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Post by stanfordnebraskafan on Apr 20, 2021 7:03:51 GMT -5
Wisconsin looked very sloppy to me last night. I think Texas is more likely to win, but the Badgers are very scrappy and fighters. I would say Texas wins in 5. Will be a exciting match!
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Post by hornfanaustin on Apr 20, 2021 7:08:07 GMT -5
Texas’ offense at the least matches Kentucky’s. Actually, i think Texas can be more terminal OOS, but i wouldn’t know those stats. I think Texas would have a better chance vs Kentucky considering that Wisconsin doesn’t have an OOS game like Texas, and it will be needed against the Wildcats Fair observation. Texas does seem to hit better OOS because historically we've had poor passing and average setting. So, the pins are used to "well, let's see what I can do with this" type of attacking.
This year, the passing is much better and setting a tad improved.
I watched Wisc/FL and there was one point a FL player was trying to save a ball from the back right corner and backward bumped it back towards the front left pin. The FL player (Caesar) just safely bumped it from left pin (it was close to the net) over. Skylar or Logan would have been up in the air to attack that moon ball as it was coming down.
The new player from Mexico, Parra, is really good at attacking OOS balls. But, she won't be seeing the court this tournament because Jerritt going with experience.
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Post by SportyBucky on Apr 20, 2021 7:37:36 GMT -5
Texas just looks better, their ball control is pretty decent especially compared to previous years. Honestly wasn’t impressed with Wisconsin tonight.. Texas in 4. That's fair, but you do realize WI played their worst match in over two years last night, right? k.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 20, 2021 7:49:35 GMT -5
Wisconsin has a coaching staff that has been to several Final Fours, as does Texas. But, Wisconsin has a starting lineup full of players with Final Four experience; conversely, Texas only has one player (Morgan O'Brien @ Illinois 2018) with any Final Four experience.
So, Wisconsin should be the favorite based on the above, and the committee's seedings.
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Post by SportyBucky on Apr 20, 2021 8:13:12 GMT -5
Wisconsin has a coaching staff that has been to several Final Fours, as does Texas. But, Wisconsin has a starting lineup full of players with Final Four experience; conversely, Texas only has one player (Morgan O'Brien @ Illinois 2018) with any Final Four experience. So, Wisconsin should be the favorite based on the above, and the committee's seedings. Much of this comes down to match-up and who can withstand the lapses, keep the pressure on, and execute. I have not seen Texas play at the level FL did last night, but then again I hadn't seen FL play at FL's level last night. Texas has steadily improved, particularly with first contact and Fields ability to terminate from the pin. I do feel Field's may press if we can frustrate her early. Has yet to happen except in TX's regular season. I also think WI's serve is the best Texas has faced and will challenge UT. Texas has Logan and Asjia playing really, really well. Have to serve lights out to limit TX's offense and give us a chance at slowing the outsides down. For Texas, the key for them is to serve tough to give their blockers a chance to close against a fast WI offense, keep first contact clean, and get ready to be scrappy. I'm a house divided tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to a great match!
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Post by vbkahuna on Apr 20, 2021 8:14:41 GMT -5
I said before the playoffs that Wisconsin is going to regret not having played those 5 matches against Nebraska, Penn State, and Minnesota (1) because they would come in less sharp and not battle-hardened. And it definitely showed yesterday. Having said that, the sight test tells me that both Texas and Kentucky are playing at a whole other level. I see a Texas-Kentucky final, with Texas winning it all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 8:16:28 GMT -5
Wisconsin has a coaching staff that has been to several Final Fours, as does Texas. But, Wisconsin has a starting lineup full of players with Final Four experience; conversely, Texas only has one player (Morgan O'Brien @ Illinois 2018) with any Final Four experience. So, Wisconsin should be the favorite based on the above, and the committee's seedings. Much of this comes down to match-up and who can withstand the lapses, keep the pressure on, and execute. I have not seen Texas play at the level FL did last night, but then again I hadn't seen FL play at FL's level last night. Texas has steadily improved, particularly with first contact and Fields ability to terminate from the pin. I do feel Field's may press if we can frustrate her early. Has yet to happen except in TX's regular season. I also think WI's serve is the best Texas has faced and will challenge UT. Texas has Logan and Asjia playing really, really well. Have to serve lights out to limit TX's offense and give us a chance at slowing the outsides down. For Texas, the key for them is to serve tough to give their blockers a chance to close against a fast WI offense, keep first contact clean, and get ready to be scrappy. I'm a house divided tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to a great match! This narrative about Florida playing at their highest level last night isn’t true lol. They played better against Missouri and Kentucky. That was just a normal game for them. Wisconsin just isn’t as untouchable as everyone has been echoing.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 20, 2021 8:20:33 GMT -5
Other than #1 Stanford in 2018, no other #1 overall seed has been able to handle the pressure and win the title over the last 10 years or so since Penn State in 2009. Every overall #1 seed has made it to the national semi-finals except for USC in 2015. So, I do think the pressure of being "the hunted" is definitely there.
