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Post by bprtbone on Oct 31, 2021 13:36:46 GMT -5
Congrats to the Boilers - great win!
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 31, 2021 13:37:09 GMT -5
Good luck staying out of the net if swinging with a sledgehammer. Also, not sure how fast she could swing that at a ball but I am thinking it would give the blockers a whole lot of time to get in position. This is just a weird graphic Seemed to work out okay. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Oct 31, 2021 13:38:01 GMT -5
Good points for badgers -- Demps and Loberg had really good matches. Barnes with 33 digs, more than 8/set. Hilley had 16, 4 per set, which is becoming a regular feature of opposing teams strategy now.
I honestly think losing Civita early in the match posed a real problem for UW today. Their passing got better, but didn't really settle. Her anticipation and setting is a huge plus for the badgers in transition, even if she can't cover much court laterally these days.
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Post by NFRvb on Oct 31, 2021 13:39:00 GMT -5
How can there be too much parity??? this is the best the big ten has been in years I disagree. The big ten is the weakest at the top it’s been in forever. Just take last night Nebraska Minnesota match for example. This match was better play at least. I’ll be doing some serious thinking about my poll and I think I’m gonna start giving more love to the pac instead of just pushing them further and further into the teens when they lose and keeping big ten teams ranked highly on name alone I’m just saying the conference is thriving with the amount of upsets. It’s honestly better when the top of the conference is weaker. Much better for recruiting and marketing. |
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Post by vbkahuna on Oct 31, 2021 13:39:12 GMT -5
#11 beats #6, #12 beats #3. where do they all go lol I don't know where they go, but there's an RV team that beat #13 in addition to having beaten a #4 previously that sure as heck better be in the Top 25 or you pollsters can turn in your badges and clear out your desks. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2021 13:41:14 GMT -5
#11 beats #6, #12 beats #3. where do they all go lol I don't know where they go, but there's an RV team that beat #13 I addition to having beaten a #4 that sure as heck better be in the Top 25 or you pollsters can turn in your badges and clear out your desks. Illinois is lucky they didn’t lose to Rutgers…. It’s not a crime to not rank them. 5 setters with NW, Iowa, and Rutgers is really bad |
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Oct 31, 2021 13:43:04 GMT -5
That Maryland loss is going to haunt Wisconsin. They would have still been in 1st without that loss.
Also, the pins having more kills over the middles for Wisconsin? What is this the Pac-12?
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Post by azsker on Oct 31, 2021 13:44:28 GMT -5
I don't know where they go, but there's an RV team that beat #13 I addition to having beaten a #4 that sure as heck better be in the Top 25 or you pollsters can turn in your badges and clear out your desks. Illinois is lucky they didn’t lose to Rutgers…. It’s not a crime to not rank them. 5 setters with NW, Iowa, and Rutgers is really bad you always say these things, yet your team went 5 sets to an Arkansas team TWICE at home and is still in top 5. The same Arkansas team who lost to Little Rock. A win is a win in college sports…margin literally doesn’t matter. NW also took a set off Nebraska. And didn’t Rutgers take one off of PSU? Illinois is a decent time, regardless of how well they play against the bottom of the league |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 31, 2021 13:44:45 GMT -5
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Post by vbkahuna on Oct 31, 2021 13:45:38 GMT -5
I don't think Purdue is more athletic than the Badgers. I see a little more grit on their end, and Badger block is really not up to par. You're actually making my point. Their block wasn't up to par because they don't have the lateral movement quickness and athleticism to close the blocks like Purdue does. That was a blocking clinic Purdue put on Orzol AND Rettke. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2021 13:46:35 GMT -5
Illinois is lucky they didn’t lose to Rutgers…. It’s not a crime to not rank them. 5 setters with NW, Iowa, and Rutgers is really bad you always say these things, yet your team went 5 sets to an Arkansas team TWICE at home and is still in top 5. The same Arkansas team who lost to Little Rock. A win is a win in college sports…margin literally doesn’t matter. NW also took a set off Nebraska. And didn’t Rutgers take one off of PSU? Illinois is a decent time, regardless of how well they play against the bottom of the league why is “my” team relevant in discussing Illinois (which is a team I’m a pretty big fan of) and are you seriously arguing margin doesn’t matter at all? |
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Post by badgerbill on Oct 31, 2021 13:47:29 GMT -5
Rettke needs to hit the reset button. My impression is that she is getting a little too complacent. Not sure why Robinson is struggling, but the connection with Hilley isn't quite there.
Considering how poorly we played today, I am glad we fought back and almost took it to five
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Post by robtearle on Oct 31, 2021 13:50:35 GMT -5
Have the Badgers not taken any time at all to develop their actual recruited DS'es? That would explain to me why Boyer is still in after all of her overpasses and shanks Just now with the time to come back to this. Right now the only 'home grown' DS on the roster is Anna MacDonald (and Izzy Ashburn, who's really more a setter, but has indeed been "developed" into a competent DS). They have had two who had to 'retire' for medical reasons since the 2019 season - Riley Bell and Emma Whitehead; not saying either would have cracked this lineup, but it is certainly a factor. Going back to that 2019 team, ME Dodge was 'home grown' |
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Post by ndodge on Oct 31, 2021 13:51:49 GMT -5
Hmm. Watching the PAC, players can’t cover a hitter, can’t dig hard shots, and seem confused when the rally goes longer than 2-3 shots. Don’t get me wrong, the PAC has good teams that can and will push B1G teams, but the eye test just shows the top B1G teams playing at a higher level to me. idk. I also think teams like Florida, Baylor, and some of the pac teams that we all punished harshly earlier in the season are playing at a higher level then most of the big ten top teams right now Because of who they are playing ?? Missouri is 173 in rpi, alabama is 125, texas A&M is 37. Baylor is better with West Virgina, 41 rpi twice and Kansas 26. Still, not exactly tough competition. |
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Post by nellynel on Oct 31, 2021 13:52:15 GMT -5
Purdue did what NU couldn’t. Apply service pressure ( at least in the first 2 sets) to Wisc, you have to because the in system offense is so good. Barnes did what she does and gave Wisc a chance to stay in it. Purdue blocking was really solid, think they neglected attacking the middle for long stretches.
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