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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 29, 2009 16:22:29 GMT -5
Here is my beef with this tournament: Iowa State - should have been a top 4 instead of FSU with wins over Nebraska and Texas. Michigan State - finishes tied for last in the Big Ten conference. Losers of 7 out of their last 8 matches - terrible selection Northwestern - screwed after going 16-16, finishing 6th in Big Ten with 7 conference wins. in my mind, i had Wash and Iowa St as the 4/5 seeds (order doesn't matter). let them duke it out for the final spot in the final four. washington's 6 seed is essentially the 3 seed ... imo.... |
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Post by UCDVolley on Nov 29, 2009 16:24:34 GMT -5
Big advantage for Stanford - hosting both first/second round and the regional final. With this in mind, I want a re-match between Stanford and Hawaii.
A possible rematch between Washington and Oregon? Oh yeah.
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Post by GatorVball on Nov 29, 2009 16:25:45 GMT -5
Well, Florida beat 2 of the top 4 seeds, so no reason they can't beat a 3rd. Ok, reality is setting in now, haha. If they even get to face Penn State. Yikes.
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Post by sunnyca on Nov 29, 2009 16:34:09 GMT -5
Uh oh, Hawaii a 12 seed. The folks on the islands won't be happy actually i expected it... i figured Hawaii's seed would correlate to fit in the Stanford regional (for travel reasons). I was thinking it'd be 11 or 14 to correlate with Stanford being a 3 seed. But since Florida St got thrown into the wrinkle, and Stanford got shifted down to the 4 seed .... ... well, the 12 seed for Hawaii sounds about right. As a Stanford fan, I'm pretty happy with this draw. Yes maybe they should've been #3 instead of FSU but clearly they don't want the possibility of another Stanford-PSU final. and no offense but I'd rather Stanford face HI or Illinois than Washington again - I'd really like to see that Stan-HI matchup. Heh heh FSU and Illinois getting no respect on this board.. will be interesting to see how far they get. |
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Post by hammer on Nov 29, 2009 16:36:49 GMT -5
Bye bye Hawaii. USC will get you this time i guess if you have to keep saying it year in and year out ... one of these years, it's bound to be true... not this year though ... keep trying again next year... While I think USC is better than last year, and as of late starting to gel, Hawaii should feel very comfortable playing at Galen and have confidence based upon last year's performance. So this is not necessarily a bad draw. Additionally, they have lots of fans in the LA area who will show up and give Jupiter the business. |
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Post by tenniscraze on Nov 29, 2009 16:37:52 GMT -5
Stanford has a tough road ahead. I just hope they won't be exhausted.
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Post by spikerthemovie on Nov 29, 2009 16:38:34 GMT -5
Minnesota will not make it out of the Knoxville sub-regional and back home to their own Regional. Weird that Ohio State gets to host sub-regional. Oh, OK. Got it. |
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Post by #skoskers on Nov 29, 2009 16:38:56 GMT -5
FASCISTS! Where's the legitimacy in spreading out Pac-10 and Big 10 schools in three regionals and concentrating the trifecta of Big 12 schools in one? The Omaha regional will probably end up with Texas, ISU, NU, and A&M winning their first and second rounds, resulting in something that looks like a mere conference championship ... LAME! I really wanted to see the Big 12 kick some out-of-conference booty, but our only chance of this occurring before the semifinals would mean a Baylor win against UCLA in the second round (assuming both Baylor and UCLA win their first matches) in the Florida regional.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 29, 2009 16:40:22 GMT -5
actually i expected it... i figured Hawaii's seed would correlate to fit in the Stanford regional (for travel reasons). I was thinking it'd be 11 or 14 to correlate with Stanford being a 3 seed. But since Florida St got thrown into the wrinkle, and Stanford got shifted down to the 4 seed .... ... well, the 12 seed for Hawaii sounds about right. As a Stanford fan, I'm pretty happy with this draw. Yes maybe they should've been #3 instead of FSU but clearly they don't want the possibility of another Stanford-PSU final. and no offense but I'd rather Stanford face HI or Illinois than Washington again - I'd really like to see that Stan-HI matchup. Heh heh FSU and Illinois getting no respect on this board.. will be interesting to see how far they get. a stanford-hawaii rematch would be great too ... (if we get there, of course). no disrespect to FSU at all -- i expected that they'd be seeded ... but at 3?? |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 29, 2009 16:42:01 GMT -5
Paths to the Final Four:
#1 PSU has to beat #16 Florida and #8 UCLA or #9 Cal.
#2 Texas has to beat #15 LSU and #7 Illinois or #10 Nebraska
#3 FSU has to beat #14 Oregon and #6 Washington or #11 Minnesota
#4 Stanford has to beat #13 Michigan and #5 Illinois or #12 Hawaii or unseeded USC
#5 lllinois has to beat #12 Hawaii or unseeded USC and #4 Stanford or #13 Michigan
#6 Washington has to beat #11 Minnesota or unseeded Tennessee and #3 FSU or #14 Oregon
#7 Iowa State has to beat #10 Nebraska and #2 Texas or #15 LSU
#8 UCLA has to beat #9 Cal or unseeded Ohio State and #1 Penn State or #16 Florida
Easiest paths: PSU, Washington
Hardest paths: Iowa State, Texas
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 29, 2009 16:42:46 GMT -5
i guess if you have to keep saying it year in and year out ... one of these years, it's bound to be true... not this year though ... keep trying again next year... While I think USC is better than last year, and as of late starting to gel, Hawaii should feel very comfortable playing at Galen and have confidence based upon last year's performance. So this is not necessarily a bad draw. Additionally, they have lots of fans in the LA area who will show up and give Jupiter the business. it's a tough subregional for sure -- it was tough last year when hawaii got sent there too. the matchups are disconcerting ... but i like our chances. my gripe is that this subregional highlights the imbalance of the bracket as a whole. |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 29, 2009 16:49:17 GMT -5
Final Four prediction:
#6 Washington vs. #10 Nebraska
#1 Penn State vs. #4 Stanford
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Post by ugopher on Nov 29, 2009 16:57:55 GMT -5
Almost two hours since the brackets have been announced but still not posted on their website? How is that possible?
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Post by silversurfer on Nov 29, 2009 16:59:26 GMT -5
Almost two hours since the brackets have been announced but still not posted on their website? How is that possible? Whose? I found it on the NCAA site. |
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Post by ugopher on Nov 29, 2009 17:02:59 GMT -5
Almost two hours since the brackets have been announced but still not posted on their website? How is that possible? Whose? I found it on the NCAA site. I was checking ncaa.com. What is the address you have? |
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