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Post by CoastalVB on Feb 24, 2024 0:12:18 GMT -5
not that centerline violation call costs Bruins set 1 and the match ... Yeah they missed that one. |
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Post by raian13 on Feb 24, 2024 0:48:44 GMT -5
Okay GCU’s wins at Provo are becoming more and more legit.
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Post by vinnielopes on Feb 24, 2024 1:29:41 GMT -5
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Post by raian13 on Feb 24, 2024 2:21:00 GMT -5
Wow Stanford lost to Pepp.
MPSF is a bloodbath!
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Feb 24, 2024 3:13:33 GMT -5
So what does UCLA still deserve an at large if they lose the MPSF? Who else do you give it to? At this point, the 2 at-large bids are gonna come out of the MPSF and the Big West most likely. UCLA has better wins/SOS than anyone else in the MPSF. UCI is probably the only other contender if they don't win the Big West. Now if Hawaii wins the BW tourney and UCLA loses the MPSF tourney, I could see it coming down to the Bruins and Anteaters for that final spot but even then -- UCLA just has a better resume unless UCI plays out of their mind in BW conference play and picks up wins against Hawaii/Long Beach. I do agree that the 2 at larges will go to the MPSF and BW team. In that scenario you mentioned, don’t you think the Beach would have the edge over UCI and maybe even UCLA? Or did you assume that the Beach would already get one of the two? |
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Post by ManapuaSurprise on Feb 24, 2024 3:45:22 GMT -5
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Post by sydneyoperahouse on Feb 24, 2024 5:20:27 GMT -5
Watched first 4 sets to catch up:
- Rama was fantastic
- McQuiggan was very good, owe him a bit of an apology because his serve was better today
- Robinson getting subbed out in the middle of a very competitive fourth set was an awful decision
- Champlin (as I have previously stated) is not a good libero. However, he's the best defensive leader UCLA have and that'll have to do for right now
- David looked a bit better, progress.
- Honestly UCLA didn't play too poorly. BYU played well, and got a lot of lucky points. Just felt like the chips fell against UCLA tonight and you have to move on, fix what went wrong and trust your players.
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Post by gofaster88 on Feb 24, 2024 6:15:41 GMT -5
Watched first 4 sets to catch up: - Rama was fantastic - McQuiggan was very good, owe him a bit of an apology because his serve was better today - Robinson getting subbed out in the middle of a very competitive fourth set was an awful decision - Champlin (as I have previously stated) is not a good libero. However, he's the best defensive leader UCLA have and that'll have to do for right now - David looked a bit better, progress. - Honestly UCLA didn't play too poorly. BYU played well, and got a lot of lucky points. Just felt like the chips fell against UCLA tonight and you have to move on, fix what went wrong and trust your players. Rama absolutely flies and unloads on the ball but his serve receive is definitely his weakness. He got aced a few times and there were a few that you could tell guys were trying to help him out and wound up getting aced or that help forced a bad receive. That's probably the only thing keeping him from consistent playing time at this point. Will be interesting to see if Speraw sticks with him or benches him like he did to Sloane after he had a career night. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Feb 24, 2024 7:01:19 GMT -5
Who else do you give it to? At this point, the 2 at-large bids are gonna come out of the MPSF and the Big West most likely. UCLA has better wins/SOS than anyone else in the MPSF. UCI is probably the only other contender if they don't win the Big West. Now if Hawaii wins the BW tourney and UCLA loses the MPSF tourney, I could see it coming down to the Bruins and Anteaters for that final spot but even then -- UCLA just has a better resume unless UCI plays out of their mind in BW conference play and picks up wins against Hawaii/Long Beach. I do agree that the 2 at larges will go to the MPSF and BW team. In that scenario you mentioned, don’t you think the Beach would have the edge over UCI and maybe even UCLA? Or did you assume that the Beach would already get one of the two? Yeah I assume the Beach is in no matter what at this point. |
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Post by gofaster88 on Feb 24, 2024 7:53:08 GMT -5
I do agree that the 2 at larges will go to the MPSF and BW team. In that scenario you mentioned, don’t you think the Beach would have the edge over UCI and maybe even UCLA? Or did you assume that the Beach would already get one of the two? Yeah I assume the Beach is in no matter what at this point. You always have to quantify statements like these with "Barring a total collapse" I think Beach has to at least split with Hawaii and UCI while beating Penn State in order to be "in" But I almost feel like tonight is a must win for UCLA. If you lose two matches to BYU, that can't look good after they got swept in past weekends by UCI and GCU. |
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Post by blackiechan1999 on Feb 24, 2024 10:40:27 GMT -5
