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Post by kstater on Jun 16, 2022 18:58:53 GMT -5
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Post by JJVb on Jun 16, 2022 19:35:49 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jun 16, 2022 20:14:48 GMT -5
That's weird how they list the "location" for their road non-con tournaments. They say that they are taking place on the campus of the team that they are playing, not the host of the event. For week 4 they are playing in the "Southern Utah Invitational" which strongly implies that the host is SUU, but Dixie has this listed as an unnamed home tournament on their own schedule. Dixie is also located in Southern Utah, but it's odd that they'd name their event after a rival school that is also participating in the event. Now Southern Utah says that they are hosting the games. Maybe the Thunderbirds are co-hosting with Dixie? I dunno... |
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Post by aztecbuff on Jun 16, 2022 20:55:24 GMT -5
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Post by ay2013 on Jun 17, 2022 0:06:28 GMT -5
Oregon usually puts together a good non-conference schedule for RPI purposes but I question inviting UC Davis for a home tournament. They were 11-20 last year, is there really much upside there? I'm sure they are going to Florida to play Miami Florida as they will likely have a nice record to boost RPI, but South Carolina could end up being a bad team to play. They had a losing record last year and they lose their two best players. |
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Post by robtheaggie on Jun 17, 2022 5:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by volleyballer8992 on Jun 17, 2022 8:48:55 GMT -5
Are we really all that incapable of changing with times... PFW dropped the "I" like 4 years ago mate (sigh) |
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Post by trojansc on Jun 17, 2022 12:17:33 GMT -5
Are we really all that incapable of changing with times... PFW dropped the "I" like 4 years ago mate (sigh) I did not know that. Why did they drop the I? Is IUPUI still IUPUI? It will be hard for me not to refer to them as IPFW. I will try hard for you. |
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Post by Kingsley on Jun 17, 2022 12:28:16 GMT -5
You still can't get me to drop -Brooklyn from LIU. Go Blackbirds.
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Post by trojansc on Jun 17, 2022 12:38:27 GMT -5
You still can't get me to drop -Brooklyn from LIU. Go Blackbirds. I do that too, always LIU-Brooklyn. I need a drastic change in order to adapt. Ok, at least I know they are the Sharks now even though I don't like it. But like Dixie State to Utah Tech? That I can work with. And for the Ragin Cajuns, they will always be Louisiana-Lafayette or ULL to me. On the softball side, they will repeatedly insist to an annoying degree that they are UL or Louisiana. Nope, not for me. |
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Post by bluepenquin on Jun 17, 2022 13:23:35 GMT -5
Kansas State taking on some unnecessary poison pills with this schedule. I think they will be good enough to be a tournament team anyway, but I don't think this will give them much room - unless they can take out a couple of Creighton, Rice, UCF. |
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Post by vballfan17 on Jun 17, 2022 13:40:04 GMT -5
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 17, 2022 13:52:55 GMT -5
You still can't get me to drop -Brooklyn from LIU. Go Blackbirds. I do that too, always LIU-Brooklyn. I need a drastic change in order to adapt. Ok, at least I know they are the Sharks now even though I don't like it. But like Dixie State to Utah Tech? That I can work with. And for the Ragin Cajuns, they will always be Louisiana-Lafayette or ULL to me. On the softball side, they will repeatedly insist to an annoying degree that they are UL or Louisiana. Nope, not for me. I'll probably still call them Dixie State for a little bit just out of habit. It took a few years before I started calling UVU by its updated name rather than the previous UVSC (Utah Valley State College) that it was when I first moved up here. If I hear "Louisiana," I know which school we're talking about. Oh, and while I'm on the subject, "USC" is Southern California, not South Carolina. And "The U" is Miami, not Utah. |
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Post by trojansc on Jun 17, 2022 13:59:31 GMT -5
I'll probably still call them Dixie State for a little bit just out of habit. It took a few years before I started calling UVU by its updated name rather than the previous UVSC (Utah Valley State College) that it was when I first moved up here. If I hear "Louisiana," I know which school we're talking about. Oh, and while I'm on the subject, "USC" is Southern California, not South Carolina. And "The U" is Miami, not Utah. Ok, that explains the Utah Valley State thing. On the RPI page here: ncaastats.figstats.net/conference_rpi.phtml/WAC they are listed as Utah Valley State. I was a little thrown off because I always called them UVU -- no such thing as UVSU. But, now it makes sense. Also, you also in accordance that OSU = Ohio State and UW = Washington? LOL. I don't think it's ironic that usc.edu, osu.edu, and uw.edu are the ones I give the title too! Sorry Beavers and Badgers (and Cowgirls too). |
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Post by trojansc on Jun 17, 2022 14:03:34 GMT -5
Kansas State taking on some unnecessary poison pills with this schedule. I think they will be good enough to be a tournament team anyway, but I don't think this will give them much room - unless they can take out a couple of Creighton, Rice, UCF. This is quite the interesting schedule. They have some complete RPI Gems and then some absolutely horrid RPI teams.. UMKC lost a big-time player to transfer, they will likely regress from a good record last year. Rutgers and Mizzouri = real ouch. I'm going to doubt that UNF replicates the record they put up last year. Syracuse is going to be another OUCH unless they schedule cupcakes and Shemanova can carry them to at least a respectable record ~.500 or so. Kind of a strange schedule, really. |
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