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Post by bucky415 on Nov 21, 2022 18:36:59 GMT -5
I hope South Dakota wins the tournament, for kiyoat and the fact that they won the regular season by being the most consistently good team.
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 21, 2022 19:19:47 GMT -5
I hope Omaha wins the tournament, for Matt Buttermore, and the fact they won the regular season last year and then lost to USD in the Summit tournament.
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Post by volleyball303 on Nov 21, 2022 22:15:09 GMT -5
Will only the tournament winner get a bid or does South Dakota have a chance without winning?
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Post by vballfan17 on Nov 21, 2022 22:22:41 GMT -5
Will only the tournament winner get a bid or does South Dakota have a chance without winning? They’re #49 in RPI so they’d likely be out. Plus they have no top 50 wins |
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Post by clob on Nov 21, 2022 22:28:51 GMT -5
I'm hoping NDSU wins. But I don't really care.
That said, major props to kiyoat for keeping this thread going.
The posts have been great and it's an easy way to keep up on what's going on in the Summit.
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Post by Steve vb on Nov 22, 2022 0:05:11 GMT -5
I hope Omaha wins the tournament, for Matt Buttermore, and the fact they won the regular season last year and then lost to USD in the Summit tournament. Another reason is that Omaha has never qualified for the NCAA volleyball tournament before in Div 1 and doing it on their home court would be great. |
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 22, 2022 0:14:09 GMT -5
I'm hoping NDSU wins. But I don't really care. That said, major props to kiyoat for keeping this thread going. The posts have been great and it's an easy way to keep up on what's going on in the Summit. Thanks! It’s been fun. Obviously I want the Yotes to win, but what I’m really excited for is the fact that the league has improved to the point of having six very competitive teams in this conference tournament. The next step is to translate that into non-conference wins, so the collective RPI improves. And I’m pretty happy we won the regular season. Being able to host next year is huge. |
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Post by Steve vb on Nov 22, 2022 0:16:45 GMT -5
I hope South Dakota wins the tournament, for kiyoat and the fact that they won the regular season by being the most consistently good team. If Omaha doesn't win the tournament, then I hope it's South Dakota partly because I think there's a chance that the Yotes might not have to play the host school in the first round of the NCAA tourney and partly for Kiyoat. It would be nice to see a Summit League school advance past the first round. |
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 22, 2022 0:25:02 GMT -5
I hope that the Summit has some teams in the NIVC this year. It’s a great opportunity to extend your season. I still don’t understand why Omaha’s admin decided not to pursue it last year. That team was a killer with Sadie Limback at RS and Mountjoy at DS. Would have won a few matches. Maybe all of them.
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Post by jayj79 on Nov 22, 2022 1:32:49 GMT -5
I hope that the Summit has some teams in the NIVC this year. It’s a great opportunity to extend your season. I thought about making a thread about that tournament, but decided to at least wait a couple days (because I'm superstitious). Unfortunately, I'm sure any such thread will have to suffer through party poopers who do nothing but rain on the parade. |
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Post by bucky415 on Nov 22, 2022 5:29:20 GMT -5
I hope that the Summit has some teams in the NIVC this year. It’s a great opportunity to extend your season. I thought about making a thread about that tournament, but decided to at least wait a couple days (because I'm superstitious). Unfortunately, I'm sure any such thread will have to suffer through party poopers who do nothing but rain on the parade. There could be some really good volleyball involved. The Big West is looking like a one bid league, but the top 4 teams have a lot of talent, and The Summit League could say the same as well. Throw in some teams that won their leagues but got upset in league tournaments, and it could be pretty compelling. I would actually do Summit League semis over Big East if I were a neutral fan in Omaha. |
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 22, 2022 7:45:50 GMT -5
I hope that the Summit has some teams in the NIVC this year. It’s a great opportunity to extend your season. I thought about making a thread about that tournament, but decided to at least wait a couple days (because I'm superstitious). Unfortunately, I'm sure any such thread will have to suffer through party poopers who do nothing but rain on the parade. Yeah, I don’t get it either, but I suppose I’m looking at it from a mid-majors perspective. Getting to the finals on our home court and bringing in GA Tech allowed us to break an attendance record back in 2019. I’d be willing to guess there were a good number of volleyball first-timers in that crowd. For us it helped grow the program. But it does end up costing money in bids for hosting. From another perspective you could say it’s a tournament filled with jilted teams with chips on their shoulders and something to prove. That's compelling too, I think. Oh well. Some will always turn up their noses at it. |
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Post by Steve vb on Nov 22, 2022 10:53:10 GMT -5
I thought about making a thread about that tournament, but decided to at least wait a couple days (because I'm superstitious). Unfortunately, I'm sure any such thread will have to suffer through party poopers who do nothing but rain on the parade. There could be some really good volleyball involved. The Big West is looking like a one bid league, but the top 4 teams have a lot of talent, and The Summit League could say the same as well. Throw in some teams that won their leagues but got upset in league tournaments, and it could be pretty compelling. I would actually do Summit League semis over Big East if I were a neutral fan in Omaha. The semis in the Summit League are more definitely more compelling for casual volleyball fans. However, for season ticket holders, Creighton's season tickets include admission to the Big East Tournament, while Omaha's do not. Summit League Tournament matches are an extra $15 per ticket per day (or an all-tournament pass of $41). |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 23, 2022 22:10:42 GMT -5
Summit League Post-season awards 2022!2022 Player-of-the-Year: __i_a_e__ _u___e 2022 Defensive Player-of-the-Year: _o_o _ie_e_a_ 2022 Setter-of-the-Year: ? 2022 Freshman-of-the-Year: ? 2022 Coach-of-the-Year: _e__e _u_a_ There, just Prepping the post. Now I only have to add consonants when they announce it... Player of the Year Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota Defensive Player of the Year Lolo Weideman, South Dakota Setter of the Year Kelley Johnson, North Dakota State Freshman of the Year Kali Jurgensmeier, Omaha Coach of the Year Leanne Williamson, South Dakota thesummitleague.org/news/2022/11/22/awards-south-dakotas-juhnke-garners-summit-league-volleyball-player-of-the-year-award.aspx |
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 23, 2022 23:58:01 GMT -5
I have to say I’m shocked Tupac didn’t win COY. I suppose he probably needed to win more down the stretch. Can’t say the voting was biased, since it is the coaches who voted.
I won’t disagree that Coach Williamson is awesome. I just assumed that when you are picked in the top-2, a championship was less impressive than going from winless to 6th in year 1. What do I know?
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