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Post by Kingsley on Jun 21, 2021 18:54:18 GMT -5
OP updoodled.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 21, 2021 19:13:47 GMT -5
Only stivrins left, right? What's taking her so long?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 19:23:19 GMT -5
Only stivrins left, right? What's taking her so long? The Nebraska thread had news on this recently. Their assistant coach said she will be back. I think the clarification from the program was that she is back and rehabbing from back surgery. Whether she plays for Nebraska after that seemed to be an open question. |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jun 21, 2021 22:35:03 GMT -5
Can anybody guide me to the NCAA stats that show national attendance statistics? That's the pic they chose? I didn’t realize Indiana had hired Uncle Fester. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 21, 2021 22:51:01 GMT -5
Only stivrins left, right? What's taking her so long? The Nebraska thread had news on this recently. Their assistant coach said she will be back. I think the clarification from the program was that she is back and rehabbing from back surgery. Whether she plays for Nebraska after that seemed to be an open question. Ah. I didn't know that. |
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Post by gophervbfan on Jun 22, 2021 14:25:17 GMT -5
B1G looks stacked this season. You would have to expect some deep tournament runs by several teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 14:29:10 GMT -5
B1G looks stacked this season. You would have to expect some deep tournament runs by several teams. wasn’t that the consensus last year when only one team barely made it into the FF and then got swept ? |
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Post by greatlakesvballer on Jun 22, 2021 14:43:13 GMT -5
B1G looks stacked this season. You would have to expect some deep tournament runs by several teams. wasn’t that the consensus last year when only one team barely made it into the FF and then got swept ? You don't think having had a fall season for Kentucky and Texas gave them some "groove" advantage? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 14:44:29 GMT -5
wasn’t that the consensus last year when only one team barely made it into the FF and then got swept ? You don't think having had a fall season for Kentucky and Texas gave them some "groove" advantage? they were the 2 best teams anyway. |
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Post by knapplc on Jun 22, 2021 15:08:27 GMT -5
B1G looks stacked this season. You would have to expect some deep tournament runs by several teams. wasn’t that the consensus last year when only one team barely made it into the FF and then got swept ? I don't think looking back on the mess of last year you can fault many teams. Wisconsin was probably better than they showed in the tourney but they barely had a regular season. Well, except Penn State. We can always find fault with Penn State. I kid! I kid! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 16:57:28 GMT -5
You don't think having had a fall season for Kentucky and Texas gave them some "groove" advantage? they were the 2 best teams anyway. Possibly (probably). We will never really know what the B1G teams could have been, if they had a regular season. Based on where they were as teams when the tournament started, there is no doubt that the 2 best teams squared off in the title match. I don't think it's a coincidence, though, that they came from 2 of the conferences that actually got to play the most "normal" regular season of all conferences. The B1G season was a total mess. So was the PAC. I would say each of Nebraska, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue and Ohio State had a lot of untapped potential in the 2021 spring season that they simply couldn't reach due to their disjointed seasons. Teams, even really experienced ones, grow a lot as a season progresses. Wisconsin and Minnesota just couldn't. Stanford couldn't. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 16:59:39 GMT -5
they were the 2 best teams anyway. Possibly (probably). We will never really know what the B1G teams could have been, if they had a regular season. Based on where they were as teams when the tournament started, there is no doubt that the 2 best teams squared off in the title match. I don't think it's a coincidence, though, that they came from 2 of the conferences that actually got to play the most "normal" regular season of all conferences. The B1G season was a total mess. So was the PAC. I would say each of Nebraska, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue and Ohio State had a lot of untapped potential in the 2021 spring season that they simply couldn't reach due to their disjointed seasons. Teams, even really experienced ones, grow a lot as a season progresses. Wisconsin and Minnesota just couldn't. Stanford couldn't. Maybe but I just don’t think any of the teams in the big ten save maybe Wisconsin would have been able to compete with Texas or Kentucky. Especially Kentucky. Kentucky had elite passing, elite setting, and elite attacking. Truly a perfect storm of all of those plus great coaching and chemistry. I don’t think any amount of practice from the big ten teams was going to make them be able to beat UK and Texas rolled through the big ten in the tournament |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 17:18:15 GMT -5
Possibly (probably). We will never really know what the B1G teams could have been, if they had a regular season. Based on where they were as teams when the tournament started, there is no doubt that the 2 best teams squared off in the title match. I don't think it's a coincidence, though, that they came from 2 of the conferences that actually got to play the most "normal" regular season of all conferences. The B1G season was a total mess. So was the PAC. I would say each of Nebraska, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue and Ohio State had a lot of untapped potential in the 2021 spring season that they simply couldn't reach due to their disjointed seasons. Teams, even really experienced ones, grow a lot as a season progresses. Wisconsin and Minnesota just couldn't. Stanford couldn't. Maybe but I just don’t think any of the teams in the big ten save maybe Wisconsin would have been able to compete with Texas or Kentucky. Especially Kentucky. Kentucky had elite passing, elite setting, and elite attacking. Truly a perfect storm of all of those plus great coaching and chemistry. I don’t think any amount of practice from the big ten teams was going to make them be able to beat UK and Texas rolled through the big ten in the tournament Yeah, I do think Wisconsin was the cream of the B1G crop. And, as luck would have it, their season was the most screwed up of all of them. I have my doubts about whether they would have gotten their serve/pass/transition game to a point where they could have beaten UK. Maybe not Texas either. They would have probably been better by tournament time than they were, though. Just not sure how much. Not often that you get to a national semifinal and have Texas out ball control you. And, now we will never actually know even though much of the team will be back. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 19:27:33 GMT -5
Regarding Wisconsin’s tough season, I consider that karma. For? |
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Post by nevollfan on Jun 22, 2021 23:54:16 GMT -5
The Kentucky-Texas final was great volleyball. Very, very high caliber. Texas played great, better than I thought they would. But I didn’t watch them once last year. So ignorance is bliss. Kentucky was fantastic. They excelled in so many phases. IMO, the two best teams for sure and a final with the quality of the match the best I’ve seen in years.
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