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Post by lesmizuno on Apr 13, 2016 0:04:49 GMT -5
Does anyone know the structure of AI tournament? Will all the teams compete against each other that weekend? I know most but not all Invitationals have teams playing 3 duals total. A lot of good for Long beach and FIU could come out of this tournament if they beat Hawaii, USC, or each other.
The competing teams are:
Hawaii
USC
Long Beach State
FIU
ULM
GCU
Washington
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Post by trollhunter on Apr 13, 2016 1:46:36 GMT -5
I thought it was just a pairs tournament
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Post by vbvalley on Apr 13, 2016 9:02:37 GMT -5
It is just for pairs. FIU is sending two teams. A little puzzling as their conference championship is also that weekend, not the following weekend.
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Post by trafficmark on Apr 13, 2016 9:33:58 GMT -5
Last year it was a team competition AND pairs. I believe that will be the same format...at least according to the website. No word yet, however, who will play who.
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Post by wang pu on Apr 13, 2016 11:03:28 GMT -5
Last year it was a team competition AND pairs. I believe that will be the same format...at least according to the website. No word yet, however, who will play who. Was this the tournament last year that changed the scoring of the team competition so that all the final outcome was undecided prior to the last flight? |
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Post by trafficmark on Apr 13, 2016 11:07:16 GMT -5
Yes it was...Long Beach was declared the victor with a win at Number 1 in the final featured match vs Hawaii...they went 0-4 in flights 2-5.
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Post by trollhunter on Apr 13, 2016 15:02:57 GMT -5
Last year it was a team competition AND pairs. I believe that will be the same format...at least according to the website. No word yet, however, who will play who. You are correct about it being team competition. I was wrong. From their latest press release: "The Rainbow Wahine will wrap their regular season in grand fashion at the Outrigger Aloha Invitational, on the neutral courts at Queen's Beach, Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23. The fifth-ranked 'Bows will take on a top-flight field that includes top-ranked USC and Big West rival Long Beach State. Washington, Grand Canyon and Louisiana Monroe are also slated for competition. Dual match play with double elimination will start at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and wrap with nationally-televised (CBS) final that begins at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday." Sounds like they aren't doing pairs at all? And FIU is no longer listed in the field. |
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Post by vbvalley on Apr 13, 2016 22:23:15 GMT -5
FIU never planned to send the entire team, only two pairs. Still trying to figure out why when it looks like the CCSA conference tournament the same weekend will be crucial in who the third team from the East will be. Also, the travel for those two pairs will be brutal from Miami as school is back in sesion on Monday.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 13, 2016 22:34:42 GMT -5
Why is USC returning the islands? They've already played UH twice. Conceivably, UH and USC could meet again -- for a third time! Are there no other tournaments this weekend and USC wanted to fill their schedule?
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Post by Monica on Apr 13, 2016 22:51:15 GMT -5
The 2016 Aloha Invitational will be a combined Duals and Pairs Tournament. On Thursday we will begin with a Pairs bracket pitting all team's #1s and #2's against one another in a single elimination bracket that wraps up with finals for the 1's and 2's at 5 pm on Friday. Friday we also begin the Duals competition. The Duals competition will be a double elimination bracket tourney with #1 and #2 teams getting byes with #3 playing #6 and #4 playing #5. The Duals competition will span two days and conclude on Saturday afternoon with a televised match for the Duals championship. There will also be a Pool Play competition for the 6's and 7's pairs of the respective teams competing.
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Post by lbsandfan on Apr 14, 2016 11:28:32 GMT -5
That's a bummer .. all sites had shown the invitational starting on Fri 4/22 .. so I would think a lot of mainland families weren't going to get there til later on Thursday after play.
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Post by vbct3 on Apr 14, 2016 11:46:31 GMT -5
Why is USC returning the islands? They've already played UH twice. Conceivably, UH and USC could meet again -- for a third time! Are there no other tournaments this weekend and USC wanted to fill their schedule? Who wouldn't want to go back to Hawaii? |
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Post by vbvalley on Apr 16, 2016 13:05:47 GMT -5
FIU just pulled their two teams out of Hawaii. They just found out that the CCSA conference tournament the same weekend would count towards going to Alabama.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Apr 20, 2016 13:17:03 GMT -5
The finals will be on CBS Sports Network but are on tape delay again. Will air sometime in May
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 20, 2016 13:30:48 GMT -5
I'm a fan of Lara Schreiber but boy, she and Nikki Taylor have had a tough season, even losing to Boise State's #2 flight.
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