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Post by gibbyb1 on Dec 6, 2021 21:40:50 GMT -5
I'll be interested to see how both teams adjust to playing at the Greg. Especially Nebraska and its defense - Devaney is HUGE with lots of room on the sidelines. But at the Greg, fans are right up against the court - there's significantly less real estate to chase down shanks, bad touches, etc. And that sucks |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Dec 6, 2021 21:43:59 GMT -5
It comes down to which team wants it more.
-every announcer everywhere
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Post by nellynel on Dec 6, 2021 21:50:36 GMT -5
I'll be interested to see how both teams adjust to playing at the Greg. Especially Nebraska and its defense - Devaney is HUGE with lots of room on the sidelines. But at the Greg, fans are right up against the court - there's significantly less real estate to chase down shanks, bad touches, etc. And that sucks Maybe but one could argue why should you get a quarter mile to chase down a bad touch. |
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Post by vergyltantor on Dec 6, 2021 21:54:44 GMT -5
Maybe but one could argue why should you get a quarter mile to chase down a bad touch. It makes for exciting Volleyball?
Any excuse used to show Lexi Rodriguez highlight.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Dec 6, 2021 21:59:02 GMT -5
one of the most iconic volleyball plays ever was because they had room to run down a ball
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Post by robtearle on Dec 6, 2021 22:02:52 GMT -5
It’s hard to beat a team 3 times in one season - Salima Rockwell (Also, everyone) The logical fallacy here is that, yes, it may be hard to win 3 in a row when you haven't played yet. But when you've already one 2, then you don't have to win 3 in a row any more, you just have to win one more. I decided to google, figuring somebody must have looked into it. There is a *frequently* reposted bit from an NCAA basketball coach quoting from research STATS LLC supposedly did that shows in almost 1000 such instances in college basketball over 10 years ( from ? to ?), the team winning the first two games won the third 72.4% of the time. Trying to find where he got it proved essentially impossible. (I'm a little surprised it isn't higher.) coachbobwalsh.com/2018/03/02/its-hard-to-beat-a-team-three-times/ |
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Post by nellynel on Dec 6, 2021 22:07:19 GMT -5
Maybe but one could argue why should you get a quarter mile to chase down a bad touch. It makes for exciting Volleyball? I say it in jest, College VBall is like baseball vs football. Every park has different dimensions so you have to adjust to it. A home run in one park is a double in another. An ace in Gregory is a free ball in the Devaney. |
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Post by nellynel on Dec 6, 2021 22:10:06 GMT -5
I don’t think it matters all that much, players adjust. It’s not like one team gets 15 feet and another gets 40 feet.
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Post by Tex_VB_Fan on Dec 6, 2021 22:21:58 GMT -5
Maybe but one could argue why should you get a quarter mile to chase down a bad touch. It makes for exciting Volleyball? It sure does if you're the home team, it's a great environment. Smaller court at Gregory places the crowd much closer to the action. |
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Post by gibbyb1 on Dec 6, 2021 22:27:32 GMT -5
It makes for exciting Volleyball? It sure does if you're the home team, it's a great environment. Smaller court at Gregory places the crowd much closer to the action. To be clear I wasn’t knocking Gregory, I love it there. It just sucks for a team that has the ability to pursue they way they can. |
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Post by gibbyb1 on Dec 6, 2021 22:29:06 GMT -5
I don’t think it matters all that much, players adjust. It’s not like one team gets 15 feet and another gets 40 feet. What would the adjustment be? |
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Post by nellynel on Dec 6, 2021 22:35:39 GMT -5
I don’t think it matters all that much, players adjust. It’s not like one team gets 15 feet and another gets 40 feet. What would the adjustment be? Maybe what I meant is players just deal with it since effects teams equally as far as available space. Not sure I’ve ever heard a team losing in Gregory and saying if we only had 50 more feet we could have won the match. You lost for other reasons. |
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Post by exit237a on Dec 6, 2021 22:58:59 GMT -5
Maybe but one could argue why should you get a quarter mile to chase down a bad touch. It makes for exciting Volleyball?
Any excuse used to show Lexi Rodriguez highlight.
One of my all-time favorite track-down plays that benefited from having some extra space was this beaut which I'd bet Nebraska fans remember: (#4 on the countdown) |
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Post by liberovb10 on Dec 7, 2021 0:23:06 GMT -5
I'll be interested to see how both teams adjust to playing at the Greg. Especially Nebraska and its defense - Devaney is HUGE with lots of room on the sidelines. But at the Greg, fans are right up against the court - there's significantly less real estate to chase down shanks, bad touches, etc. Greg reminds me of Huff, so it could give the Illini some “familiarity” and allow for a quicker adjustment…only one issue…Illinois has not been great at home this year haha. I know it’s been awhile, but I’m calling this the redemption match from the Semifinal loss a few years back. |
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Post by nevollfan on Dec 7, 2021 0:42:43 GMT -5
It makes for exciting Volleyball? It sure does if you're the home team, it's a great environment. Smaller court at Gregory places the crowd much closer to the action. The fans are right there and the upper deck is overlooking the court. So fan involvement can have an intimate influence, pro and con. The key for every match is first touches. Nebraska is looking good there but every match is a prove and earn it reality. History is good over a season but the next match starts at zero. I wouldn’t trade Rodriguez, Knuckles and Akana for any teams possible threesome in the country. Nada. It is comforting but any match isn’t a given. |
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