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Post by SportyBucky on Dec 2, 2015 10:04:20 GMT -5
I guarantee he had a few choice words for the committee when he saw OR, even if he's keeping an even keel for his team's sake.
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Post by zenyada on Dec 2, 2015 10:05:06 GMT -5
I give less weight to Oregon's late season win against UCLA when they may have caught the Bruins coasting. Whisky in 4. I'd love to see a Texas-UCLA match on Dec 11. If the Bruins get there, that likely means Chandler is setting and the Bruins are rolling again with their middle attack. They'd give Texas fits with a look they haven't seen all season. Chandler has been out a while and Muno has been playing much better. I don't think Sealy will switch things up. Then again it is Mike Sealy, so we can expect his usual setting decision making. Improved yes, but Frager, Buechler, Anderson's hitting numbers are still dropping. Assuming Sealy stays true to form, I expect Muno has until UCLA loses its first set which will be first round against Lipscomb.
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 2, 2015 10:33:11 GMT -5
That fox in the background is making me tired. It makes me sad. That's classic stereotypic behavior that comes from prolonged understimulation and confinement. The badger looks happy at least.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 2, 2015 10:48:38 GMT -5
I guarantee he had a few choice words for the committee when he saw OR, even if he's keeping an even keel for his team's sake. I'm sure he did, too. He seriously needs an Anger Translator. Oh, to have been a fly on that wall...
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 2, 2015 10:59:19 GMT -5
I for one am not too worried about any matchup in Madison, Badgers should win 3-0 both Thursday and Friday. Oregon has won 5 of 8 in November, the one good win they have in that time is against UCLA at UCLA, the other wins were against a free falling Az St and 3 of the other bottom 5 teams. They hit .244 which is respectable but opponents hit .215 against them and were outblocked on the season. I do not put much stock in their win against UCLA, as shown multiple times in the Big Ten this season, anybody can have a good single night (PSU/NW, PSU/Mich, Mary/OSU etc). They do not have a strong block, their best hitters hits .328 from the middle, outsides hit ~.234. It will obviously be a tougher match than some other seeded teams have and should not be a snoozer like last years opening match but it should still go 3-0. Target their libero on the serve, keep the serve out of the net and just play Wisconsin's game Yeah, I noticed some of the same things. The duck offense looks good but the defense (on paper anyway) does not seem quite the caliber that UW is used to seeing. Dig and block efficiency is in bottom half of PAC-12. Although they have some really impressive matches offensively, like that ASU match, their HP differential is not that high even for the last part of the season.
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Post by vbprisoner on Dec 2, 2015 11:07:53 GMT -5
I for one am not too worried about any matchup in Madison, Badgers should win 3-0 both Thursday and Friday. Oregon has won 5 of 8 in November, the one good win they have in that time is against UCLA at UCLA, the other wins were against a free falling Az St and 3 of the other bottom 5 teams. They hit .244 which is respectable but opponents hit .215 against them and were outblocked on the season. I do not put much stock in their win against UCLA, as shown multiple times in the Big Ten this season, anybody can have a good single night (PSU/NW, PSU/Mich, Mary/OSU etc). They do not have a strong block, their best hitters hits .328 from the middle, outsides hit ~.234. It will obviously be a tougher match than some other seeded teams have and should not be a snoozer like last years opening match but it should still go 3-0. Target their libero on the serve, keep the serve out of the net and just play Wisconsin's game I am quite sure Oregon and their fans would love for Wisconsin to target their libero on the serve.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 2, 2015 11:42:38 GMT -5
Yeah... Let's not do that.
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Post by gogophers on Dec 2, 2015 11:58:31 GMT -5
I for one am not too worried about any matchup in Madison, Badgers should win 3-0 both Thursday and Friday. Oregon has won 5 of 8 in November, the one good win they have in that time is against UCLA at UCLA, the other wins were against a free falling Az St and 3 of the other bottom 5 teams. They hit .244 which is respectable but opponents hit .215 against them and were outblocked on the season. I do not put much stock in their win against UCLA, as shown multiple times in the Big Ten this season, anybody can have a good single night (PSU/NW, PSU/Mich, Mary/OSU etc). They do not have a strong block, their best hitters hits .328 from the middle, outsides hit ~.234. It will obviously be a tougher match than some other seeded teams have and should not be a snoozer like last years opening match but it should still go 3-0. Target their libero on the serve, keep the serve out of the net and just play Wisconsin's game I agree and would add that Wisconsin played six matches at home in November, including against Ohio State and the Michiganians, three strong teams, and went 18-0 in sets. In only one of those sets did the opponent score more than 21 points. Wisconsin has hit over .300 in every match in its 12 win streak (or almost every; I'm too lazy to check) and I don't see Oregon, seeing Wisconsin for the first time, as the team to contain what has evolved into the Big10's most potent offense. Anything can happen, of course. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But as someone once said, that's the way to bet.
