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Apr 13, 2023 12:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2023 12:31:12 GMT -5
nothing yet the conference schedule didnt come out until the second week of june last year Really would love to see all teams release this information sooner. Especially since the majority if not all is done. Pay attention. The Big 10 doesn’t give the schools the schedule until the end of MAY! It’s for TV/football purposes. This gives VB the most chances to get on TV. Also, Trojan the tournament doesn’t hurt bubble teams. This has been debunked. There is always a chance teams will play the Rutgers of the conference at the end regardless if it’s a tournament or not. The upside is the good/winning teams are very likely to win and playing winning teams is much more likely in the tournament. The reason the coaches are voting for it is because it improves chances for more teams to make tournament. More than just 6 getting in without a tournament.
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Apr 13, 2023 16:26:20 GMT -5
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Post by trojansc on Apr 13, 2023 16:26:20 GMT -5
Also, Trojan the tournament doesn’t hurt bubble teams. This has been debunked. There is always a chance teams will play the Rutgers of the conference at the end regardless if it’s a tournament or not. The upside is the good/winning teams are very likely to win and playing winning teams is much more likely in the tournament. The reason the coaches are voting for it is because it improves chances for more teams to make tournament. More than just 6 getting in without a tournament. I didn’t say that it always hurts bubble teams, I am the one who usually argues for conference tournaments (and was pro the Big West adding one). The upside as a whole in terms of total at large bids or seeds generally outweighs any negatives/upsets The suggestion I responded to was to ONLY invite the bottom half of the conference. I don’t see how that really helps bubble teams, and I called that a bad idea.
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Post by n00b on Apr 13, 2023 16:54:10 GMT -5
Your competition would be 2 snoozer NFL games and maybe 1 college football game. That’s far less competition than an average football weekend. That said, I’m totally against the idea of a conference tournament. The tournament is going to happen. Too much money and exposure opportunities not to do it. And they won’t play on Thursday. Likely Tuesday/Wed/Fri/Sat. If they format the tournament like basketball (seems likely), you need five days to play it, not four. I’d like to see them get a waiver to play the championship match early Sunday afternoon.
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Apr 23, 2023 13:35:28 GMT -5
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Post by Kearney Kingston on Apr 23, 2023 13:35:28 GMT -5
How do you see the league shaping up now that most all spring play is complete in the Big Ten. My take…
1. Wisconsin
2. Nebraska 3. Penn State 4. Minnesota
5. Purdue 6. Ohio State
7. Illinois 8. Michigan 9. Maryland 10. Indiana
11. Northwestern
12. Michigan State 13. Iowa
14. Rutgers
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Post by liberovb10 on Apr 23, 2023 13:48:26 GMT -5
How do you see the league shaping up now that most all spring play is complete in the Big Ten. My take… 1. Wisconsin 2. Nebraska 3. Penn State 4. Minnesota 5. Purdue 6. Ohio State 7. Illinois 8. Michigan 9. Maryland 10. Indiana 11. Northwestern 12. Michigan State 13. Iowa 14. Rutgers i don’t think i see that wide of a gap between WI and 2-4. PSU and Neb could easily take the top spot this upcoming season with the additions (PSU) and stability (NEB) on the roster. WI has a TON of depth - but it’ll be interesting to see how it plays out with all of the pins they have. As an illini fan - if we can’t get a pin transfer in this next portal battle - i see us staying as a middle of the pack team. Any big addition we get can sneak us into the Purdue/OSU tier.
