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Post by vinnielopes on Jan 18, 2021 11:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by TheReignman on Jan 18, 2021 14:22:12 GMT -5
Kinda crazy to think there are only two east coast selections (PSU & NJIT) and they are both on 2nd team
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Post by robonthemic on Jan 18, 2021 17:29:50 GMT -5
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Post by lipton on Jan 18, 2021 21:20:11 GMT -5
Excellent job by Vinnie and company! This is a great list, as good of a list as can be at this point. With the imbalance in training due to different Covid restrictions, it'll be interesting to see who comes back right where they left off and who takes a while to get their feet under them.
The player I'm interested in seeing is Mandalaris. He put up monster numbers in the CC. His numbers against non-CC teams last season were 3.87 K/s, 0.292 hitting percentage, 0.2 aces/set, 0.44 blocks/set, and 1.00 D/S. That included matches against Lewis and Loyola, so in theory he could put those numbers up this season against MIVA competition. Ball State has superb passing and an experienced setter, so this might be the perfect spot for Mandalaris to shine.
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Post by kb808 on Jan 18, 2021 23:58:00 GMT -5
Gasman is better than Stadick
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Post by socal3 on Jan 19, 2021 1:20:03 GMT -5
Wetter doesn’t get enough credit. He hit .528 last year.
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Post by wilbur on Jan 19, 2021 2:09:18 GMT -5
Wetter doesn’t get enough credit. He hit .528 last year. he is good and he was 1st team BW and he isn't as good as the middles on the list so I think he gets his share. The strength of schedule CSUN played before the shut down last year was pretty weak, they played 2 teams in the top 15, and produced an underwhelming record. I know they lost some close games. hitting 528 is great but I wouldn't trade him for any of the 4 middles listed and I don't want to take anything away from him and would love to see him prove me and all the pollsters wrong this season. Barsemian deserves credit, he put up some good numbers last season playing against many of the nation's toughest defensive units. There are a lot of good players this year especially with all the returning seniors. 22 spots is not a lot. |
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Post by socal3 on Jan 19, 2021 15:00:32 GMT -5
Wetter doesn’t get enough credit. He hit .528 last year. he is good and he was 1st team BW and he isn't as good as the middles on the list so I think he gets his share. The strength of schedule CSUN played before the shut down last year was pretty weak, they played 2 teams in the top 15, and produced an underwhelming record. I know they lost some close games. hitting 528 is great but I wouldn't trade him for any of the 4 middles listed and I don't want to take anything away from him and would love to see him prove me and all the pollsters wrong this season. Barsemian deserves credit, he put up some good numbers last season playing against many of the nation's toughest defensive units. There are a lot of good players this year especially with all the returning seniors. 22 spots is not a lot. Your comments about strength of schedule having a “watered down” effect on Wetter’s results and therefore inclusion opportunity within the AVCA preseason All-American poll peaked my curiosity and got me thinking about how to best compare players, based on previous season’s results, who have different schedules, I created a spreadsheet of match hitting percentages that allows us to compare the 4 pre-season All American selections (I also threw Gyimah in the mix because he was arguably a or the top middle last year) to Wetter. As you point out the schedules are different and CSUN’s schedule arguably less challenging so I only compared the matches each player had in common with Wetter. The results of this analysis indicate Wetter is as deserving as the other 4 mention players to the All American accolades and adding the national leader in kill percentage to his 2020 accolades, IMO earned him second team minimally, Happy to share the results if I could figure out how to do so from my mobile device, |
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Post by wilbur on Jan 19, 2021 20:21:06 GMT -5
he is good and he was 1st team BW and he isn't as good as the middles on the list so I think he gets his share. The strength of schedule CSUN played before the shut down last year was pretty weak, they played 2 teams in the top 15, and produced an underwhelming record. I know they lost some close games. hitting 528 is great but I wouldn't trade him for any of the 4 middles listed and I don't want to take anything away from him and would love to see him prove me and all the pollsters wrong this season. Barsemian deserves credit, he put up some good numbers last season playing against many of the nation's toughest defensive units. There are a lot of good players this year especially with all the returning seniors. 22 spots is not a lot. Your comments about strength of schedule having a “watered down” effect on Wetter’s results and therefore inclusion opportunity within the AVCA preseason All-American poll peaked my curiosity and got me thinking about how to best compare players, based on previous season’s results, who have different schedules, I created a spreadsheet of match hitting percentages that allows us to compare the 4 pre-season All American selections (I also threw Gyimah in the mix because he was arguably a or the top middle last year) to Wetter. As you point out the schedules are different and CSUN’s schedule arguably less challenging so I only compared the matches each player had in common with Wetter. The results of this analysis indicate Wetter is as deserving as the other 4 mention players to the All American accolades and adding the national leader in kill percentage to his 2020 accolades, IMO earned him second team minimally, Happy to share the results if I could figure out how to do so from my mobile device, I for sure would be interested to see it; especially if it included kpg, bpg and SA/SE. If you copy past out of a spreadsheet program you can probably dump data into a reply and take a minute to clean up formatting by hand. |
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Post by timduckforlife on Jan 20, 2021 3:16:43 GMT -5
Gasman is better than Stadick That's my main issue with this pre-season team. I'd expect Gasman to be a lock. |
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Post by lipton on Jan 25, 2021 19:29:34 GMT -5
The issue with picking MBs for the AA team comes down to whether you value offense or defense. Stadick is the best defensive MB in the nation. The best all around MB is Mitchem, as he puts up great block numbers and hitting numbers. Outside of those two, it seems like you can make a case for several players such as Wetter, Gasman, Sanders, Reese, Berger, and Wilmot. With Andersen moving back to MB this season, he might be in the mix. For the time being, the names on Vinnie's list work. In a month, we will be able to narrow the list.
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Post by CoastalVB on Jan 25, 2021 21:30:00 GMT -5
The issue with picking MBs for the AA team comes down to whether you value offense or defense. Stadick is the best defensive MB in the nation. The best all around MB is Mitchem, as he puts up great block numbers and hitting numbers. Outside of those two, it seems like you can make a case for several players such as Wetter, Gasman, Sanders, Reese, Berger, and Wilmot. With Andersen moving back to MB this season, he might be in the mix. For the time being, the names on Vinnie's list work. In a month, we will be able to narrow the list. With Anderson moving back to the middle for Beach I assume Torwie will be the opposite. |
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