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Post by BuckysHeat on Dec 2, 2015 12:02:23 GMT -5
I for one am not too worried about any matchup in Madison, Badgers should win 3-0 both Thursday and Friday. Oregon has won 5 of 8 in November, the one good win they have in that time is against UCLA at UCLA, the other wins were against a free falling Az St and 3 of the other bottom 5 teams. They hit .244 which is respectable but opponents hit .215 against them and were outblocked on the season. I do not put much stock in their win against UCLA, as shown multiple times in the Big Ten this season, anybody can have a good single night (PSU/NW, PSU/Mich, Mary/OSU etc). They do not have a strong block, their best hitters hits .328 from the middle, outsides hit ~.234. It will obviously be a tougher match than some other seeded teams have and should not be a snoozer like last years opening match but it should still go 3-0. Target their libero on the serve, keep the serve out of the net and just play Wisconsin's game I am quite sure Oregon and their fans would love for Wisconsin to target their libero on the serve. Not trying to demean her in anyway, all I know about oregon is based off their stats and record. Looking at the stats, they have 2 players that receive the bulk of the serves - Benson and Vander Weide. Just looking at serve receive percents, Benson has a .932 while Vander Weide has a .966. I understand that some people feel serve receive percentage is meaningless, I do not agree and this is all I have to go off of in comparison and looking for ways to beat them. So which way would you go? The one that has proven over an entire season to have a higher percentage? Or the one where it looks like you will get more OOS plays and potential aces? If it isn't woking you can adjust. But would you not take that shot?
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Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 2, 2015 12:10:57 GMT -5
I am quite sure Oregon and their fans would love for Wisconsin to target their libero on the serve. Not trying to demean her in anyway, all I know about oregon is based off their stats and record. Looking at the stats, they have 2 players that receive the bulk of the serves - Benson and Vander Weide. Just looking at serve receive percents, Benson has a .932 while Vander Weide has a .966. I understand that some people feel serve receive percentage is meaningless, I do not agree and this is all I have to go off of in comparison and looking for ways to beat them. So which way would you go? The one that has proven over an entire season to have a higher percentage? Or the one where it looks like you will get more OOS plays and potential aces? If it isn't woking you can adjust. But would you not take that shot? She's going to pass a ton of balls whether you target her or not. Targeting her would just make it easier. Can we start the match already?
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Post by vbprisoner on Dec 2, 2015 12:21:32 GMT -5
OK, that makes sense if you are not familiar with Benson. Go watch a previous match of Oregon and you will see that running the 6-2 they usually have two primary people taking serve receive. You will also notice from the stats that Vander Weide has almost as many attempts as Benson, but she is usually only one of the two primary receivers in 3 sometimes 4 rotations so teams target her more.
Benson is one of the three best libero in the PAC12 and having seen all the B1G teams play more than once I would say if she was in the B1G she would be one of the top 3 in that conference as well. She may be the best passer in the PAC also, but this year Oregon has not played to the level of expectation so she has not received the same recognition as last year or her Frosh. year.
Just ask any PAC team if they would take Benson as their libero and you would probably get 11 "yes".
c4ndle will correct me if I am wrong!
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Post by Mocha on Dec 2, 2015 12:58:38 GMT -5
Just for fun Sheffield should bring a caged badger to practice and feed him some duck to pump up the team. Luckily it won't be so easy with a Husky.
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Post by wonderwarthog79 on Dec 2, 2015 13:06:22 GMT -5
It's a simple business with Oregon. All teams must pass well to win. Ducks have to pass extremely well, low, and fast to win. Wisconsin has not seen an offense like this all season. The Ducks not only play fast, they run a lot of combo, x, and gimmick plays between the MH's and OH's. I'm hoping that having Page, the middle, back will engergize them. Oregon still blocks badly and plays blase defense at times. Both teams are playing their best right now, but Wisconsin hasn't been tested in the last month, so I'll go with the Ducks in five.
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Post by klattvb on Dec 2, 2015 13:29:36 GMT -5
Wisconsin has been tested in the last month. They won a five setter an illinoise. Where illinoise played extremely well, and the badger came out with a five set win.
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Post by SportyBucky on Dec 2, 2015 13:55:11 GMT -5
It's a simple business with Oregon. All teams must pass well to win. Ducks have to pass extremely well, low, and fast to win. Wisconsin has not seen an offense like this all season. The Ducks not only play fast, they run a lot of combo, x, and gimmick plays between the MH's and OH's. I'm hoping that having Page, the middle, back will engergize them. Oregon still blocks badly and plays blase defense at times. Both teams are playing their best right now, but Wisconsin hasn't been tested in the last month, so I'll go with the Ducks in five. Interesting. Because WI hasn't been "tested," you're choosing the Ducks. I think the correct word for WI in the past month is challenged. They haven't been challenged by objectively good competition. I would think the competition WI has faced, much of it top 15, is better than that of the PAC. I am not a believer in UCLA. WA is for real. Because WI has handily beaten top talent and hasn't struggled certainly shouldn't cause one to conclude they aren't fine-tuned or ready to play against a good team. Fact is, all but three teams in the Big Ten are capable of beating top teams in the country. You cannot say that about the PAC this year as much as folks would like to think that is the case based on prior year's experience.
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