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Post by Wiswell on Apr 20, 2021 8:21:36 GMT -5
This is Texas's to lose, based on the Badgers play last night. Loberg needs to be the good Loberg.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 8:24:15 GMT -5
Let's go Texas!!
Will be great that Barnes can't win a championship, no matter which team she carpetbags off to.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 20, 2021 8:24:49 GMT -5
Wisconsin has definitely had Texas' number over the last several head-to-head matches, although we haven't played each other all that much (maybe like 4 times since 2013?). But, none of the current players other than Molly Haggerty were part of any of those matches. I'd like to see Texas return the favor from when #12 Wisconsin knocked out #1 Texas in the 2013 national semi-finals in Seattle.
EDIT: Forgot it was just 2018 when last matches were played.
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Post by Disc808 on Apr 20, 2021 8:27:12 GMT -5
I said before the playoffs that Wisconsin is going to regret not having played those 5 matches against Nebraska, Penn State, and Minnesota (1) because they would come in less sharp and not battle-hardened. And it definitely showed yesterday. Having said that, the sight test tells me that both Texas and Kentucky are playing at a whole other level. I see a Texas-Kentucky final, with Texas winning it all. Texas played well, but PSU still made em work. Wisconsin needs less weak sauce from Loberg and Hilley needs to get her location together
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Apr 20, 2021 8:32:15 GMT -5
Wisconsin has definitely had Texas' number over the last several head-to-head matches, although we haven't played each other all that much (maybe like 4 times since 2013?). But, none of the current players other than Molly Haggerty were part of any of those matches. I'd like to see Texas return the favor from when #12 Wisconsin knocked out #1 Texas in the 2013 national semi-finals in Seattle. They played in Madison in 2018 when Logan was a freshman. Most of today’s Wisconsin roster was there while Logan and Brionne are basically the only ones for Texas. Was Jenna setting? I can’t remember.
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Post by SportyBucky on Apr 20, 2021 8:33:01 GMT -5
Much of this comes down to match-up and who can withstand the lapses, keep the pressure on, and execute. I have not seen Texas play at the level FL did last night, but then again I hadn't seen FL play at FL's level last night. Texas has steadily improved, particularly with first contact and Fields ability to terminate from the pin. I do feel Field's may press if we can frustrate her early. Has yet to happen except in TX's regular season. I also think WI's serve is the best Texas has faced and will challenge UT. Texas has Logan and Asjia playing really, really well. Have to serve lights out to limit TX's offense and give us a chance at slowing the outsides down. For Texas, the key for them is to serve tough to give their blockers a chance to close against a fast WI offense, keep first contact clean, and get ready to be scrappy. I'm a house divided tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to a great match! This narrative about Florida playing at their highest level last night isn’t true lol. They played better against Missouri and Kentucky. That was just a normal game for them. Wisconsin just isn’t as untouchable as everyone has been echoing. So ignore the level of play against SC and GA and the game losses against A&M and LSU? You're a clown.
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Post by SportyBucky on Apr 20, 2021 8:33:28 GMT -5
Wisconsin has definitely had Texas' number over the last several head-to-head matches, although we haven't played each other all that much (maybe like 4 times since 2013?). But, none of the current players other than Molly Haggerty were part of any of those matches. I'd like to see Texas return the favor from when #12 Wisconsin knocked out #1 Texas in the 2013 national semi-finals in Seattle. They played in Madison in 2018 when Logan was a freshman. Most of today’s Wisconsin roster was there while Logan and Brionne are basically the only ones for Texas. Was Jenna setting? I can’t remember. Shook set
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