Wisconsin Badgers 2022

[schmidty]

Sept 19, 2022 13:54:41 GMT -5 @overdanet80 said:

Bucky's locker room only had two Badger jerseys Friday evening, Smrek and Robinson I believe

I'll hold out for #11 or #17.

I'm guessing this is all on premise and nothing on their website? I'm unable to find anything online

[robtearle]

Sept 18, 2022 22:16:06 GMT -5 robtearle said:

Sideout percentage (or maybe NOT sideout percentages) for the each server are much more important than aces or errors. I have no doubt the coaches know them in great detail. 

And it wouldn't be difficult to compile them just from the 'play-by-play' in the box scores. Just tedious to do so.

The minute I wrote that, I knew I'd end up doing it, sooner or later. So today I figured the sooner the better. Counted up "by hand", input into the spreadsheet by hand, so there could *certainly* be mistakes and typos. FWIW.

The numbers given are the sideout percents: that is, how often the server lost their serve, how often the opponent won the point and took away UW's serve. So from our point-of-view, the lower number, the better.

Izzy: 122 total serves, .508
Orzol: 104 total serves, .587
GG:  128 total serves, .422
MJ:  115 total serves, .504
Franklin: 51 total serves, .588
CC:  88 total serves, .557
Liz G: 39 total serves .590
Demps: 16 total serves, .188
AnnaMac: 6 total serves, .667
Reed: 8 total serves, .125

Those are generally quite good. But some of that is due to the High Point, Campbell, and Rhode Island matches. So, if I take those matches out:

Izzy: 84 total serves, .560
Orzol: 69 total serves, .667
GG: 77 total serves, .519
MJ: 85 total serves, .506
Franklin: 31 total serves, .710
CC: 70 total serves, .571
Liz G: 23 total serves .739
Demps: 16 total serves, .188
AnnaMac: 1 total serve, 1.000
Reed: no serves attempted

Maybe surprising, MJ has been the most effective server against the 'quality' opponents, and her rate so far is unaffected by the quality of the opponent. Relatively small sample sizes at this point, however

Demps should be serving more often!  :-)

(One thought as to why she might not: if she subs in to serve, she's locked into that spot in the rotation for the rest of the set. That is, serve in place of Franklin, and she can only then replace Franklin. In not having her sub in to serve, Sheffield is keeping his options open for whom she subs in for, if someone is having an off set/night, or if the sub count gets low and 'plan B' of Demps being a six rotation opposite has to happen.)

[wiscvball]

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Hasn’t played a point yet and I am SUCH A FAN.

[badgerguru]

Does anyone know how our 2024 recruits are nationally ranked? Just a little curious

[volleyball90]

Sept 20, 2022 1:50:04 GMT -5 badgerguru said:

Does anyone know how our 2024 recruits are nationally ranked? Just a little curious

The Cali setter is #2 and the libero is like #95. The other 2 are non US recruits (Poland and Canada).

[volleyball90]

Sept 19, 2022 18:12:56 GMT -5 robtearle said:

Sept 18, 2022 22:16:06 GMT -5 robtearle said:

Sideout percentage (or maybe NOT sideout percentages) for the each server are much more important than aces or errors. I have no doubt the coaches know them in great detail. 

And it wouldn't be difficult to compile them just from the 'play-by-play' in the box scores. Just tedious to do so.

The minute I wrote that, I knew I'd end up doing it, sooner or later. So today I figured the sooner the better. Counted up "by hand", input into the spreadsheet by hand, so there could *certainly* be mistakes and typos. FWIW.

The numbers given are the sideout percents: that is, how often the server lost their serve, how often the opponent won the point and took away UW's serve. So from our point-of-view, the lower number, the better.

Izzy: 122 total serves, .508
Orzol: 104 total serves, .587
GG:  128 total serves, .422
MJ:  115 total serves, .504
Franklin: 51 total serves, .588
CC:  88 total serves, .557
Liz G: 39 total serves .590
Demps: 16 total serves, .188
AnnaMac: 6 total serves, .667
Reed: 8 total serves, .125

Those are generally quite good. But some of that is due to the High Point, Campbell, and Rhode Island matches. So, if I take those matches out:

Izzy: 84 total serves, .560
Orzol: 69 total serves, .667
GG: 77 total serves, .519
MJ: 85 total serves, .506
Franklin: 31 total serves, .710
CC: 70 total serves, .571
Liz G: 23 total serves .739
Demps: 16 total serves, .188
AnnaMac: 1 total serve, 1.000
Reed: no serves attempted

Maybe surprising, MJ has been the most effective server against the 'quality' opponents, and her rate so far is unaffected by the quality of the opponent. Relatively small sample sizes at this point, however

Demps should be serving more often!  :-)

(One thought as to why she might not: if she subs in to serve, she's locked into that spot in the rotation for the rest of the set. That is, serve in place of Franklin, and she can only then replace Franklin. In not having her sub in to serve, Sheffield is keeping his options open for whom she subs in for, if someone is having an off set/night, or if the sub count gets low and 'plan B' of Demps being a six rotation opposite has to happen.)

