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Post by gouci on Aug 22, 2024 15:41:16 GMT -5
A note about LB, they will have the freshman of the year in Madi Maxwell. I saw her play at Fullerton's spring match. She was the best player on the court. She is very good. I was thinking the same thing but did not want to jinx her or the team by saying it first  . She is LBSU's future setter but is really a very good all around volleyball player. I would like to buy NIL gear and support my favorite players but sadly UCI doesn't have a NIL store. UC Davis does have a NIL store so here's an example below of what women's volleyball fan gear looks like. |
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Aug 22, 2024 16:05:49 GMT -5
I see this league getting stronger after the mass exodus of the PAC. Even not being P4. Many talented players will choose to stay close to home. Not gonna happen. All you need to know is the difference in stipend money and NIL. there's the Dartmouth case. now Ivy League does not provide athletic scholarships....wink, wink at some point the Big West or all other conferences have to decide between belonging to the NCAA is worthwhile anymore. 5 more years of championship teams that get disbanded every year as players jump ship is something I'm not sure fans/boosters can tolerate indefinitely. It's also tough to not belong to D1 because they all want to be D1, but D1 is ....over!. the NCAA will be what the P4 (or whatever they morph into over the next 10 years we are not close to being 'done' with what that profressional organization monstrosity will be) demands they be. At some point the other 250 -300 or so colleges need to assess if it's time to just get the heck out of there. There isn't a single one of the non P4 that wants to have their athletes classified as employees, and if forced to, will probably downscale or just drop out of competitive sports as we know it. Might be a relatively easy decision for Big West schools. For those in a conference like the Mountain West, where they have 40-50000 person football stadiums and are more P4 -like without a $40-50 mil/year TV contract, who knows, they will really be in purgatory It might be the demise of college MVB as we know it in 5-10 years, aside from some 6 team P4/D1 league of BYU, UCLA, Stan, OSU, PSU, USC who can go F themselves and play each other 5 times each year and call whoever they want a national champion. but I digress. If I was the commish of hte Big West, I'd call the Ivy League, the Missouri Valley Conference, maybe a couple others like conferences and say. "screw this, let's form a new organization of 80 schools, and stop the BS". or maybe not, probably continue to suffer a slow miserable decline as peons of the P4 |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 22, 2024 17:11:37 GMT -5
SB did just that last year Hawaii still won the auto bid and the conference tournament. Not knocking the other Big West teams at all. SB has been getting the best of Hawaii for what seems like 5+ years in a row now and the Beach continues to get better along with Cal Poly. But Hawaii has been on or near the top when it's mattered every season. I expect more of the same. hawaii fortunately (and at the risk of bachi'ing it ... if that's a word) ... has always found a way, to either win the bw title (and the auto-bid) or get an at-large. they're the only bw team to consistently get into the tournament, even when not winning the auto-bid. so i agree - entirely fair (whether you're a fan or not) to think hawaii can finish at or near the top of conference. i get that the poll is who wins the 'title' ... but i mean (as beachbythebay likes to point out), fans will be fans. but thinking hawaii can somehow win the title again is not unreasonable ... |
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Post by Timeless on Aug 22, 2024 18:13:59 GMT -5
can someone explain, with some detail, why Hawaii would appear to be the prohibitive favorite to win the Big West? that the 'poll' infers or is this just because the # of posters and voters are 80% Hawaii fans keep crying BitchbytheBay |
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Post by HawaiiVB on Aug 22, 2024 19:40:34 GMT -5
Just go out there and battle. Play hard and see where it ends. No one knows the outcome.
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Post by beachgrad on Aug 22, 2024 21:47:49 GMT -5
I think we all can agree that this should be an exciting year with plenty of teams thinking they can make a run at either the regular or tournament title. I also agree that there are two or three teams that are a bit better than the rest but I would not be surprised to see UCI peak at the right time and get the auto at their place. Fun times ahead for sure.
