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Post by badgerbyproxy on Nov 2, 2024 13:34:51 GMT -5
There is a narrow path to hosting the regionals, but only if the badgers get better and things fall just right. They’ve kind of stalled right now. I think the Stanford, Wisconsin, and Texas losses last night have all but knocked them out of hosting contention. Right now, it’s a five-way race between Pitt, Louisville, Nebraska, Penn State, and Creighton. If one of them flubs up over the next few weeks, then the first one out (likely Creighton based on history) takes that spot. Wisconsin would need at least 2 of those 5 teams, along with Texas and Stanford, to go on a slump the rest of the season. While not impossible, it’s very much out of the Badgers’s hands at this point. |
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Post by wiguy94 on Nov 2, 2024 13:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by 25or624 on Nov 2, 2024 14:14:56 GMT -5
about an hour ago jwvolley said:
Murray 1.70 on 15
Rodriguez 2.58 on 12
Mauch 2.20 on 15
Choboy 2.23 on 13
Franklin 2.25 on 16
Orzol 2.15 on 17
Schumacher 2.14 on 33
Very uncharacteristic passing night for Harper. She was passing a 2.36 on the season coming into this match (2.33 now). She's only passed a 2.0 or below in two matches all season (SMU and Wisconsin). Glad to see the Huskers overcome that
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Post by 25or624 on Nov 2, 2024 14:24:42 GMT -5
Additional analysis from @avid2.0
avid 2.0 said:
Making Booth move to her left was a clear point of emphasis.
in FBSO in rotation one last night, Landfair had every swing but one on the right in system.
Beason had 25% of total swings in rotation one last night compared to 37% coming into the match.
Nebraska hit .333 in the rotations Booth played, .049 in the rest.
[response to avid] Well yes booth had to move left: but avid you fail to say who is to the right: Smrek : so most MB’s are better going RT than Left: and when a 6’9” Oppo is out there waiting tou go to 6’5” OH who is away from the Oppo! Also for most of season Landfair hasn't been starting OH: so maybe beason was used more often! What was true is that Landfair was the most used front row option last night no matter where she was
[from avid] Well i mean its obvious who is to the right.. thats kinda the point of the post is to avoid Smrek, make Booth move. They didnt do it last year. 65% of rotation one attacks went to the left side or middle. it was 38% last night
What's the counter-move, all you Badger armchair coaches? Did Kelly get outcoached?
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Nov 2, 2024 14:52:09 GMT -5
Booth has been benched ONCE this season because of bad play lmao. And it was after 2 horrific sets, and Sheff still put her back in later in that same match. Yet I remember instances where Devyn got benched like 3 plays in because she didn't close the block once or twice. Hell, in the game last night, Sheff subbed CC out because we were stuck in one rotation with her and Julia for like 5 straight points. Meanwhile, Sheff sat and watched Booth failed to close the RS gap again, and again, and again, and again, and did absolutely nothing about it. He watched Booth failed to terminate 1-on-1 IN THE MIDDLE like 3-4X in a single rally last night lmao and did nothing about it. Booth even failed to put down an overpass (what else is new) against Reilly lmao.
If Devyn is injured, then bench her entirely until she's healthy, like with Anna, so this playing Devyn in some rotations tell me she's not injured. I don't know if Sheff thinks Booth is the next Rettke or Smrek from the middle because she's just as tall, but it's clear she's not in even the same planet as an attacker as those two from the middle. And when she has failed to close the block all season, she has to get benched at some point. But for some reason, she has had the longest leash by far of the middles. And her play on the court has not even came close to justifying that leash.
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Post by Del Bocavista on Nov 2, 2024 14:55:23 GMT -5
Move CC in for Booth, since Booth isnt scoring anyway and CC can move left and block.
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Post by maigrey on Nov 2, 2024 15:10:38 GMT -5
Move CC in for Booth, since Booth isnt scoring anyway and CC can move left and block. This is so obvious, I'm not sure why Kelly doesn't do this. |
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Post by tablealgebra on Nov 2, 2024 15:10:40 GMT -5
Additional analysis from @avid2.0
avid 2.0 said:
Making Booth move to her left was a clear point of emphasis.
in FBSO in rotation one last night, Landfair had every swing but one on the right in system.
Beason had 25% of total swings in rotation one last night compared to 37% coming into the match.
Nebraska hit .333 in the rotations Booth played, .049 in the rest.
[response to avid] Well yes booth had to move left: but avid you fail to say who is to the right: Smrek : so most MB’s are better going RT than Left: and when a 6’9” Oppo is out there waiting tou go to 6’5” OH who is away from the Oppo! Also for most of season Landfair hasn't been starting OH: so maybe beason was used more often! What was true is that Landfair was the most used front row option last night no matter where she was
[from avid] Well i mean its obvious who is to the right.. thats kinda the point of the post is to avoid Smrek, make Booth move. They didnt do it last year. 65% of rotation one attacks went to the left side or middle. it was 38% last night
What's the counter-move, all you Badger armchair coaches? Did Kelly get outcoached?
