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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: MarqHusker on June 25, 2019, 10:28:28 PM
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Can't let this news slide until August when it would be most appropriate to start this thread once the season schedules are finalized. Though, expect Stanford to be prohibitive favorite to repeat.
Iowa's Head Coach Bond Shymansky was fired last week for giving a player an 'impermissible benefit.' Shymansky was put on administrative leave in May while the school investigated. Shymansky (an Iowa alum and native) was silent during the leave, but then issued this statement after his firing. Sounds like NCAA is now investigating.
"Former University of Iowa Head Women's Volleyball Coach Bond Shymansky acknowledges that an NCAA violation was committed when he provided financial assistance to a team member during the summer of 2017 to cover her rent."
This next part is from Shymansky.
"For the past month, I have cooperated with the University's request to remain silent regarding the underlying basis for my suspension. Now that I have been terminated, it is time to shed light on the details and end any wild speculation.
"I did not discriminate against, abuse or harass anyone — and there has never been an allegation of sexual misconduct against me. In an act of compassion, I advanced funds to cover a young woman's unanticipated summer expenses in 2017. She came to Iowa City expecting to be on full scholarship, but when that status changed, she had nowhere else to turn. I have prided myself on running an NCAA-compliant program. However, I understand that I didn't 'do it right' by NCAA standards in this one instance and I am prepared to accept whatever sanction is deemed appropriate by the NCAA.
"I was born and raised a Hawkeye and wish to stay a part of this great community. I know big things are in store for coach Brown and the rest of the exceptional young women on our volleyball program. As a man of faith, I humbly apologize to anyone that my actions may have negatively impacted, and look forward to the next chapter in my life."
Pretty strong statement by Shymansky. Without knowing how this became known, or frankly mismanaged by Iowa/Shymansky, hard to allocate fault, though you would think the Coach knows how to manage the scholarships/roster, and if not him, aren't there 19 compliance officers in these ADs. Curious how the player contributed to this situation, if at all.
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sounds like coach gave the player some cash for rent, rumors started that the cash was for something else
just wanted to set the record straight
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Yes, that's the consensus of a variety of reports. All the more reason it's a head scratcher from a roster/scholly management standpoint for the HC and the AD.
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well, the lady Hawks are in a tough conference trying to compete, didn't want to lose a valuable player because of lack of ships
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OSU had a scrimmage in their new arena a few weeks back, and it was pretty sweet. Still had that new arena smell. The younger Sandbothe sister has transferred from K-State to Ohio State, which was a pleasant surprise. We are coming for ya, Big Red.
Speaking of the Huskers, my HS hired Hunter Atherton's mom to coach their VB team. The last coach won 145 consecutive Conference games over the last 12 years, and went to six Final Fours. So pretty big shoes to fill.
OSU has a whopping 19 players on the roster this year, so they should be better suited to withstand their annual rash of injuries. Home girl Rachel Kirchner is not one of them, unfortunately, but they can never take away the pair of trillions that she posted.
I have zero sympathy for Iowa, since they are the ones that are responsible for getting OSU's 99 and 00 seasons vacated. What goes around comes around. I will of course still root for them whenever they take on the Wolverines. But only then.
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19 ladies on the roster and only a handful of ships???
who's the bag man??
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Dude, bag man is not the preferred nomenclature. Bag person, please.
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more appropriate than, Chinaman
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19 ladies on the roster and only a handful of ships???
who's the chinaman??
Yeah, that would have been pretty over the top. :o
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So the new setter enrolled early, and was the only healthy setter on the roster for all of their spring scrimmages in March and April. So she's all broken in. Then they rolled out all nine of the noobs (2 grad transfers, 7 frosh) for the June scrimmage in the new Arena. That event kicked off a S American tour through Brazil, Peru, etc. So the Buckeyes have had plenty of time to gel heading into Training Camp.
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B1G conference schedule, thanks to a VT poster.
