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Post by southie on Dec 12, 2017 15:31:32 GMT -5
There's a huge difference between recruiting a player, and signing them. I doubt anyone on this board knows all the players who the Texas coaching staff recruits and offers. There's that broken record on this board by a few select posters who claim Texas doesn't recruit 6-rotation pin hitters. Well, our staff did recruit Haley Hodson. I know that for a fact because I saw her in person attending the 2012 regional in Austin. So, there was enough interest that she paid her own way to visit Texas unofficially. But, as many of us knew, Stanford was always her first choice. Just because you express interest in a player, that doesn't mean said player has to reciprocate that interest; sometimes, they just like other schools better. Lots of schools recruited Hodson. Only one school ended up signing her. I would love to know about all the players our coaching staff recruits and offers; but, we never will. I mean the #1 recruit in the country isn't exactly stretching your neck out. Take a chance on somebody with backrow prowess. Justine Wong Orantes had 1 scholarship offer coming out of high school and went on to become an amazing college libero. Now I'm going to be told I'm a Nebraska troll lol but it's just a thought. I listed Hodson because I have factual information on her being recruited by Texas. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples. Most posters on here believe that 2019 Texas verbal, Logan Eggleston, is one of the best passing pin hitters in her class. Yes, I recall the story on Justine (who played setter in high school, I believe) only being offered by Nebraska and no one else; that turned out great for the Huskers. No other school in the country (even those known for their reputations of assessing talented back row players) saw in her what someone at Nebraska did. Even if we had recruited Justin and offered her a scholarship, that doesn't guarantee she would have chosen to sign with Texas; it's a two-way street, obviously.
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Post by TuesdayGone on Dec 12, 2017 16:10:45 GMT -5
Texas is coming to Wisconsin in 2018
Still looking for other teams according to Sheffield on Wisconsin podcast today.
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Post by Longhorn20 on Dec 12, 2017 19:12:55 GMT -5
Texas is coming to Wisconsin in 2018 Still looking for other teams according to Sheffield on Wisconsin podcast today. Sweet! Always love playing y’all!
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Post by vballtruther2 on Dec 12, 2017 19:51:39 GMT -5
Texas is coming to Wisconsin in 2018 Still looking for other teams according to Sheffield on Wisconsin podcast today. fun matchup. where did you hear this? love if USC got in there too.
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Post by southie on Dec 12, 2017 19:52:45 GMT -5
After the 2016 match in Austin, Coach Elliott had said the return match in Madison would be in 2018.
I had been thinking that perhaps we'd have a Friday / Sunday swing at Wisconsin and Minnesota, but perhaps that's not the ideal weekend schedule.
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Post by TuesdayGone on Dec 12, 2017 21:00:49 GMT -5
Texas is coming to Wisconsin in 2018 Still looking for other teams according to Sheffield on Wisconsin podcast today. fun matchup. where did you hear this? love if USC got in there too. Wisconsin Head coach Kelly Sheffield said that Texas was coming to Madison this year. He said other teams have contacted him about coming and they ask who else is coming...he said he tells them "Texas" and then the phone goes a little quiet:)
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Post by TuesdayGone on Dec 12, 2017 21:01:32 GMT -5
After the 2016 match in Austin, Coach Elliott had said the return match in Madison would be in 2018. I had been thinking that perhaps we'd have a Friday / Sunday swing at Wisconsin and Minnesota, but perhaps that's not the ideal weekend schedule. How about Texas, Iowa State, Wisconsin, MN
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Post by southie on Dec 12, 2017 21:15:56 GMT -5
Anything is possible. But, with Texas already committed to play in the VERT Challenge in Lincoln (against Nebraska and Oregon, most likely), I had been thinking that a road match at Minnesota would mean three non-conference road matches at perhaps the pre-season Top 3 teams in the B1G for 2018. So, I was figuring our return match at Minnesota would be 2019. Maybe a neutral site match against Minnesota in 2018 would be an option.
In Coach Elliott's presser prior to departing for the Stanford regional, he mentioned that they would have to re-evaluate their non-conference scheduling to see what they did wrong that kept them from earning a Top 4 national seed. To me, what they did wrong was play 3 fewer non-conference matches than most other Top 10 teams.