Counter-move is to get them out of system. Booth's weakness is closing to the pin and (as Avid pointed out) especially to the right (left from the blocker's viewpoint) pin. And it's pronounced - she often leaves a significant seam, to the point that they might consider, while blocking in system, having the pin dive into the seam and give the line. Booth brings a ton to the table but that one weakness is significant. The other counter-move of course is moving CC to M2 and benching Booth. And against teams that pass well (or on off-nights by Booth) I think this needs to be considered. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 2, 2024 15:30:37 GMT -5
People here are complaining about the block, but the defense wasn't terrible over all. It could have been better, but holding Nebraska to 0.200 is decent enough to win.
For me the problem was the offense. We saw some of the same issues against Purdue - a match we got away with by playing outrageously good D against an excellent team. It wasn't until the 3rd that the offense finally righted.
Against Neb, The badgers had 24 hitting errors - 8 in every set. Hard to win a match against a good team doing that. That's an average of almost 5 errors a set that didn't involve a block. Anna herself had 10 HEs. That's a ridiculous number. The whole team should be at that for a three set match. Franklin had 7 -- also way too high, although a lot of those were blocks in OOS plays and of course they were going to focus on Franklin.
Passing over a 2.1 (not great, but good enough) we should not be hitting under 0.100 against any team. We hit better than that against the gophers passing a 1.8-1.9 as a team. Smrek should never be hitting negative. We should never hit zero from the middle. And your most efficient hitter should not be Orzol.
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 2, 2024 15:37:52 GMT -5
Additional analysis from @avid2.0
avid 2.0 said:
Making Booth move to her left was a clear point of emphasis.
in FBSO in rotation one last night, Landfair had every swing but one on the right in system.
Beason had 25% of total swings in rotation one last night compared to 37% coming into the match.
Nebraska hit .333 in the rotations Booth played, .049 in the rest.
[response to avid] Well yes booth had to move left: but avid you fail to say who is to the right: Smrek : so most MB’s are better going RT than Left: and when a 6’9” Oppo is out there waiting tou go to 6’5” OH who is away from the Oppo! Also for most of season Landfair hasn't been starting OH: so maybe beason was used more often! What was true is that Landfair was the most used front row option last night no matter where she was
[from avid] Well i mean its obvious who is to the right.. thats kinda the point of the post is to avoid Smrek, make Booth move. They didnt do it last year. 65% of rotation one attacks went to the left side or middle. it was 38% last night
What's the counter-move, all you Badger armchair coaches? Did Kelly get outcoached?
Counter-move is to get them out of system. Booth's weakness is closing to the pin and (as Avid pointed out) especially to the right (left from the blocker's viewpoint) pin. And it's pronounced - she often leaves a significant seam, to the point that they might consider, while blocking in system, having the pin dive into the seam and give the line. Booth brings a ton to the table but that one weakness is significant. The other counter-move of course is moving CC to M2 and benching Booth. And against teams that pass well (or on off-nights by Booth) I think this needs to be considered. I have to think they are nursing some nagging issue for Robinson. She is a quick blocker to the pin. She's one of the most efficient hitters in the B1G. They need that offensive pop in the two hitter rotations. |
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Post by SportyBucky on Nov 2, 2024 15:54:26 GMT -5
Playing a mb who can't hit (both actually) makes offense so predictable such that when you pass well, they can still camp. No one was setting CC. Problem is completely ineffective RS and MB hitters. You can't win when you rely on Franklin on whom they were already keying. Orzol can side out but she's not great OOS. We need Anna.
All that said, I disagree we can win against a team executing at a high level when we can't close the block three rotations AND some of our servers just aren't cutting it. It's GG and CF, with Orzol close behind. No one else does jack. CC's has been ok...not great.
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Post by swaggyp on Nov 2, 2024 15:59:06 GMT -5
Playing a mb who can't hit (both actually) makes offense so predictable such that when you pass well, they can still camp. No one was setting CC. Problem is completely ineffective RS and MB hitters. You can't win when you rely on Franklin on whom they were already keying. Orzol can side out but she's not great OOS. We need Anna. All that said, I disagree we can win against a team executing at a high level when we can't close the block three rotations AND some of our servers just aren't cutting it. It's GG and CF, with Orzol close behind. No one else does jack. CC's has been ok...not great. Every point a bar ^^^ |
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Post by Pepperjack on Nov 2, 2024 16:27:05 GMT -5
For those of you that attended the match last night did the student section heckle Harper Murray? I’m seeing g in the match thread that they chanted, “D-U-I”
Did this only happen once?
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Nov 2, 2024 16:27:57 GMT -5
For those of you that attended the match last night did the student section heckle Harper Murray? I’m seeing g in the match thread that they chanted, “D-U-I” Did this only happen once? I heard it on the tv, though it was only once. |
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Post by robtearle on Nov 2, 2024 16:32:13 GMT -5
For those of you that attended the match last night did the student section heckle Harper Murray? I’m seeing g in the match thread that they chanted, “D-U-I” Did this only happen once? I sit past half-court to the other end, so FWIW: if they did, I didn't hear it. |
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