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Post by uofaGRAD on Mar 13, 2024 21:16:34 GMT -5
between Jamie, hiring Nebraska’s AD, and the amount of money at Texas A&M, they are about to become an elite volleyball school sooner than later… I thought Cook felt like Alberts was really handcuffing him financially - compared to previous administrations. oh really? well I would still hope the AD would see how fast volleyball is growing and try and bank on it a little bit
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Post by horns1 on Apr 15, 2024 13:52:47 GMT -5
Auburn has released its 2024 SEC conference schedule. 16 matches. Looks like they are playing 2 teams (Alabama and Florida) home and away. auburntigers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2024Date Time At Opponent Location Sep 27 (Fri) TBD Home Kentucky Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Sep 29 (Sun) TBD Home Alabama Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 4 (Fri) TBD Home Georgia Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 6 (Sun) TBD Home Texas A&M Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 13 (Sun) TBD Away Mississippi State Starkville, MS Oct 16 (Wed) TBD Away Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Oct 20 (Sun) TBD Away Tennessee Knoxville, TN Oct 25 (Fri) TBD Home LSU Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 27 (Sun) TBD Away South Carolina Columbia, SC Oct 30 (Wed) TBD Home Ole Miss Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Nov 3 (Sun) TBD Away Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Nov 8 (Fri) TBD Away Florida Gainesville, FL Nov 15 (Fri) TBD Home Texas Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Nov 20 (Wed) TBD Home Florida Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Nov 24 (Sun) TBD Away Oklahoma Norman, OK Nov 30 (Sat) TBD Away Missouri Columbia, MO
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Post by hookem1 on Apr 15, 2024 14:06:34 GMT -5
Auburn has released its 2024 SEC conference schedule. 16 matches. Looks like they are playing 2 teams (Alabama and Florida) home and away. auburntigers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2024Date Time At Opponent Location Sep 27 (Fri) TBD Home Kentucky Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Sep 29 (Sun) TBD Home Alabama Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 4 (Fri) TBD Home Georgia Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 6 (Sun) TBD Home Texas A&M Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 13 (Sun) TBD Away Mississippi State Starkville, MS Oct 16 (Wed) TBD Away Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Oct 20 (Sun) TBD Away Tennessee Knoxville, TN Oct 25 (Fri) TBD Home LSU Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Oct 27 (Sun) TBD Away South Carolina Columbia, SC Oct 30 (Wed) TBD Home Ole Miss Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Nov 3 (Sun) TBD Away Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Nov 8 (Fri) TBD Away Florida Gainesville, FL Nov 15 (Fri) TBD Home Texas Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Nov 20 (Wed) TBD Home Florida Auburn, AL (Neville Arena - Volleyball) Nov 24 (Sun) TBD Away Oklahoma Norman, OK Nov 30 (Sat) TBD Away Missouri Columbia, MO Have to think Texas’ two will be OU and A&M right?
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Post by horns1 on Apr 15, 2024 14:23:57 GMT -5
So, if Auburn gets Alabama (in-state rival) and Florida (geographic proximity), I am going to guess the other schools' 2 home-and-away opponents will look something like:
Florida (Georgia and Auburn)
Georgia (Florida and South Carolina)
South Carolina (Kentucky and Tennessee Georgia)
Tennessee (Alabama and Miss. State Arkansas)
Kentucky (Mizzou and South Carolina)
Alabama (Auburn and Tennessee)
LSU (A&M and Miss. State)
Arkansas (Mizzou Tennessee and Ole Miss)
A&M (LSU and Texas)
Texas (A&M and Oklahoma)
Oklahoma (Texas and Mizzou)
Mizzou (Kentucky and Oklahoma)
Ole Miss (Miss. State and Arkansas)
Miss. State (Ole Miss and LSU)
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 15, 2024 16:46:12 GMT -5
The RPI is going to be astronomical. Down to 16 matches (off of 15 teams). Big Ten coaches - what are you doing?
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2024 16:51:58 GMT -5
The RPI is going to be astronomical. Down to 16 matches (off of 15 teams). Big Ten coaches - what are you doing? it's going to be imperative for there to be a good number of Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and ACC non-conference matchups.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 15, 2024 16:59:11 GMT -5
The RPI is going to be astronomical. Down to 16 matches (off of 15 teams). Big Ten coaches - what are you doing? it's going to be imperative for there to be a good number of Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and ACC non-conference matchups. Auburn, Miss St., Mizzou, etc. will continue to schedule cream-puffs to game the W-L (because the Committee has never punished them for that before), so I doubt it will happen on a meaningful level. Yeah, there'll be a couple H2H among top teams, but that won't overcome the RPI issues.
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Post by trojansc on Apr 15, 2024 17:01:34 GMT -5
The RPI is going to be astronomical. Down to 16 matches (off of 15 teams). Big Ten coaches - what are you doing? My first thought was 16 matches + a conference tournament. Nope, just 16 matches. Wowza. No conference tournament this year, starts in 2025.
