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Post by vbfamily on Jan 31, 2023 1:51:16 GMT -5
I’m excited for the 2023 Oregon team.
S-Pukis OH-Colyer/Gonzales or Acevedo MB-McGee/Bacon or Neal OPP-Lewis L-Murphy McLellan did a nice job at right back DS and heard Kate T is very good too.
If the starting lineup is the first option listed for OH2/M2 that makes 6 super seniors (2 super-super seniors-RS) and Mimi of the main 7. All have been All-Conference/All-Region at Oregon or Baylor/OSU but Lewis and she was excellent in the regional (All-Tourney) and a huge reason for UOs success. #Go Ducks
I’m picking them for the final 4!! Also their practices will be intense with their depth! Ferreira will be ready at any moment and show the rest the work ethic it takes.
Additional Edit: *24 will be certainly different, but maybe an older transfer to space out the classes. But Upperclassmen (then) Colyer/Neal/McClellan/De Los Reyes are all hard-working and will all have two years under that hard-working culture and the '24 sophomores one year in that environment and can carry the torch! There is a lot of young talent to be excited about coming to Eugene!
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Post by 502volleyfan on Jan 31, 2023 2:00:06 GMT -5
Are y'all even trying to do research before making comments on what somebody has returning?? Louisville has 2 returning middles Creese and PK Kong at 6”4/6”5 returning to compete for playing time along with a highly rated 6”5 freshman middle Reese Robins.... Their main question mark is setting like everybody else. Sure they're tall but neither Kong nor Cresse produced much offense for Louisville last year. Tillman did and she's gone. No need to be condescending. I watched a lot of Louisville last year. In my opinion, Cresse was really good. She played a big part in big out of conference wins early in the year like the win at Stanford. I actually thought she was better than PK and was surprised to see PK win the starting role (really only cemented at the very end of the year). We are losing some experience with Tillman and she was a very solid player, but I think we will be fine at middle. I would agree with other posters that, absent a last minute transfer, setting is the biggest question mark. Dani’s recent successful teams have all had a super experienced, veteran setter with Dilfer and then Lazaro. We saw a little Glock early in the year but I’d like to have an experienced setter on the roster if only for competition and a plan B. Dani has shown the ability to get the most out of her players though, so I’ll trust her.
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Post by volleynerd on Jan 31, 2023 10:14:04 GMT -5
here's my thinking of an early top10
1. Stanford 2. Texas 3. Wisconsin 4. Nebraska 5. Louisville 6. Pittsburgh 7. Minnesota 8. Oregon 9. Penn State 10. Florida
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Post by OHVBKING on Jan 31, 2023 11:10:02 GMT -5
Hehheee. That would so iconic if Texas was to walk into the SEC and takeover year 1. The games would be tense. I'm expecting Texas to dominate in many of the sports they participate in. The SEC should be prepared to welcome their new overlords. Missing a high quality head coach in 3 sports. Unfortunately, two of them are the big money makers, but eventually that will get sorted out. Also, Texas is moving from what used to be the best women's basketball conference to what is now the best women's basketball conference. Mulkey has owned Texas her entire career, and Staley has owned Schaefer. So that will certainly be a challenge. And SEC baseball is no joke. But I fully expect to see both Texas and OU winning multiple conference championships in year one. Unlike Missouri and A&M, for example. Texas and Oklahoma are in for a rude awakening. The gauntlet of the SEC is much different than beating up on the Big12. I will give the Big12 credit for having a heck of a men's basketball conference but that is about it.
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Post by eotexas5 on Jan 31, 2023 11:14:44 GMT -5
I'm expecting Texas to dominate in many of the sports they participate in. The SEC should be prepared to welcome their new overlords. Missing a high quality head coach in 3 sports. Unfortunately, two of them are the big money makers, but eventually that will get sorted out. Also, Texas is moving from what used to be the best women's basketball conference to what is now the best women's basketball conference. Mulkey has owned Texas her entire career, and Staley has owned Schaefer. So that will certainly be a challenge. And SEC baseball is no joke. But I fully expect to see both Texas and OU winning multiple conference championships in year one. Unlike Missouri and A&M, for example. Texas and Oklahoma are in for a rude awakening. The gauntlet of the SEC is much different than beating up on the Big12. I will give the Big12 credit for having a heck of a men's basketball conference but that is about it. "rude" awakening is a bit of a stretch, let's remember that Texas literally just won the Director's Cup. Sure, football will be an outlier but most if not all of the Olympic sports for Texas should and will compete for titles starting on day 1.
