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Post by tablealgebra on Oct 2, 2023 18:47:58 GMT -5
Beason was fantastic but I would have liked to see a Sangiacomo POTY fine, POTW (my bad).
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Post by basil on Oct 2, 2023 18:49:11 GMT -5
POTW* y'all please
(it's not a big deal but it's bothering me)
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Post by gazelle1 on Oct 4, 2023 14:23:42 GMT -5
POTW* y'all please (it's not a big deal but it's bothering me) Sangiacomo might have had the Performance of The Year against Purdue. She almost singlehandedly carried her team to a 5-set victory on the road against a far superior team. I will be interested to see if anyone in the Big Ten tops her performance this year. I am a Nebraska fan and I love Merrit Beason, but I think Sangiacomo should have gotten the award this week.
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Post by juancook on Oct 5, 2023 16:12:47 GMT -5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBxleNOAyH Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, Minnesota Setter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn State Player of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well!
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Post by b1gnetwerth on Oct 5, 2023 16:58:07 GMT -5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBxleNOAyH Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, Minnesota Setter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn State Player of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well! This list is a no from me dawg… Come on Emily. Is this clickbait?
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Post by badgerbreath on Oct 5, 2023 17:06:16 GMT -5
It's early. Whatevs.
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Post by 25or624 on Oct 5, 2023 17:07:24 GMT -5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBxleNOAyH Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, Minnesota Setter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn State Player of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well! EE jumps the shark, but now that she did I have a question for her and all other interested fans. [Note: this is not a jab at Coach Cook]:
Should Coach Cook be The BIG COTY if The Huskers don't win The BIG? Fire away.
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Post by xlumie on Oct 5, 2023 19:12:58 GMT -5
I'm hoping she will transfer back to Florida before the end of the month. Beason and Stucky destroyed Bucky in 2022 and now we’ll see Beason again with an even better setter and support system. Let me go find a wall to bang my head into. Hmm bestie, is freshman Reily better than freshman Stucky?
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Post by xlumie on Oct 5, 2023 19:16:07 GMT -5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBxleNOAyH Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, MinnesotaSetter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn StatePlayer of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well! Insane take 💀 SOTY = Hayworth DPOTY = Booth or Rodriguez
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B1G 2023
Oct 6, 2023 10:16:58 GMT -5
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Post by vballspectator on Oct 6, 2023 10:16:58 GMT -5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBxleNOAyH Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, Minnesota Setter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn State Player of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well! I don't think a single one of these predictions will be true lol, maybe Cook as coach of the year lol I think Kennedy Martin will likely take FOTY. Bergen is a close second but I think she has a lot of good players making her look even better. setting is easier when you often have a good pass and good defense.
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Post by tablealgebra on Oct 6, 2023 10:27:51 GMT -5
Everyone knows how much EE likes Podraza. But to be fair, now that PSU has settled in Pod is looking good. I think Bergen Reilly is quite good but is getting overhyped due to some media stuff, while Haworth is the favorite from those who love underdogs but I'm not convinced on her placement being as good as the other two (thought she's the best of the three at going and getting bad balls and is a menace in the front row).
Murr is slightly better at the dramatic dig but Lexi is better at everything else, including reading the game. This is the one place where I think EE is straight-up wrong.
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Post by tablealgebra on Oct 6, 2023 10:28:40 GMT -5
I don't think a single one of these predictions will be true lol, maybe Cook as coach of the year lol I think Kennedy Martin will likely take FOTY. Bergen is a close second but I think she has a lot of good players making her look even better. setting is easier when you often have a good pass and good defense. Kennedy Martin taking B1G FOTY would be a big upset and show just how big the reach of the B1G conference has gotten.
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Post by badgersinsix on Oct 6, 2023 10:29:20 GMT -5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBxleNOAyH Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, Minnesota Setter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn State Player of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well! I don't think a single one of these predictions will be true lol, maybe Cook as coach of the year lol I think Kennedy Martin will likely take FOTY. Bergen is a close second but I think she has a lot of good players making her look even better. setting is easier when you often have a good pass and good defense. I’ll bet my last dollar on Kennedy Martin not finishing ahead of Bergen Reilly for B1G FOTY
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Post by juancook on Oct 6, 2023 10:50:03 GMT -5
Emily Ehman's "Way Too Early Big Ten Postseason Awards" Freshman of the Year - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska Defensive Player of the Year - Kylie Murr, Minnesota Setter of the Year - Mac Podraza, Penn State Player of the Year - Jess Mruzik, Penn State Coach of the Year - John Cook, Nebraska Posted this in the Nebraska thread earlier. Figured it would be great here for all other Big Ten fans to see as well! I don't think a single one of these predictions will be true lol, maybe Cook as coach of the year lol I think Kennedy Martin will likely take FOTY. Bergen is a close second but I think she has a lot of good players making her look even better. setting is easier when you often have a good pass and good defense. Kennedy Martin plays in the SEC. This is a Big Ten Postseason Awards prediction by Emily Ehman.
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Post by vballfan17 on Oct 6, 2023 11:16:21 GMT -5
Reflecting on Ehman's award picks, I don't think she's that far off. While I think others might deserve a particular award, here's my thought process...
FOY - I'd say it's probably between Murray & Reilly at this point. Chicoine has an outside shot, but likely not. DPOY - Likely between Murr & Rodriguez here. I'd like to throw in Booth possibly but it seems like they don't like to give this award to middles (last was Washington in 2017) SOY - I'm thinking it'll be Podraza. She won it last year. POY - Mruzik seems like a strong pick. Beason/Murray or Franklin with outside shots, but not likely at this point. COY - Cook seems logical here. Might throw in KSC as a potential runner up.
Therefore, if we changed the DPOY to Rodriguez, then only 2 schools would win all 5 of these awards (Nebraska & Penn State), which hasn't happened since 2014. Therefore, I think I agree with her picks, with the exception of FOY and here is why...
While I think she deserves it, I'm not sure that Reilly will make 1st-team all-conference. Looking back through 2016, they've never given more than 4 1st-team all-conference awards to a team. I think Beason, Murray and Rodriguez are locks for 1st-team at this point. Then, I'm looking at MBs throughout the conference. They tend to put at least 3 middles on 1st-team. The one for sure would be Carter Booth, but then who's next? Jackson's overall numbers (2.26 kps, .436, 1.17 bps) are better compared to Holland (1.73 kps, .289, 1.33 bps), Trammell (1.80 kps, .387, 1.18 bps), Colvin (2.02 kps, .233, 1.36 bps) & Awoleye (1.02 kps, .356, 1.52 bps). Therefore, I think she'd get the nod for 1st-team over Reilly. Then I think they'd potentially put Shaffmaster up on 1st team with Podraza & Haworth for setters. I'd love to be proven wrong, but that is why I think Murray will be FOY over Bergen. Now, if they do put 5 Huskers on 1st-team, I could see them sharing the FOY award with Murray & Bergen potentially.
Again, this is mainly just looking at past years' awards.
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