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Post by VBallLife on Aug 29, 2024 20:57:57 GMT -5
Why the panicking ? It’s one game they played a top 10 program,they will be fine ! I think the big concern is that with this loss it looks entirely possible that Wisconsin starts the season 0-3. If that happens, it would mean that for Wisconsin to have a hope of being a regional host for the NCAA tournament they will need to almost run the table in B1G conference play. I don't think anyone is going undefeated in B1G conference play this year. There are too many good teams in the conference. I think it is critical that Wisconsin win at least one of these next two matches against Texas and Stanford. The good news is that it is doable. Texas will be playing their first match of the season, and Stanford won't be as intimidating without Kipp and Baird. Hopefully Orzol will be back healthy this weekend. I get it. They have film to watch and wil make adjustments. Getting healthy via key as well. |
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Post by Burly Ives on Aug 29, 2024 22:27:01 GMT -5
Right. Take the team photo, take individual photos, then jump in the lake. SOP. Well Sarah posted the video of just those 3 on Tik Tok with the caption “senior lake jump 🤍” Does this mean we get to keep CC, Devyn and Julia for another season 😂 It looks like the 3 of them just opted out of jumping. It's a solidarity thing as per tradition which makes this sequence of events very odd. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Aug 29, 2024 23:50:37 GMT -5
Who jumped last year?
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Post by Burly Ives on Aug 30, 2024 4:13:41 GMT -5
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Post by maigrey on Aug 30, 2024 6:49:21 GMT -5
It's possible that if Julia couldn't jump because of injury, CC and Dev may jump with her later. MJ didn't jump at the same time as Izzy and the others last year, either. |
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Post by Burly Ives on Aug 30, 2024 8:23:20 GMT -5
It's possible that if Julia couldn't jump because of injury, CC and Dev may jump with her later. MJ didn't jump at the same time as Izzy and the others last year, either. Oops I meant Boyer instead of Hammill. My mistake. Maybe MJ planned on coming back this season at the time. |
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Post by maigrey on Aug 30, 2024 10:47:05 GMT -5
It's possible that if Julia couldn't jump because of injury, CC and Dev may jump with her later. MJ didn't jump at the same time as Izzy and the others last year, either. Oops I meant Boyer instead of Hammill. My mistake. Maybe MJ planned on coming back this season at the time. Yeah, she had said she wasn't 100% sure about next year when she jumped with Kelly. |
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Post by bigtenchamp1997 on Aug 30, 2024 11:05:36 GMT -5
I see the Milwaukee Journal sports reporter that covered the Badgers Jeff Potrykus retired and Mark Stewart that covered Badger Volleyball has been moved to cover the football team.
Who will cover the Badger volleyball team now?
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Post by wivol on Aug 30, 2024 11:07:20 GMT -5
Possibly Ben Steele?
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Post by bigtenchamp1997 on Aug 30, 2024 11:07:57 GMT -5
I see the Milwaukee Journal sports reporter that covered the Badgers Jeff Potrykus retired and Mark Stewart that covered Badger Volleyball has been moved to cover the football team.
Who will cover the Badger volleyball team now?
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Post by bigtenchamp1997 on Aug 30, 2024 11:12:42 GMT -5
Maybe but he covers Marquette Mens Basketball not to say he can’t multitask!
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Post by ndodge on Aug 30, 2024 11:52:05 GMT -5
Maybe but he covers Marquette Mens Basketball not to say he can’t multitask! Correct. The Journal Sentinel had a "get to know" article about him and it says his primary role is Badger football, but I think he still will cover volleyball. After all, he lists the Field House almost in the same breath as the Big House and other football stadiums as venues to attend some day. |
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Post by robtearle on Aug 30, 2024 12:09:25 GMT -5
Maybe but he covers Marquette Mens Basketball not to say he can’t multitask! Correct. The Journal Sentinel had a "get to know" article about him and it says his primary role is Badger football, but I think he still will cover volleyball. After all, he lists the Field House almost in the same breath as the Big House and other football stadiums as venues to attend some day. He wouldn't be able to do both well; road weekend for one and home weekend for the other, etc. Two places at once. |
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Post by Kearney Kingston on Aug 30, 2024 12:45:50 GMT -5
Why the panicking ? It’s one game they played a top 10 program,they will be fine ! I think the big concern is that with this loss it looks entirely possible that Wisconsin starts the season 0-3. If that happens, it would mean that for Wisconsin to have a hope of being a regional host for the NCAA tournament they will need to almost run the table in B1G conference play. I don't think anyone is going undefeated in B1G conference play this year. There are too many good teams in the conference. I think it is critical that Wisconsin win at least one of these next two matches against Texas and Stanford. The good news is that it is doable. Texas will be playing their first match of the season, and Stanford won't be as intimidating without Kipp and Baird. Hopefully Orzol will be back healthy this weekend. Yeah, it’s a different world if your not hosting the first four matches… |
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Post by tablealgebra on Aug 30, 2024 14:13:46 GMT -5
I think people need to adjust to the idea that we might not host Super Regionals. If they hadn't already, then I think maybe they came into this season with unreasonable expectations. Among the detriments we have:
1. We practiced this Spring with a setter not projected to start, and who so far hasn't earned even a look at a double sub situation (which would be perfectly reasonable considering our running the 6-2 the last two seasons and the fact that we have the personnel). It's possible that we're simply doing this to give Charlie every rep possible, but that's because...
2. We're working with a setter who hadn't formally practiced with the team before August. There are going to be growing pains. Speaking of pains...
3. We have two of our best hitters and one of our most important players hobbled with different stages of ankle injuries. In addition to not being at full strength for games, this means they can't practice hard either, denying valuable reps with the new setter. Speaking of practice...
4. We don't have a team which can play 6 on 6 in practice. This means players aren't going against full-strength defenses when they practice hitting or live offenses when they practice defense, denying them valuable feedback against top competition in practice.
All this adds up to us getting up to speed more slowly as the season starts, which means more losses. 0-3 would suck, but 0-3 vs three top 6 teams in the country (well, top 5 after we get kicked out) is just not as devastating.
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