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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:30:16 GMT -5
8-3
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:31:09 GMT -5
9-3 Marquette
TO DePaul
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:33:18 GMT -5
10-5 Marquette
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:34:03 GMT -5
6-10 DePaul
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:35:04 GMT -5
7-11 DePaul
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:36:44 GMT -5
13-8 Marquette
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:37:18 GMT -5
ACE for Marquette
Match Point
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:38:03 GMT -5
DePaul challenging a touch call….
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 26, 2022 21:39:23 GMT -5
Call stands Marquette wins!
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Post by boxcariii on Oct 27, 2022 8:20:45 GMT -5
I didn't say that but your criticism seems fair. As an aside, I perceive DePaul to care about women's sports in general (this is a good thing that I support as a general rule). Why do they seem to not care about volleyball (this is a volleyball forum)? See KBB's comment above about DePaul. Good to know. TIL (or more accurately) two days ago I learned. Here's hoping KBB is correct and she's not just blowing smoke up everyone's @$$. I want her to be right for the record, but I'm more of a believe it when I see it kind of guy. Pushing Marquette to 5 is also impressive. Good on the Blue Demons. |
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Post by eldorado on Oct 27, 2022 11:03:21 GMT -5
Agree about there being some cool cities. However, there are two schools that actually care about volleyball. Until the rest catch up, not just no, hell no. Creighton and Marquette both do a fine job with the tournament and that shouldn't be overlooked either. If one of them sucked at hosting it, I'd be more open to a rotation. Interesting comment about "caring" during an Oct 17 interview on local radio with KBB: Host: About the state of volleyball in the BE in general... how has the BE invested in volleyball to try to raise the profile of the sport as a conference? KBB: (sighs) I would say it's getting better. When we got into the BE, there were some schools that were really poorly funded. I think everyone now is at 12 full scholarships. You know, when I got to Creighton that was the biggest thing. As we were building a program, you have to be able to "get the horses," right, so you've gotta have the scholarships, so that's the first thing. So Marquette and Creighton have invested and you can see those programs are continually Top 25 programs. DePaul is now investing. Georgetown has put some investment in, so hopefully that'll start to trend up. You know, Xavier and Butler, those 2 programs are in hotbeds of volleyball talent- if I were to say "lowest hanging fruit" for schools that wanted to invest.* The academic profile of BE institutions is so high, and volleyball tends to have a lot of high academic kids, that I don't think it would take huge amounts of money to see us jump into the top 4 to 5 conferences in the country. We continue to push that, and where we need resources is- we need more money for assistant coaches, we need better travel for some programs, things along those lines that are gonna impact the student-athlete experience. We need more television coverage within the BE, you know we're on Flo Sports- we need to be on FS1, FS2. *Possible translation = Xavier and Butler don't want to invest. Creighton flies charter, Providence taking a 6 hour train to Villanova |
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Post by volleynerdmw on Oct 27, 2022 15:03:19 GMT -5
I think the BE will always be limited in their advancement due to the cost of most of the schools. Public schools can get good in-state walk-ons and their families don't have to break the bank. Most BE teams lack depth because of this. So if a coach misses on 1 or 2 scholarship kids it hurts more because your pool of walk-ons is limited. It takes a family willing to drop $200K plus on school for a walk on and if your team isn't named Marquette or Creighton then you probably are going to the NCAA tourney.
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Post by ndodge on Oct 27, 2022 15:06:45 GMT -5
Call stands Marquette wins! I'm in Madison, forgot Marquette played and your stream of comments scared the hell out of me when I read them jus tnow, glad they pulled it out. |
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 27, 2022 15:35:37 GMT -5
Call stands Marquette wins! I'm in Madison, forgot Marquette played and your stream of comments scared the hell out of me when I read them jus tnow, glad they pulled it out. DePaul played well! If the make it to the BEast tourney, they could upset a favorite. |
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Post by tenfootliner on Oct 28, 2022 10:37:36 GMT -5
I'm in Madison, forgot Marquette played and your stream of comments scared the hell out of me when I read them jus tnow, glad they pulled it out. DePaul played well! If the make it to the BEast tourney, they could upset a favorite. They would probably need to go 6-1 in their remaining matches to get to the BE tourney IMO |
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