Wow really shocked about MJ. I thought it was a good serve but not that good. Serving is one thing where total number of serves is actually a pretty good barometer since the more serves the more runs it means. Though that can also be skewed by rotations as people who serve early in match more likely to have more opportunities.

[bucky415]

Sept 20, 2022 2:45:55 GMT -5 volleyball90 said:

Sept 20, 2022 1:50:04 GMT -5 badgerguru said:

Does anyone know how our 2024 recruits are nationally ranked? Just a little curious

The Cali setter is #2 and the libero is like #95. The other 2 are non US recruits (Poland and Canada).

Wow. Was not paying attention, and the Badgers got another verbal. Nice!

[badgerbreath]

Punzel on Trinity Shadd Ceres.

She apparently wants to focus on volleyball instead of track, so that seems to answer some questions.

She is very good at track and field though. An impressive athlete.

madison.com/sports/college/canadian-track-standout-who-jumped-7-10-commits-to-wisconsin-volleyball/article_1f10f095-2b77-5207-a882-fa185a7bb63d.html

[badgerguru]

Through the first two sets the badgers have 11 hitting errors. 8 of those coming from Franklin (5) & Smrek (3) both with negative hitting percentages. Aren’t these two supposed to be our biggest offensive contributors?

[robtearle]

Northwestern match, points by server by set:

Izzy on the court: 10-12, 11-8, 14-14; total 35-34
MJ on the court: 15-6, 14-11, 11-8; total 40-25

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Points scored during the serve of server:
Izzy: 6 points on 7 trips to the line
Orzol: 2 points on 7 trips
GG: 2 points on 7 trips
MJ: 10 points on 6 trips
Franklin: 7 points on 7 trips
Liz G: 1 point on 4 trips
CC: 6 points on only 2 trips

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Sideout percents by server for the year (taking out High Point, Campbell, Rhode Island; lower number the better)
Izzy: 0.557
Orzol: 0. 679
GG: 0.547
MJ: 0.485
Franklin: 0.644
Liz G: 0.750
CC: 0.538

[savannahbadger]

Sept 23, 2022 20:05:06 GMT -5 badgerguru said:

Through the first two sets the badgers have 11 hitting errors. 8 of those coming from Franklin (5) & Smrek (3) both with negative hitting percentages. Aren’t these two supposed to be our biggest offensive contributors?

There was a lot of hype surrounding Franklin, but Orzoł has quietly turned into a much improved player, which didn’t seem possible after a great freshman year last year.

Julia is playing really smart and really consistently, while it seems like Sarah is having a few bone headed plays and is more up and down. Is she still in the habit of trying to do too much, like she might have had to do on a worse team the past 2 years?

[badgerbreath]

I love this Steve Lowe tribute video.

[buckyupbuttercup]

Sept 23, 2022 22:40:35 GMT -5 savannahbadger said:

Sept 23, 2022 20:05:06 GMT -5 badgerguru said:

Through the first two sets the badgers have 11 hitting errors. 8 of those coming from Franklin (5) & Smrek (3) both with negative hitting percentages. Aren’t these two supposed to be our biggest offensive contributors?

There was a lot of hype surrounding Franklin, 

Well, I seem to recall it being proclaimed that Franklin was the best badger player "by a mile". Then, doubling down when told that wasn't accurate. Might that have been you?

[savannahbadger]

Sept 24, 2022 7:18:10 GMT -5 buckyupbuttercup said:

Sept 23, 2022 22:40:35 GMT -5 savannahbadger said:

There was a lot of hype surrounding Franklin, 

Well, I seem to recall it being proclaimed that Franklin was the best badger player "by a mile". Then, doubling down when told that wasn't accurate. Might that have been you?

Franklin was really damn good early, but has been struggling a bit of late (21 SE’s and loads of hitting errors later). I don’t think there’s a question Orzoł is the best player right now.

[badgerbreath]

One thing that went under the radar against northwestern last night is how good Danielle looked. I really loved some of her slide attacks.