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Post by jake on Aug 24, 2024 11:45:11 GMT -5
Not gonna happen. All you need to know is the difference in stipend money and NIL. there's the Dartmouth case. now Ivy League does not provide athletic scholarships....wink, wink at some point the Big West or all other conferences have to decide between belonging to the NCAA is worthwhile anymore. 5 more years of championship teams that get disbanded every year as players jump ship is something I'm not sure fans/boosters can tolerate indefinitely. It's also tough to not belong to D1 because they all want to be D1, but D1 is ....over!. the NCAA will be what the P4 (or whatever they morph into over the next 10 years we are not close to being 'done' with what that profressional organization monstrosity will be) demands they be. At some point the other 250 -300 or so colleges need to assess if it's time to just get the heck out of there. There isn't a single one of the non P4 that wants to have their athletes classified as employees, and if forced to, will probably downscale or just drop out of competitive sports as we know it. Might be a relatively easy decision for Big West schools. For those in a conference like the Mountain West, where they have 40-50000 person football stadiums and are more P4 -like without a $40-50 mil/year TV contract, who knows, they will really be in purgatory It might be the demise of college MVB as we know it in 5-10 years, aside from some 6 team P4/D1 league of BYU, UCLA, Stan, OSU, PSU, USC who can go F themselves and play each other 5 times each year and call whoever they want a national champion. but I digress. If I was the commish of hte Big West, I'd call the Ivy League, the Missouri Valley Conference, maybe a couple others like conferences and say. "screw this, let's form a new organization of 80 schools, and stop the BS". or maybe not, probably continue to suffer a slow miserable decline as peons of the P4 There is truth in what you say!!! Now is the time the over 240 D1 women VB teams start creating some rules for the NCAA to follow in order to keep the playing field level. A couple I would insist on,... 1) Players transferring after their first year with a school must sit out one year (old rule reinitiated) 2) 11.5 full scholarship limit (not to change) It certainly appears the P4 or P5 schools want to use the power of the purse to gain an advantage in women's VB. |
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Hawaiian Ohana 
2020 All-VolleyTalk 1st Team, All-VolleyTalk 2nd Team (2023, 2022, 2017, 2016), All-VolleyTalk HM (2021, 2019, 2018), 2017 Fantasy League 1st Runner-up, 2016 Fantasy League Champion
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 24, 2024 23:23:41 GMT -5
Here are results from Saturday exhibitions. I listed the starters from the beginning of the match. A majority of the teams switched up their line-up after the first set so some of these might change by opening day. Also the opponents switched up their line-ups as well so don't always take the scores too seriously.
Non-Saturday result: UC Riverside def. Cal State LA 3-1
Pepperdine def. Cal State Fullerton
UC Davis def. Cal 3-2
Set 1 Starters
OH: Light - JR
OH: Diersbock - SO (DS: Cordero Barr - FR)
OPP: Utterback - SR
MB: Chandler - SO
MB: Caldwell - SO
S: Starr - SO
L: Ng - SR
Cal Poly Pomona def. UC Irvine 4-1 or 3-2
Set 1 Starters
OH: Smith - GR
OH: Duffey(?) - JR
OPP: Riedl - GR
MB: Gardiner - GR
MB: Iselen - SR
S: Feliciano - SO
L: Jensen - JR
LBSU def. LMU 3-2
15-25, 25-17, 25-22, 20-25, 15-8
Set 1 Starters
OH: Maxwell - FR
OH: Karich - RSR (DS: Chacon - SR)
OPP: Glenn - SR
MB: Bacon - SR
MB: Lomigora - SO
S: Meyer - RJR
L: Vellucci - RFR
San Diego St def. UC San Diego 3-2
26-24, 26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 15-12
Set 1 Starters
OH: McInnes - SR
OH: McCluskey - FR
OPP: Meirelles - FR (DS: Baillie - FR)
MB: McDaniel - SR
MB: Saran - JR
S: Brooker - SO/Beaupain - GR (Front/Back)
L: Uhlick - JR
Cal State LA def. CSUN 3-2
25-20, 25-13, 15-25, 17-25, 15-11
Set 1 Starters
OH: Smith - JR
OH: Brockway - SO
OPP: Miller - JR (DS: Cederlind - SR)
MB: Okolo - RSO
MB: Turgeon - RSO (SS: Dunlap - SO)
S: Kolar - SO
L: Sentes - SO
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Post by SmokeDogg on Aug 25, 2024 1:37:18 GMT -5
How did you vballfreak808 get all of this info?
I am interested in CSUF so if you can get more info, please post.