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2024 17:02:00 GMT -5
it's going to be imperative for there to be a good number of Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and ACC non-conference matchups. Auburn, Miss St., Mizzou, etc. will continue to schedule cream-puffs to game the W-L (because the Committee has never punished them for that before), so I doubt it will happen on a meaningful level. Yeah, there'll be a couple H2H among top teams, but that won't overcome the RPI issues. the H2H among the top teams in conferences are useless. We need the middle teams to sort through the riff raff.
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Post by vbshrink on Apr 15, 2024 21:53:43 GMT -5
So, if Auburn gets Alabama (in-state rival) and Florida (geographic proximity), I am going to guess the other schools' 2 home-and-away opponents will look something like: Florida (Georgia and Auburn) Georgia (Florida and South Carolina) South Carolina (Kentucky and Tennessee) Tennessee (Alabama and Miss. State) Kentucky (Mizzou and South Carolina) Alabama (Auburn and Tennessee) LSU (A&M and Miss. State) Arkansas (Mizzou and Ole Miss) A&M (LSU and Texas) Texas (A&M and Oklahoma) Oklahoma (Texas and Mizzou) Mizzou (Kentucky and Oklahoma) Ole Miss (Miss. State and Arkansas) Miss. State (Ole Miss and LSU) You have some teams playing home-and-homes with different teams. For example, you have South Carolina playing H/Hs with KY and Tennessee, but TN is playing H/Hs with Bama and MS State. Wouldn't the H/Hs, by definition, have to be reciprocal? Like, it's a home-and-home for both schools.
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Post by vbshrink on Apr 15, 2024 22:32:14 GMT -5
Here's whet I came up with - I made a couple minor changes to avoid having a little troika of LSU/TAMU/Texas playing home/home only against each other. And this would only work for 2024 - no Vandy included. Seems .... decent to me. Though I could quibble with some of the matchups, some nice rivalry matchups are maintained (OM vs MSU; Auburn vs Bama; TX vs TAMU, TX vs OK), others are not (Auburn vs GA; Kentucky vs Florida). The "easiest" pairings are probably ... MS State, for sure, and ... Bama?
Alabama: MS State, Auburn
Arkansas: Oklahoma, Mizzou
Auburn: Alabama, Florida
Florida: Auburn, SC
Georgia: SC, Tenn
Kentucky: Tenn, Mizzou
LSU: TAMU, Ole Miss
Mizzou: Arkansas, Kentucky
Miss State: Ole Miss, Alabama
Oklahoma: Arkansas, Texas
Ole Miss: MS State, LSU
South Carolina: UGA, Florida
Tennessee: Kentucky, UGA
Texas: TAMU, Oklahoma
Texas A&M: Texas, LSU
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Post by vbshrink on Apr 15, 2024 22:42:57 GMT -5
And here is a stab at 2025, including Vandy
Alabama: MS State, Auburn
Arkansas: Oklahoma, Mizzou
Auburn: Alabama, Florida
Florida: Auburn, SC
Georgia: SC, Kentucky
Kentucky: Tenn, UGA
LSU: TAMU, Ole Miss
Mizzou: Arkansas, Vandy
Miss State: Ole Miss, Bama
Oklahoma: Arkansas, Texas
Ole Miss: MS State, LSU
South Carolina: UGA, FL
Tennessee: UK, Vandy
Texas: TAMU, OK
Texas A&M: Texas, LSU
Vandy: Tenn, Mizzou
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Post by horns1 on Apr 16, 2024 9:13:04 GMT -5
So, if Auburn gets Alabama (in-state rival) and Florida (geographic proximity), I am going to guess the other schools' 2 home-and-away opponents will look something like: Florida (Georgia and Auburn) Georgia (Florida and South Carolina) South Carolina (Kentucky and Tennessee) Tennessee (Alabama and Miss. State) Kentucky (Mizzou and South Carolina) Alabama (Auburn and Tennessee) LSU (A&M and Miss. State) Arkansas (Mizzou and Ole Miss) A&M (LSU and Texas) Texas (A&M and Oklahoma) Oklahoma (Texas and Mizzou) Mizzou (Kentucky and Oklahoma) Ole Miss (Miss. State and Arkansas) Miss. State (Ole Miss and LSU) You have some teams playing home-and-homes with different teams. For example, you have South Carolina playing H/Hs with KY and Tennessee, but TN is playing H/Hs with Bama and MS State. Wouldn't the H/Hs, by definition, have to be reciprocal? Like, it's a home-and-home for both schools. Yeah, I kept making some changes at the end, and didn't cross check to make sure I only listed each opponent twice.
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Post by vbshrink on May 1, 2024 14:27:08 GMT -5
Updating the OP with some portal entry news and a handful of other transfers I hadn't updated. Please let me know what I've missed!
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Post by seceason on May 3, 2024 7:17:54 GMT -5
Akasha Anderson and Kendal Kemp going in is significant for Auburn. And, sorry Kentucky, but they can't land in the SEC. From my knowledge no other P4 school is losing players that impactful. West Virginia and Arizona have a good number of kids in, but not faces of the program.
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