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Post by longhorn9214 on Oct 14, 2024 14:34:59 GMT -5
That bad set percentage for Ella is glaring at me. Like I wonder how that is judged? I don't know how it's judged, but the number is down from the last First Ball Offense stat he did. I'm guessing the rough start to the season will always affect that number, and even if she's been much improved since, the split reps in the 6-2 means it will go down more slowly than it would for a 5-1 setter. I've noticed that the middles have looked better with Ella this last game, especially with the gap set. From what I remember, Mari's errors were from Carlson's sets mostly.
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Post by texashorns on Oct 14, 2024 14:42:39 GMT -5
Mari is now third in the nation in blocks avg 1.62 blocks per set
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Post by storyteller on Oct 14, 2024 14:48:13 GMT -5
I don't know how it's judged, but the number is down from the last First Ball Offense stat he did. I'm guessing the rough start to the season will always affect that number, and even if she's been much improved since, the split reps in the 6-2 means it will go down more slowly than it would for a 5-1 setter. I've noticed that the middles have looked better with Ella this last game, especially with the gap set. From what I remember, Mari's errors were from Carlson's sets mostly. Yeah, Ella has looked great with the middles the past few games! Her center efficiency was .100 the last time they did this stat and now it's .222. I imagine the efficiency is pretty high to affect a season average that much.
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 14, 2024 15:10:51 GMT -5
I 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 I suspect Nebraska might be lighting candles to keep us out of their region. If this were to happen, you have to wonder how much the NC match is in their heads. If we did play them, need to get Asjia tickets behind their bench as a constant reminder.
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 14, 2024 15:12:16 GMT -5
I 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 hoping for some chaos in the big 10 & acc just because...if we can get to 5 or 6 that would be great but we will see Might as well hope for enough chaos that we can sneak into #4.
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Post by wvbfan2024 on Oct 14, 2024 15:22:07 GMT -5
It seems like the biggest difference is setting the middles, which Averi is still struggling with. Also teams are picking on Averi since she's not digging very well. Other players are stepping in to make sets. Ella handles bad passes better and she gets more than Averi based on back row serve receivers. Also I think I saw Ella playing some left side defence while Devin took the right which worked.
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Post by storyteller on Oct 14, 2024 15:48:55 GMT -5
It seems like the biggest difference is setting the middles, which Averi is still struggling with. Also teams are picking on Averi since she's not digging very well. Other players are stepping in to make sets. Ella handles bad passes better and she gets more than Averi based on back row serve receivers. Also I think I saw Ella playing some left side defence while Devin took the right which worked. I would say teams are hitting to Averi to take out the setter because our secondary setting is not great. But I do love how Ella has been playing recently! The higher middle sets work so well with her height.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Oct 14, 2024 15:54:00 GMT -5
It seems like the biggest difference is setting the middles, which Averi is still struggling with. Also teams are picking on Averi since she's not digging very well. Other players are stepping in to make sets. Ella handles bad passes better and she gets more than Averi based on back row serve receivers. Also I think I saw Ella playing some left side defence while Devin took the right which worked. Averi is converting 84.3% of balls she touches into digs, the highest clip of any of our 6 primary defenders. Swindle is at 71.1%, the lowest of the 6. about 10% more of Carlson digs end in a swing than Swindle’s as well. since conference though they’re about equal, so yes Swindle has stepped up (and it’s been noticeable), but that doesn’t mean Carlson is worse
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Post by hookem1 on Oct 14, 2024 16:02:39 GMT -5
It seems like the biggest difference is setting the middles, which Averi is still struggling with. Also teams are picking on Averi since she's not digging very well. Other players are stepping in to make sets. Ella handles bad passes better and she gets more than Averi based on back row serve receivers. Also I think I saw Ella playing some left side defence while Devin took the right which worked. Averi is converting 84.3% of balls she touches into digs, the highest clip of any of our 6 primary defenders. Swindle is at 71.1%, the lowest of the 6. about 10% more of Carlson digs end in a swing than Swindle’s as well. since conference though they’re about equal, so yes Swindle has stepped up (and it’s been noticeable), but that doesn’t mean Carlson is worse I think it could be recency bias too a bit, since there was a couple in the Kentucky game I expected her to get up that she wasn’t able to.
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Post by wvbfan2024 on Oct 14, 2024 16:28:39 GMT -5
Averi is converting 84.3% of balls she touches into digs, the highest clip of any of our 6 primary defenders. Swindle is at 71.1%, the lowest of the 6. about 10% more of Carlson digs end in a swing than Swindle’s as well. since conference though they’re about equal, so yes Swindle has stepped up (and it’s been noticeable), but that doesn’t mean Carlson is worse I think it could be recency bias too a bit, since there was a couple in the Kentucky game I expected her to get up that she wasn’t able to. Wasn't implying better or worse for either setter. They're different. Just commenting on Kentucky game.
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Post by hookem24 on Oct 14, 2024 16:32:04 GMT -5
It seems like the biggest difference is setting the middles, which Averi is still struggling with. Also teams are picking on Averi since she's not digging very well. Other players are stepping in to make sets. Ella handles bad passes better and she gets more than Averi based on back row serve receivers. Also I think I saw Ella playing some left side defence while Devin took the right which worked. i disagree with a lot of this but
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Oct 14, 2024 16:47:26 GMT -5
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Post by katn on Oct 14, 2024 17:38:19 GMT -5
Texas-Florida (ESPN) 216,000 viewership
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Post by horns1 on Oct 14, 2024 20:29:14 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 And, that's actually what's working against us. I guess our schedule was kind of front-loaded, so the best we can hope for is 2 more wins (Auburn and A&M) against RPI Top 25 teams. We currently have a 4-2 record against the RPI Top 25. Of the four teams you mentioned, Louisville already has 6 wins against the RPI Top 25, while Nebraska has 8 and Penn state has 4. Stanford has 4 of them and beat us head-to-head. Pittsburgh also has 5, and Creighton has 3 wins against RPI #10, 14, and 15. Our best wins are against RPI #17 & 18; that's not the resume' of national Top 4 seed. Even if those teams accrue a few losses down the road, that won't remove the RPI Top 25 wins they've already earned.
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Post by widdledumpling on Oct 14, 2024 20:59:06 GMT -5
I 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 And, that's actually what's working against us. I guess our schedule was kind of front-loaded, so the best we can hope for is 2 more wins (Auburn and A&M) against RPI Top 25 teams. We currently have a 4-2 record against the RPI Top 25. Of the four teams you mentioned, Louisville already has 6 wins against the RPI Top 25, while Nebraska has 8 and Penn state has 4. Stanford has 4 of them and beat us head-to-head. Pittsburgh also has 5, and Creighton has 3 wins against RPI #10, 14, and 15. Our best wins are against RPI #17 & 18; that's not the resume' of national Top 4 seed. Even if those teams accrue a few losses down the road, that won't remove the RPI Top 25 wins they've already earned. The post-Texas flop is truly the scientific wonder of our world that should be studied We have single-handedly tanked Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Miami's seasons by playing them, which put a curse of suckage onto them. RIP
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