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Post by banthony2 on Dec 30, 2004 17:25:44 GMT -5
I have only seen BYU and Pepperdine play this year, but a lot of teams have played some preseason matches. I think the first AVCA poll will come out about a week into the season. So who do you think will be in the top 15?
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Post by vballfan4 on Dec 31, 2004 3:24:39 GMT -5
In no particular order: BSU, PSU, OSU, UCLA, IPFW, BYU, HAWAII, LBSU, PEPPERDINE, IRVINE, SANTA BARBARA, SAN DIEGO, STANFORD, PACIFIC, LOYOLA
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Post by vballmom on Jan 3, 2005 8:39:40 GMT -5
I think you are forgetting CSUN and possibly UOP. They will be (or should be) ranked higher than Loyola and San Diego. You didn't mention Lewis either - what is happening with them?
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Post by vballguy2001 on Jan 4, 2005 12:59:00 GMT -5
isn't CSUN returning all their starters?...they were pretty good last year. If they return everyone then I think they should have a good season.
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Post by vballmom on Jan 4, 2005 15:04:52 GMT -5
The seeding for the Elephant Bar Collegiate Invitational this weekend in Santa Barbara is as follows:
1 - UCLA 2 - CSUN 3 - UOP 4 - UCSB 5 - CSULB 6 - Stanford 7 - USC 8 - UCI
So, in the top bracket, UCLA plays UCI and the winner plays the winner between CSULB and UCSB.
In the bottom bracket, CSUN plays USC and the winner plays the winner of UOP vs. Stanford.
Losers play each other and fight it out for 5th place.
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Post by BBallking on Jan 4, 2005 15:43:06 GMT -5
TOP 15 1 - UCLA 2 - CSUN 3 - PSU 4 - UCSB 5 - CSULB 6 - Pepperdine 7 - OSU 8 - UCI 9- USC 10- Hawaii 11- Rutgers 12- Ball State 13- Loyola Chicago 14- Stanford 15- oh and a little school called BYU
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Post by BBallking on Jan 4, 2005 15:43:53 GMT -5
TOP 15 1 - UCLA 2 - CSUN 3 - PSU 4 - UCSB 5 - CSULB 6 - Pepperdine 7 - OSU 8 - UCI 9- USC 10- Hawaii 11- Rutgers 12- Ball State 13- Loyola Chicago 14- Stanford 15- oh and a little school called BYU
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Post by Jmpsrv15 on Jan 4, 2005 19:43:40 GMT -5
i don't know how you can rank rutgers at all. and i think loyola chicago is questionable, but it is your opinion
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Post by donkeykong on Jan 4, 2005 22:38:07 GMT -5
Nice ranking bbking. Little BYU winning all those titles is hard to deal with I guess. Keep whining.
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Post by perspixx on Jan 5, 2005 2:25:49 GMT -5
The two extra years of eligibility that BYU players get seem to help a bit. Nothing says BYU like a 22-year-old freshman.
CSUN returns three starting outside hitters and a middle blocker, but loses their setter and libero. But one of their players posted on their board that their new libero is pretty good, so I'll just have to see for myself a week from tomorrow.
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Post by donkeykong on Jan 5, 2005 11:55:31 GMT -5
"The two extra years of eligibility that BYU players get seem to help a bit. Nothing says BYU like a 22-year-old freshman."
BYU gets two extra years of eligibility? I guess I am going to talk to all those guys and tell them to come back for two more years. Then we can call Millar, Lebron, Wall, Antonetti and Acosta. They would have a sweet team. Nothing says BYU like a 22 year old who hasn't played volleyball or excercised for two years and still beat everyone.
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Post by vballguy2001 on Jan 5, 2005 13:01:19 GMT -5
This missionary argument has been done to death. No body was complaining when BYU wasn't good back in the early 90's. But once they start winning National Titles, people need to find excuses. Besides you have no idea how many guys on that team were actually return missionaries anyway. If you want to complain about the foreign players go ahead. I would complain to....But back off of the missionaries. 22 yr old fat, out of shape freshman don't make a difference.
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Post by Charlie on Jan 5, 2005 14:30:04 GMT -5
In no particular order: ... SAN DIEGO ... San Diego? USD doesn't have a men's team, nor does San Diego State anymore.
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Post by donkeykong on Jan 5, 2005 14:51:22 GMT -5
UCSD
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Post by roy on Jan 5, 2005 14:59:27 GMT -5
1. UCLA 2. Pepperdine 3. BYU 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Hawaii 6. Penn State 7. Long Beach 8. UC Irvine 9. Ohio State 10. UCSB 11. Lewis 12. Ball State 13. Pacific 14. Stanford 15. Loyola-Chicago
This wasn't an easy list to figure out. A lot of the top teams from last year lost some of their key players. Some of the weaker teams from last year return a nice amount of players.
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