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Post by UcantBSme on Mar 10, 2006 11:19:03 GMT -5
Apparently Loyola can't hang with anyone outside the MIVA or the Central State's or the Midwest NAIA teams of the world. 0-3 out here, and even losing to Cal Baptist. From what I have been told Loyola's Gym is a HOLE that nobody can play in but them. I believe I was even told that they have a pretty nice Gym on campus, but choose to play in the crappy one to give them more of a home court advantage. So they have a decent record at home against some pretty average teams, but playing with the big boys in the MPSF is a different story. If they do make it out of the MIVA, it will be a nice trip to the Final Four and a "0-3, thanks for coming loss" in the Semis as usual. With the exception of what Lewis did one year.
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Post by iavb08 on Mar 10, 2006 11:23:44 GMT -5
Loyola's gym get LOUD, and it can be a serious homecourt advantage. I think any team would take that over barely filling a larger, nicer facility...why not?
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Post by UcantBSme on Mar 10, 2006 11:47:36 GMT -5
That's fine. If they can do that, and win some extra matches at home GREAT! Doesn't help them at all on the road when they play in a normal gym, does it. Besides, the point of my thread wasn't to say they shouldn't play in their crappy gym. The point was to point out that they can't hang with real competition.
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Post by beachjunky on Mar 10, 2006 21:03:45 GMT -5
Losing to Cal Baptist this year is a joke.
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Post by mivamiva2 on Mar 10, 2006 21:34:36 GMT -5
You guys are douche bags, maybe if you were at the games then maybe you could talk. Loyola was right there with both UCI and UCLA. Ever heard of home court advantage? Home court gives the home team 3-4 point edge in every game. I thought maybe you volleyball geniuses actually knew the game somewhat. FUcantBSme you are the JOKE!
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Post by brownlibero66 on Mar 10, 2006 21:52:43 GMT -5
give the midwest and the east coast some credit....you can look at any team in the west coast and you'll see at leat two guys from the midwest and east coast
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Post by cwbvb13 on Mar 11, 2006 13:10:38 GMT -5
You guys are douche bags, maybe if you were at the games then maybe you could talk. Loyola was right there with both UCI and UCLA. Ever heard of home court advantage? Home court gives the home team 3-4 point edge in every game. I thought maybe you volleyball geniuses actually knew the game somewhat. FUcantBSme you are the JOKE! I would have disagree with a 3-4 point advantage in EVERY game. I dont know if even scouting a team and coming up with a game plan can make that much of a difference. All these college players are great and most all of them will adapt to your exploits and change the way they are playing. Having homecourt advantage with a loud crowd could make maybe 1-3 points difference. However with a loud crowd and an outstanding gameplan, you MIGHT have a 4 point advantage per game. |
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Post by mikesmith on Mar 11, 2006 15:01:23 GMT -5
Right there with UCI and UCLA...? Hmmm. And what happened with Cal Baptist?
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Post by mumvb on Mar 11, 2006 17:52:38 GMT -5
Regardless of gym, the net is still the same height, and the court is the same size. The likelyness (sp?) of getting 3-4 off a home court advantage is about the same as getting 3-4 off of a run started off the momentum loss from a bad call. It can't be predicted.
If you think Loyola is terrible, that's a fair opinion, but to attribute their victories to the fact that their gym gives them that much of an advantage? N-word please...
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Post by CityTechLegend on Mar 12, 2006 15:46:29 GMT -5
Ok, we're getting off the original thread again. UcantBSme is saying that yet ANOTHER MIVA team can't hang with the big boys out west. Unfortunatly, he has been right on most occasion with his generalizations in this point. Yes Loyola does play in the PIT, DUNGEON What ever you want to call it, and they do get an added advantage. The question however is when will a team from either the midwest or east go out west and not just compete but dominate again as Penn tae did the two or three years after winning the National Championship.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2006 22:11:40 GMT -5
The West Coast trip hadn't surprised me until the Cal Bap match. Loyola swept them last year. The 4th game score befuddled me 30-16 in favor of Cal Bap. A few weeks ago I hoping for a 1-3 trip against the MPSF and we still have two more out in Hawaii. I'd be happy with a split. As for Loyola's gym, it is the way volleyball is meant to be played in a small and intimate environment. I've seen matches in both our regular gym and our new basketball gym and the basketball gym is too big for a not so big attendance. The only real differences when it comes to the playing surface are these: The length is a bit longer but the width is the same and the roof is higher in the newer basketball gym than the old one taking the lower beams out of play.
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Post by AAVolley on Mar 12, 2006 23:58:39 GMT -5
Anybody who played in north gym at USC 5-6 years ago when SC was a power knows how absolutely awesome a really small venue can be...
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Post by UcantBSme on Mar 13, 2006 9:28:11 GMT -5
I have some bad news for you "vuster4"....YOU AIN'T GETTIN A SPLIT OUT IN HAWAII......TRUST ME!!! And "mivamiva2" wow dude, you said "FU" to me. Not appropriate for this site big guy. Loyola may have been "right there" with both UCLA and UCI, but you know what bud, no "W" in the results column dude. No "W" on the whole trip and like I said before, only your Carthage match is going to stop you from having 5 losses in a row, cuz you ain't getting any "W's" in Hawaii either. Loyola is a good Midwest team THIS YEAR. But out here they "CAN'T HANG"!  |
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Post by volleynutt on Mar 13, 2006 13:03:29 GMT -5
what is wrong with fu . maybe he said you had a nice fu man chu
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Post by mivamiva2 on Mar 13, 2006 14:54:54 GMT -5
Boo frickin' who, boo boo cries a lot! I can actually picture you pouting in your single bedroom dorm room over that comment dork. Once again you are the only JOKE here!
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