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Post by dokterrudi on Nov 4, 2023 0:13:25 GMT -5
Next year's schedule: 20 ACC matches; one each vs. the other 17 schools; an extra match with the travel partner (Cal); and two more based on this season's RPI. (The conference will be divided into three tiers based on RPI). Five weekends back east. (If they are back-to-back weekends, may stay in the East.) Non-conference may be a lot of road matches. Starting with Wisconsin and Minnesota. I was thinking tonight. Since the NCAA is pushing women’s volleyball pretty hard, cash is king, does it make sense that halftime go back to ten minutes? Add space, concessions…
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Nov 7, 2023 16:55:27 GMT -5
(rescued from the bottom of p. 6) I would nominate Sami Francis for being Stanford's unsung hero this past weekend. Along with kudos for the gutty performances of Kipp, Miner et al who performed excellently while being very ill! And the 2025 commits are pretty much set: a top-2/top-3 class, indeed.
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Post by liberosetter101 on Nov 7, 2023 17:17:47 GMT -5
Per PrepDig 2024 rankings: #6 Lizzy Andrew #15 Taylor Yu
Thoughts?
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Post by stanfordvb on Nov 7, 2023 17:25:18 GMT -5
Per PrepDig 2024 rankings: #6 Lizzy Andrew #15 Taylor Yu Thoughts? I think those rankings are pretty fair for those two, what I found interesting is that two beach commits for stanford were also ranked in the top 20 on that list. seems like the beach team is steadily getting better and better
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Post by hammer on Nov 7, 2023 18:28:57 GMT -5
(rescued from the bottom of p. 6) I would nominate Sami Francis for being Stanford's unsung hero this past weekend. Along with kudos for the gutty performances of Kipp, Miner et al who performed excellently while being very ill! And the 2025 commits are pretty much set: a top-2/top-3 class, indeed. Looked at a replay of the U-Dub match last night and saw a band-aid on Kipp's arm in the typical location where an IV is administered. It was during a TO or between sets when she was rearranging her clothing and the camera just happen to be focusing in on the Stanford bench area. Miner looked real good Sunday on the court as she made several great dumps and several perfect OOS sets (mostly to Rubin).
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Post by slxpress on Nov 7, 2023 18:32:35 GMT -5
Next year's schedule: 20 ACC matches; one each vs. the other 17 schools; an extra match with the travel partner (Cal); and two more based on this season's RPI. (The conference will be divided into three tiers based on RPI). Five weekends back east. (If they are back-to-back weekends, may stay in the East.) Non-conference may be a lot of road matches. Starting with Wisconsin and Minnesota. Are we doing away with the Stanford/Texas series? Sad panda face if so.
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Post by hammer on Nov 7, 2023 18:34:57 GMT -5
Per PrepDig 2024 rankings: #6 Lizzy Andrew #15 Taylor Yu Thoughts? Well, Andrew will be starting at MB next year and may the gods of "closing the block" be with us. Taylor Yu clearly is Kami's 2024 backup and a better insurance policy than Belardi. After 2024, she probably competes for the starting job with a heralded recruit.
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Post by hammer on Nov 7, 2023 18:40:57 GMT -5
Next year's schedule: 20 ACC matches; one each vs. the other 17 schools; an extra match with the travel partner (Cal); and two more based on this season's RPI. (The conference will be divided into three tiers based on RPI). Five weekends back east. (If they are back-to-back weekends, may stay in the East.) Non-conference may be a lot of road matches. Starting with Wisconsin and Minnesota. Are we doing away with the Stanford/Texas series? Sad panda face if so. I think it is still TBD. Hambly still wants to play tough highly ranked opponents, but given the sheer amount of travel required for ACC matches, if he can find former Pac-12 members closer to home that want to match up (e.g., Oregon), he could go that route. Fox and ESPN also are looking for pre-con matches between highly ranked opponents, so Texas/Stanford fits the mold.
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Post by slxpress on Nov 7, 2023 18:45:46 GMT -5
Are we doing away with the Stanford/Texas series? Sad panda face if so. I think it is still TBD. Hambly still wants to play tough highly ranked opponents, but given the sheer amount of travel required for ACC matches, if he can find former Pac-12 members closer to home that want to match up (e.g., Oregon), he could go that route. Fox and ESPN also are looking for pre-con matches between highly ranked opponents, so Texas/Stanford fits the mold. Those 11am time slots (9am pacific time) aren’t going to fill up by themselves! With the ACC and the SEC I don’t think Fox would be involved any more. I’ve also floated the idea to the highly influential TV executives in my head to do a middle of the conference season made for TV challenge between the ACC and the SEC since they’re both wholly ESPN media properties. Kind of like some of the basketball challenges.
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Post by baytree on Nov 9, 2023 13:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by ay2013 on Nov 9, 2023 13:37:14 GMT -5
“@michellachester sits down with head coach Kevin Hambly on the growth that @stanfordwvb has made to become a dominant program known nationally” …. I’m pretty sure Stanford was a dominant program long before Hambly, and but for Plummer, whom Hambly didn’t recruit, Stanford hasn’t been to a final four…. I didn’t listen to the interview but I’m sure that mouth piece Chester never asked the real questions.
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Post by baytree on Nov 9, 2023 13:59:52 GMT -5
“@michellachester sits down with head coach Kevin Hambly on the growth that @stanfordwvb has made to become a dominant program known nationally” …. I’m pretty sure Stanford was a dominant program long before Hambly, and but for Plummer, whom Hambly didn’t recruit, Stanford hasn’t been to a final four…. I didn’t listen to the interview but I’m sure that mouth piece Chester never asked the real questions. It was a softball interview (aren't they all in vb?) but did start w Chester saying "You take over one of the strongest vb programs in the United States, a powerhouse, and then you win a national title in your second season. . . . What [was it] like taking over such a successful program?" So I'm not sure why the tweet was worded like that. Hambly talks quite a bit about the current senior class, not being able to train for a year and how it set them back, and the high expectations - both academically and athletically - at Stanford. I thought it was a good interview but it was mostly a fluff piece. Isn't that what the NCAA tries to do with most of their media pieces?
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Post by baytree on Nov 9, 2023 16:15:47 GMT -5
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Post by Cruz'n on Nov 9, 2023 17:30:01 GMT -5
Chester looks so tiny next to Kipp, even with those pumped up kicks.
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Post by Turlington on Nov 9, 2023 20:38:10 GMT -5
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