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Post by Pepperjack on Oct 21, 2024 14:14:40 GMT -5
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Post by lionsfan on Oct 21, 2024 16:28:11 GMT -5
Just rename it the Izzy Award
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Post by bborr on Oct 21, 2024 23:02:44 GMT -5
It looks like the VT poll and Top 16 reveal both have 7 Big 10 teams and only 1 SEC team in the Top 16. Preseason the AVCA numbers were 5 Big Ten and 4 SEC. Surprising?
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 22, 2024 0:54:22 GMT -5
It looks like the VT poll and Top 16 reveal both have 7 Big 10 teams and only 1 SEC team in the Top 16. Preseason the AVCA numbers were 5 Big Ten and 4 SEC. Surprising? Not really. Despite the Big 10’s collective comparatively average non-conference results, I’ve long felt that the conference has much higher upside on the year than the other P4 conferences. |
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Post by justin1920 on Oct 22, 2024 6:49:15 GMT -5
Just rename it the Izzy Award Big Ten FOY, National FOY, 1st Team AA. She’s gonna bring some titles to PSU. |
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Post by outofrotation on Oct 22, 2024 7:59:00 GMT -5
Just rename it the Izzy Award Big Ten FOY, National FOY, 1st Team AA. She’s gonna bring some titles to PSU. Finally got a chance to really sit down and watch her this past week. Was worth the hype, kudos to Penn State getting to have her for four years. I love her game |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Oct 22, 2024 8:14:00 GMT -5
It looks like the VT poll and Top 16 reveal both have 7 Big 10 teams and only 1 SEC team in the Top 16. Preseason the AVCA numbers were 5 Big Ten and 4 SEC. Surprising? Not really. Despite the Big 10’s collective comparatively average non-conference results, I’ve long felt that the conference has much higher upside on the year than the other P4 conferences. Florida flopping is a surprise - Kentucky maybe less so? No one expected Tennessee to stay in the Top 15. |
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Post by Kearney Kingston on Oct 22, 2024 8:47:18 GMT -5
As of today, nine B1G teams will make the tournament. I’m not sure that improves as teams are nearly half-way through conference play. Does the league need to establish parameters on non-conference play? Does the league need to structure B1G matches to bolster RPI? UCLA, Indiana, even Michigan at 15-4 are currently on the outside looking in.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Oct 22, 2024 11:22:12 GMT -5
B1G Standings - 10/20/24 | Team | Conference | Overall | | Nebraska | 8-0 | 18-1 | | Penn State | 8-0 | 18-1 | | Wisconsin | 7-1 | 13-4 | | Oregon | 6-2 | 14-3 | | Purdue | 6-2 | 15-4 | | USC | 6-2 | 14-4 | | Illinois | 5-3 | 13-5 | | Michigan | 5-3 | 15-4 | | Minnesota | 5-3 | 12-6 | | Washington | 4-4 | 14-4 | | Iowa | 3-5 | 9-11 | | UCLA | 3-5 | 9-8 | | Indiana | 2-6 | 9-9 | | Northwestern | 2-6 | 4-12 | | Maryland | 1-7 | 10-9 | | Ohio State | 1-7 | 8-10 | | Michigan State | 0-8 | 7-12 | | Rutgers | 0-8 | 5-14 |
Dang, Rutgers and MSU were supposed to be showing progress. Swimming upstream makes it awfully difficult, though. MSU's struggles are two fold. First, injuries haven't been kind to us. Our starting opposite blew her knee out 4 games in, our OH1 has been struggling with shoulder stuff, and our OH2 has been struggling with a leg thing. It forced us to move a bunch of personnel around and positional chemistry has been rough. We have a pretty elite defensive unit though. Kulig is the 2nd best blocker and Iosia is the best libero in the conference statistically. Putting balls away has been harder though. (Our starting OH1 is now our Opp in a 5-1 lol) Also, the schedule has done absolutely nothing for us given the injuries. Our first 11 games are Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, Indiana, Penn State, Illinois, Nebraska, Washington, USC, UCLA, and Minnesota. Most of us thought we might go like 2-9 in this slate but Michigan is much improved and we blew it against Illinois. The entirety of our peer group teams are in the back end of the schedule. Once November hits we play OSU, Maryland, Rutgers, Michigan, Iowa, Oregon, UMD, Northwestern and Wisconsin. I could easily see 5 or 6 wins in this slate and people will say oh they figured something out when in reality I think we've just had the most overloaded schedule of any conference team thus far. |
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Oct 22, 2024 11:31:22 GMT -5
As of today, nine B1G teams will make the tournament. I’m not sure that improves as teams are nearly half-way through conference play. Does the league need to establish parameters on non-conference play? Does the league need to structure B1G matches to bolster RPI? UCLA, Indiana, even Michigan at 15-4 are currently on the outside looking in. If we’re going off RPI futures, then I think UCLA would get in at 45 based on their win over GT. If they take care of business against the 50+ teams and split the season series with Washington, they have a good shot. For Michigan, it’s a similar situation: beat all of the 50+ Big 10 teams and then try and take a win off of Minnesota or Purdue, and they should be solid. Having wins over UCLA and Washington already should definitely help. Indiana, I don’t think it’s their year, but we’ll see if they can upset one of the big dogs. |
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Post by maigrey on Oct 22, 2024 11:38:21 GMT -5
As Lauren Carlini said, Charlie is “as cool as a cucumber.” Growing up in Hermosa Beach, California, she had the luxury to develop her skills on the beaches of SoCal. This past weekend, Charlie made some plays that screamed beach!! I love seeing outdoor translate into the indoor game— the creativity, the smart plays, and the variety of shots. Who are some other Big Ten players with a beach background? Delaney Maple from Indiana, according to At the Net  |
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Post by maigrey on Oct 22, 2024 11:39:10 GMT -5
It looks like the VT poll and Top 16 reveal both have 7 Big 10 teams and only 1 SEC team in the Top 16. Preseason the AVCA numbers were 5 Big Ten and 4 SEC. Surprising? No, because the SEC is terrrrrible this year |
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Post by maigrey on Oct 22, 2024 11:40:00 GMT -5
As of today, nine B1G teams will make the tournament. I’m not sure that improves as teams are nearly half-way through conference play. Does the league need to establish parameters on non-conference play? Does the league need to structure B1G matches to bolster RPI? UCLA, Indiana, even Michigan at 15-4 are currently on the outside looking in. We need a tournament to up RPI. |
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Post by hopefuldawg on Oct 22, 2024 11:44:59 GMT -5
As of today, nine B1G teams will make the tournament. I’m not sure that improves as teams are nearly half-way through conference play. Does the league need to establish parameters on non-conference play? Does the league need to structure B1G matches to bolster RPI? UCLA, Indiana, even Michigan at 15-4 are currently on the outside looking in. I don’t like the idea of conferences trying to dictate how a school schedules their non-conference. Especially when what works for one school wouldn’t work for another and year to year what works for one school can change based on what players you have and they’re experience. And it seems like the conference did try somewhat to pair home and away series with tiers in mind, along with geography. RPI futures shows UCLA with a good chance of making the tournament. That’s over half this huge conference poised to make the tournament. Kind of insane. Michigan and Indiana non-con schedules look fine to me. Stronger schools from weak conferences are usually a good choice for middle of P4 schools. Michigan has upset some teams already and another upset may change their outlook. Indiana simply isn’t winning the games they need to make the tournament. |
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Post by TimTheEnchanter on Oct 22, 2024 12:01:24 GMT -5
No shade to Cline, but didn’t anyone see Emmi Sellman and her 27 kills almost single handedly beat PSU? |
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