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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 4, 2024 21:03:07 GMT -5
2026 recruiting: My current read is that we will have somewhere between 3 and 6 scholarships available for 2026. By my math we’ll need 2-3 pins, 1-2 middles, and possibly a setter. Sheff likes his utility players, so I could see him bringing in 2 OH and a MB/RS, or an OH, an MB, and a S/RS, or something like that. We’ll want to prioritize pin hitters and middles. IDK whether we’ll take a setter, IMO it will depend on where Horner is at. I don’t think we need to use scholarships on any DSs. Showing my work:Here’s our roster for 2026 as it stands. * = full scholarship confirmed. ^ = walk-on confirmed. + = known or believed to be on partial. OH*Shadd-Ceres (Jr) *Quest (So) MB*Serafinowska (Jr) *Wardlow (So) RS*Horner (So) <also a setter> S*Fuerbringer (Jr) ^Van Wie (Jr) DS+Damrow (Sr) ^Chan (Jr) +Schumacher (Jr) +Simon (So) It’s never been clear whether Damrow is on scholarship and if so for how much. News articles reported Schumacher to be on a 2-2 and Simon to be on a 3-1 at the time of their respective commitments. It’s safe to say at least 1 will be on scholarship in 2026, and possibly as many as 3. With 12 scholarships, the ideal allocation (IMO) is similar to the Olympic roster (with our numbers in parenthesis - counting Horner as half of each of her positions): 5-6 OH/RS (2.5) 3-4 MB (2) 2-3 S (1.5) 1-2 L (3) So we would ideally have 2-3 more pin hitters and 1-2 more middles, and possibly a setter. Great job as always! I wonder how Sheff et al are thinking about the pending NCAA settlement. It probably doesn't matter that much for this class - we'll still need 5 players (2OH, 1RS, and 2MBs, IMO) and the badgers need 5 to meet the reported roster limit of 16. The only difference is that everyone would be on scholarship and you wouldn't have to slice and dice. It might put more of a premium on assessing BR talent, or having an OH that can pass. |
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Post by ndodge on Jun 4, 2024 21:47:14 GMT -5
Minny now has 6 players listed who can play OH This is what makes no sense to me. She would have a good chance of playing next year in Madison - even with Quest coming in. Maybe Cook recruited her in the past before she went to the ducks. Maybe something as simple as a more direct flight home from Minneapolis? Whatever, I wasn't that invested. As someone reminded people in a MN thread, Alex committed to Oregon in 7th grade, so less likely Cook was competing for a 7th grader, but you never know. Maybe Thibault also going from Oregon to MN had a sizable impact ? |
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Post by 25or624 on Jun 4, 2024 23:13:14 GMT -5
This is what makes no sense to me. She would have a good chance of playing next year in Madison - even with Quest coming in. Maybe Cook recruited her in the past before she went to the ducks. Maybe something as simple as a more direct flight home from Minneapolis? Whatever, I wasn't that invested. As someone reminded people in a MN thread, Alex committed to Oregon in 7th grade, so less likely Cook was competing for a 7th grader, but you never know. Maybe Thibault also going from Oregon to MN had a sizable impact ? Couple that with apparent late interest by The Badgers and taking her to a Mallards game, and it all makes sense. |
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Post by honeybadger88 on Jun 5, 2024 2:29:20 GMT -5
Probably Alex had us as one of her choices as it seems like she visited campus. She met the players such as CC, Julia, Charlie and GG. Maybe she was one of those girls who doesn't smile in photos unless asked to judging from her Instagram. She seemed to get along with CC, Julia, Charlie and GG so it's likely that the Badgers volleyball program just didn't suit her like the Gophers are. Also maybe her courses in MN are better than what UW can offer since it schedule is more in line with her wants and maybe those credits transfers from Oregon to MN seamlessly and that her credits may not be compatible with UW thus forcing her to start again. I have a feeling it's the combination of all three.
Surely there's someone who's good and is willing to play for a championship contending team as they know that there's a player shortage this season. As I said many times already, hopefully it's a Libero and an terminal OH who can ideally pass and willing to play 3ro like TTA did.