Home Team across the Top, Away Team on the Left Side
TEAMS | Ill | Ind | Iowa | Mland | Michigan | MSU | Minn | N | NW | Ohio St. | Penn St. | Purdue | Rut | UW |
Illlinois | | 10/04 | 11/06 | 11/22 | 11/09 | | 10/19 | | 11/30 | 11/24 | 10/23 | 10/05 | | 10/18 |
Indiana | 10/12 | | 10/20 | 10/16 | 11/29 | 11/30 | 09/27 | | | | 11/08 | 10/30 | 11/09 | 09/29 |
Iowa | 09/27 | 10/26 | | | 11/13 | | 11/23 | 11/16 | 09/27 | 10/16 | 10/05 | 10/25 | | 11/22 |
Maryland | | 11/15 | 11/30 | | | 09/28 | | 11/29 | 10/23 | 11/02 | 10/11 | 11/16 | 10/12 | 10/30 |
Michigan | 11/01 | | 10/11 | 10/04 | | 11/20 | 11/16 | 10/13 | 11/02 | 10/06 | | 11/23 | 09/25 | |
Michigan St. | 11/02 | 11/24 | 10/12 | 10/05 | 11/06 | | | 10/11 | 11/01 | 10/04 | 09/25 | | | 11/16 |
Minnesota | 10/09 | | 10/02 | 11/08 | 10/25 | 10/26 | | | | 11/10 | 11/30 | 11/02 | 11/29 | 10/13 |
Nebraska | 09/27 | 10/25 | 11/09 | 10/19 | | 11/13 | 11/22 | | 09/28 | | | 10/26 | 10/02 | 11/24 |
Northwestern | 11/27 | 10/05 | | 11/24 | | 11/09 | 10/18 | 11/06 | | 11/22 | | 10/04 | 10/27 | 10/19 |
Ohio St. | 10/26 | 11/16 | 11/29 | 09/25 | 09/29 | | 10/30 | 11/30 | | | 10/12 | 11/15 | 10/11 | |
Penn St. | 11/15 | 11/20 | 11/01 | 10/26 | 10/18 | 10/20 | | 11/02 | 11/17 | | | | 11/23 | 10/02 |
Purdue | | 10/09 | | | 11/27 | 11/29 | 09/28 | 10/16 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 11/09 | | 11/08 | 09/27 |
Rutgers | 11/16 | | 11/02 | | 10/19 | 10/18 | 10/05 | 11/01 | 11/15 | 10/23 | 09/28 | 11/20 | | |
Wisconsin | | 11/03 | | 11/09 | 10/27 | 10/25 | 11/13 | 10/05 | 10/09 | 11/08 | 11/29 | | 11/30 | |
Home Record | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Conference Record | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
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Horns play Minnesota in Austin on 9/4. Other than that, no B1G teams on the schedule this year, although we do have USC, Stanford, BYU, and Wichita State scheduled.
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19 ladies on the roster and only a handful of ships???
who's the bag man??
Is this sport like hockey (or I think baseball is this way too) where schools can give out fractional scholarships?
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Is this sport like hockey (or I think baseball is this way too) where schools can give out fractional scholarships?
Yes
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Those that want to compete at a high level will fully fund .
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Those that want to compete at a high level will fully fund .
But there's a cap, right -- maximum allowable scholarship roster? And rosters sometimes or often exceed that cap, requiring that some players (even those on a team that is maximally funded) receive a partial or zero scholarship?
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Limit is 12.
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The Nebraska volleyball team is ranked second in the AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Huskers received one of the 64 first-place votes and totaled 1,451 points. Stanford, which received 62 first-place votes, took the No. 1 ranking with 1,598 points. The Cardinal defeated the Huskers in the NCAA Championship match last December in Minneapolis, 3-2. The two teams will meet this regular season on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. This marks the second straight year the Huskers will begin the season at No. 2.
Minnesota (1,414), Texas (1,385) and Wisconsin (1,329) rounded out the top five. Other Big Ten teams in the top 10 included No. 6 Illinois and No. 8 Penn State. The Nittany Lions received the final first-place vote. Nebraska is scheduled to play 12 regular-season matches against teams ranked in the AVCA Preseason Poll.
The Huskers return five starters from last year's team, including first-team All-America middle blocker Lauren Stivrins.
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I'll be surprised if Nebraska is picked to finish 1st in the B1G. Zero seniors, no more Foecke or Maloney. Unknown, or at least unproven consistent situations on the pins.
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agreed
#2 nationally is too high, but I like the respect
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Illinois spotted Tenn 2 sets but managed to pull it out in 5 long sets. The teams play again this time in Champaign on Sunday.
Nebraska got pushed to 4 sets by Creighton.
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Horns beat LSU 3-0 in a scrimmage last week, and beat Northern Iowa 3-1 yesterday in the first real match of the season. Next up:
USC 9/1
Minnesota 9/4
@Stanford 9/8
BYU 9/13 (@Wichita)
Wichita State 9/14 (@Wichita)
And then on to the conference slate. Gonna be a fun couple of weeks.
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Creighton might be pretty good
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The new arena blows.
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What's the problem
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Rather than simply having "General Admission" like St Johns, they now assign seats at the ticket box based on some algorithm that determines the "best available" seat.
So the building itself is fine. But OSU has successfully managed to make it suck.
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Horns beat USC 3-1 yesterday, next up Minnesota on Wednesday.
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the gopherettes are solid
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Yup. So are Stanford and BYU who come up after the Gophs. I love early season non-con volleyball.
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Marquette handled BYU in Provo this weekend.
Meanwhile, what the heck happened to UCLA? They have fallen off a cliff. They didn't even put up a competent showing in Lincoln the other night.
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Date Game TV Time (ET)
Sept. 1 (Sun.) Tennessee at Illinois BTN 2 p.m.
Sept. 5 (Thurs.) Marquette at Wisconsin FS1 8 p.m.
Sept. 6 (Fri.) Baylor at Wisconsin BTN 9 p.m.
