nebraska leads in blocks, when haven't they? It would be safe to say the reason Texas has blocked fewer balls is their opponents at this point have been way better than Nebraska's and Baylor's. The Longhorns will block balls, believe me.

[ESTRELLA]

keystonekid said:

Estrella is partially correct, but it should be noted the Jerrit is probably not recruiting 6'2 athletes to channel balls to defenders. It also is not new news that Nebraska leads in blocks, when haven't they? It would be safe to say the reason Texas has blocked fewer balls is their opponents at this point have been way better than Nebraska's and Baylor's. The Longhorns will block balls, believe me.

Don't have to be 6'2" to channel balls to defenders. Just need to leap well and hold what you present.

ESTRELLA

[bearwatch]

Point taken Wolfgang. Estralla that last quote is interesying but I will resist. Also, I don't think the Longhorns are trying NOT to block they are just average at it because of team speed. I do believe over time their blocks will increase though. Baylors been blocking a ton for 3 seasons now. Their scheme seems very aggressive. The personnel has changed but the blocking/defensive numbers haven't.

[BearClause]

bearwatch said:

OK Cal did hit around .400 but if you look at game 3 they hit (15 8 38 .184) That was when Desiree tried to play with a twisted ankle (she's 100% now). The young team was a step slow to start but game 3 was closer to reality. The game was 30-25.
Thanks Lilred. You Nebraskans are quality people.

I don't know about "reality" per se. I'm not sure if the reality is that Baylor hits .051 (which was higher than identical .000 hitting in games 1-2). That game 3 was kind of a strange. In person it looked like Baylor was ready to simply "empty their tank" in an attempt to avoid getting swept. If it went to a game 4, Cal looked to be a lot fresher than Baylor and frankly was a lot stronger finishing game 3. Against Cal, they simply just set the ball to LeBlanc about twice as many times as any other player. They seem to be able to spread the ball around when playing lower tier opponents, but it leaves me wondering if they'll fall into that pattern again with Big 12 opponents.

At this point I take most stats with a healthy dose of skepticsm.