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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 11, 2022 0:18:12 GMT -5
Painful but true. With a 5th set that most people figured would be a nail biter. Why do you take that chance? And of course we got BURNED on the penultimate point. Coach Sheffield failed to make the tough choices to put the team in a more stable place to nab a victory. I was thinking there has got to be a better DS on this team that can serve receive. I would be surprised if the libero passed over a 2.0 I would be surprised if she passed over a 2.0 against PSU, but she passed better against Pitt. We have seen no evidence in real matches that anyone else can pass better. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2022 0:21:38 GMT -5
Painful but true. With a 5th set that most people figured would be a nail biter. Why do you take that chance? And of course we got BURNED on the penultimate point. Coach Sheffield failed to make the tough choices to put the team in a more stable place to nab a victory. Dumb. Retrospective thinking. Every change is a chance, even if it doesn't seem so in retrospect. Pitt played a few points better that UW. I would have preferred this happened earlier, but I can understand the decision. We didn't play as well with Shanel in the BR. She might have been a better passer, but she wasn't a better defender. Not sure why you are attempting to defend the indefensible. Gülce was targeted the last two games now and the instability of her shaky play had a crucial impact on the fact we were out of system most of the time. The libero's role is key in setting up the teams offense for success. Gülce put two sub par performances in a row no matter how you try to defend it. Shenal is an All-Big 12 performer and Gülce is a freshmen. Surely going to Shenal is not going to make things anymore unsettled then they already were. |
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Post by bigfan on Dec 11, 2022 0:24:47 GMT -5
Great match.
Pitt finally broke through
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Post by SportyBucky on Dec 11, 2022 0:38:07 GMT -5
you're support of usd has zero effect on that match. the difference between us is, I won't be posting in the match thread about how mediocre usd is and that stanford should always beat them. because I understand that if a team is in the elite 8, they aren't mediocre Bye bye Stanford. |
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Post by Fight On! on Dec 11, 2022 0:40:07 GMT -5
It's not going to happen. 👀 |
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Post by bucky415 on Dec 11, 2022 0:44:59 GMT -5
It's not going to happen. 👀 To be fair, the patently unfair pods in So Cal have held USD back in the NCAA Tournament. So happy for them, and I hope those pods get more fair with the 1-8 seeding! Yeah, UCLA will find a great candidate, USC will become more consistently good, and USD will find a way to remain good. |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Dec 11, 2022 0:57:29 GMT -5
That they do babes. (PS stole the quote from Emma Halter) |
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Post by gopherfan90 on Dec 11, 2022 16:30:46 GMT -5
It is too bad Robinson wasn’t on the floor during the last few points. I have a feeling it would’ve been different with her out there, even with the bad passes from GG on the last few points. She is so impressive and I feel like she doesn’t get the attention she should at the national level.
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Post by robtearle on Dec 11, 2022 17:28:18 GMT -5
It is too bad Robinson wasn’t on the floor during the last few points. I have a feeling it would’ve been different with her out there, even with the bad passes from GG on the last few points. She is so impressive and I feel like she doesn’t get the attention she should at the national level. Throughout the course of the season, I tracked the success of each of the two setters in terms of percent of points won while on the court. While there was some switching back and forth of the setter's respective opposites (and the four? matches when Crawford was injured and Robinson wasn't an opposite at all), For much of the season, Robinson was Ashburn's opposite while Smrek was Hamill's opposite. So Ashburn's point percentage is an OK quick-and-dirty estimate for a Robinson "point success rate". Without getting up of the sofa and going to get the exact numbers off my desktop PC :-) UW won the point a little under 55% when team Ashburn was on the floor, while winning a little under 53% when team Hamill was on the floor. Of course, the MBs and lefts were also there splitting time two-thirds and one-third with each. But over the course of a 100 point five set match like last night, Ashburn-Robinson is going to get you two points more than Hamill-Smrek. Not very much at all, but enough in a close close match... |
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Post by fromonhigh on Dec 11, 2022 18:30:39 GMT -5
Why in the heck did the WI coach stick with his libero in serve return? She almost caused WI to lose the previous match and put her team out of system at critical times in the Pitt match. Was Sheffield just too stubborn to change or was this his blind spot?