I've been saying since fall that Rama was the best OH on the team, glad he's finally gotten a chance to show it. Didn't watch the first few sets b/c I was out but I'm assuming Robinson was struggling with receive, which is why Knight was brought in. Not going to bring up some of my other correct predictions about this team, but I'm just saying that Speraw has not been managing this team well and if you disagree then I can't help you. This team is too talented for Speraw to still be trying to find a reasonable lineup that can receive the ball and hit. They lost one player from last year, one player! And Rama/Robinson are better than Champlin/Knight! And still. It's really frustrating to see and at a certain point the blame has to go to Speraw. Some of y'all love to heroize him but man I have been so unimpressed this year. Credit to BYU for hanging in there and getting a big win. Idk, I'm a fan of Robinson but he be making a lot of boneheaded mistakes... |
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Feb 24, 2024 12:48:22 GMT -5
Yeah I assume the Beach is in no matter what at this point. You always have to quantify statements like these with "Barring a total collapse" I think Beach has to at least split with Hawaii and UCI while beating Penn State in order to be "in" But I almost feel like tonight is a must win for UCLA. If you lose two matches to BYU, that can't look good after they got swept in past weekends by UCI and GCU. It s too early to make at large judgements Based on SOS though, the at large s are coming from the following teams, GCU, Beach Hawaii UCLA Penn State Ohio State Irvine BYU would pretty much have to beat UCLA again, run the table and lose in the mpsf finals to have a shot |
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Post by sydneyoperahouse on Feb 24, 2024 14:57:27 GMT -5
Watched first 4 sets to catch up: - Rama was fantastic - McQuiggan was very good, owe him a bit of an apology because his serve was better today - Robinson getting subbed out in the middle of a very competitive fourth set was an awful decision - Champlin (as I have previously stated) is not a good libero. However, he's the best defensive leader UCLA have and that'll have to do for right now - David looked a bit better, progress. - Honestly UCLA didn't play too poorly. BYU played well, and got a lot of lucky points. Just felt like the chips fell against UCLA tonight and you have to move on, fix what went wrong and trust your players. Rama absolutely flies and unloads on the ball but his serve receive is definitely his weakness. He got aced a few times and there were a few that you could tell guys were trying to help him out and wound up getting aced or that help forced a bad receive. That's probably the only thing keeping him from consistent playing time at this point. Will be interesting to see if Speraw sticks with him or benches him like he did to Sloane after he had a career night. Yeah I mean his serve receive isn't great, but I didn't feel it was clearly worse than Champlin/Knight/Robinson yesterday! I get your point that they are helping him out but like ultimately Rama can only pass the balls that he is told to pass right? I think his receive is shaky but can be very good! I have seen him make excellent passes off of difficult serves throughout the season. |
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Post by sydneyoperahouse on Feb 24, 2024 15:00:22 GMT -5
I've been saying since fall that Rama was the best OH on the team, glad he's finally gotten a chance to show it. Didn't watch the first few sets b/c I was out but I'm assuming Robinson was struggling with receive, which is why Knight was brought in. Not going to bring up some of my other correct predictions about this team, but I'm just saying that Speraw has not been managing this team well and if you disagree then I can't help you. This team is too talented for Speraw to still be trying to find a reasonable lineup that can receive the ball and hit. They lost one player from last year, one player! And Rama/Robinson are better than Champlin/Knight! And still. It's really frustrating to see and at a certain point the blame has to go to Speraw. Some of y'all love to heroize him but man I have been so unimpressed this year. Credit to BYU for hanging in there and getting a big win. Idk, I'm a fan of Robinson but he be making a lot of boneheaded mistakes... No for sure. But he might also just like be the best hitting OH in the country so you kinda have to live with it (via Chad Gordon, posted 12 days ago so not completely up to date)  |
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Post by CoastalVB on Feb 24, 2024 19:16:34 GMT -5
Idk, I'm a fan of Robinson but he be making a lot of boneheaded mistakes... No for sure. But he might also just like be the best hitting OH in the country so you kinda have to live with it (via Chad Gordon, posted 12 days ago so not completely up to date) The position is more than just attacking. It is much more complex. There is a reason Garrett Muagututia is on the national team. He is not the best attacker, but he plays the entire game. Great attackers need to refine the rest of their game and great skilled outsides need to find ways to terminate. |
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