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Post by volleynerd on Jan 31, 2023 11:56:57 GMT -5
I'm expecting Texas to dominate in many of the sports they participate in. The SEC should be prepared to welcome their new overlords. Missing a high quality head coach in 3 sports. Unfortunately, two of them are the big money makers, but eventually that will get sorted out. Also, Texas is moving from what used to be the best women's basketball conference to what is now the best women's basketball conference. Mulkey has owned Texas her entire career, and Staley has owned Schaefer. So that will certainly be a challenge. And SEC baseball is no joke. But I fully expect to see both Texas and OU winning multiple conference championships in year one. Unlike Missouri and A&M, for example. Texas and Oklahoma are in for a rude awakening. The gauntlet of the SEC is much different than beating up on the Big12. I will give the Big12 credit for having a heck of a men's basketball conference but that is about it. nah big12 basketball is on an entire different level this year 6 of the ten teams are ranked in the top15 of the AP poll, Oklahoma just beat #2 Alabama by almost 30, West Virginia is turning the corner with 2 ranked wins in the last week and a half. and even Ok state and Tech if they get a couple of key wins could hear their names called in March
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Post by donut on Jan 31, 2023 12:12:46 GMT -5
Shocked to see Florida mentioned frequently here. They lose almost half of their kills, and replacing that production is Dixon and a true freshman? Or two true freshman? Not sold. I mean Florida lost 70% of their kills from 2021 and had a better season in 2022. A new look isn't always a bad thing. Plus, Stucky. The passing will also be improved. Florida doesn’t have Markova transferring in this year lol
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Post by slxpress on Jan 31, 2023 12:13:23 GMT -5
Texas and Oklahoma are in for a rude awakening. The gauntlet of the SEC is much different than beating up on the Big12. I will give the Big12 credit for having a heck of a men's basketball conference but that is about it. "rude" awakening is a bit of a stretch, let's remember that Texas literally just won the Director's Cup. Two years in a row. I hardly think the average SEC fan should be quaking in their boots because Texas women’s crew takes everyone behind the woodshed, but in the 20 varsity sports Texas competes in (about to be 21 with the addition of beach volleyball) UT is at an elite level in 17 of them (I do not include men’s basketball, although some might - nor football, women’s soccer, or the new beach program). As I said previously, this isn’t A&M and Missouri coming in. The sports OU and Texas are good at, they’re really good at. They’re going to win more conference titles by Year Two, than Missouri and Texas A&M have combined since they joined (12 in total by my cursory count - 10 by A&M, 2 by Missouri). I’ll also say that eventually Texas will compete in football when they find their Saban/Smart. I don’t believe that’s the case, yet.
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Post by donut on Jan 31, 2023 12:15:01 GMT -5
Hehheee. That would so iconic if Texas was to walk into the SEC and takeover year 1. The games would be tense. I’m sorry. What else do you expect to happen? 😉 Texas can enjoy dominating the conference until like 2030 Then it’s Vanderbilt’s turn
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Post by hammer on Jan 31, 2023 15:30:30 GMT -5
I’m sorry. What else do you expect to happen? 😉 Texas can enjoy dominating the conference until like 2030 Then it’s Vanderbilt’s turn LOL, that's a big TBD, but I like the suggestion.
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Post by OHVBKING on Jan 31, 2023 16:06:45 GMT -5
What conference Titles is Texas going to win that people care about? Football - better chance of a cow landing on the moon Basketball - no Women's Basketball - heck no Women's Volleyball - they will be in the running Track - not going to happen Baseball - wishful thinking (welcome to big boy college baseball) Softball - not happening anytime soon Swimming - maybe Tennis - no one really cares
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Post by stanfordvb on Jan 31, 2023 16:47:11 GMT -5
What conference Titles is Texas going to win that people care about? Football - better chance of a cow landing on the moon Basketball - no Women's Basketball - heck no Women's Volleyball - they will be in the running Track - not going to happen Baseball - wishful thinking (welcome to big boy college baseball) Softball - not happening anytime soon Swimming - maybe Tennis - no one really cares im so dead at tennis but kentucky is better currently there in the mens and Oklahoma who will be joining at the same time is better in women's. volleyball id say their likely, texas is better than florida and kentucky more years than not, but it'll certainly be more difficult than winning the Big 12 for them. SEC will be one top program away from being comparable to the B1G after texas joins, but they need to get Mary wise the heck outta florida. hopefully Lsu can make their way into a consistent top 25 program within a few years and the SEC will be very tough
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jan 31, 2023 18:36:32 GMT -5
I’m excited for the 2023 Oregon team. S-Pukis OH-Colyer/Gonzales or Acevedo MB-McGee/Bacon or Neal OPP-Lewis L-Murphy McLellan did a nice job at right back DS and heard Kate T is very good too. If the starting lineup is the first option listed for OH2/M2 that makes 6 super seniors (2 super-super seniors-RS) and Mimi of the main 7. All have been All-Conference/All-Region at Oregon or Baylor/OSU but Lewis and she was excellent in the regional (All-Tourney) and a huge reason for UOs success. #Go Ducks I’m picking them for the final 4!! Also their practices will be intense with their depth! Ferreira will be ready at any moment and show the rest the work ethic it takes. Additional Edit: *24 will be certainly different, but maybe an older transfer to space out the classes. But Upperclassmen (then) Colyer/Neal/McClellan/De Los Reyes are all hard-working and will all have two years under that hard-working culture and the '24 sophomores one year in that environment and can carry the torch! There is a lot of young talent to be excited about coming to Eugene! This basically adds up to a returning lineup full of Elite 8 starters, with potential upside if Acevedo or Thibault wins a spot. Plus, McGhee was sorta kinda robbed out of an All-American award last year. Oregon literally hasn't had two really good years in a row since 2007-2008 (and 2008 was kind of a letdown in terms of final finish). COULD THIS BE THE YEAR?
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Post by slxpress on Jan 31, 2023 18:57:14 GMT -5
What conference Titles is Texas going to win that people care about? Football - better chance of a cow landing on the moon Basketball - no Women's Basketball - heck no Women's Volleyball - they will be in the running Track - not going to happen Baseball - wishful thinking (welcome to big boy college baseball) Softball - not happening anytime soon Swimming - maybe Tennis - no one really cares Eventually they’re going to win in every single one of those. Except softball. Even as returning runners up, there’s a huge gap between OU and everyone else. 5 years after entering the SEC, Texas will have more conference titles than any other SEC school in that time period. I can’t vouch for how much anyone will care about any of them, however. That part is true.
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Post by slxpress on Jan 31, 2023 18:59:13 GMT -5
So TTA to Wisconsin. Does that make anyone raise them in the too early poll? I don’t know how differently I feel about them as a team, but I’m awfully impressed with the pick up.
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