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Post by n00b on Nov 18, 2023 20:11:52 GMT -5
Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman are in a 5th set in the SWAC semis.
Green Bay and Northern Kentucky also going 5.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 18, 2023 20:12:46 GMT -5
I'm outraged. Louisiana-Lafayette also doesn't claim ULL or UL-Lafayette, but, that is them too. Yeah, Louisiana is a just a rebranding of the athletic department. LIU, Purdue Fort Wayne and IU Indianapolis all were significant changes in the universities' operations. Also, Houston Baptist --> Houston Christian; Texas-Pan American --> UT Rio Grande Valley; Dixie State --> Utah Tech George Washington recently changed from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries. Any others? Not a team, but the CAA is Coastal, not Colonial anymore. confused me lol
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Post by trojansc on Nov 18, 2023 20:14:15 GMT -5
I'm outraged. Louisiana-Lafayette also doesn't claim ULL or UL-Lafayette, but, that is them too. Yeah, Louisiana is a just a rebranding of the athletic department. LIU, Purdue Fort Wayne and IU Indianapolis all were significant changes in the universities' operations. Also, Houston Baptist --> Houston Christian; Texas-Pan American --> UT Rio Grande Valley; Dixie State --> Utah Tech George Washington recently changed from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries. Any others? I actually don't mind UTRGV for some reason. Baptist-->Christian sounds interesting in itself. Dixie State was always interesting to me by how I had first ever heard of them. They were D2 at the time but played LMU in the regular season for softball for some reason, and Dixie State mercy'ruled LMU. Then LMU knocked UCLA out of the NCAA's that year. Such a strange loss on an epic season. Valpo is not the Crusaders anymore, instead, the Beacons.
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Post by trojansc on Nov 18, 2023 20:16:02 GMT -5
Grand Canyon up early on top-seeded and undefeated Stephen F. Austin in the WAC Championship. This should be a good match - I think GCU has what it takes to win. Have to see if Parrott can carry the load for one more day.
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Post by n00b on Nov 18, 2023 20:16:40 GMT -5
Yeah, Louisiana is a just a rebranding of the athletic department. LIU, Purdue Fort Wayne and IU Indianapolis all were significant changes in the universities' operations. Also, Houston Baptist --> Houston Christian; Texas-Pan American --> UT Rio Grande Valley; Dixie State --> Utah Tech George Washington recently changed from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries. Any others? Not a team, but the CAA is Coastal, not Colonial anymore. confused me lol The Atlantic Sun officially reduced the name of the conference to just ASUN from 2016 to 2023. They switched back to Atlantic Sun this year.
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Post by jayj79 on Nov 18, 2023 20:16:57 GMT -5
is it normal for there to be a separate referee for the replay? the down official in the sun belt isnt even looking at the monitor It has always been normal at conference tournaments for a third alternate official to sit at the scorers table. Not really sure why, but they have. It seems to be the cool thing to do this year to have that 3rd official do the replays like the SEC does. it may not be worth the extra expense to bring in a whole other official to do that for regular matches (for those non-P5 conferences that don't get obscene amounts of TV money). but for conference tournaments, where you likely have extra officials on site anyway to cover the many matches, it isn't as much of an extra expense (I mean, yeah, you probably pay the official a bit extra to be the replay/alternate, but there isn't extra travel/lodging/per-diem/however officials get paid)
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Post by trojansc on Nov 18, 2023 20:17:26 GMT -5
Not a team, but the CAA is Coastal, not Colonial anymore. confused me lol The Atlantic Sun officially reduced the name of the conference to just ASUN from 2016 to 2023. They switched back to Atlantic Sun this year. My freaking VolleyTalk user name is lasting longer than some of these conferences names... I'm getting old.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 18, 2023 20:19:26 GMT -5
Ball State goes on a 3-0 run to take set 3 28-26 to stay alive vs Bowling Green
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2023 20:19:54 GMT -5
You can't watch this JMU-Texas State match and tell me this is not the Fun Belt. you can't see much of the fans - but they seem heated up! just turned it on in time for the 5th who should I be rooting for hm
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Post by trojansc on Nov 18, 2023 20:21:17 GMT -5
You can't watch this JMU-Texas State match and tell me this is not the Fun Belt. you can't see much of the fans - but they seem heated up! just turned it on in time for the 5th who should I be rooting for hm Root for Texas State if you're worried the committee could somehow leave them out. I guess for Pitt's case you should root for JMU, but, they may remain top 25 even if they lose this match anyways.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Nov 18, 2023 20:21:48 GMT -5
Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman are in a 5th set in the SWAC semis. Green Bay and Northern Kentucky also going 5. Florida A&M gets the win 15-13 Top two seeds of the SWAC go down today
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Post by n00b on Nov 18, 2023 20:21:55 GMT -5
FGCU is cruising to an ASUN title up 2-0 and 17-10 at home against Lipscomb.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2023 20:23:01 GMT -5
just turned it on in time for the 5th who should I be rooting for hm Root for Texas State if you're worried the committee could somehow leave them out. I guess for Pitt's case you should root for JMU, but, they may remain top 25 even if they lose this match anyways. is Pitt hosting a regional ? 👀
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2023 20:23:15 GMT -5
This Texas state leftie opp 👀👀
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Post by trojansc on Nov 18, 2023 20:23:30 GMT -5
LOL I don't know if I just don't pay as much attention but it feels like the parents are SUPER into it conference tournament season time this year. I'm living for it.
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