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Post by hornfanaustin on Oct 13, 2024 16:49:13 GMT -5
Florida swept by South Carolina. Not good for our RPI is it?
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 13, 2024 16:50:46 GMT -5
Florida swept by South Carolina. Not good for our RPI is it? Not sure. We've beaten both so that should be a wash.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Oct 13, 2024 16:57:48 GMT -5
Creighton is the top tier and Kansas is in our tier. I dont know where to put SMU but do I want to face them? No. SMU might be the most up and down team in the country. They were swept by Kentucky in Dallas. Yes. I’m more thinking g what they are capable of. Inconsistent for sure, but I don’t want to face them on a night they are hot. Reminds of San Diego 22
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Post by nellynel on Oct 13, 2024 17:12:25 GMT -5
Lots of great things to take from this W. I’m loving our blocking numbers recently. Still think our lefts need to be a bit more terminal and would love to see us clean up, idk, just the few “silly” mistakes that we seem to have every now and then. But, I like where we are at. We may very well drop another match before the tourney starts, but I think we’ve shown that we could power the rest of the way through. If we are able to go through the SEC undefeated, I think we could be in a position for a seed. But seed or no seed, I don’t think anyone would want to face us during the tourney. Still a lot more volleyball to go, but I’m liking where we are at!!! [] Emma’s passing was ridiculously good. Wenaas was ok, passing (set 3 she was good) but Texas scored the point on like 12 of her 15 first contacts. 8 of those FBSO, transition kills and blocks on the rest. I’m still waiting on the service pressure to pick up, it can and needs to be much higher going into the tournament. But the blocking is picking very well and that is minimizing the lack of service pressure. Continuous improvement is the name of the game.
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Post by nellynel on Oct 13, 2024 17:40:50 GMT -5
Texas will play Arkansas on Friday for sole possession of first place in the SEC. Not sure I thought of that a couple weeks ago knowing we had back to back road games against Florida and Kentucky.
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Post by horns1 on Oct 13, 2024 17:45:22 GMT -5
Florida swept by South Carolina. Not good for our RPI is it? Eh. Florida's RPI is 39 while South Carolina's is 46.
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Post by horns1 on Oct 13, 2024 17:52:26 GMT -5
1. Attendance at Kentucky was 4,834. Rough eyeball average shows they usually pull in about 3,200. The Texas effect is in effect! 2. Sill no BIC. Jenna must not be a reliable option to try the BIC. 3. 14 blocks. I've missed you Texas Block 4. It's always good to play a team that has more SE than us. Always good. 5. Devin! Who I always thought she would be! 6. I was thinking it must be kinda weird to play against one of your former teammates (Sun, Parra), but to play against two of your former teammates in the same game? 7. They were showing that picture of Averi Skinner all smiles with Craig Skinner at the Olympics. But Averi Skinner transferred her bonus year as well. 8. When the announcers talked about the "growing number of programs using the 6-2", I had to call bull on that.
9. They showed that newpaper headline about Kentucky winning 12 straight SEC titles. Yeah. Well meet the new boss, different from the old boss. 10. Thinking that Kentucky, with Texas visiting, drew more than Gregory can hold. Yet, the huge serving space and enough sideline space to necessitate roped off stanchions doesn't give them any type of home court advantage. Exactly the reason why JE doesn't want to play games in Moody.
I just don't think we're gonna see Jenna hitting the BIC since we already have 3 front hitters including Skinner in those three rotations. While it would perhaps be a surprise to the opponent, the higher-percentage options would be setting one of the front row attackers.
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Post by horns1 on Oct 13, 2024 18:04:13 GMT -5
Lots of great things to take from this W. I’m loving our blocking numbers recently. Still think our lefts need to be a bit more terminal and would love to see us clean up, idk, just the few “silly” mistakes that we seem to have every now and then. But, I like where we are at. We may very well drop another match before the tourney starts, but I think we’ve shown that we could power the rest of the way through. If we are able to go through the SEC undefeated, I think we could be in a position for a seed. But seed or no seed, I don’t think anyone would want to face us during the tourney.Still a lot more volleyball to go, but I’m liking where we are at!!! I'm assuming you mean "top 4 national seed". It's gonna be really tough to crawl back up there just like last year after accumulating 3 early season losses, and the conference not having many RPI Top 10 or 25 teams. I get that Jerritt has his reasons for not scheduling as many non-conference matches as other programs, but you can't accumulate wins against RPI Top 10 teams if you aren't scheduling them. Last season's committee placed an emphasis on those RPI Top 10 wins; we'll find out next Sunday during the first reveal if this year's committee emphasizes that, as well. If they do, the chances of Texas earning a Top 4 national seed are slim as RPI Top 15 Auburn will be our highest ranked remaining opponent. ncaastats.figstats.net/volleyball-rpi.cgi
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 13, 2024 18:17:51 GMT -5
SMU might be the most up and down team in the country. They were swept by Kentucky in Dallas. Yes. I’m more thinking g what they are capable of. Inconsistent for sure, but I don’t want to face them on a night they are hot. Reminds of San Diego 22 Except San Diego appeared to be a more consistent team. I believe they only lost one match before playing us. Let's see what they do against Stanford and Louisville before we start to anoint them as NC contender.
