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Post by socalbud on Nov 24, 2004 13:39:50 GMT -5
As we're approaching lift-off for the '05 season, and having read about a few teams test fires, seems like the MPSF could be sorted into 3 levels, at this time. 1st - UCLA, CSULB, BYU and Pepp; 2nd- UofH, UofP, CSUN and UCSB; 3rd- UCI, Stanford, USC and UCSD. I'm thinking the Bruins and The Beach are the teams to beat.
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Post by bangdown on Nov 24, 2004 16:48:02 GMT -5
Interesting
I would not put Long Beach 2nd but they are probably top 5. My crystal ball sees it like this 1. UCLA 2. BYU 3. Pepp 4. Long Beach 5. UCSB 6. Hawaii 7. Stanford 8. Irvine 9. Northridge 10. USC 11. Pacific 12. UCSD
And with the new playoff format UCLA would have the bye to the semis and Irvine would play at Stanford for the right to play BYU.
MPSF Playoff Format (1) UCLA = BYE and Host (4) Long Beach vs (5) UCSB (2) BYU vs (7) Stanford or (8) Irvine (3) Pepp vs (6) Hawaii
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Post by tigfan on Nov 24, 2004 17:01:19 GMT -5
UoP is clearly better than USC, and Stanford... I was able to see them beat Irvine and Santa Barbara this pre-season... #11 is ridiculous...
They also had a good showing in Hawaii... look for them to be better than y'all think... or don't... even better.
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Post by northshore on Nov 24, 2004 17:32:46 GMT -5
Hawaii went 3 out of 4 with Pacific. Pacific will be for sure be competitive this year. UOP did well with Hawaii with these few minor exceptions. Please don't get me wrong UOP fans. UOP is impressive. But they are playing with the majority of seniors/juniors. Hawaii wasn't playing with their full line up. Hawaii traveled with a much younger squad. Plus this was Hawaii's first match up with anyone.
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Post by ipfw13 on Nov 24, 2004 19:12:31 GMT -5
byu does not deserve to be up there with a 28 year old go-to guy.
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Post by donkeykong on Nov 24, 2004 21:11:37 GMT -5
byu does not deserve to be up there with a 28 year old go-to guy. Quit whining ipfw. Don't be mad that no one will ever recognize your school. Learn your facts before you talk. No 28 yr olds.
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Post by sjhaysuess on Nov 25, 2004 18:33:08 GMT -5
Bangdown just wondering why you posted Northridge as #9? They were the NCAA champs in Canada this season without either the 1st or 2nd string libero and BYU, LBSU, and Pepperdine were all there, and they beat UCSB in the exhibition match at CSUN.
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Post by AAVolley on Nov 25, 2004 22:02:39 GMT -5
Preseason has no relevance to regular season whatsoever. Northridge will not this year or anytime in the near future be able to consistently compete with the likes of Long Beach, BYU, and Pepperdine. Its just a fact. You are right though, they may deserve to be higher than #9 as SB consistently underachieves and Stanford has nobody.
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Post by bangdown on Nov 29, 2004 11:52:16 GMT -5
Perhaps CSUN should be a little higher but don't give yourself too much credit for being NCAA champs in La Canada. It would be safe to say that BYU is going to be much better when the cuban suits up. They might be better than every team. The cuban is the real deal. Pepp. may drop if the rumors of a torn ACL for Rooney are true. What a shame. I hate to see that happen to anyone. I hope it's not true. As far as Long Beach and CSUN. CSUN does not have Ty Tramblie anymore. He is the sole reason that team competed the way they did. Granted CSUN has some very good players but Long Beach has a kid named Tyler Hildebrandt running the offense. He is the best setter in the league. The only issue Long Beach has is at opp. with Norm Hutton and Justin May. Norm will be fine for streches while May will fill in the rest of the time. CSUN will find out how much they miss Tramblie. I like Brian Waite in the Middle though. Who are these liberos that you were missing and why were they not playing?
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Post by I Luv Danny R on Nov 29, 2004 12:01:11 GMT -5
We UCSB should be ranked # 5 ... Then move up
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Post by sjhaysuess on Nov 29, 2004 16:34:18 GMT -5
Sebastian Pedraza was missing cuz he's Columbian and was having visa(sp?) issues and the other kid just didn't play because of personal issues. Dan Rhodes was playing Libero, he was the freshman oppo last season and a very good one at that. An oppo playing libero is almost as bad as it can get, besides a middle that is.
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Post by bangdown on Nov 29, 2004 17:14:49 GMT -5
sjhaysuess, who would you say is going to start for CSUN? Obviously Brian Waite in the middle, who else?
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Post by sjhaysuess on Nov 29, 2004 18:52:45 GMT -5
Jeff Conover(S) Cary Hansen, Isaac Kneubuhl, Nils Nielson(OH) Dan Rhodes, Nils Nielson(OPP) Sebastian Pedraza(LIB) Brian Waite, James Lischer, Matt Bellante(MB) I listed 3 in the OH and 2 in the OPP because if Isaac and Cary play OH then I think Nils will play OPP but if Cary and Nils play OH then Dan Rhodes with play OPP. It'll just depend on what the coach chooses. There are 3 middles because they're all really good. Brian will start for sure though...
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Post by vballguy2001 on Nov 29, 2004 20:13:07 GMT -5
You know what I am excited about this season?!!!!!!! All the talk about BYU's old players, missionaries, and foreign players that played somewhere in this world professionally. OH YEAH, don't forget about all the videos that we hear about them playing pro also.
My prediction for the season. An all american team made of all foreign players. All-foreign here we come.
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Post by I Luv Danny R on Nov 30, 2004 1:17:19 GMT -5
UCI Is a Scrappy team but always shows up with there game. I found out when we played them!!!
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