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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Oct 8, 2023 17:18:43 GMT -5
Sheffield at UW also talked about their nonconference schedule and the number of road games they played, which limited practice time early in the season and slowed the progress of the team much like Stanford's situation. I suspect you will see steady and continuous improvement from Stanford and UW now that they are getting more practice time in recent weeks. NU had a big advantage of essentially playing a home non conference schedule minus the Stanford game. Their ONLY other road game in non-conference was at KState, which is less than a 2-hour, day trip drive. They had ALOT more practice time than in their own gym than most of the other top programs playing a more aggressive road schedule. Just getting back into today's VB groove; newborn parenting duties (feeding, diapers, etc.) come first. Too many strange comments on the match thread. I voted 3-1 SU...but was vacillating on a 3-2 vote. REALLY proud of this team...without Francis, this squad showed their tenacity, grit and fight! Go Card. After being on the horn with my guy, Sami will be upgraded to probable (75%) for this week's matches.
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Post by plm on Oct 8, 2023 18:38:15 GMT -5
Well maybe, but I tend to think it was more about talent and the ability to stay at home and get in meaningful practices. As Hambly said at a recent chalk talk, the tough pre-con schedule Stanford plays, cuts into developmental practices due to all the travel. Sheffield at UW also talked about their nonconference schedule and the number of road games they played, which limited practice time early in the season and slowed the progress of the team much like Stanford's situation. I suspect you will see steady and continuous improvement from Stanford and UW now that they are getting more practice time in recent weeks. NU had a big advantage of essentially playing a home non conference schedule minus the Stanford game. Their ONLY other road game in non-conference was at KState, which is less than a 2-hour, day trip drive. They had ALOT more practice time than in their own gym than most of the other top programs playing a more aggressive road schedule. With having all of their starters back Stanford shouldn't have needed as much practice as NU did. With 6 seniors who 3 of them are 5th year seniors & 4 are starters, 2 juniors, & a sophomore Stanford has had way more practice playing together than what NU has with 3 junior starters one who played at Florida last year, a sophomore, & 4 freshmen. NU has no seniors on their team or red shirts.
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Post by bigjohn043 on Oct 8, 2023 18:45:13 GMT -5
Sheffield at UW also talked about their nonconference schedule and the number of road games they played, which limited practice time early in the season and slowed the progress of the team much like Stanford's situation. I suspect you will see steady and continuous improvement from Stanford and UW now that they are getting more practice time in recent weeks. NU had a big advantage of essentially playing a home non conference schedule minus the Stanford game. Their ONLY other road game in non-conference was at KState, which is less than a 2-hour, day trip drive. They had ALOT more practice time than in their own gym than most of the other top programs playing a more aggressive road schedule. With having all of their starters back Stanford shouldn't have needed as much practice as NU did. With 6 seniors who 3 of them are 5th year seniors & 4 are starters, 2 juniors, & a sophomore Stanford has had way more practice playing together than what NU has with 3 junior starters one who played at Florida last year, a sophomore, & 4 freshmen. NU has no seniors on their team or red shirts. It is just a difference in approaches. Hambly every year schedules our preseason with literally every top-10 team he can find. Nebraska usually plays only one or two big preseason matches. IMO at a school like Stanford it helps sharpen the team to play a tough schedule in the preseason. But Cook has a different approach.
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Post by hammer on Oct 8, 2023 18:56:24 GMT -5
Sheffield at UW also talked about their nonconference schedule and the number of road games they played, which limited practice time early in the season and slowed the progress of the team much like Stanford's situation. I suspect you will see steady and continuous improvement from Stanford and UW now that they are getting more practice time in recent weeks. NU had a big advantage of essentially playing a home non conference schedule minus the Stanford game. Their ONLY other road game in non-conference was at KState, which is less than a 2-hour, day trip drive. They had ALOT more practice time than in their own gym than most of the other top programs playing a more aggressive road schedule. With having all of their starters back Stanford shouldn't have needed as much practice as NU did. With 6 seniors who 3 of them are 5th year seniors & 4 are starters, 2 juniors, & a sophomore Stanford has had way more practice playing together than what NU has with 3 junior starters one who played at Florida last year, a sophomore, & 4 freshmen. NU has no seniors on their team or red shirts. Yes, sort of, but remember under the county of Santa Clara County restrictions COVID really cut into the number of touches and practices that seniors and 5th years would have at this point. This is really a younger team from an experience viewpoint than it appears.
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 8, 2023 19:01:29 GMT -5
With having all of their starters back Stanford shouldn't have needed as much practice as NU did. With 6 seniors who 3 of them are 5th year seniors & 4 are starters, 2 juniors, & a sophomore Stanford has had way more practice playing together than what NU has with 3 junior starters one who played at Florida last year, a sophomore, & 4 freshmen. NU has no seniors on their team or red shirts. It is just a difference in approaches. Hambly every year schedules our preseason with literally every top-10 team he can find. Nebraska usually plays only one or two big preseason matches. IMO at a school like Stanford it helps sharpen the team to play a tough schedule in the preseason. But Cook has a different approach. No other school rakes in as much from ticket sales as Nebraska. I have no idea who gets what percentage of ticket revenues; but there has got to some pressure or incentive in there somewhere to play more home matches for Nebraska.