Won't surprise me to see a match against one of the SEC's elite in Kentucky or Florida (who both mastered RPI this past season).
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Post by vbprisoner on Dec 12, 2017 22:09:32 GMT -5
Anything is possible. But, with Texas already committed to play in the VERT Challenge in Lincoln (against Nebraska and Oregon, most likely), I had been thinking that a road match at Minnesota would mean three non-conference road matches at perhaps the pre-season Top 3 teams in the B1G for 2018. So, I was figuring our return match at Minnesota would be 2019. Maybe a neutral site match against Minnesota in 2018 would be an option. In Coach Elliott's presser prior to departing for the Stanford regional, he mentioned that they would have to re-evaluate their non-conference scheduling to see what they did wrong that kept them from earning a Top 4 national seed. To me, what they did wrong was play 3 fewer non-conference matches than most other Top 10 teams. Won't surprise me to see a match against one of the SEC's elite in Kentucky or Florida (who both mastered RPI this past season). If A&M hadn't laid an egg and just been 4th in SEC then that would have been a top 20 RPI team because of their SOS, and made a big difference. I noticed even when they were 6-10 they were still 23 RPI, but it just went down hill will 5 more loses.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2017 22:24:29 GMT -5
Off topic, but is there any film on Petersen (2018 signee)? Or has anyone seen her play? I'm curious to see if she can be the starting libero next season for the Horns.
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Post by bball on Dec 12, 2017 23:24:45 GMT -5
Off topic, but is there any film on Petersen (2018 signee)? Or has anyone seen her play? I'm curious to see if she can be the starting libero next season for the Horns. Shes very good. But not a seasoned libero ready for action.
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Post by southie on Dec 12, 2017 23:31:53 GMT -5
Anything is possible. But, with Texas already committed to play in the VERT Challenge in Lincoln (against Nebraska and Oregon, most likely), I had been thinking that a road match at Minnesota would mean three non-conference road matches at perhaps the pre-season Top 3 teams in the B1G for 2018. So, I was figuring our return match at Minnesota would be 2019. Maybe a neutral site match against Minnesota in 2018 would be an option. In Coach Elliott's presser prior to departing for the Stanford regional, he mentioned that they would have to re-evaluate their non-conference scheduling to see what they did wrong that kept them from earning a Top 4 national seed. To me, what they did wrong was play 3 fewer non-conference matches than most other Top 10 teams. Won't surprise me to see a match against one of the SEC's elite in Kentucky or Florida (who both mastered RPI this past season). If A&M hadn't laid an egg and just been 4th in SEC then that would have been a top 20 RPI team because of their SOS, and made a big difference. I noticed even when they were 6-10 they were still 23 RPI, but it just went down hill will 5 more loses. Stanford played A&M, too. So, both teams affected the same based on A&M's record.
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Post by Fight On! on Dec 12, 2017 23:38:03 GMT -5
If A&M hadn't laid an egg and just been 4th in SEC then that would have been a top 20 RPI team because of their SOS, and made a big difference. I noticed even when they were 6-10 they were still 23 RPI, but it just went down hill will 5 more loses. Stanford played A&M, too. So, both teams affected the same based on A&M's record. But Stanford had the chance to get 9 (or so) of top 25 wins in conference so they didn’t “need” TAMU to stay top 25.
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Post by southie on Dec 12, 2017 23:45:35 GMT -5
Since A&M played PSU, Florida (twice), Stanford, Kentucky, and Texas, a better won/loss record for A&M wouldn't have bumped Texas ahead of any of the schools (in the committee's eyes, or RPI); all schools would have been affected the same.
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Post by Longhorn20 on Dec 12, 2017 23:50:16 GMT -5
I have high hopes that Jerritt redshirted Zelon for a reason this year. She seems like a very hard worker as well. And after watching a little bit of Gabriel and Petersen, it seems like they could come in and contribute immediately as well. We honestly really only need one or two to step up out of Rounsaville, Hahn, Petersen, Gabriel, and Zelon.
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