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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Nov 29, 2021 13:29:00 GMT -5
I really enjoyed watching the Nebraska match against Wisconsin. For a relatively young team, Nebraska is doing quite well. They would be doing even better if Lexi Sun were playing to her abilities/potential. The pin hitting is what likely to be their downfall in the tournament, but they should still get pretty damn far. She seems like a great human being, the team loves her but she is just one of those top recruits that never quite lived up to expectations. Maybe the projections and expectations were wrong more so than it being a matter of Lexi not meeting them.
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Post by rjaege on Nov 29, 2021 13:38:24 GMT -5
She seems like a great human being, the team loves her but she is just one of those top recruits that never quite lived up to expectations. Maybe the projections and expectations were wrong more so than it being a matter of Lexi not meeting them. Injury may have had an impact. Regardless a good person and player.
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Post by donaldjamesparker on Nov 29, 2021 13:42:34 GMT -5
Why is everyone talking about Kansas State when Florida State seems to be a better and more dangerous team? I know that loss to KSU hurt a lot but that was 11 years ago. We have a record of 82 wins and 4 losses against the Wildcats. When KSU won that match Nebraska was on a 14 match win streak against them. I know they put up a good fight in the match earlier this year, but I have changed my mind and decided I'm rooting for the Wildcats against FSU. Because in the BIG 12 KSU vs NE was a big interstate rivalry. Some NE fans belittled KSU, especially in football. Thus KSU relished defeating NE. Whether that rivalry still exists, not sure, but likely it is diminished. At least that is my opinion. Well I remember that football relationship. The Huskers lost to the W(M)ildcats in 1968 when I was a freshman in college. I kind of turned my back on the Huskers during that two year period when I chose to play touch football with my friends instead of listening to the Big Red on the radio. The love came back in 1970 . KSU beat us 5 out of 7 between 1998 and 2004 when Bill Snyder was at the helm (for first stint). And then they never beat us again before we moved to the Big. Overall record 89-14-2. The volleyball record is even more overwhelming. KSU was considered at the bottom of the food chain in the entire country in football. They have now won 490 games in their history - 215 of them when Snyder was coaching, perhaps the most remarkable turnaround in football programs.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Nov 29, 2021 13:43:52 GMT -5
Maybe the projections and expectations were wrong more so than it being a matter of Lexi not meeting them. Injury may have had an impact. Regardless a good person and player. Don't know anything about her as a person but I have always respected her abilities on the court. Good point about the injury. Those can hamper an athlete more than we outsiders realize.
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Post by stanfordvb on Nov 29, 2021 14:20:56 GMT -5
Injury may have had an impact. Regardless a good person and player. Don't know anything about her as a person but I have always respected her abilities on the court. Good point about the injury. Those can hamper an athlete more than we outsiders realize. She never improved much since her freshman year but, and idk if numbers back this up, by the eye test is an incredible left side blocker
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Post by knapplc on Nov 29, 2021 16:07:10 GMT -5
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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Nov 29, 2021 16:09:03 GMT -5
I stg if shes not Big Ten Freshman of the Year… 😤
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Post by gohuskervolleyball on Nov 29, 2021 16:17:03 GMT -5
I stg if shes not Big Ten Freshman of the Year… 😤 Who even are the other options? Orzol? Girl bye.
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Post by staticb on Nov 29, 2021 16:32:29 GMT -5
The RPI is a joke. It is too easily gamed by playing a scheduling game and should be relegated to a secondary parameter in seeding the tournament. It puts too much emphasis on early season matches and uses them set conference strength. Also 25% of the RPI is win-loss, and it is helped by playing a bunch of conference patsies. Simple mathematical formulas like the RPI just don't work for something as complicated as judging team strength.
I guess we will find out soon enough. It has to put more emphasis on pre-season because a conference will go .500 against each other in conference play. It can be easily gamed, but Nebraska often gets hosed because we won't do it. We don't want to lose the $$$ by going on the road and seem to be content to bring in mostly cheap regional schools that we can bus in here on the cheap. It's fine that they don't want to travel too much, but bring in a math major and work on a schedule that will game the RPI system. We might have to rely on flying in more teams, but we can't always count on our conference to do the job for us.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2021 16:36:13 GMT -5
Just came here to see how many Huskers were still trying to assert that Sun will go off and change everything...I won't hold my breath
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 29, 2021 16:36:21 GMT -5
The RPI is a joke. It is too easily gamed by playing a scheduling game and should be relegated to a secondary parameter in seeding the tournament. It puts too much emphasis on early season matches and uses them set conference strength. Also 25% of the RPI is win-loss, and it is helped by playing a bunch of conference patsies. Simple mathematical formulas like the RPI just don't work for something as complicated as judging team strength.
I guess we will find out soon enough. It has to put more emphasis on pre-season because a conference will go .500 against each other in conference play. It can be easily gamed, but Nebraska often gets hosed because we won't do it. We don't want to lose the $$$ by going on the road and seem to be content to bring in mostly cheap regional schools that we can bus in here on the cheap. It's fine that they don't want to travel too much, but bring in a math major and work on a schedule that will game the RPI system. We might have to rely on flying in more teams, but we can't always count on our conference to do the job for us. You're fooling yourself if you think RPI considerations aren't included in the planning of Nebraska's non-conference schedule each year.
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Post by donaldjamesparker on Nov 29, 2021 16:40:29 GMT -5
I just perused the Florida State/Louisville match. Afterward, I went back to the stats for the Nebraska match to see how the scores compared. We only reached 20 in one set that fateful night. In looking at the individual stats - Madi Kubik only took 11 swings in 3 matches (5th most on the team). Whitney had 9 kills but 7 errors on 23 swings to lead the way. Middles had a total of 4 kills (Stivrins wasn't back yet). Lexi Sun had 4 kills and 4 errors on 18 swings. We certainly have changed our trajectory since that match. I hope we get another shot at those guys in a couple of weeks. How did our performance compare to FSU? Both teams were swept but NU earned 55 points compared to 48 for FSU. The Seminoles will present a challenge but certainly aren't an overpowering team. We never want to overlook an opponent, but Campbell should be a warmup matched for the subregional final. They only played one Power 5 school and were swept by Southern Cal. They were swept by Summit League member Denver as well, who lost in the Summit tourney to South Dakota State after only losing 5 matches all year. All we have to do to reach the Final four is win two games at home and then beat both participants from last Spring's national championship (unless Illinois takes out Kentucky). Should be an interesting tournament.
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Post by tedheise on Nov 29, 2021 16:57:56 GMT -5
Men's basketball tweaked and tweaked the RPI, then finally gave it up and added other metrics for the evaluation process. Women's volleyball needs to do the same. And ESPN needs to up THEIR game when it comes women's volleyball. The production of the selection show was a joke and a bad one at that. Womens volleyball is the 3rd highest veiwed sport on the B1G Network only behind mens football and basketball. The accountants at ESPN need to send the memo to their bosses. This. It was embarrassing.
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Post by tedheise on Nov 29, 2021 17:00:57 GMT -5
Just came here to see how many Huskers were still trying to assert that Sun will go off and change everything...I won't hold my breath Hmmm... Shiny...
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Post by nothingbutcorn on Nov 29, 2021 17:06:39 GMT -5
I would also include Roddy as a B1G 1st team selection. She is the best Libero in the conference.
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