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Post by ned3vball on Nov 13, 2023 18:42:25 GMT -5
I like that CMS is in New England. Did they do this a few years ago? Colorado maybe? I know Trinity went to the NYC area a couple of years back. I think Berry hosted so they could drive in Wittenberg but I feel like Emory deserved it. I feel like Cornell is hosting so they could drive in Wash U, but I feel like Northwestern earned it. I have no idea why Ithaca is hosting that regional instead of NYU. That Springfield is going all the way to Juniata to play Wentworth, and Middlebury is going to Baltimore to play Manhattanville seems like shipping teams to ship teams instead of creating new and interesting pairings. I think LaVerne with a .531 SOS getting a pool C sends the wrong message, but they had a winning record vs top 100 teams. Tufts has a high SOS but Platteville was higher, they had a losing record vs top 100 teams, but they beat Springfield and Trinity Tx - so lose all you want, but win two big matches? I'm not crazy about about that either. But overall it's not bad. Nothing egregious. Love the west coast to east coast flight. I think this is the first one. it should happen every year(there isn't a West regional). Wittenberg to Berry, 498 miles. Yes! True money With only 1 NE regional for 12 teams(7 As, 5 Cs) somebody had to leave town, especially after 5 teams not from region 1 or 2 were sent to MIT. Laverne was a lock. They are a very good team. Could it be that SOS is a weak indicator? Blasphemy! Stevenson is egregious. Damn, I mentioned it again.
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Post by bigfan on Nov 13, 2023 18:59:19 GMT -5
Laverne was a lock. They are a very good team. Could it be that SOS is a weak indicator? Blasphemy! Thanks for the SCIAC LOVE ned3vball
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Post by coahc21 on Nov 13, 2023 19:25:56 GMT -5
I hear that Pairwise, the system hockey likes, is coming our way. I will say good, since we might as well try something else. The current criteria is very good in one sense. It allows you to justify selections that should not see the light of day. See the post by coahc21 on Stevenson vs Platteville, it seems reasonable(until you compare their last 7 opponents) but we know Platteville is more deserving based on the schedules they played. Yes I know, I said I was leaving it alone. This is used on the Men's side I believe. FWIW, they did a simulation of the 2021 resumes, and the Pairwise results matched the selections with all but one Pool C team. It takes some human subjectivity out of it, but ultimately the algorithm will use the same criteria.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Nov 13, 2023 21:13:10 GMT -5
How did Mt Union squeak in?
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Post by TheReignman on Nov 13, 2023 22:05:28 GMT -5
I hear that Pairwise, the system hockey likes, is coming our way. I will say good, since we might as well try something else. The current criteria is very good in one sense. It allows you to justify selections that should not see the light of day. See the post by coahc21 on Stevenson vs Platteville, it seems reasonable(until you compare their last 7 opponents) but we know Platteville is more deserving based on the schedules they played. Yes I know, I said I was leaving it alone. This is used on the Men's side I believe. FWIW, they did a simulation of the 2021 resumes, and the Pairwise results matched the selections with all but one Pool C team. It takes some human subjectivity out of it, but ultimately the algorithm will use the same criteria. Men's Volleyball does not use PairWise. We have same structure of regional rankings to selection criteria as women's volleyball. Just with a much smaller national committee and limited Pool Cs
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Post by d3follower on Nov 14, 2023 17:46:06 GMT -5
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Post by ned3vball on Nov 14, 2023 18:50:06 GMT -5
How did Mt Union squeak in? I don't think they squeaked in. I had them making it in every simulation, that said they did average as the 16th pick. .714 D3 win %, good SOS at .573. 4-4 ranked record with very good value(ranked results). 5-2 last 25%(this shouldn't matter). My RPI numbers for them were good. .622 RPI. 4-3 vs Top 50. They beat Stevenson in my compare 2 table(common opp MU 3-1, ST 2-2), but then who didn't. Shoot, did it again.
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Post by ned3vball on Nov 16, 2023 5:50:57 GMT -5
A Top 100 list from the 32 first round matches being played today. Time zone?? Updated start time? Double check your matches of interest. Thank You richkern.com for the schedule data.
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Post by tmb on Nov 16, 2023 8:38:34 GMT -5
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Post by jcvball22 on Nov 16, 2023 11:49:14 GMT -5
I really wish the NCAA website actually linked directly from the matches to the stats/streaming link. Hate having to go hunt for each host site landing page.
But regardless, multiple tabs of D3 volleyball on my laptop today. Love it!
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Post by strikestwice on Nov 16, 2023 12:16:04 GMT -5
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Post by jcvball22 on Nov 16, 2023 12:21:46 GMT -5
Well, you win VolleyTalk for today. Thank you! But seriously, how can the NCAA not manage to do this...
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Post by jcvball22 on Nov 16, 2023 14:32:41 GMT -5
Well, 2 of 3 NESCACs have already been eliminated. And the third will be playing without their best player due to injury.
I still don't understand why their conference always picks up multiple Pool C bids. It is baffling.
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Post by jcvball22 on Nov 16, 2023 15:31:38 GMT -5
Region Results are starting to roll in. I'll update this as the first round matches finish:
Juniata Region: Springfield over Wentworth 3-0 U of Mary Washington over Hunter 3-0 Stevens over Marymount 3-0 Juniata over PSU Altoona 3-0
UW Oshkosh Region: LaVerne over Otterbein 3-1 ETBU over North Park 3-1 Gustavus Adolphus over Calvin 3-0 UW Oshkosh over Greenville 3-0
Johns Hopkins Region: Christopher Newport over Ramapo 3-1 Wesleyan over Gallaudet 3-0 Middlebury over Manhattanville 3-0 Johns Hopkins over Lasell 3-0
Hope Region: Transy over Mt Union 3-1 Pac Lutheran over Carnegie Mellon 3-0 UWSP over Case Western 3-2 Hope over Bethany 3-0
MIT Region: Salisbury over Williams 3-2 CMS over UMass Dartmouth 3-0 Cortland over Gettysburg 3-0 MIT over Alfred 3-0
Cornell Region: WashU over St Olaf 3-0 UW Whitewater over Coe 3-1 Northwestern-St Paul over Edgewood 3-0 Cornell over Millikin 3-1
Berry Region: Covenant over Mt St Joe's 3-1 Emory over Meredith 3-0 Trinity (TX) over Wittenberg 3-1 Berry over Washington & Lee 3-1
Ithaca Region: Eastern over Tufts 3-2 NYU over Eastern Naz 3-0 Babson over Stevenson 3-2 Ithaca over Framingham State 3-0
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Post by jammaster on Nov 16, 2023 16:36:19 GMT -5
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