Sept. 13 (Fri.) Stanford at Penn State BTN 9 p.m.
Sept. 18 (Wed.) Stanford at Nebraska BTN 8 p.m.
Sept. 19 (Thurs.) Washington at Wisconsin FS1 9 p.m.
Sept. 20 (Fri.) Pittsburgh at Penn State BTN 8 p.m.
Sept. 22 (Sun.) Notre Dame at Michigan ESPNU 3 p.m.
Sept. 25 (Wed.) Ohio State at Maryland BTN 7 p.m.
Sept. 25 (Wed.) Michigan State at Penn State FS1 8 p.m.
Sept. 27 (Fri.) Nebraska at Illinois BTN 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 28 (Sat.) Purdue at Minnesota BTN 8 p.m.
Sept. 29 (Sun.) Ohio State at Michigan BTN 2 p.m.
Oct. 2 (Wed.) Minnesota at Iowa BTN 7 p.m.
Oct. 2 (Wed.) Penn State at Wisconsin BTN 9 p.m.
Oct. 4 (Fri.) Michigan at Maryland BTN 6 p.m.
Oct. 4 (Fri.) Northwestern at Purdue BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 5 (Sat.) Wisconsin at Nebraska BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 6 (Sun.) Illinois at Purdue ESPNU 3 p.m.
Oct. 9 (Wed.) Wisconsin at Northwestern BTN 7 p.m.
Oct. 9 (Wed.) Minnesota at Illinois BTN 9 p.m.
Oct. 11 (Fri.) Michigan State at Nebraska BTN 9 p.m.
*Oct. 12 (Sat.) TBD at TBD BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 13 (Sun.) Michigan at Nebraska ESPN2 2 p.m.
Oct. 13 (Sun.) Minnesota at Wisconsin BTN 4 p.m.
Oct. 16 (Wed.) Indiana at Maryland BTN 6 p.m.
Oct. 16 (Wed.) Iowa at Ohio State BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 16 (Wed.) Purdue at Nebraska ESPNU 9 p.m.
Oct. 18 (Fri.) Illinois at Wisconsin BTN 9 p.m.
Oct. 20 (Sun.) Penn State at Michigan State ESPN 2 p.m.
Oct. 20 (Sun.) Indiana at Iowa BTN 4 p.m.
Oct. 23 (Wed.) Rutgers at Ohio State BTN 6 p.m.
Oct. 23 (Wed.) Illinois at Penn State BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 25 (Fri.) Minnesota at Michigan BTN 6 p.m.
Oct. 25 (Fri.) Nebraska at Indiana BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 26 (Sat.) Nebraska at Purdue BTN 8 p.m.
Oct. 27 (Sun.) Minnesota at Michigan State BTN Noon
Oct. 30 (Wed.) Indiana at Purdue BTN 6 p.m.
Oct. 30 (Wed.) Maryland at Wisconsin BTN 8 p.m.
Nov. 1 (Fri.) Michigan at Illinois FS1 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 2 (Sat.) Penn State at Nebraska BTN 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 (Sun.) Minnesota at Purdue ESPN2 1 p.m.
Nov. 6 (Wed.) Northwestern at Nebraska BTN 9 p.m.
Nov. 14 (Thurs.) Wisconsin at Minnesota BTN 9 p.m.
Nov. 22 (Fri.) Nebraska at Minnesota BTN 9 p.m.
Nov. 24 (Sun.) Nebraska at Wisconsin BTN 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 (Fri.) Wisconsin at Penn State BTN 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 30 (Sat.) Minnesota at Penn State BTN 8 p.m.
* - Wild card selection – matchup to be announced at later date
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There is one chance to catch Rutgers I see. Oct 23rd. Lots of pressure on tOSU.
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By that point the Scarlet Knights will have swept the Wolverines, so the pressure will be off a little bit.
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Nebraska libero Kenzie Knuckles was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday by the conference office.
The Yorktown, Indiana native averaged 5.86 digs per set in Nebraska's wins over No. 18 Creighton and UCLA last weekend. Knuckles had 22 digs and six assists against Creighton and followed the next night with 19 digs, four assists and one ace against the Bruins.
Knuckles was named to the Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team. She helped the Huskers hold their opponents to .074 hitting on the weekend.
2019 Big Ten Players of the Week
Sept. 3
P: Dana Rettke, Jr., WIS
D: Jayme Cox, Jr., MSU
S: Sydney Hilley, Jr., WIS
F: Kenzie Knuckles, NEB
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Dandy of a match in Madison tonight. #11 Marquette won its second consecutive match on the road at another top 10 opponent, dropping the #4 Badgers in 5 sets. Marquette let the first two sets get away from them, but won 3rd and 4th in some bonus volleyball, before taking command into the 5th set. First ever win over Bucky. Wisconsin turns around to host Baylor tomorrow night, another feisty program.
Minnesota got swept again already this year, this time at the hands of Texas.
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B1G not so strong this season???
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I'd never seen a Wolverine get spanked by a Tiger before.
