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Post by iu12345 on Feb 26, 2007 15:03:12 GMT -5
So the new NIRSA rankings will come out in a few short days. Here is what I propose they should look like:
1. UW-Oshkosh 2. Arizona 3. Illinois 4. Lakeland 5. Central Florida 6. UCLA 7. Maryland 8. Cal Poly 9. Notre Dame 10. Utah Valley St. 11. Santa Clara 12. Ohio State 13. Texas A & M 14. Penn State 15. Colorado 16. Michigan State 17. Berkeley 18. Wisconsin 19. Davis 20. Virginia Tech 21. Navy 22. Fresno 23. Dayton 24. Marquette 25. Indiana HM: SDSU BC Illinois St. Iowa St. Army LMU Grand Valley St. Kent St. Miami UCSD Georgia UW-Milwaukee
Anyways, this is just for fun. Hope no one gets mad at me for what I think... :-)
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Post by mucads6 on Feb 26, 2007 15:26:16 GMT -5
can't argue with that top 5..maybe switch UCF and lakeland..but overall pretty good analysis and prediction
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Post by iu12345 on Feb 26, 2007 15:43:10 GMT -5
I agree now that I think about it. Tough to give a new team the edge over a team that has proven that it can win.
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Post by gobears on Feb 26, 2007 15:50:05 GMT -5
Cal lost to UCLA in a close 3 game match last Sat am at Far Westerns.
Then Cal beat UCLA in a business like 2 in the semis on Sunday.
That should move Cal up or UCLA down in some fashion.
Furthermore Cal has split with Poly, and Davis beat Poly in the Semis in a close 3 game match, and beat Cal in the Finals in 3.
Davis belongs way up there too.
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Post by Fire4IU on Feb 26, 2007 16:14:57 GMT -5
Umm, I have one issue with these rankings and that is that we are anywhere to be found on them. We should be dropped off until we do something of note again.
Beating Penn State at Hardwood was nice, but until we follow that up with another something nice, we don't belong in the rankings.
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Post by iu12345 on Feb 26, 2007 16:15:37 GMT -5
You've caught me in my complete lack of knowledge about anything that has happened west of the Mississippi. Maybe when I'm back in the office tomorrow, I'll try to look at those and reassess my original ideas. Good thing I'm not on the ranking committee. LOL :-)
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Post by iu12345 on Feb 26, 2007 16:17:12 GMT -5
The nice thing about predicting rankings in your free time is that you are allowed to put your team on there to see if anyone objects or if you squeak by. You know I agree about our team. I just didn't have the heart to take us off...
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Post by scmb19 on Feb 26, 2007 16:34:15 GMT -5
i agree with go bears. Cal- Berkeley and Davis should probably be higher. They are tough teams this year. This weekend, Santa Clara beat Fresno in 5, then lost to Cal Poly in 5 the next afternoon. This leaves a huge tie for 1st in the NCCVL (I think 5 teams at the half way point in our season). Should be interesting how our round-robin tournament goes next weekend. NCCVL is definitely made up of good teams that are beating eachother up this year.
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Post by star035 on Feb 26, 2007 16:39:50 GMT -5
Here's a link to the well-done NCCVL site. You can drill down to match details and rosters. www.nccvl.info/home.do
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Post by gobears on Feb 26, 2007 17:40:46 GMT -5
Unfortunately a number of matches for the NCCVL teams, Cal included, are not listed on nccvl website. I lobby for ALL matches after Jan 1 to be listed, win or lose. Others have other ideas. Off season, in/out. Non league matches in/out.... We even had an NAIA/Holy Names match called in the middle of Game 2 last Thurs nite. We won Game 1, pretty even up in Game 2 when all power in the neighborhood went out due to storm I guess. That match is not listed either. Seeding committee has their work cut out for them.
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Post by muoh61010 on Feb 26, 2007 17:48:01 GMT -5
granted i am glad UCF is getting the respect that they deserve (partially biased b/c i am good friends with two on the team), but i would keep lakeland higher than UCF right now. yes, UCF surprised many this past weekend, but other than the HIC and Vegas, who do they get to see? lakeland sees tough teams week in and week out being apart of the WVC, midwest 10, and the rest of the MIVA field. just my opinion.
Vegas is going to be a good test for a lot of teams
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Post by peluche on Feb 26, 2007 17:50:47 GMT -5
I agree Tom...we have some work to do before we consider us a power like most of those teams. But its a start...
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Post by scmb19 on Feb 26, 2007 18:55:31 GMT -5
For the NCCVL. As of my current understanding of how games have been going that haven't been updated on the website as of yet. These are all league games, not tournaments. Davis beat Cal, San Jose beat Santa Clara, Santa Clara beat Fresno, Cal Poly beat Santa Clara. With these big games and a few other games, Santa Clara is 5-2, Fresno is 3-2, Cal is 3-2, Cal Poly is 5-2, Davis is 5-2. The "Mini-tournament" this coming weekend will decide on the results for the NCCVL. I forgot to metion earlier that San Jose State, despite a poor showing at Far Westerns, is a very good, scrappy team. They are the current team behind the scenes of the NCCVL that could come out and surprise quite a few teams in pulling some upsets.
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Post by EyeNoLilVeeBall on Feb 26, 2007 23:58:54 GMT -5
Anyone know who is playing for UCF? Setter? OH?
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Post by peluche on Feb 27, 2007 1:55:23 GMT -5
Setter=Ala Itayem OH=Tyler Adams and Arturo Rivera
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