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Post by chenny11 on Jun 6, 2024 19:26:17 GMT -5
Penn State will play at Pitt this September! They also play Louisville at home. Two opportunities to pick up big wins! Has any one else picked up anyone we are playing from other schedules? It’s hard to believe the schedule is still not released. Opportunities, but not likelihoods. Pitt and L'Ville are so solidly ahead of us, it's disgusting. Like, the team isn't *bad*, but we're clearly not in the upper tier. Theres really no way to know our likelihood of beating either until the season starts. Too many new pieces to make a judgement now.
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Post by lionsfan on Jun 6, 2024 22:10:18 GMT -5
What we can piece together so far...think we just need to know who we play the opening weekend (I'll guess a Big 12 team?):
9/3 (Tues) Louisville 9/6 @ Kentucky 9/7 Ball State (@ Kentucky) 9/13 PSU Invitational (Princeton, Duke, St. Johns) 9/14 PSU Invitational (Princeton, Duke, St. Johns) 9/18 (Wed) @ Pitt 9/20 PSU Classic (James Madison, Yale, Team C?) 9/21 PSU Classic (James Madison, Yale, Team C?)
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Post by gazelle1 on Jun 7, 2024 6:30:38 GMT -5
Penn State will play at Pitt this September! They also play Louisville at home. Two opportunities to pick up big wins! Has any one else picked up anyone we are playing from other schedules? It’s hard to believe the schedule is still not released. Opportunities, but not likelihoods. Pitt and L'Ville are so solidly ahead of us, it's disgusting. Like, the team isn't *bad*, but we're clearly not in the upper tier. I agree. Louisville has almost all their starters back from a team that was a few points away from making the final four last year. They have several players who have played in final fours. I think they have to be one of the favorites to make it to the final four this year. They are going to be really good. Pittsburgh has been to the final four three years in a row. They have some great players coming back. It is hard to imagine Penn State, with a true freshman setter, beating either of those two teams, especially early in the season.
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Post by jagdpanther on Jun 7, 2024 19:20:05 GMT -5
I agree. Louisville has almost all their starters back from a team that was a few points away from making the final four last year. They have several players who have played in final fours. I think they have to be one of the favorites to make it to the final four this year. They are going to be really good. Pittsburgh has been to the final four three years in a row. They have some great players coming back. It is hard to imagine Penn State, with a true freshman setter, beating either of those two teams, especially early in the season. Which, again, is disgusting. Still think this team is maybe 2-3 years away from realistically competing with the top tier teams. Right now, maybe we take a set or 2, but we more often than not just aren't super competitive with the top tier teams.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Jun 7, 2024 20:06:55 GMT -5
Did anyone catch the shade against Penn state on twitter. It was actually disrespectful, but I don’t know how to link it here.
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Post by allballs on Jun 7, 2024 20:22:47 GMT -5
Did anyone catch the shade against Penn state on twitter. It was actually disrespectful, but I don’t know how to link it here. ooh what’s the user’s handle? I’ll see if I can do it ETA total coincidence (or was it? hmmm): half hour ago I was catching up on Will Levis and Sean Clifford. And by catching up I meant looking up how they look shirtless.
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Post by killerbees on Jun 7, 2024 20:24:13 GMT -5
Did anyone catch the shade against Penn state on twitter. It was actually disrespectful, but I don’t know how to link it here. ooh what’s the user’s handle? I’ll see if I can do it Gonna need at least 1 detail here
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Post by hornshouse23 on Jun 7, 2024 20:34:34 GMT -5
Did anyone catch the shade against Penn state on twitter. It was actually disrespectful, but I don’t know how to link it here. ooh what’s the user’s handle? I’ll see if I can do it ETA total coincidence (or was it? hmmm): half hour ago I was catching up on Will Levis and Sean Clifford. And by catching up I meant looking up how they look shirtless. Penn state volleyball account tetweeted sports center. Sports center left PSU off its list of franchises to win 4 or more titles on a row.
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Post by chenny11 on Jun 7, 2024 20:34:48 GMT -5
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Post by allballs on Jun 7, 2024 20:41:12 GMT -5
ooh what’s the user’s handle? I’ll see if I can do it Gonna need at least 1 detail here Yeah been looking and not finding anything. Tangent: under the “You might like” was the UCLA wvb account. So when I checked it out, their 2 most recent posts were 1) register for camp (April ‘24) and 2)welcome Alfee (December ‘22). How does a high profile school whose wvb team have won 4 nattys not do anything to promote and grow interest?!?!?! Especially going into a new conference
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Post by allballs on Jun 7, 2024 20:43:20 GMT -5
ooh what’s the user’s handle? I’ll see if I can do it ETA total coincidence (or was it? hmmm): half hour ago I was catching up on Will Levis and Sean Clifford. And by catching up I meant looking up how they look shirtless. Penn state volleyball account tetweeted sports center. Sports center left PSU off its list of franchises to win 4 or more titles on a row. Oof. I used to enjoy ESPN and Sports Center. Now all they do is argue. I’ll go back and watch CSpan if I wanted to watch people debate all day
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Post by jagdpanther on Jun 8, 2024 20:00:02 GMT -5
Penn state volleyball account tetweeted sports center. Sports center left PSU off its list of franchises to win 4 or more titles on a row. Intern having a rough first week of work.
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Post by vb on Jun 9, 2024 10:43:30 GMT -5
Simplistically, why is it an advantage to play Pitt and Louisville type of teams that you know You’re probably gonna lose to early in the season? I know it has something to do with RPI, but destroying an early win/loss record and team confidence is worth it? I would think a true freshman setter would like a couple of powder puffs to start the season.
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Post by volley4ever on Jun 9, 2024 11:05:12 GMT -5
Simplistically, why is it an advantage to play Pitt and Louisville type of teams that you know You’re probably gonna lose to early in the season? I know it has something to do with RPI, but destroying an early win/loss record and team confidence is worth it? I would think a true freshman setter would like a couple of powder puffs to start the season. I think high level players want to play high level teams. I have heard from multiple players in college that they would rather play the absolute best and lose than play a powder puff and win.
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Post by gazelle1 on Jun 9, 2024 14:48:04 GMT -5
Simplistically, why is it an advantage to play Pitt and Louisville type of teams that you know You’re probably gonna lose to early in the season? I know it has something to do with RPI, but destroying an early win/loss record and team confidence is worth it? I would think a true freshman setter would like a couple of powder puffs to start the season. John Cook at Nebraska had a similar situation last year with a bunch of freshman players on his roster. He scheduled accordingly. The first 4 matches were against mid-level teams, and then he ramped up the intensity with matches against Kansas St, Creighton, Long Beach St, Stanford, and Kentucky. This gave Cook time to work out his starting roster and gave the freshmen time to adjust to the college game before they faced high-level competition. I notice that Nebraska starts out 2024 by playing Kentucky in their first match, probably because Nebraska has a veteran team this year. So, yes, I agree that if you know you are going to have a true freshman setter, I think it would be a good idea to start off with 1 or 2 easier matches. However, I don't know how much of scheduling is controlled by the head coach. Maybe there were other factors involved.
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