2024 Volleyball Thread

[MarqHusker]

slowly......ESPN is figuring out how to schedule the Vball tournament second weekend.  their 5th set 'red zone' is a pretty decent substitute for full 1st/2nd round coverage.
This Thursday/Friday the regional semis will be played, versus all jammed on one day, with Regional Finals on Sat and Sunday, versus four in a row.  No more 11am EST starts for somebody.     Yet, 830pm Sunday night in State College, PA?

Thursday: espn2/espn+
Pittsburgh Regional
Kentucky v Missouri 1pm est
Oregon v Pittsburgh afterwards.

Louisville Regional
Stanford v Florida 7pm 
Purdue v Louisville afterwards.

Friday: espn2/espn+
Penn St Regional
Texas v Creighton 1pm est
Marquette v Penn State afterwards

Nebraska regional
Texas A&M v Wisconsin 7pm est
Dayton v Nebraska afterwards

Regional Finals
Pitt:  Saturday at 5pm EST (espn2)
Louisville: Saturday at 7:30 pm (espn2)
Nebraska: Sunday 3pm ABC
Penn St: Sunday 830pm EST  ESPN (WTF?)

[SFBadger96]

Good volleyball in Lincoln this weekend. Here's hoping the Badgers get a shot at redemption against the Huskers.

[FearlessF]

they could use another good sweeping!

[Cincydawg]

Female volleyball seems more popular than male VB.

[FearlessF]

more talent

[MarqHusker]

Chalk fest this weekend.  Pitt and UW pushed to 5,  everybody else went 4 in regional semis.  the only 2 seed which was bounced was last weekend (SMU), which is the only team that beat both Pitt and Nebraska.

Regional Finals
Pitt:  Saturday at 5pm EST (espn2)  Pitt v 3 Kentucky
Louisville: Saturday at 7:30 pm (espn2)  Louisville v Stanford
Nebraska: Sunday 3pm ABC  Nebraska v Wisconsin
Penn St: Sunday 830pm EST  ESPN (WTF?)  Penn St v Creighton

[FearlessF]

HUSKERS SWEEP BADGERS TO ADVANCE TO NCAA SEMIFINAL
The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Semifinals with a 3-0 sweep of No. 7 Wisconsin Sunday afternoon in front of a raucous crowd of 8,743 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Nebraska won a tight opening set, 26-24, then took a 2-0 lead with a dominating 25-17 victory in set two. In set three, Wisconsin led 15-11 but Nebraska won 14 of the final 20 rallies to complete the sweep with a 25-21 victory.

[MarqHusker]

Great nightcap thus far.

[FearlessF]

John Cook is now the 2nd coach all-time to reach 100 career NCAA Tournament wins

[ELA]

Female volleyball seems more popular than male VB.

It always has been.  Tennis should be the same.  Net sports are better as a finesse game than a pure power game.  Mens volleyball and tennis are a tough watch.  I used to prefer mens tennis, but its become way too power heavy in the past 15-20 years outside of maybe the top 5ish players who can combine power and skill

[FearlessF]

I used to watch Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Johnny McEnroe

[SFBadger96]

Badgers getting swept thrice by Nebraska was hard to stomach, but also proof that quarterfinals were an appropriate place for this season to end. Good luck to the Huskers. I know rivals aren't supposed to say it, but would like to see them hoist the trophy (and I think they probably will).

[847badgerfan]

UNL is the best team in the country and UW was down a couple/few players. They had no chance.

[utee94]

I'm pulling for Big Red.