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Post by hapaguy on Nov 29, 2022 15:40:54 GMT -5
Even tho UH #8, according to NCAA prediction, LSU is the fav to win. So was MS last year also being the fav. UH 3/1 Yeah, I saw the talking heads (two young women) picking LSU over Hawaii. More motivation for Hawaii! |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 29, 2022 16:23:41 GMT -5
Just goes to show how much (or how little) people know about Women's collegiate Volleyball. And I mean no disrespect to LSU who is a good team (I watched a few of their SEC matches this season, this team can play volleyball). But here are the facts: Hawaii'i is not a stranger to the NCAA's. This is their 29th straight, and 40th overall NCAA tournament appearance. This is a program that is used to playing in the NCAA’s. And this team is lead by an Olympian, and former First team AA setter who has played in the NCAA finals during her career. No stage is too big for Hawai’i volleyball. The Big West is not the SEC, but the Big West Champion should be expected to beat the 7th place team in the SEC. People outside of Hawaii expected the Bows to lose to the team that finished 2nd in the SEC last season in last year’s tournament just because Mississippi State was an SEC team, but Hawai’i has owned the SEC (outside of Florida). Hawai’i won, yes in 5 but 2 of the 3 sets the Bows won were blowouts. Hawaii was a Jekyll and Hyde team last year, which probably contributed to their uneven play. While they have been up and down sometimes this season, it’s not nearly at the level of last season. Hawai’i is used to travelling to California to play volleyball, they are used to playing in the NCAA’s and LSU is not. It’s not a knock against LSU, it’s simply a fact. The challenge for Hawai’i is to jump out early and stay on top. Hawai’i has a habit of letting other teams run points early in the first set, and then they fight back but in a one and done type of match, they’d be wise not to shoot themselves in the foot.
Childester didn’t give a reason why she picked LSU to win other than she didn’t want to pick all the favorites but this is what we see when people are making tournament predictions- Hawaii is always the easy team to overlook. Having watched Hawaii all year, I know this team is really good. They just must show up and play like it and I know Robyn will have them ready. And I suspect the Wahine will bring a lot of fans to Maples.
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Post by brooselee on Nov 29, 2022 16:59:47 GMT -5
Just goes to show how much (or how little) people know about Women's collegiate Volleyball. And I mean no disrespect to LSU who is a good team (I watched a few of their SEC matches this season, this team can play volleyball). But here are the facts: Hawaii'i is not a stranger to the NCAA's. This is their 29th straight, and 40th overall NCAA tournament appearance. This is a program that is used to playing in the NCAA’s. And this team is lead by an Olympian, and former First team AA setter who has played in the NCAA finals during her career. No stage is too big for Hawai’i volleyball. The Big West is not the SEC, but the Big West Champion should be expected to beat the 7th place team in the SEC. People outside of Hawaii expected the Bows to lose to the team that finished 2nd in the SEC last season in last year’s tournament just because Mississippi State was an SEC team, but Hawai’i has owned the SEC (outside of Florida). Hawai’i won, yes in 5 but 2 of the 3 sets the Bows won were blowouts. Hawaii was a Jekyll and Hyde team last year, which probably contributed to their uneven play. While they have been up and down sometimes this season, it’s not nearly at the level of last season. Hawai’i is used to travelling to California to play volleyball, they are used to playing in the NCAA’s and LSU is not. It’s not a knock against LSU, it’s simply a fact. The challenge for Hawai’i is to jump out early and stay on top. Hawai’i has a habit of letting other teams run points early in the first set, and then they fight back but in a one and done type of match, they’d be wise not to shoot themselves in the foot. Childester didn’t give a reason why she picked LSU to win other than she didn’t want to pick all the favorites but this is what we see when people are making tournament predictions- Hawaii is always the easy team to overlook. Having watched Hawaii all year, I know this team is really good. They just must show up and play like it and I know Robyn will have them ready. And I suspect the Wahine will bring a lot of fans to Maples. LOL...LSU will be favored in just about every sports against Hawaii. Many just here the word "Hawaii" and kind of dismiss them for being Hawaii. But that's OK like some mentioned. It will fuel UH more and I'm sure Robyn is using this as motivation in practice and prep for game. |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 29, 2022 17:16:10 GMT -5