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Dandy of a match in Madison tonight. #11 Marquette won its second consecutive match on the road at another top 10 opponent, dropping the #4 Badgers in 5 sets. Marquette let the first two sets get away from them, but won 3rd and 4th in some bonus volleyball, before taking command into the 5th set. First ever win over Bucky. Wisconsin turns around to host Baylor tomorrow night, another feisty program.
Minnesota got swept again already this year, this time at the hands of Texas.
Yeah, Horns looked pretty good in that match. But if the Gophs are down and out this season, well...
Next up is the Cardinal on Sunday.
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B1G not so strong this season???
sample size still pretty small. Minnesota getting run by FSU was a surprise, less so Texas. Illinois had two nice wins over Tenn. being short handed a few players. I dunno, Stanford continues its tour after Texas, to Penn St and then Nebraska, so we'll learn some more.
Michigan plays a pathetic schedule, and was smoked by Mizzou on a neutral site, so we can't gauge much if anything. Iowa's had a nice start, following the ousting of their HC.
If it isn't the best league, it is the 2nd best league.
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Dayton is gonna make that Mizzou loss look like Disney Land.
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::: sit down, stretches out on a lounge chair :::
Man this volleyball thread sure is a fine volleyball thread. Ain't it? :)
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Baylor at UW another nice match, though blacked out for utee. How are the Cajun fellas.
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Big Ten might be third behind the ACC after tonight.
Notre Dame wins the state title vs Purdue, and OSU was the main course in a Panther feeding frenzy.
One was an upset, the other went chalk.
Of course ND lost to wright state last week, so... by the transitive property...
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Rough day for BIG. ND over Purdue, wash wins in 5 vs Ill, CU handled Iowa. Baylor in 4 at UW. Mich. Hammered by Mizzou.
NW beat TT, Nebraska beat AZ in 4.
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While the BIG has Rutger, the ACC has Clemson, Virginia, BC, etc. Clemson actually has a nice setter, Omaha just smoked them.
Though, Maryland lost to UT Rio Grande Valley.
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Baylor at UW another nice match, though blacked out for utee. How are the Cajun fellas.
Yeah it really sucks when you B1G and PAC folk fail to put these matches on TV. Good thing every Longhorn game and match in every sport makes it to the airwaves.
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Lotta lumps this weekend taken. At least Minnesota bounced back over Fla.
N being pushed to a 5th at #25 San diego but wins 15-11.
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https://twitter.com/DaytonVB/status/1170549292093845505?s=20
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I haven't seen Penn State yet this year, but hard to say 1 and 2 are not Stanford and Texas. Great match. Stanford pulls it out in 5.
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I haven't seen Penn State yet this year, but hard to say 1 and 2 are not Stanford and Texas. Great match. Stanford pulls it out in 5.
That was a great match. Always more fun to win, but the wonderful thing about college volleyball is we get to see lots of these types of matches at both the beginning AND end of the season.
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This weekend OSU takes on the defending MAC champions, the BGSU Falcons, in Bowling Green!
Of course it will be in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Not Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Stanford v PSU tonight on BTN. 9pm est
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UT takes down BYU in 4 sets. Eggleston is really improved. With White they might be the best pair of OHs anywhere.
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OSU upends the defending MAC champion.
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Perhaps the travel and gauntlet catching up w Stanford. They beat PSU in 4 tough sets last night but Minnesota takes them down in 4.
The AVCA poll is a joke and will further that rep. if they vote Nebraska #1 this week. They have looked very mediocre. Helmet status. Nebraska hosts Stanford on Wed.
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The Nebraska volleyball team moved to No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll, which was announced on Monday.
The Huskers received 37 of 64 first-place votes and totaled 1,550 points. Stanford dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 with 23 first-place votes and 1,538 points. Texas, Penn State and Baylor rounded out the top five.
It marks the first time the Huskers have held the No. 1 spot since the final poll of the 2017 NCAA Championship season. It also marks the Huskers' nation-leading 100th week all-time holding the No. 1 ranking in the AVCA poll.
On Wednesday at 7 p.m., the Huskers will host No. 2 Stanford, which held the No. 1 spot all season until a 3-1 loss against Minnesota on Saturday. Wednesday's match, which will be televised on BTN, will be the first time NU has played a match as the No. 1 team in the nation since Nov. 26, 2016. It will be the fifth all-time No. 1 vs. No. 2 match-up in program history. The Huskers are 2-2 all-time in No. 1 vs. No. 2 match-ups. The only other No. 1 vs. No. 2 match played in Lincoln was on Aug. 26, 1995, when No. 1 Stanford beat No. 2 Nebraska, 3-1.
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I attended that match. Kristin Fokl was unstoppable. I think that was the year before Kerri Walsh.
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Perhaps the travel and gauntlet catching up w Stanford. They beat PSU in 4 tough sets last night but Minnesota takes them down in 4.