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Post by horns1 on Oct 13, 2024 18:22:36 GMT -5
I did us run Aydem Ames on the slide in the second set; it was when Devin was on the service line.
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 13, 2024 19:16:20 GMT -5
Lots of great things to take from this W. I’m loving our blocking numbers recently. Still think our lefts need to be a bit more terminal and would love to see us clean up, idk, just the few “silly” mistakes that we seem to have every now and then. But, I like where we are at. We may very well drop another match before the tourney starts, but I think we’ve shown that we could power the rest of the way through. If we are able to go through the SEC undefeated, I think we could be in a position for a seed. But seed or no seed, I don’t think anyone would want to face us during the tourney.Still a lot more volleyball to go, but I’m liking where we are at!!! I'm assuming you mean "top 4 national seed". It's gonna be really tough to crawl back up there just like last year after accumulating 3 early season losses, and the conference not having many RPI Top 10 or 25 teams. I get that Jerritt has his reasons for not scheduling as many non-conference matches as other programs, but you can't accumulate wins against RPI Top 10 teams if you aren't scheduling them. Last season's committee placed an emphasis on those RPI Top 10 wins; we'll find out next Sunday during the first reveal if this year's committee emphasizes that, as well. If they do, the chances of Texas earning a Top 4 national seed are slim as RPI Top 15 Auburn will be our highest ranked remaining opponent. ncaastats.figstats.net/volleyball-rpi.cgiI'll assume part of the scheduling shortfall will be removed next year when Vanderbilt starts playing and we should no longer have two byes in the conference schedule. By now it appears obvious that JE likes playing 2 non-con matches a week. To match other teams schedule would require playing 3 matches in multiple weeks. JE made comments during the last couple of years about keeping the team fresh, both mentally and physically, when referring to the schedule. Also wonder if he prefers more practice days early in the season as opposed to extra matches. I know JE loves the home advantage of Gregory and prefer to be home for regionals, but I suspect he is also confident about the team's ability to play well on the road.
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Post by horns1 on Oct 13, 2024 20:17:25 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean "top 4 national seed". It's gonna be really tough to crawl back up there just like last year after accumulating 3 early season losses, and the conference not having many RPI Top 10 or 25 teams. I get that Jerritt has his reasons for not scheduling as many non-conference matches as other programs, but you can't accumulate wins against RPI Top 10 teams if you aren't scheduling them. Last season's committee placed an emphasis on those RPI Top 10 wins; we'll find out next Sunday during the first reveal if this year's committee emphasizes that, as well. If they do, the chances of Texas earning a Top 4 national seed are slim as RPI Top 15 Auburn will be our highest ranked remaining opponent. ncaastats.figstats.net/volleyball-rpi.cgiI'll assume part of the scheduling shortfall will be removed next year when Vanderbilt starts playing and we should no longer have two byes in the conference schedule. By now it appears obvious that JE likes playing 2 non-con matches a week. To match other teams schedule would require playing 3 matches in multiple weeks. JE made comments during the last couple of years about keeping the team fresh, both mentally and physically, when referring to the schedule. Also wonder if he prefers more practice days early in the season as opposed to extra matches. I know JE loves the home advantage of Gregory and prefer to be home for regionals, but I suspect he is also confident about the team's ability to play well on the road.And, that's all fine; he's also commented that when our conference is not as strong at the top in a particular season, that impacts the number of top wins we are able to accrue. That was true last season in the Big 12, and this season in the SEC. Our body of work right now pales in comparison to the wins racked up by Stanford, Penn State, Louisville, Nebraska, Creighton and Pittsburgh. It is what it is; but, you gotta give yourself a chance with your scheduling, especially based on how other top programs are scheduling. Texas has advanced to more Final Fours when playing the regional final in Austin than on the road. Every advantage helps.