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Post by hail2pitt on Dec 11, 2022 20:40:15 GMT -5
Does anyone know where the press conferences for both teams can be found post game- I always love hearing and want to see if I can get all 8 from this weekend
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Post by gopherfan90 on Dec 11, 2022 20:48:21 GMT -5
It is too bad Robinson wasn’t on the floor during the last few points. I have a feeling it would’ve been different with her out there, even with the bad passes from GG on the last few points. She is so impressive and I feel like she doesn’t get the attention she should at the national level. Throughout the course of the season, I tracked the success of each of the two setters in terms of percent of points won while on the court. While there was some switching back and forth of the setter's respective opposites (and the four? matches when Crawford was injured and Robinson wasn't an opposite at all), For much of the season, Robinson was Ashburn's opposite while Smrek was Hamill's opposite. So Ashburn's point percentage is an OK quick-and-dirty estimate for a Robinson "point success rate". Without getting up of the sofa and going to get the exact numbers off my desktop PC :-) UW won the point a little under 55% when team Ashburn was on the floor, while winning a little under 53% when team Hamill was on the floor. Of course, the MBs and lefts were also there splitting time two-thirds and one-third with each. But over the course of a 100 point five set match like last night, Ashburn-Robinson is going to get you two points more than Hamill-Smrek. Not very much at all, but enough in a close close match... Super interesting, thanks. I think the one thing this doesn’t account for is Robinson had the hot hand yesterday while Smerk was a bit of a mess. So they may be close over a season but not last night. |
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Post by savannahbadger on Dec 11, 2022 20:48:24 GMT -5
Why in the heck did the WI coach stick with his libero in serve return? She almost caused WI to lose the previous match and put her team out of system at critical times in the Pitt match. Was Sheffield just too stubborn to change or was this his blind spot? I get that this is what everyone wants, but they don’t understand that this is a transition offense team, and that we rely on GG’s superior bump setting. It’s arguably as accurate as a top notch setter, putting us in position to score often if our setters don’t get the 2 ball. Bramscrieber is good in that respect, but not as good as GG, so we lose more in GG’s sets than we gain with Shanel’s serve receive. If ever there was a time to sit GG out, it was the 5th set against PSU, and if it didn’t happen then, it was never going to happen. |
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Post by robtearle on Dec 11, 2022 20:57:54 GMT -5
Throughout the course of the season, I tracked the success of each of the two setters in terms of percent of points won while on the court. While there was some switching back and forth of the setter's respective opposites (and the four? matches when Crawford was injured and Robinson wasn't an opposite at all), For much of the season, Robinson was Ashburn's opposite while Smrek was Hamill's opposite. So Ashburn's point percentage is an OK quick-and-dirty estimate for a Robinson "point success rate". Without getting up of the sofa and going to get the exact numbers off my desktop PC :-) UW won the point a little under 55% when team Ashburn was on the floor, while winning a little under 53% when team Hamill was on the floor. Of course, the MBs and lefts were also there splitting time two-thirds and one-third with each. But over the course of a 100 point five set match like last night, Ashburn-Robinson is going to get you two points more than Hamill-Smrek. Not very much at all, but enough in a close close match... Super interesting, thanks. I think the one thing this doesn’t account for is Robinson had the hot hand yesterday while Smerk was a bit of a mess. So they may be close over a season but not last night. LOL. I think sometimes it feels like "Smrek is a bit of a mess", and then you look at the box score and you see 13-3-35, .286. I recall a couple really nice deep cross-into-the-corner shots at critical times last night. But she is certainly still a work in progress. (Robinson was 21-3-41, .439) |
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Post by robtearle on Dec 11, 2022 21:01:13 GMT -5
Why in the heck did the WI coach stick with his libero in serve return? She almost caused WI to lose the previous match and put her team out of system at critical times in the Pitt match. Was Sheffield just too stubborn to change or was this his blind spot? I get that this is what everyone wants, but they don’t understand that this is a transition offense team, and that we rely on GG’s superior bump setting. It’s arguably as accurate as a top notch setter, putting us in position to score often if our setters don’t get the 2 ball. Bramscrieber is good in that respect, but not as good as GG, so we lose more in GG’s sets than we gain with Shanel’s serve receive. If ever there was a time to sit GG out, it was the 5th set against PSU, and if it didn’t happen then, it was never going to happen. Hear hear! Pitt's "other setter" in their modified 6-2, Akeo, had 16 assists last night. GG had 14 assists. |
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