The AVCA poll is a joke and will further that rep. if they vote Nebraska #1 this week. They have looked very mediocre. Helmet status. Nebraska hosts Stanford on Wed.
Huskers have the pedigree. It'll all sort itself out over the season, plenty of competition to test the Huskers all season long, especially in the B1G.
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Stanford was better 3-1 vs the Huskerettes in Lincoln
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So it was another
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Rice beat Texas. For realz?
To be fair Rice is not bad.
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A footnote on the AVCA, two voters didn't have Minnesota in their ballot at all.
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https://twitter.com/RiceVolleyball/status/1174543860531367936?s=20
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Obsession noted.
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I didn't realize Pitt is actually really, really good. Screw football, lets get that PSU-Pitt volleyball match.
EDIT: Should have checked first, they have a home and home this weekend, Friday-Sunday, with Friday night being on BTN.
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Final Four is in Pittsburgh.
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Final Four is in Pittsburgh.
Wrestling championships were here last year, PA loves its amateur wrestling. I could not care less about it, but apparently tickets were going for a ton.
Volleyball tickets could do the same if Pitt and/or PSU make it.
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Obsession noted.
MARQ is obsessed with the AVCA
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So it was another
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obviously the work of the Stanford band!
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OSU upends the defending MAC champion.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEdYHrWWsAA1Voz?format=jpg&name=large)
The Buckeyes are now in contention for the MAC Title, after taking down both of their defending regular season co-champs!
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The Bearcats take the Crosstown Shootout.
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MARQ is obsessed with the AVCA
Heh. Not Marq.
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Cougs win the Holy War.
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Heh. Not Marq.
Look, the poll doesn't matter as there s a tourney w which likely seeds off Pablo or RPI. It's just hilarious to see, routinely, top 10 teams left off multiple ballots. It's a sorry poll. Volleytalk is much better indicator and that's just a bunch of fans.
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https://twitter.com/DaytonVB/status/1170549292093845505?s=20
The Flyers were unable to achieve the OSU-Michigan sweep.
https://twitter.com/DaytonVB/status/1175233464330854402?s=20
With the win, OSU collects another... State Title.
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Pitt sweeps PSU at Rec Hall. Impressive. They do it again this weekend. U-Dub dropped UW in Madison last night. They go at it again on Saturday in Seattle.
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what's up with PSU???
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Pitt is very good. PSU will be fine. Bunch of Soph.
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Cougars beat the Cardinal
https://twitter.com/NCAAVolleyball/status/1175524793858367488?s=20
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U dub handled Wisconsin again. Damn. BIG not showing that well in OOC, except for Minn over Stan and they got hammered by Fsu.
Going to be an interesting BIG season. No guarantees of a top 4 seed, let alone 2 BIG teams.
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Last Wednesday’s volleyball match between No. 1 Nebraska and No. 2 Stanford was the most-watched volleyball match in Big Ten Network history, according to Nielsen. The rematch of last season’s national championship averaged 226,765 viewers, which eclipsed a mark previously set by the Nebraska vs. Minnesota match in October of 2018.
In addition to the television broadcast, the FOX Sports app live stream brought in over 718,000 minutes of total consumption, which also broke a record for the most-watched BTN volleyball stream ever. Social media content supplemented the linear broadcast and live stream, with BTN’s on-campus program producing 55 pieces of video content across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The videos promoted the match as well as BTN’s larger volleyball coverage, garnering an additional 149,085 video views from Sept. 16 – 22.
The match was a part of BTN’s newly themed Wednesday Night Block Party, which will include Wednesday night doubleheaders throughout October as well as the B1G Volleyball Report following the matches. The B1G Volleyball Report offers highlights and analysis from the night’s games as well as insight into the broader storylines across the Big Ten Conference.
This week on BTN’s Wednesday Night Block Party, Ohio State will host Maryland at 7 p.m. ET. On Friday, it’s a matchup of two ranked teams when No. 3 Nebraska visits No. 20 Illinois at 8:30 p.m. ET and on Saturday, No. 15 Purdue takes on No. 7 Minnesota at 8 p.m. ET. All televised matches can be streamed exclusively on the FOX Sports app.
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in the bottom news department, :)Stanford goes 1-1 (winning at Nebraska, losing at home to BYU) last week, and moves to the top spot of the AVCA poll. Baylor (along with Cal, the remaining undefeated) is #2 this week, with nearly the same amount of 1st place votes as the Cardinal.
#3 Nebraska
#4 Pittsburgh
#5 PSU
#6 Texas
#7 Minnesota
#8 Washington
#9 BYU
#10 Marquette
B1G play begins this week.
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Really thought the Cardinal would beat BYU. Lotta salty teams at the top.
And woah, Baylor? 10-0 with wins over AVCA-ranked teams Creighton, Marquette, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Hawaii? Yikes.Horns play them on 10/23 in Austin, and then 11/20 in Waco.
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The Buckeyes are tied for first place in the Big Ten standings, after taking down the Terps on BTN.
