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Post by silversurfer on Aug 3, 2015 11:07:36 GMT -5
41 SMU
42 Michigan St.
43 Ohio
44 Loyola Marymount
45 San Diego
46 CSUN
47 Santa Clara
48 Michigan
49 Pittsburgh
49 Seton Hall
Someone made a good point about talking about the same teams all the time. Let's talk about the 40s. Who's moving up, who's moving down.
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Aug 3, 2015 11:16:00 GMT -5
I would say as of now Michigan State and Michigan should be moving up. Both teams should be much more improved than last year with new freshman and transfers.
Santa Clara could move up a little bit, but not as much as the Michigan schools.
I don't know about San Diego and LMU right now because they have some spots left from graduation that are left to be filled. They can fill up those spots with the talent on their roster but who knows what is going to happen next season.
CSUN and Seton Hall should be dropping with all of the talent that has not graduated from both schools.
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Post by Not Me on Aug 3, 2015 11:44:09 GMT -5
Pitt is a product of their league RPI. They only have 2 decent pre-season matches. Obviously Nebraska is a big hurdle. But Michigam will be a big measuring stick.
Otherwise they will need a few upsets in conference to go anywhere
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Post by silversurfer on Aug 3, 2015 11:49:54 GMT -5
Second year for Deane Webb at Ohio. Lamberti is obviously a big loss, plus Burkle. Can new kids fill the gaps?
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 3, 2015 11:50:46 GMT -5
I'm most interested in USD and whether they can make their own regional.
If Gilleland is still there, I expect Ohio to remain good. She is very underrated.
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Post by Wiswell on Aug 3, 2015 13:08:54 GMT -5
With the exception of the Michigans, how much OOC play against good opponents do these teams need to move up?
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Post by vbnerd on Aug 3, 2015 14:20:50 GMT -5
I would say as of now Michigan State and Michigan should be moving up. Both teams should be much more improved than last year with new freshman and transfers. Santa Clara could move up a little bit, but not as much as the Michigan schools. I don't know about San Diego and LMU right now because they have some spots left from graduation that are left to be filled. They can fill up those spots with the talent on their roster but who knows what is going to happen next season. CSUN and Seton Hall should be dropping with all of the talent that has not graduated from both schools. Michigan lost Dannemiller... just one player but she may have more touches over 4 years than any Michigan player in recent history. Michigan State lost 4 players including Moster who was a great libero, their 4 and 5 options on offense, one of which was a primary passer. With two passers graduating and Muir the only returning player with more than 150 pass attempts, they need some passing help. Of the players with 100 or more swings, the leader in passing attempts is Reinig with 33. Seton Hall lost a bunch and should regress, but I like Pitt to move forward off of last season. Fisher knows what he's doing and they should be 11-2 when UNC gets to Pittsburgh on Sept 27th. |
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Post by trianglevolleyball on Aug 3, 2015 15:03:52 GMT -5
SMU should be good, they return 6 of their 7 starters including a talented libero and setter (3rd in the nation in assists). Challenges on the schedule include Santa Clara, Arizona, UCLA and San Diego. They'll probably finish second in their conference and will need to limit their losses to 4 or 5 in order to qualify for the tournament.
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Post by silversurfer on Aug 3, 2015 15:43:56 GMT -5
I know Loyola had some great moments last year, so it'll be interesting to see if they can keep that forward momentum.
Michigan State did lose some important parts, but they've got so much physicality in the program right now!
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Aug 3, 2015 15:58:14 GMT -5
I think USD will probably remain around the same as they were last year. I look forward to seeing if they can actually make their own regional. Its not out of the question, but it doesn't really seem very likely at this point. They do return some firepower in Finley, Schad, Kramer, and Kennedy. They got a setter transfer who should help with the graduation of Bonomi (although she probably won't be as good) and they also have Gengenbacher with a year of experience and freshman Allie Fellows to help with the setting positions. As long as the outsides (Fuller and Tanyel) are somewhat consistent, then this team probably won't drop.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 3, 2015 16:16:26 GMT -5
What is this, last year's RPI?
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Post by bc2016 on Aug 3, 2015 21:00:57 GMT -5
What is this, last year's RPI? Let' talk about the 30's. |
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Post by silversurfer on Aug 4, 2015 10:07:19 GMT -5
What is this, last year's RPI? Yup |
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Aug 4, 2015 11:33:09 GMT -5
Loyola Marymount could definitely surprise next year. Even though they lost Keil and Dewitt, they still have some players returning and a transfer OH that could be an impact. I expect good things from this LMU team this upcoming season.
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