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Post by noreaster on Oct 27, 2021 11:21:11 GMT -5
Using the first ranking from 10/20, and my Quality win Tracker to calculate ranked W/L record, here is a first guess at pool A and pool C. Matches thru 10/23. Pool A (Highest QWI team, ranked teams only)Tufts, Plymouth State, Endicott, MIT, Ithaca, Brockport, St. John Fisher, Stevens Tech, Rowan, Johns Hopkins, Juniata, Stevenson, UC Santa Cruz, Berry, Southern Virginia, Randolph-Macon, Calvin, Wittenberg, Ohio Northern, Wisc-Eau Claire, Chicago, Illinois Wesleyan, Concordia(WI), Mount St. Joseph, Wartburg, Gustavus Adolphus, Northwestern-MN, Trinity(TX), CMS, Whitworth Pool C (20 bids)1) Hope 2) Wisc-Whitewater 3) NYU 4) Emory 5) Colorado College 6) Wesleyan(CT) 7) Otterbein 8) Bowdoin 9) wisc-Stevens Point 10) Southwestern 11) Susquehanna 12) Scranton 13) Haverford 14) Springfield 15) Middlebury 16) Bethel 17) Muskingum 18) Denison 19) Eastern 20) Messiah 9 left at the table: Amherst, Babson, Clarkson, Desales, Christopher Newport, Mount Union, Aurora, Augsburg, Pomona-Pitzer Great job with this....a lot of volleyball left to play...if this does hold true, shows how unbalanced these regions are (after realigning hoping for more balance) There are about 1000 results/data points each week so with 1 week and then a much lighter playoff week, we really should know what to be looking at when we see this afternoon's rankings, if they actually rank the teams. BTW, realignment had to do with bringing all of a universities teams into the same regions, they wanted to rank similar numbers of teams in each region, and for VB, going to 10 brought the AVCA awards regions inline with the competition regions which mattered to a handful of school. At no point in the realignment process was selection day balance in volleyball a concern. |
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Post by coahc21 on Oct 27, 2021 12:31:55 GMT -5
Great job with this....a lot of volleyball left to play...if this does hold true, shows how unbalanced these regions are (after realigning hoping for more balance) There are about 1000 results/data points each week so with 1 week and then a much lighter playoff week, we really should know what to be looking at when we see this afternoon's rankings, if they actually rank the teams. BTW, realignment had to do with bringing all of a universities teams into the same regions, they wanted to rank similar numbers of teams in each region, and for VB, going to 10 brought the AVCA awards regions inline with the competition regions which mattered to a handful of school. At no point in the realignment process was selection day balance in volleyball a concern. Good clarification on the realignment...This afternoon's rankings will be listed ordinally. First published ranking was alphabetical order. Thought process there is that committees need results vs ranked teams column to make more accurate rankings. |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 27, 2021 13:08:30 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 27, 2021 18:16:56 GMT -5
Battle for last place in the OAC.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 27, 2021 20:25:45 GMT -5
North Coast
Denison Big Red survive a five setter against the mighty Wittenberg Tigers for their first NCAC Title in school history. That means that they get to host the Conference Tournament, barring any unforseen circumstances. Witt has hosted the last 14 NCAC Tournaments as the #1 seed.  ---------------------- OAC Ohio Northern knocked off the Otterbein Cardinals in 4, and Mt Union took down Baldwin Wallace in 4. The Volleyball Godesses have smiled on us my friends, setting up a Saturday Title Bout between Ohio Northern and Mt Union on Halloweekend. Winner gets the one seed in the OAC Tournament.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 28, 2021 8:47:53 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 28, 2021 11:49:50 GMT -5
North Coast Bracket
 Day one predictions: The Wooster Fighting Scots send the Oberlin Yeowomen back to their safe space, then the DePauw Tigers maul the Allegheny Alligators.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 29, 2021 5:41:37 GMT -5
Match of the Day Oct 29Pomona-Pitzer at #3 CMS 7:00pm PT video Honorable Mention(rv)Wisc-La Crosse at Wisc-Stevens Point 7:00pm CT video Birmingham-Southern at #11 Emory 7:00pm ET video Cortland at Clarkson 7:00pm ET video Williams at (rv)Middlebury 7:30pm ET video Whitworth at Puget Sound 7:00pm PT video Hendrix at #11 Emory 1:00pm ET video Virginia Wesleyan at Christopher Newport 5:00pm ET video Wisc-Oshkosh at Wisc-River Falls 7:00pm CT video And many more near you! Last regular season weekend. UpdatePomona-Pitzer 0 CMS 3 Wisc-La Crosse 1 Wisc-Stevens Point 3 Birmingham-Southern 0 Emory 3 Cortland 3 Clarkson 2 Williams 0 Middlebury 3 Whitworth 3 Puget Sound 0 Hendrix 1 Emory 3 Virginia Wesleyan 1 Christopher Newport 3 Wisc-Oshkosh 3 Wisc-River Falls 1
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Post by noreaster on Oct 29, 2021 7:02:09 GMT -5
BSU, Va Wesleyan, Clarkson and Williams are on the low end of the regional rankings and their post-season aspirations would benefit greatly from wins like they can get tonight.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 29, 2021 10:16:30 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 29, 2021 16:14:04 GMT -5
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Post by caz on Oct 29, 2021 20:23:14 GMT -5
Match of the Day Oct 29Pomona-Pitzer at #3 CMS 7:00pm PT video Honorable Mention(rv)Wisc-La Crosse at Wisc-Stevens Point 7:00pm CT video Birmingham-Southern at #11 Emory 7:00pm ET video Cortland at Clarkson 7:00pm ET video Williams at (rv)Middlebury 7:30pm ET video Whitworth at Puget Sound 7:00pm PT video Hendrix at #11 Emory 1:00pm ET video Virginia Wesleyan at Christopher Newport 5:00pm ET video Wisc-Oshkosh at Wisc-River Falls 7:00pm CT video And many more near you! Last regular season weekend. just watched Cortland beat Clarkson in five. Great match and a big road win for the Red Dragons and their CV if they were to drop the SUNYAC final at home to Geneseo or Brockport. |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 29, 2021 22:29:03 GMT -5
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Post by saywhatnow on Oct 29, 2021 22:36:14 GMT -5
Caltech makes history again tonight by taking down tCal Lu in 3. What an amazing season!
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 30, 2021 4:11:27 GMT -5
just watched Cortland beat Clarkson in five. Great match and a big road win for the Red Dragons and their CV if they were to drop the SUNYAC final at home to Geneseo or Brockport. True. Before this win, I have them in some scenarios getting picked in the 18, 19 range. This will help. |
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