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Apr 23, 2023 13:54:15 GMT -5
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Apr 23, 2023 13:54:15 GMT -5
How do you see the league shaping up now that most all spring play is complete in the Big Ten. My take… 1. Wisconsin 2. Nebraska 3. Penn State 4. Minnesota 5. Purdue 6. Ohio State 7. Illinois 8. Michigan 9. Maryland 10. Indiana 11. Northwestern 12. Michigan State 13. Iowa 14. Rutgers I think it’s going to be a dogfight for the top spot, but I still have Wisconsin at #1 (they return the most plus I’m biased). Penn State’s going to be a force with Podraza and Mruzik coming in and I could see them taking it all. Nebraska has great talent but they’re very young. I posted a larger breakdown a few weeks ago, but my opinions haven’t changed much overall. My breakdown: 1. Wisconsin 2. Penn State 3. Nebraska 4. Minnesota 5. Purdue 6. Ohio State 7. Illinois 8. Indiana 9. Maryland 10. Northwestern 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Michigan State 14. Rutgers
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Apr 23, 2023 16:44:53 GMT -5
How do you see the league shaping up now that most all spring play is complete in the Big Ten. My take… 1. Wisconsin 2. Nebraska 3. Penn State 4. Minnesota 5. Purdue 6. Ohio State 7. Illinois 8. Michigan 9. Maryland 10. Indiana 11. Northwestern 12. Michigan State 13. Iowa 14. Rutgers I think you nailed it with your take. It's going to be interesting to see how teams tackle Smrek as an RS, especially when paired with Booth blocking wise.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2023 18:02:19 GMT -5
1. Wisconsin
2. Nebraska 3. Minn
4. Penn State 5. Purdue
6. Ohio State 7. Illinois 8. Indiana
9. Maryland 10. Northwestern 11. Michigan 12. Iowa 13. Michigan State
14. Rutgers
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Post by tablealgebra on Apr 23, 2023 18:30:25 GMT -5
These predictions seem pretty accurate. Here's my thoughts:
1. Wisconsin
2. Penn State 3. Nebraska
4. Minnesota
5. Purdue 6. Illinois
7. Ohio State 8. Indiana
9. Northwestern 10. Michigan
11. Maryland 12. Iowa 13. Michigan State
14. Rutgers
Barring bad injuries, every team finishes within one of their group above.
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Post by aardvark on Apr 24, 2023 8:10:44 GMT -5
Rutgers is totally winning the B1G this year.
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Apr 24, 2023 10:46:44 GMT -5
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Post by savannahbadger on Apr 24, 2023 10:46:44 GMT -5
Rutgers is totally winning the B1G this year. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Post by GoGophs on Apr 25, 2023 7:14:57 GMT -5
IMO… it’s going to be a battle between Wisco and PSU for the title, PSU adding mruzik and podraza with a healthy trammel and the rest of their talented starters is going to be tough to beat. Wisco has depth and a huge block but I don’t know how far the needle has moved with passing since last season and that was their weakness.
Nebraska (young, great defense, addition of Beason, setter?), Purdue (young, great defense, short but crafty outsides) and MN (new coach and loss of 2 starters, strong outside duo, addition of Murr at libero) will battle for 3-5, it’ll depend on who gets it to come together and can keep the momentum going.
Ohio st and illinois are middle of the pack. I don’t think next years Ohio st team is going to be even close to what it was last season… Londot will have a lot on her shoulders. Illinois will have a new setter in Mosher but I’m a big fan of hers, I think she and Terry will keep them competitive with top teams.
Indiana is my dark horse. I don’t think they’ll be in the top half but I think they could steal some matches from the top teams. They lose Cerame which is huge but Haworth is a real weapon and if they can get their serving to be more consistent they’ll be tough.
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Post by ndodge on May 8, 2023 17:11:26 GMT -5
Does anyone have any idea of what the schedule will look like this fall? nothing yet the conference schedule didnt come out until the second week of june last year In this article (pay wall, but maybe they let you read a few articles for free, not sure, I subscribe): www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/05/08/wisconsin-volleyball-announces-challenging-non-conference-schedule/70195965007/It says about CONFERENCE PLAY: "Wisconsin volleyball's Big Ten opponents set Last month Wisconsin announced its rotation of Big Ten opponents. The Badgers will play home and road matches against Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue. They’ll face the six remaining Big Ten opponents once. Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers will come to Madison; Michigan State, Northwestern and Penn State will play host to the Badgers" Was this actually announced last month? And is WI really not coming to MN? !!! I hope this is wrong.
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Post by badgerbyproxy on May 8, 2023 17:38:17 GMT -5
nothing yet the conference schedule didnt come out until the second week of june last year In this article (pay wall, but maybe they let you read a few articles for free, not sure, I subscribe): www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/05/08/wisconsin-volleyball-announces-challenging-non-conference-schedule/70195965007/It says about CONFERENCE PLAY: "Wisconsin volleyball's Big Ten opponents set Last month Wisconsin announced its rotation of Big Ten opponents. The Badgers will play home and road matches against Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue. They’ll face the six remaining Big Ten opponents once. Michigan, Minnesota and Rutgers will come to Madison; Michigan State, Northwestern and Penn State will play host to the Badgers" Was this actually announced last month? And is WI really not coming to MN? !!! I hope this is wrong. Hope that’s a misprint and we get the two Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry games we deserve this season
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Post by greatlakesvballer on May 9, 2023 15:27:03 GMT -5
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