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Nice road win for Buckeyes. Mich st put up a decent fight at PSU .
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• The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team begins Big Ten play with a pair of matches in Illinois this weekend. Nebraska plays at No. 20 Illinois at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Champaign. That match will be televised on BTN and streamed on FoxSports.com and the FoxSports app. The Huskers will make a quick turnaround and face Northwestern on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Evanston. That match will not be televised but will be streamed on the BTN+ app and BTNPlus.com (subscription necessary).
I'm guessing this is why our message board friend "SkersFan" is not coming in for the tOSU game. He is friends with John Cook and obviously Cook is on a roadtrip this weekend.
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Huff Hall will be packed and loud tonight. One of the best places to watch coll vball.
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Probably the least attractive 5 set 3 hr+ match I've seen in awhile but Nebraska pulls it out in 5 sets. I don't think Nebraska wins that w/o the Desneberg sub in the back row for 4th and 5th. The reason Nebraska finds a way to win, usually, is serve receive and passing. That's been a problem this year, and I think Cook knows they are in trouble w/o the sub.
Expect to see more of her subbing for Lexi, who is much better this year on the attack OH.
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ED Zachery
a win is a win
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Baylor is #1. The 20th program to reach the top spot in AVCA poll history.
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Baylor is #1. The 20th program to reach the top spot in AVCA poll history.
Hooray for the AVCA poll.
Best
Poll
EVAR!!!!
( I'm kidding of course, Marq ;) )
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Good chance they hang there for a bit. I think they first play UT around the 3rd or 4th week of Oct.
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they could absolutely drop a match to another Big 12 team long before then
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they could absolutely drop a match to another Big 12 team long before then
They could, but the B12 isn't particularly good this year. Still, teams drop games to inferior opponents all the time. Heck, Texas lost to Rice. :'(
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Hooray for the AVCA poll.
Best
Poll
EVAR!!!!
( I'm kidding of course, Marq ;) )
• Nebraska has appeared in all 548 AVCA Coaches Polls since it was established in 1982. Nebraska and Stanford are the only two programs to be ranked in every poll all-time.
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I'm sure Marq is so very very proud of the Huskers' accomplishment in this poll.
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I clearly play up my outrage over this and it really is trivial, but how are top 5 teams often being left off multiple ballots? It's not like there are ever more than 15 teams w legitimate top 10 claims.
Good thing the selection committee ignores it. Maybe I will.
Btw Penn St. At UW on BTN tonight.
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Good win for the Badgers over Penn State.
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any win over PSU is a good one
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Looks like the Huskers were also upended by the Badgers.
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swept at home
good competitive match
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Welp. This season is officially unsalvageable.
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• The No. 5 Nebraska volleyball team hosts its fourth straight Big Ten match when the Huskers face No. 20 Purdue on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The match will be televised on ESPNU and streamed on WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app. Wednesday's match is Nebraska's annual Pink Night for breast cancer awareness. The first 8,000 fans to arrive will receive free pink pom-poms.
• Wednesday's match can be heard on Husker Sports Network radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 105.9 FM in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and also on the official Huskers app. John Baylor is in his 26th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-America setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.
Series History
• Nebraska is 18-7 all-time against Purdue. The Huskers have won the last six meetings, including 3-1 in Lincoln last November. Purdue's last victory against Nebraska was on Nov. 22, 2013, 3-0 in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue last won in Lincoln on Oct. 19, 2013.
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I see the #1 Baylor at #4? Texas match next week will be on Bevo TV. That's a shame.
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just imagine the advertising revenue attached to number of eyeballs
just leaving $$$ laying on the table
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Lots of matches on TV tonight. 7 by my count between FS regional, BTN, U, and SEC.
Those of you wanting to see Rutger, that will be next week before Hoops overruns these networks.
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Buckeyes beat the Hawkeyes in 3.
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I know I'm teasing, but Carlston looks like he's always stressed out like the IRS is in his office.
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like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
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Speaking of the Huskers, my HS hired Hunter Atherton's mom to coach their VB team.
The horror.
The absolute horror.
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They dropped a set. :smiley_confused1:
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Rutgers also mustered a set @ Minnesota.
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The Rutgers, I mean Russia and eastern euros are improving.
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• The Nebraska volleyball team is back on the road this weekend for a pair of matches in Indiana on back-to-back nights. The fifth-ranked Huskers will face Indiana at 7 p.m. on Friday in IU's brand-new Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. Then on Saturday, Nebraska will play No. 20 Purdue at 7 p.m. (CT) in Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette. Both matches will be televised on BTN and streamed on FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app.
Series History
• Nebraska is 16-1 all-time against Indiana and has won 16 straight matches in the series since dropping a 2-0 decision in 1978. The Huskers have won 11 straight meetings in sweeps. The last set Indiana took from the Huskers was on Nov. 9, 2012.