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Aug 25, 2024 8:27:31 GMT -5
Here are results from Saturday exhibitions. I listed the starters from the beginning of the match. A majority of the teams switched up their line-up after the first set so some of these might change by opening day. Also the opponents switched up their line-ups as well so don't always take the scores too seriously. Non-Saturday result: UC Riverside def. Cal State LA 3-1Pepperdine def. Cal State FullertonUC Davis def. Cal 3-2Set 1 Starters
OH: Light - JR
OH: Diersbock - SO (DS: Cordero Barr - FR)
OPP: Utterback - SR
MB: Chandler - SO
MB: Caldwell - SO
S: Starr - SO
L: Ng - SRCal Poly Pomona def. UC Irvine 4-1 or 3-2Set 1 Starters
OH: Smith - GR
OH: Duffey(?) - JR
OPP: Riedl - GR
MB: Gardiner - GR
MB: Iselen - SR
S: Feliciano - SO
L: Jensen - JRLBSU def. LMU 3-215-25, 25-17, 25-22, 20-25, 15-8 Set 1 Starters
OH: Maxwell - FR
OH: Karich - RSR (DS: Chacon - SR)
OPP: Glenn - SR
MB: Bacon - SR
MB: Lomigora - SO
S: Meyer - RJR
L: Vellucci - RFRSan Diego St def. UC San Diego 3-226-24, 26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 15-12 Set 1 Starters
OH: McInnes - SR
OH: McCluskey - FR
OPP: Meirelles - FR (DS: Baillie - FR)
MB: McDaniel - SR
MB: Saran - JR
S: Brooker - SO/Beaupain - GR (Front/Back)
L: Uhlick - JRCal State LA def. CSUN 3-225-20, 25-13, 15-25, 17-25, 15-11 Set 1 Starters
OH: Smith - JR
OH: Brockway - SO
OPP: Miller - JR (DS: Cederlind - SR)
MB: Okolo - RSO
MB: Turgeon - RSO (SS: Dunlap - SO)
S: Kolar - SO
L: Sentes - SOthe CCAA should be a dog fight again this year. Cal State LA (not to be confused with CULA, CSLA does not have a fashion design degree) was the D2 National Champ, and didn't even win their conf tournament. The VB is fun to watch. Assistant Coach and SWA at CSLA is Alexis Crimes |
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Post by zzyzx on Aug 25, 2024 10:50:25 GMT -5
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Post by gouci on Aug 25, 2024 17:02:07 GMT -5
Cal State LA the defending D2 national champs were picked to finish 1st in the pre-season CCAA poll while D2 powerhouse Cal Poly Pamona which had finished in the top 3 of the CCAA three years in a row is picked to finish 2nd.
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Post by zzyzx on Aug 28, 2024 19:06:57 GMT -5
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Post by HawaiiVB on Aug 28, 2024 20:06:15 GMT -5
Outstanding job. It was informative, balanced, and in-depth. The coaches' interviews gave us a more personal look at them. It's good to see them as people with individual personalities instead of just their in-game persona. Rob and company did a great job. I feel like the Big West is stepping up its conference game. |
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vballfreak808
Hawaiian Ohana
2020 All-VolleyTalk 1st Team, All-VolleyTalk 2nd Team (2023, 2022, 2017, 2016), All-VolleyTalk HM (2021, 2019, 2018), 2017 Fantasy League 1st Runner-up, 2016 Fantasy League Champion
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 29, 2024 1:45:08 GMT -5
Here are my predictions going into the 2024 season
Big West Predictions
1. Cal Poly
2. Long Beach State
3. Hawaii
4. UC Santa Barbara
5. UC San Diego
6. UC Davis
7. UC Irvine
8. UC Riverside
9. Cal State Bakersfield
10. Cal State Fullerton
11. CSUN
Top 5 Transfers
Kat Georgiadis - Libero - Cal State Bakersfield
Layanna Green - MB - UCSB
Kylie Pries - OH - UC San Diego
Trinity Sheridan - OPP - UC Riverside
Lucky Rose Williams - OH - Cal State Bakersfield
Top 5 Freshmen
Kendall Beshear - OH - Cal Poly
Audrey Hollis - S/OPP - UC San Diego
Madi Maxwell - OH - Long Beach State
Miliana Sylvester - MB - Hawai’i
Madison Triplett - OH - UCSB
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. She is LBSU's future setter but is really a very good all around volleyball player.
