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KatValeska
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Posted: 11/30/17 6:41 pm ::: 2017 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament Bracket |
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http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/volleyball-women/d1
Colorado (22-9) plays James Madison (23-5) in the opening round Friday night with a potential date with host No. 4 Baylor in the second round. CU junior Alexa Smith was named All-PAC-12 first team while senior Joclyn Hayes, juniors Naghede Abu, Frankie Chebby and freshman setter Brynna DeLuzio received honorable mention.
This is the Buffs first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014. Go Buffs!
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KatValeska
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KatValeska
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Posted: 12/02/17 10:43 pm ::: |
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Colorado upsets No. 18* Baylor on the Bears' home court 3-0, (25-12, 25-22, 25-20) to advance to the third round of the NCAA tourney for the first time in program history!
Junior Alexa Smith led CU with 14 kills and a .394 hitting percentage. Junior Frankie Shebby added 11 kills and a team-high 14 digs.
The Buffs will face their former arch-rivals from the Big Eight/12 era, No. 4 Nebraska in the Sweet 16. Go Buffs!
* I need to trade in my reading glasses for a magnifying glass.
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tfan
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Posted: 12/03/17 3:33 pm ::: |
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Unless Baylor had injuries, shows the strength of the Pac-12 when tied-for-5th Colorado can sweep 2nd-in-Big-12 Baylor at Baylor.
Nebraska will be tough. I believe they are #5 ranked in the tournament, and the coaches poll also has them #5, but RPI has them at #6. However, they are the only team to defeat #1 Penn State and they swept them at Penn State.
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tfan
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Posted: 12/04/17 1:27 am ::: |
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2017 NCAA Volleyball Sweet Sixteen At this point the coaches poll looks more accurate than RPI. The NCAA seemed to base their seeds mostly on RPI.
Big 10 (6)
#1 Penn State RPI #1 Coaches #1
#5 Nebraska RPI #6 Coaches #5
#7 Minnesota RPI #7 Coaches #8
Wisconsin RPI #18 Coaches #11
Michigan State RPI #23 Coaches #12
Illinois RPI #26
Pac-12 (5)
#3 Stanford RPI #5 Coaches #4
#11 Utah RPI #9 Coaches #13
#10 USC RPI #11 Coaches #14
#15 UCLA RPI #17 Coaches #17
Colorado RPI #24
SEC (3)
#2 Florida RPI #2 Coaches #3
#4 Kentucky RPI #2 Coaches #6
Missouri RPI #34
Big 12 (1)
#6 Texas RPI #4 Coaches #2
WCC (1)
#13 BYU RPI #15 Coaches #7
Top 16 seeds who didn't make it:
Missouri Valley (1)
#16 Wichita State RPI #14 Coaches #20
Big East (1)
#9 Creighton RPI #10 Coaches #15
Pac-12 (1)
#8 Washington RPI #8 Coaches #10
Big 12 (2)
#12 Baylor RPI #12 Coaches #18
#14 Iowa State RPI #13 Coaches #22
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KatValeska
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Posted: 12/05/17 3:49 pm ::: |
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Thank you for the overview tfan.
Utah is another dark horse worth keeping an eye on. I've a hunch they're going to take down Texas.
I'm sick that I'd have to have ESPN 3 to watch CU-Nebraska. This sport deserves better coverage than this.
Go Buffs!
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calbearman76
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Posted: 12/06/17 1:23 am ::: |
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Great to see the Pac 12 with 5 teams in the final 16. Hopefully 1 or maybe 2 can get to the Final Four.
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tfan
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Posted: 12/09/17 8:41 pm ::: |
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KatValeska wrote: |
Utah is another dark horse worth keeping an eye on. I've a hunch they're going to take down Texas.! |
They almost did it. Texas in 5, 16-14 in the fifth set. I added up the total points for the match and Texas had 106 and Utah 105.
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tfan
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Posted: 12/10/17 9:04 pm ::: |
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Elite 8
Big 10 (3)
Penn State
Michigan State
Nebraska
Pac 12 (2)
Stanford
USC
SEC (2)
Florida
Kentucky
Big 12 (1)
Texas
Final Four
Big 10 (2)
Penn State
Nebraska
Pac 12 (1)
Stanford
SEC (1)
Florida
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tfan
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Posted: 12/16/17 9:26 pm ::: |
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People talk about the male encroachment in WBB coaching. But in volleyball it apparently started out that way. They announced tonight before the championship game that if Florida were to win, Mary Wise would the first female coach of a NCAA Division I championship women's volleyball team. That goes back to 1981. Florida lost. Mary Wise is the only female coach to ever make it to the championship game, which she did for the second time.
The sport suffers from the same dominance of a small number of schools as WBB. Only 10 teams have won a title in 37 years, and three - Pacific, Hawaii and Long Beach State were only a factor in the first half of that period. Only 7 teams have won a title in the last 19 years.
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calbearman76
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Posted: 12/18/17 3:36 pm ::: |
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The dominance in volleyball is really even smaller than that. It started out as a West Coast sport (including Hawaii). Texas, Nebraska and Penn St developed strong programs, but other than those three schools, no one has ever won a Championship. What has changed is the depth of volleyball throughout the rest of the country. The Big Ten was bolstered by Penn St and Nebraska, which both had strong programs prior to joining the conference, raising the overall level. The SEC has built up nearly all of its women's sports programs with its football money, with basketball, softball and volleyball all benefitting.
Going forward I believe there will be many more champions from different schools. I expect at least two new schools to break through in the next decade. That may not sound like much progress but the last team to win its first championship was Washington in 2005.
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