• Nebraska is 19-7 all-time against Purdue. The Huskers have won the last seven meetings, including 3-1 in Lincoln on Oct. 16. Freshman Madi Kubik had a career-high 22 kills in that match. Purdue's last victory against Nebraska was on Nov. 22, 2013, 3-0 in West Lafayette, Indiana.
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Bummed I can t make it to IU tonight. Would like to see the new gym. The old one was shameful for a B1G program.
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Can we at least get a set?
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Uh oh... look who is off the schneid...
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Oh boy.
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Rutgers in a trap match in Lincoln tonight. Denied their first ever B1G winning streak. They had 11 kills in the first two sets, and managed 13 in the 3rd.
R 10 10 20
N 25s
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MSU Olympic sports are a mess now. I think that's where the Nassar scandal is going to kill them. Got swept in 3 sets last night by a Northwestern team that had been 0-10 in Big Ten play.
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These Big Ten wins sure would be tough to come by, had they not added Maryland and Rutgers.
https://twitter.com/OhioStateWVB/status/1190812065449095168?s=20
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BTN hyped PSU v N w good reason. That is must see TV. They rarely play a lopsided match and few are done in less than 2:45. Nebraska has won 9/10 but they are grinds.
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another 5 set match
great stuff
best thing I've watched all week
Huskers prevail
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Rutgers beat Iowa. Wtf.
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MSU closed the weekend by getting swept in Champaign. Since beating Rutgers to get to 4-3 in Big Ten play, MSU has lost 5 in a row, losing 15 of 16 sets. Ugly.
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tOSU smacks Bucky in Columbus tonight in four sets. Match really fell apart for UW while up 24-21 in the first. First loss for UW in the conference this year, but a really big blow to hosting a regional. Still lots of matches left.
PSU/MN/Nebraska on the heels of the B1G pre-season favorite Badgers.
edit: not flukey, tOSU appears to be catching fire all of the sudden. Definitely trending opposite of Sparty.
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https://twitter.com/OhioStateWVB/status/1193006241104068608?s=20
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nice win
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With six matches left here's a current snapshot of the standings. Things at the top going pretty much to script. UW/Minn play this week on BTN. Rutgers won its first ever road match in its B1G history. Nationally, Texas is #1 with Pitt#2 and Baylor#3. UW and Stanford round out top 5. Stanford has had some significant injuries but are starting to get players back as the tournament approaches.
[th]Standings[/th]
[th]Conf.[/th]
[th] Pct.[/th]
[th]Overall[/th]
[th] Pct.[/th]
[th]Home[/th]
[th]Away[/th]
[th]Neutral[/th]
[th]Last 10[/th]
[th]Streak[/th]
Minnesota
13-1
.929
19-3
.864
9-0
7-2
3-1
9-1
W8
Wisconsin
13-1
.929
17-5
.773
7-3
7-2
3-0
9-1
W1
Nebraska
12-2
.857
20-3
.870
12-2
7-1
1-0
9-1
W4
Penn State
12-2
.857
19-4
.826
12-2
6-2
1-0
9-1
W2
Michigan
10-4
.714
17-7
.708
10-3
6-3
1-1
6-4
W4
Purdue
8-6
.571
16-7
.696
9-2
6-4
1-1
7-3
L1
Illinois
7-7
.500
12-11
.522
5-4
4-5
3-2
4-6
L1
Ohio State
6-8
.429
13-13
.500
9-5
2-5
2-3
5-5
L1
Michigan State
5-9
.357
14-10
.583
5-3
4-6
5-1
3-7
W1
Maryland
4-10
.286
12-14
.462
5-6
3-5
4-3
3-7
L5
Iowa
3-11
.214
9-16
.360
2-10
3-5
4-1
2-8
L4
Indiana
2-12
.143
13-14
.481
6-7
4-7
3-0
1-9
W1
Rutgers
2-12
.143
8-17
.320
4-6
2-9
2-2
2-8
L2
Northwestern
1-13
.071
10-16
.385
3-7
3-7
4-2
1-9
L3
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that didn't work out very well.
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NCAA D3 Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d3/2019
The Chicago Maroons made it. So did Johns Hopkins. Big Ten, represent!
From Ohio: Ohio Northern, Otterbein, Wittenberg, Muskingum
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https://twitter.com/GoBearcatsVB/status/1195524069824688128?s=20
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She had a 50 kill game this month. Should be a good US National team player.
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OSU collects Indiana's scalp on the road.
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Wright St wins the Horizon League.
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Miami collects their fourth straight MAC Title.
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Bracket: https://getsomemaction.com/documents/2019/11/16//2019_VB_Bracket.pdf
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https://twitter.com/GoBearcatsVB/status/1195524069824688128?s=20
Here's the AAC Bracket: http://theamerican.org/documents/2019/11/17//19_WVB_6_team_Bracket.pdf
Dayton wound up with the 2 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tourney, after coming up on the short end of a 5 setter vs VCU on Sunday.
Here's the Atlantic 10 Bracket: https://atlantic10.com/documents/2019/11/17//2019VB_bracket.pdf?id=7015
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Baylor knocks off Texas in Waco tonight (5 sets).
