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Post by vbct3 on Nov 21, 2023 18:16:30 GMT -5
Anyone with opinions on transition teams, who are ineligible for NCAA post-season competition, being ineligible also for conference post-season competition? There have to be some conferences with that rule, right?
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Post by jayj79 on Nov 21, 2023 18:36:14 GMT -5
Northern Iowa swept Southern Illinois to advance to the Valley championship match. 2nd set had an interesting ending. SIU had set point at 25-24, UNI's attack was ruled long by the line judge, but the R1 ( Marty Prochko, who has been officiating VB for ages, including many NCAA tournament Final Four matches) overruled it as being in. SIU coach Ed Allen challenged, but the R2 deemed the video review to be inconclusive, so Marty's call stood, tying the set at 25 all. A couple points later, the score was 26-25 UNI, and a UNI attack was ruled long, but the Panther players insisted there was a touch by the Saluki block, and UNI coach Bobbi Petersen challenged, and after a long review, the R2 ruled that there was a touch, thus making the score 27-25 and giving UNI the set to go up 2 sets to 0. (Coach Allen wasn't very happy with that). Anyhow, this was the 1200th win in program history for UNI, which is a pretty cool milestone. Panthers will face the winner of the #2 Drake vs. #3 UIC match (which starts at 6 pm CST tonight), in tomorrow's championship match (starting at 4 p.m. CST)
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Post by trojansc on Nov 21, 2023 19:22:45 GMT -5
Anyone with opinions on transition teams, who are ineligible for NCAA post-season competition, being ineligible also for conference post-season competition? There have to be some conferences with that rule, right? UCSD isn't eligible in the Big West for their conference tournament. But Lindenwood is. Lindenwood is dominating SEMO right now, up 21-8 in the 1st set. If they win -- Eastern Illinois clinches the OVC AQ before they even play in the Championship game.
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Post by n00b on Nov 21, 2023 19:30:31 GMT -5
Anyone with opinions on transition teams, who are ineligible for NCAA post-season competition, being ineligible also for conference post-season competition? There have to be some conferences with that rule, right? UCSD isn't eligible in the Big West for their conference tournament. But Lindenwood is. Lindenwood is dominating SEMO right now, up 21-8 in the 1st set. If they win -- Eastern Illinois clinches the OVC AQ before they even play in the Championship game. Lindenwood is probably trying to play their way into the NIVC.
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Post by n00b on Nov 21, 2023 19:37:46 GMT -5
Anyone with opinions on transition teams, who are ineligible for NCAA post-season competition, being ineligible also for conference post-season competition? There have to be some conferences with that rule, right? UCSD isn't eligible in the Big West for their conference tournament. But Lindenwood is. Lindenwood is dominating SEMO right now, up 21-8 in the 1st set. If they win -- Eastern Illinois clinches the OVC AQ before they even play in the Championship game. Trying to think how I'd handle this scenario if I'm the coach of Eastern Illinois. I think there is only downside to watching this match. I'm just envisioning a scenario where Lindenwood goes up 2-0, until to have SEMO win in a reverse sweep and you REALLY have to regroup as a team. I think I'd have a team dinner with phones out of sight.
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Post by devilhorns24 on Nov 21, 2023 19:53:26 GMT -5
SEMO State lost one of their starting OH (Kayla Closset) for the season a couple weeks ago and they really miss her on defense. Their defense was probably the best in the conference before she went down.
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Post by rtael on Nov 21, 2023 20:29:56 GMT -5
Lindenwood up 2-1. I'm having fun rooting for the underdog.
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Post by n00b on Nov 21, 2023 20:33:06 GMT -5
Lindenwood up 2-1. I'm having fun rooting for the underdog. I normally agree. But I also want a conference championship match that actually has an NCAA tournament berth on the line. Will the EIU coach get a Gatorade shower to celebrate Lindenwood winning?
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Post by rtael on Nov 21, 2023 20:47:25 GMT -5
Lindenwood up 2-1. I'm having fun rooting for the underdog. I normally agree. But I also want a conference championship match that actually has an NCAA tournament berth on the line. Will the EIU coach get a Gatorade shower to celebrate Lindenwood winning? I like it in a morbid way.
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Post by jayj79 on Nov 21, 2023 21:22:16 GMT -5
in the 2nd MVC semifinal, Drake avenged 2 of their losses from the regular season and swept UIC. So the championship match will be a repeat of last year's matchup between #1 UNI and #2 Drake.
Currently (if figstats is correct), Drake's win tonight pushed them up to RPI 47 (48 w/o bonuses); and TCU's win over High Point today bumped the Frogs to RPI 41 (46 w/o bonuses). Meaning that UNI currently has 3 T50 wins, and their RPI sits at 33 (32 w/o bonuses). I'd like to think that UNI is in good shape for an at-large even if they lose to Drake tomorrow (especially since a win over UNI would probably solidify Drake's RPI in the T50, so UNI's 2 regular season wins of them would give UNI bonus points and look good on a nitty gritty sheet). But you never want to leave your fate to the capricious whims of the committee (especially as a mid-major); and there is the question of whether TCU would remain T50 in base RPI should they lose to BYU.
If UNI wins tomorrow, Drake's resume would leave them nervous on Selection Sunday, and perhaps on the wrong side of the bubble. But would they hang on to a T50 base RPI with another loss to UNI (thus continuing to give UNI RPI bonuses)? Not that UNI's RPI would matter all that much since they would have the AQ, but could they then possibly be in the running for one of the regional 8 seeds rather than being an unseeded team? Or would they even WANT that, since it puts them at a 1 seed site (I mean, there's a strong possibility that they'd be sent to Nebraska or Wisconsin as a non-seeded team anyway due to geography, but it wouldn't be guaranteed). Anyhow, I digress.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 21, 2023 21:27:01 GMT -5
SEMO wins
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Post by vbfamily on Nov 21, 2023 21:53:34 GMT -5
Omaha was down 0-2, 14-16 against UMKC, eeked out the 3rd 26-24 and now up 7-1 in the fourth. Go Mavericks!!
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Post by vbfamily on Nov 21, 2023 22:09:57 GMT -5
Omaha was down 0-2, 14-16 against UMKC, eeked out the 3rd 26-24 and now up 7-1 in the fourth. Go Mavericks!! Going Five to clinch the Summit League bid. Omaha 25-12 in the fourth. One more!!
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Post by n00b on Nov 21, 2023 22:36:10 GMT -5
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 21, 2023 22:39:00 GMT -5
Which states will have all of their D1 programs (more than one) in the tourney?
Nebraska, Wisconsin, ?
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