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 13, 2024 21:21:12 GMT -5
I'll assume part of the scheduling shortfall will be removed next year when Vanderbilt starts playing and we should no longer have two byes in the conference schedule. By now it appears obvious that JE likes playing 2 non-con matches a week. To match other teams schedule would require playing 3 matches in multiple weeks. JE made comments during the last couple of years about keeping the team fresh, both mentally and physically, when referring to the schedule. Also wonder if he prefers more practice days early in the season as opposed to extra matches. I know JE loves the home advantage of Gregory and prefer to be home for regionals, but I suspect he is also confident about the team's ability to play well on the road.And, that's all fine; he's also commented that when our conference is not as strong at the top in a particular season, that impacts the number of top wins we are able to accrue. That was true last season in the Big 12, and this season in the SEC. Our body of work right now pales in comparison to the wins racked up by Stanford, Penn State, Louisville, Nebraska, Creighton and Pittsburgh. It is what it is; but, you gotta give yourself a chance with your scheduling, especially based on how other top programs are scheduling. Texas has advanced to more Final Fours when playing the regional final in Austin than on the road. Every advantage helps. We all know that JE is well aware of the scheduling and its impacts. With this being the fourth straight season of scheduling 24-26 matches, he must see advantages with fewer matches.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Oct 14, 2024 11:20:42 GMT -5
Lots of great things to take from this W. I’m loving our blocking numbers recently. Still think our lefts need to be a bit more terminal and would love to see us clean up, idk, just the few “silly” mistakes that we seem to have every now and then. But, I like where we are at. We may very well drop another match before the tourney starts, but I think we’ve shown that we could power the rest of the way through. If we are able to go through the SEC undefeated, I think we could be in a position for a seed. But seed or no seed, I don’t think anyone would want to face us during the tourney.Still a lot more volleyball to go, but I’m liking where we are at!!! I'm assuming you mean "top 4 national seed". It's gonna be really tough to crawl back up there just like last year after accumulating 3 early season losses, and the conference not having many RPI Top 10 or 25 teams. I get that Jerritt has his reasons for not scheduling as many non-conference matches as other programs, but you can't accumulate wins against RPI Top 10 teams if you aren't scheduling them. Last season's committee placed an emphasis on those RPI Top 10 wins; we'll find out next Sunday during the first reveal if this year's committee emphasizes that, as well. If they do, the chances of Texas earning a Top 4 national seed are slim as RPI Top 15 Auburn will be our highest ranked remaining opponent. ncaastats.figstats.net/volleyball-rpi.cgiI don't think we'll move up to the Top 4, but I think there's a good chance that we move up to 6 or 5 by the end of the season. With the exception of A&M, Texas is through the toughest part of its schedule, whereas some of those above us have some big matches to play: Stanford still has: SMU, Pitt, Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech x2, Louisville Louisville still has: Pitt x2, SMU, Stanford Nebraska still has: Wisconsin x2, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, PSU Penn State still has: Minnesota, Wisconsin, USC, Purdue, Washington, Nebraska IMO the only programs who are definitely sitting pretty above us are Pitt because of the stellar season they've been having, and Creighton, because their conference is so meh
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Post by mln59 on Oct 14, 2024 11:24:59 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean "top 4 national seed". It's gonna be really tough to crawl back up there just like last year after accumulating 3 early season losses, and the conference not having many RPI Top 10 or 25 teams. I get that Jerritt has his reasons for not scheduling as many non-conference matches as other programs, but you can't accumulate wins against RPI Top 10 teams if you aren't scheduling them. Last season's committee placed an emphasis on those RPI Top 10 wins; we'll find out next Sunday during the first reveal if this year's committee emphasizes that, as well. If they do, the chances of Texas earning a Top 4 national seed are slim as RPI Top 15 Auburn will be our highest ranked remaining opponent. ncaastats.figstats.net/volleyball-rpi.cgiI don't think we'll move up to the Top 4, but I think there's a good chance that we move up to 6 or 5 by the end of the season. With the exception of A&M, Texas is through the toughest part of its schedule, whereas some of those above us have some big matches to play: Stanford still has: SMU, Pitt, Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech x2, Louisville Louisville still has: Pitt x2, SMU, Stanford Nebraska still has: Wisconsin x2, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, PSU Penn State still has: Minnesota, Wisconsin, USC, Purdue, Washington, Nebraska IMO the only programs who are definitely sitting pretty above us are Pitt because of the stellar season they've been having, and Creighton, because their conference is so meh i am lighting candles to keep Texas out of nebraska's region
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