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Jun 5, 2024 6:59:53 GMT -5
You can’t start out with Louisville, Texas, and Stanford+ and THEN go into the expanded B1G with 3 OHs. Sarah’s arm will fall off and Orzol was gassed with a stress fracture by the end of the 2021 season. The poor recruiting of '22s and '23s is the big culprit here. That's what I've wondered about before and nobody has an answer as to why, especially '23, were such limited recruiting classes. I mean, seriously, Wisconsin, had 1 '23 recruit??? And now, desperately needing depth, and Shefd saying, "We'll be looking for a couple of transfers," and unable to secure anything. It's confounding... |
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Post by chibadgerfan on Jun 5, 2024 7:44:07 GMT -5
As someone reminded people in a MN thread, Alex committed to Oregon in 7th grade, so less likely Cook was competing for a 7th grader, but you never know. Maybe Thibault also going from Oregon to MN had a sizable impact ? Couple that with apparent late interest by The Badgers and taking her to a Mallards game, and it all makes sense. Acevedo didn’t look super happy in her Gopher photo tbh. Anyway I think we’ll find somebody. I still think it will be a graduate student transfer. |
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Jun 5, 2024 8:08:00 GMT -5
Couple that with apparent late interest by The Badgers and taking her to a Mallards game, and it all makes sense. Acevedo didn’t look super happy in her Gopher photo tbh. Anyway I think we’ll find somebody. I still think it will be a graduate student transfer. are we really at a point where we start judging/assuming how SA feels based on their pics and how they smile or not. What if that is just how she is and likes to present herself that way? |
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Jun 5, 2024 10:17:42 GMT -5
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jun 5, 2024 11:13:39 GMT -5
Not according to Instagram follows. Beggars can't be choosers, but I'm really hoping we can land someone with >1 year eligibility... |
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Jun 5, 2024 14:11:23 GMT -5
You can’t start out with Louisville, Texas, and Stanford+ and THEN go into the expanded B1G with 3 OHs. Sarah’s arm will fall off and Orzol was gassed with a stress fracture by the end of the 2021 season. The poor recruiting of '22s and '23s is the big culprit here. That's what I've wondered about before and nobody has an answer as to why, especially '23, were such limited recruiting classes. I mean, seriously, Wisconsin, had 1 '23 recruit??? And now, desperately needing depth, and Shefd saying, "We'll be looking for a couple of transfers," and unable to secure anything. It's confounding... I mean, to be fair, we should still have Demps and Wrobel, that's two OHs right there. When Wrobel left, it was obviously too late for any additional recruiting in '22 and '23. When Demps left last year, it was the same thing. And while Demps leaving could have been predicted, Wrobel left because she was constantly set back by injuries, that's not really predictable. If anything, it's next year's recruiting (2025) where we don't have enough OHs, because even with Wrobel, we would still only have 3 OHs. Whether that's because we went after targets that were too big is another debate. |
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Post by greatlakesvballer on Jun 5, 2024 15:34:36 GMT -5
Who's going to Louisville to kick off the season? Now that the details are out there, I'm suddenly ready to give Ticketmaster my life savings to see these 4 teams kick things off. It's a hell of a way for the Fire-Bringer and the other new Badgers to start their collegiate volleyball adventures, huh? How much are tickets? No prices available until the "pre-sale" on Monday (6/10) morning. Did you get a notice from UW Athletics? It just gives sale dates and refers you to the KFC Yum Center ticket office, anyway. We'll find out on Monday. WRONG: They posted this on another page: Ticket Prices: $130, $79, $64, $49, $39, $34, $24, $19 |
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Post by mnbadger on Jun 5, 2024 17:16:12 GMT -5
I'm sure it won't be missed by the people here, but Carlini and Rettke both named to the 12-woman, Olympic roster!
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jun 5, 2024 17:47:18 GMT -5
I'm sure it won't be missed by the people here, but Carlini and Rettke both named to the 12-woman, Olympic roster!  |
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Jun 5, 2024 18:16:20 GMT -5
The poor recruiting of '22s and '23s is the big culprit here. That's what I've wondered about before and nobody has an answer as to why, especially '23, were such limited recruiting classes. I mean, seriously, Wisconsin, had 1 '23 recruit??? And now, desperately needing depth, and Shefd saying, "We'll be looking for a couple of transfers," and unable to secure anything. It's confounding... I mean, to be fair, we should still have Demps and Wrobel, that's two OHs right there. When Wrobel left, it was obviously too late for any additional recruiting in '22 and '23. When Demps left last year, it was the same thing. And while Demps leaving could have been predicted, Wrobel left because she was constantly set back by injuries, that's not really predictable. If anything, it's next year's recruiting (2025) where we don't have enough OHs, because even with Wrobel, we would still only have 3 OHs. Whether that's because we went after targets that were too big is another debate. Whether they should still have Demps or Wrobel has nothing to do with their recruiting classes of '22 or '23. You can never have enough talent and for some reason either Badgers didn't want more in '22 & '23, or they couldn't get more. Either way is a problem. I give them more of a pass on '22 because they had Anthouli from Greece and she backed out. |
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Jun 5, 2024 18:42:19 GMT -5
I'm sure it won't be missed by the people here, but Carlini and Rettke both named to the 12-woman, Olympic roster! Yay!!! Are they the first Badgers to be on the women’s team for the Olympics? |
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