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Post by plm on Oct 8, 2023 19:10:09 GMT -5
With having all of their starters back Stanford shouldn't have needed as much practice as NU did. With 6 seniors who 3 of them are 5th year seniors & 4 are starters, 2 juniors, & a sophomore Stanford has had way more practice playing together than what NU has with 3 junior starters one who played at Florida last year, a sophomore, & 4 freshmen. NU has no seniors on their team or red shirts. Yes, sort of, but remember under the county of Santa Clara County restrictions COVID really cut into the number of touches and practices that seniors and 5th years would have at this point. This is really a younger team from an experience viewpoint than it appears. There is no sort of. Regardless of the restrictions The seniors & junior starters all have practiced more together than what 4 freshmen & a first time junior at NU together. Stanford didn't even have classes until 9/26 which was a month after classes started at NU.
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Post by cbrown1709 on Oct 8, 2023 19:11:25 GMT -5
Proud of Baird. Her attacking really stepped up today.
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 8, 2023 20:11:34 GMT -5
Yes, sort of, but remember under the county of Santa Clara County restrictions COVID really cut into the number of touches and practices that seniors and 5th years would have at this point. This is really a younger team from an experience viewpoint than it appears. There is no sort of. Regardless of the restrictions The seniors & junior starters all have practiced more together than what 4 freshmen & a first time junior at NU together. Stanford didn't even have classes until 9/26 which was a month after classes started at NU. I'm not normally a Nebraska fan, but I am this year, as you have some young exciting players. You have a great team. Why do you have to come and whine on our thread?
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Post by dokterrudi on Oct 8, 2023 21:54:09 GMT -5
Strong win. Great stuff, lots of character building going on. The team is showing signs of what it takes to go far. Doing the little things and working. I saw a dig from Kipp today that surprised me. Baird as well. Gotta love utility players. I’ve always felt this team was a touch soft, I don’t think Covid helped with seasoning, in that sense I agree with the post. Maybe it’s a personality thing who knows, but this win impressed me.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Oct 9, 2023 0:21:56 GMT -5
Here are major stat lines for five of the Cardinal (with a few emphases): Baird: .486 (18-1-35); one ace (SA), 3 SE (service errors); 7 D; 1 solo block (BS), 2 BA; 21 pts.
Kipp: .232 (20-7-56); one SA, six SE; 7D; two BA (block assists), 2 TB (total blocks); 22 points
Miner: .111 (2-1-9); 59 assists (A); two SA, one SE; 8 D ; three BA, 3 TB; 5,5 pts. Rubin: .200 (21-10-55); one SA, 3 SE; ten D; three BA, three TB; 23.5 points
Vicini: .529 (9-0-17); one solo block, five BA, six TB; 12.5 points As noted elsewhere, Oglivie had a big match digs (27 D) plus serving-wise (3 SA). Tufuga, as also reported, had 2 BS, 5 BA, 7 TB...adding to 4.5 pts. Of the "smalls", Pringle had the most impact (two SA). Team totals: .287 (70-20-174); 68 A (nine assists other than Miner); ten SA, 19 SE; sixty D; four solo blocks, twenty BA, 14 TB pts. WSU hit .211 (58-26-152); fifty A; one SA, two SE; seven TB points
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Post by Sbilo on Oct 9, 2023 3:17:11 GMT -5
Really happy as well about Vicini’s slide attacks. She was almost unstoppable. Prior to this season (correct me if I’m wrong), she never ran the slide. We now have two MBs that can ran the slide - I really like the offense that Miner is running.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Oct 9, 2023 11:44:05 GMT -5
Really happy as well about Vicini’s slide attacks. She was almost unstoppable. Prior to this season (correct me if I’m wrong), she never ran the slide. We now have two MBs that can ran the slide - I really like the offense that Miner is running. (*you offered/opened yourself up to it* ....but why change now?) They have run slides with McKenna before.
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 9, 2023 11:49:31 GMT -5
Really happy as well about Vicini’s slide attacks. She was almost unstoppable. Prior to this season (correct me if I’m wrong), she never ran the slide. We now have two MBs that can ran the slide - I really like the offense that Miner is running. (*you offered/opened yourself up to it* ....but why change now?) They have run slides with McKenna before. I agree with Sbilo that Vicini never ran slides before this season. Only quick 1's, and back 1's.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Oct 9, 2023 11:58:48 GMT -5
Just a quick figstats.net update (Figstats are modified RPI ratings/projections that really mirror the NCAA Selection Committee's final seedings). Stanford's second with a surprisingly wide, growing gap over NU. WSU 5th, UO 8th.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Oct 9, 2023 12:03:05 GMT -5
(*you offered/opened yourself up to it* ....but why change now?) They have run slides with McKenna before. I agree with Sbilo that Vicini never ran slides before this season. Only quick 1's, and back 1's. I beg to differ...there are tapes in the AD/SID which show that it's been done before: though not often.
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