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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 14:06:28 GMT -5
Kentucky is the best passing team in the country. Washington will have to serve LIGHTS OUT and pass better than a 1.82 like they did against Pitt.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 14:10:39 GMT -5
UK passed a 2.5 against a good serving Purdue team. Wow.
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Post by aardvark on Apr 20, 2021 14:11:01 GMT -5
This thread is *so* typical. Most are saying Washington has no chance because they needed five sets in consecutive games over ACC teams to make the final four.
Now, if the ACC sucks this year, then that's valid support.
But do they suck?
I think they've been incrementally improving for a decade now. It's hard to tell for sure, but there are plenty of data points to indicate they've taken a big step up lately, if you open your mind to that possibility.
I suspect there's a lot of people with lazy imaginations here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 14:12:26 GMT -5
This thread is *so* typical. Most are saying Washington has no chance because they needed five sets in consecutive games over ACC teams to make the final four. Now, if the ACC sucks this year, then that's valid support. But do they suck? I think they've been incrementally improving for a decade now. It's hard to tell for sure, but there are plenty of data points to indicate they've taken a big step up lately, if you open your mind to that possibility. I suspect there's a lot of people with lazy imaginations here. the acc is good. I expected a lot more from the pac 12 champs. They looked very good in the middle of the season. I just don’t know what happened after that.
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Post by huskyfan148 on Apr 20, 2021 14:17:39 GMT -5
This thread is *so* typical. Most are saying Washington has no chance because they needed five sets in consecutive games over ACC teams to make the final four. Now, if the ACC sucks this year, then that's valid support. But do they suck? I think they've been incrementally improving for a decade now. It's hard to tell for sure, but there are plenty of data points to indicate they've taken a big step up lately, if you open your mind to that possibility. I suspect there's a lot of people with lazy imaginations here. the acc is good. I expected a lot more from the pac 12 champs. They looked very good in the middle of the season. I just don’t know what happened after that. Washington has a 6’2 outside hitter playing libero. All things considered, Crenshaw has done a solid job stepping into the role. But I can only imagine what this team would look like with a high quality libero. We should be finding out in the fall!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 14:20:42 GMT -5
the acc is good. I expected a lot more from the pac 12 champs. They looked very good in the middle of the season. I just don’t know what happened after that. Washington has a 6’2 outside hitter playing libero. All things considered, Crenshaw has done a solid job stepping into the role. But with a high quality libero, this would be a completely different team. I don’t wanna keep dragging the girl because it was very admirable of her to step up and play libero when her team needed her and she is really trying but she is not doing a solid job. It’s very poor. I also don’t hate Washington lol. I was just so annoyed that we could have had a guaranteed non tournament winner in the final and I was upset they got through playing poorly. I’ll be rooting for the dawgs if they beat the cats. I also love their uniforms so much.
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Post by huskyfan148 on Apr 20, 2021 14:24:33 GMT -5
Washington has a 6’2 outside hitter playing libero. All things considered, Crenshaw has done a solid job stepping into the role. But with a high quality libero, this would be a completely different team. I don’t wanna keep dragging the girl because it was very admirable of her to step up and play libero when her team needed her and she is really trying but she is not doing a solid job. It’s very poor. I also don’t hate Washington lol. I was just so annoyed that we could have had a guaranteed non tournament winner in the final and I was upset they got through playing poorly. I’ll be rooting for the dawgs if they beat the cats. I also love their uniforms so much. Regardless of whether you think she’s done a solid job or not, passing is where the issue lies. Not having an elite libero really hurts this Washington team. Nothing new.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 14:25:16 GMT -5
I don’t wanna keep dragging the girl because it was very admirable of her to step up and play libero when her team needed her and she is really trying but she is not doing a solid job. It’s very poor. I also don’t hate Washington lol. I was just so annoyed that we could have had a guaranteed non tournament winner in the final and I was upset they got through playing poorly. I’ll be rooting for the dawgs if they beat the cats. I also love their uniforms so much. Regardless of whether you think she’s done a solid job or not, passing is where the issue lies. Not having an elite libero really hurts this Washington team. Nothing new. I don’t just think it. The stats back it up
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 20, 2021 14:28:32 GMT -5
This thread is *so* typical. Most are saying Washington has no chance because they needed five sets in consecutive games over ACC teams to make the final four. Now, if the ACC sucks this year, then that's valid support. But do they suck? I think they've been incrementally improving for a decade now. It's hard to tell for sure, but there are plenty of data points to indicate they've taken a big step up lately, if you open your mind to that possibility. I suspect there's a lot of people with lazy imaginations here. Well, they beat the team that took out the #2 Big 10 team, so, I mean, the top of the ACC can't be that bad, right?
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Post by huskyfan148 on Apr 20, 2021 14:30:45 GMT -5
Regardless of whether you think she’s done a solid job or not, passing is where the issue lies. Not having an elite libero really hurts this Washington team. Nothing new. I don’t just think it. The stats back it up Look I’m not arguing with you. Every husky fan knew that the libero position was going to be an issue. The fact that our passing sucks is not breaking news. Lol
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 20, 2021 17:13:19 GMT -5
I don’t wanna keep dragging the girl because it was very admirable of her to step up and play libero when her team needed her and she is really trying but she is not doing a solid job. It’s very poor. She is doing a more than solid job at libero. What do liberos in the NCAA do? Attack coverage. Tip coverage. Block coverage. Secondary setting. Serving. Passing. She's actually doing pretty well at all of those except passing (and noticeably better at the tip and block coverage than she was doing at the start of the season), but some people are just not able to get over it when a libero has trouble passing. Yes, of course passing is important, but the team got to the Final Four with her playing libero and they lost to ASU before she was playing libero, so this sure does sound like a lot of sour grapes from folks whose teams are not playing in the Final Four.
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Post by jwvolley on Apr 20, 2021 17:28:16 GMT -5
I don’t wanna keep dragging the girl because it was very admirable of her to step up and play libero when her team needed her and she is really trying but she is not doing a solid job. It’s very poor. so this sure does sound like a lot of sour grapes from folks whose teams are not playing in the Final Four. ? he supports kentucky who is in the final four and is the best passing team in the country
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Post by badgerbreath on Apr 20, 2021 17:44:06 GMT -5
People keep saying Kentucky spanked Purdue, but I stopped watching at 20-19 in the 2nd and thought it was a pretty close match. About as close as I expected given I tipped Kentucky to win, but Purdue to cause some problems. It looks like thereafter it wasn't, but Purdue could have won that first set except for some HEs.
What am I missing?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 17:47:30 GMT -5
People keep saying Kentucky spanked Purdue, but I stopped watching at 20-19 in the 2nd and thought it was a pretty close match. About as close as I expected given I tipped Kentucky to win, but Purdue to cause some problems. It looks like thereafter it wasn't, but Purdue could have won that first set except for some HEs. What am I missing? the 3rd set absolute smack down. Kentucky was up 11-1 at one point. Aldo after 20-19 in the second UK started firing and won 25-20
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Post by basil on Apr 20, 2021 17:47:58 GMT -5
People keep saying Kentucky spanked Purdue, but I stopped watching at 20-19 in the 2nd and thought it was a pretty close match. About as close as I expected given I tipped Kentucky to win, but Purdue to cause some problems. It looks like thereafter it wasn't, but Purdue could have won that first set except for some HEs. What am I missing? It might’ve been the dominant third that really shook some people up. But idk it felt like once Kentucky stopped making silly errors and Lilley settled in Purdue just couldn’t stop them.
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