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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Apr 21, 2021 15:35:39 GMT -5
Of the final four teams, how many have won a championship before? I know that Texas has. Has Washington? One, back in 2005.
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 21, 2021 15:55:48 GMT -5
I posted about this in the Wisconsin/Florida thread but all of the B1G teams in Omaha have lost to or struggled with teams that have 2 elite OHs who can terminate OOS. It is hard to prepare for that if you don't see them in your gym/conference. Who DOESN’T struggle with that? To be fair, I didn’t watch Florida’s losses to middling SEC teams. Did those teams do something to stop Cesar and Hall? Or did they just have off days? Same with Rice and Texas’s OHs? Texas started Parra at OH that match (she started most of the spring) and Fields back at opposite with Phillips on the bench. The match wasn't on TV so I'm not sure what happened, but it was kinda a strange match. Texas won the first set 25-10. Lost the second one 25-16 and third 25-23. Won the fourth 25-14. Then Texas was up 12-9 in the fifth and lost 15-13. Fields and the middles appeared off that game.
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Post by basil on Apr 21, 2021 16:01:47 GMT -5
Same with Rice and Texas’s OHs? Texas started Parra at OH that match (she started most of the spring) and Fields back at opposite with Phillips on the bench. The match wasn't on TV so I'm not sure what happened, but it was kinda a strange match. Texas won the first set 25-10. Lost the second one 25-16 and third 25-23. Won the fourth 25-14. Then Texas was up 12-9 in the fifth and lost 15-13. Fields and the middles appeared off that game. Pretty sure that was the catalyst for Jerritt to return to Fields on the left and Phillips on the right. They played Baylor with the same lineup because there wasn't enough time to switch back and then reverted for TCU. He said that we needed more termination, but also, he implied we lost that match because of attention to detail, which they really worked on in the following weeks. Idk, just one of those wakeup call matches that you always have to be ready for teams to come at you imo.
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Post by Longhorn20 on Apr 21, 2021 16:04:54 GMT -5
I gotta say the more I think about this Final Four, the more excited I get for tomorrow night. The offensive fire, the conference champs, the fresh faces, the chance for Wisconsin's redemption, Texas' return after last season's disappointing end, Washington's survival through the tourney, and Kentucky making history. Like, how exciting for the sport and as a volleyball fan? I feel the same way. And even though I’m a Texas fan, I LOVE the idea that if seeds hold, we will have a new champion for the first time since 2005!!!
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 21, 2021 16:28:52 GMT -5
Texas started Parra at OH that match (she started most of the spring) and Fields back at opposite with Phillips on the bench. The match wasn't on TV so I'm not sure what happened, but it was kinda a strange match. Texas won the first set 25-10. Lost the second one 25-16 and third 25-23. Won the fourth 25-14. Then Texas was up 12-9 in the fifth and lost 15-13. Fields and the middles appeared off that game. Pretty sure that was the catalyst for Jerritt to return to Fields on the left and Phillips on the right. They played Baylor with the same lineup because there wasn't enough time to switch back and then reverted for TCU. He said that we needed more termination, but also, he implied we lost that match because of attention to detail, which they really worked on in the following weeks. Idk, just one of those wakeup call matches that you always have to be ready for teams to come at you imo. He actually started the fall lineup in the first match against Baylor. Looking back I think he was confident in what the fall lineup could do, but played Parra as an experiment to see if it produced a better lineup. I think he was correct in him implication, because the score appears to indicate that we were very focused at times and then lost our focus. I've heard more than once over the years that losing a match or two is not a bad thing.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Apr 21, 2021 19:11:52 GMT -5
Of the final four teams, how many have won a championship before? I know that Texas has. Has Washington? One, back in 2005. 3-0 sweep over Nebraska.
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Post by Kingsley on Apr 21, 2021 19:13:13 GMT -5
And a 3-0 sweep over everyone else, too.
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Post by andrewwmic on Apr 21, 2021 19:23:19 GMT -5
bring back Beth Mowins and Heather Cox
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Post by redbeard2008 on Apr 21, 2021 19:38:21 GMT -5
And a 3-0 sweep over everyone else, too. The only team to do that. (Could be argued we got an easy draw then too.) That Nebraska team was the last major college team to play without a Libero. UW had a good one in Candace Lee. Nebraska came back and won it all in 2006, with a Libero.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2021 19:44:13 GMT -5
And a 3-0 sweep over everyone else, too. The only team to do that. (Could be argued we got an easy draw then too.) That Nebraska team was the last major college team to play without a Libero. UW had a good one in Candace Lee. Nebraska came back and won it all in 2006, with a Libero. Hawaii played without a libero last season
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 21, 2021 20:12:48 GMT -5
And a 3-0 sweep over everyone else, too. The only team to do that. Sort of. Texas had all sweeps back in the day (I can't be bothered to look up the exact year), but it was when they needed five rounds to win rather than six. (Same as all the surviving teams this year, actually.)
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 21, 2021 20:21:11 GMT -5
The only team to do that. Sort of. Texas had all sweeps back in the day (I can't be bothered to look up the exact year), but it was when they needed five rounds to win rather than six. (Same as all the surviving teams this year, actually.) 1988. I didn't realize that Texas hadn't dropped a set in that tournament. They were also the first non-California, non-Hawaii team to win a title.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2021 20:30:54 GMT -5
Kentucky has a chance to do it this year. I don’t think that’ll happen but still possible.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2021 20:31:39 GMT -5
The only team to do that. (Could be argued we got an easy draw then too.) That Nebraska team was the last major college team to play without a Libero. UW had a good one in Candace Lee. Nebraska came back and won it all in 2006, with a Libero. Hawaii played without a libero last season really? I could've sworn they had one when they played Nebraska
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Post by Kingsley on Apr 21, 2021 20:34:55 GMT -5
Hawaii played without a libero last season really? I could've sworn they had one when they played Nebraska They did by the tournament (Okino). Wasn’t always that way. Started out with no libero, but things got weird around the time Jolie got hurt.
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