Just goes to show how much (or how little) people know about Women's collegiate Volleyball. And I mean no disrespect to LSU who is a good team (I watched a few of their SEC matches this season, this team can play volleyball). But here are the facts: Hawaii'i is not a stranger to the NCAA's. This is their 29th straight, and 40th overall NCAA tournament appearance. This is a program that is used to playing in the NCAA’s. And this team is lead by an Olympian, and former First team AA setter who has played in the NCAA finals during her career. No stage is too big for Hawai’i volleyball. The Big West is not the SEC, but the Big West Champion should be expected to beat the 7th place team in the SEC. People outside of Hawaii expected the Bows to lose to the team that finished 2nd in the SEC last season in last year’s tournament just because Mississippi State was an SEC team, but Hawai’i has owned the SEC (outside of Florida). Hawai’i won, yes in 5 but 2 of the 3 sets the Bows won were blowouts. Hawaii was a Jekyll and Hyde team last year, which probably contributed to their uneven play. While they have been up and down sometimes this season, it’s not nearly at the level of last season. Hawai’i is used to travelling to California to play volleyball, they are used to playing in the NCAA’s and LSU is not. It’s not a knock against LSU, it’s simply a fact. The challenge for Hawai’i is to jump out early and stay on top. Hawai’i has a habit of letting other teams run points early in the first set, and then they fight back but in a one and done type of match, they’d be wise not to shoot themselves in the foot. Childester didn’t give a reason why she picked LSU to win other than she didn’t want to pick all the favorites but this is what we see when people are making tournament predictions- Hawaii is always the easy team to overlook. Having watched Hawaii all year, I know this team is really good. They just must show up and play like it and I know Robyn will have them ready. And I suspect the Wahine will bring a lot of fans to Maples. LOL...LSU will be favored in just about every sports against Hawaii. Many just here the word "Hawaii" and kind of dismiss them for being Hawaii. But that's OK like some mentioned. It will fuel UH more and I'm sure Robyn is using this as motivation in practice and prep for game. LSU should be favored against Hawaii in most sports but not in Volleyball. They’re not close to Hawai’i in volleyball. That’s not a knock on LSU, that’s just making comparisons between the 2 programs. That’s what I mean when I talk about people picking LSU because it’s just Hawaii on the other side of the court. Can LSU win? Absolutely- they have a good team with some dynamic players but Hawaii is the better team, and for people looking at X’s and O’s, where is LSU better than the Bows? Dotson over Wags? Wags is a complete player so I don’t really know. Btw, I’m not sure Robyn is the type of coach to need motivation for her or her team. She is always teaching so I suspect she cares much more about fundamentals and game management than she does respect but yeah, I want the Bows to play with a chip on their shoulders. Kate, especially. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 29, 2022 17:29:50 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 29, 2022 17:36:06 GMT -5
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Nov 30, 2022 15:56:46 GMT -5
Hawai'i is making their 40th NCAA tournament appearance and 2nd consecutive. The Rainbow Wahine are 280-147 (.656) in sets played, winning 3 National Championships (1982, 1983, 1987); 2 Runner ups (1988, 1996); 4 Final Fours (2000, 2002, 2003, 2009); 10 Elite Eights (1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2015); 9 Sweet Sixteens (1985, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2019).
LSU is making their 16th NCAA tournament appearance and first since 2017. The Tigers are 53-56 (.486) in sets played, reaching 2 Final Fours (1990, 1991); the Elite Eight 1986; 2 Sweet Sixteens (1989, 1992).
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 19:58:21 GMT -5
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Post by soljah808 on Nov 30, 2022 22:36:00 GMT -5
People choosing LSU over Hawaii? OK. Lol Our girls just gotta prove people wrong yet again. Go Bows!
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Post by ilikecorn on Nov 30, 2022 22:37:55 GMT -5
Go Bows!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2022 0:21:56 GMT -5
LSU bout to get the first upset of the tournament. Geaux Tigers!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2022 0:23:14 GMT -5
People choosing LSU over Hawaii? OK. Lol Our girls just gotta prove people wrong yet again. Go Bows! I think it’ll always be that way especially against P5 schools. But I agree, GO BOWS |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Dec 1, 2022 0:39:19 GMT -5
LSU bout to get the first upset of the tournament. Geaux Tigers! LSU is a good team but if you’re wrong, prepare to be tagged and quoted a lot. 🥳 The Tigers have awesome colors. I love that color combo. |
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Post by VBQ on Dec 1, 2022 1:59:06 GMT -5
Hawai'i is making their 40th NCAA tournament appearance and 2nd consecutive. The Rainbow Wahine are 280-147 (.656) in sets played, winning 3 National Championships (1982, 1983, 1987); 2 Runner ups (1988, 1996); 4 Final Fours (2000, 2002, 2003, 2009); 10 Elite Eights (1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2015); 9 Sweet Sixteens (1985, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2019). LSU is making their 16th NCAA tournament appearance and first since 2017. The Tigers are 53-56 (.486) in sets played, reaching 2 Final Fours (1990, 1991); the Elite Eight 1986; 2 Sweet Sixteens (1989, 1992). Hawaii has a storied history, one of the greats! Watching LSU, I think Hawaii has better ball control. The Tigers serve receive is atrocious. Hawaii's serving might put them in all sorts of passing troubles. Both have very offensive setters. I think Hawaii has the edge. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 1, 2022 2:24:49 GMT -5
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