Barring something strange happening in the final week, I'd say Baylor and Texas have 2/4 regional host gigs locked down.
Probably a cluster of Pitt/Stanford/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Nebraska/Kentucky fighting for other two.
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Golderned baptists!
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How do you keep a Baptist from drinking all of your beer on a fishing trip?
Invite another Baptist!
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• The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team hits the road for a pair of top-10 Big Ten matches this weekend. The Huskers will face No. 7 Minnesota on Friday at 8 p.m. at Maturi Pavilion. Then on Sunday, the Big Red travels to No. 5 Wisconsin for a 1:30 p.m. matinee against the league-leading Badgers at the Wisconsin Field House. Both matches will be televised on BTN and streamed on FoxSports.com and the FoxSports app.
• At 15-1, Wisconsin leads the Big Ten standings with four matches to go. Nebraska and Minnesota are tied with Penn State for second place with 14-2 conference records. Penn State hosts both Wisconsin and Minnesota the last weekend of the season.
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Huskers over the gophers in 5 sets
great match
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Weird match. Nebraska cruised early and then Cook benches about everybody in the 4th when they looked like a bad club team. A smoke fest in the fifth. 15-3. Madi Kubik is a helluva freshman, playing six rotations. She s got every swing in her arsenal. I still don't have deep tourney hopes for this team, but they've got a nice group of young kids.
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gotta luv those big hitters from Iowa!
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Dayton wound up with the 2 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tourney, after coming up on the short end of a 5 setter vs VCU on Sunday.
Here's the Atlantic 10 Bracket: https://atlantic10.com/documents/2019/11/17//2019VB_bracket.pdf?id=7015
We will sneak at least one team into this tourney.
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NCAA D3 Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d3/2019
The Chicago Maroons made it. So did Johns Hopkins. Big Ten, represent!
From Ohio: Ohio Northern, Otterbein, Wittenberg, Muskingum
Johns Hopkins wins the D3 NCG.
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It was the Badgers.
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LINCOLN, Neb. - The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team completed the regular season with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-19) victory against Ohio State in front of 8,170 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday night.
NU finished the regular season at 25-4 overall and 17-3 in the Big Ten, which put them in a three-way tie for second place in the final standings with Penn State and Minnesota, one game behind league champion Wisconsin.
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LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska volleyball team was selected as the No. 5 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night and will host the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds at the Bob Devaney Sports Center next weekend.
The Huskers, making their 38th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, will open the tournament on Friday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. against the Ball State Cardinals (20-11), champions of the Mid-American Conference. The 4:30 p.m. match will feature the Northern Iowa Panthers (24-10) of the Missouri Valley Conference and the Missouri Tigers (21-7) of the SEC. Friday's winners will meet on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
Baylor, Texas, Stanford and Wisconsin received the top four seeds from the NCAA Tournament committee. Should those teams all advance past the first weekend, they would host an NCAA regional the following weekend. Nebraska is in Wisconsin's region along with No. 12 national seed Hawaii and No. 13 Texas A&M. The Huskers would only have an opportunity to host an NCAA regional if they advance past the opening two rounds and Wisconsin gets upset in the first or second round.
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Committee was very very kind to BIG. Illinois scrapes in, Nebraska gets a 5? How? Wtf. Pitt bumped to a 6 and may face PSU a third time in regionals.
Some interesting 2nd round matches shaping up for those of us who follow. I've been less in tune this year w various life distractions but should be dialed in for this. I see NET streaming 1st/2nd rd. Nobody produces better vball for broadcast than NET.
I like the possibility of a Hawai'I Nebraska SW16 match. Haven't played much lately. Two wild fanbases would make for an endless internet thread.
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OSU must have turned down their Auto-bid to the NIVC like a bunch of chumps.
Dayton, Wright St and Cincy are in the NCAA Tourney. Miami and Bowling Green in the NIVC.
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Apparently the P5 sans XII stays away from it. Too cool for it, small minded crap.
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Yes, because watching the NCAA Tourney from their couch is far more rewarding than hosting Miami, Bowling Green, etc in their shiney new arena.
Great call OSU.
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https://twitter.com/OhioStateWVB/status/1201888148290015232?s=20
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Rutgers fired CJ what's his name. Guy managed to last 12 years. Tough gig, recruit somebody to play in a community gym in a state w little vball talent in the toughest league in the land.
Their Asst coach's ability to recruit Europe strategy has yielded some improvement, and it can work, St. John's backed into the tourney that way this year. They have to put some $ into any facility to recruit any talent w a straight face.
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Gauchos push UT to 5 sets. Close.
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Round 2 will have a BY-Ute game.
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Kentucky knocked out the Wolverines.
https://twitter.com/NCAAVolleyball/status/1203488019694718978?s=20
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Cincy takes down Pitt
https://twitter.com/NCAAVolleyball/status/1203507022437765120?s=20
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I don't think Hawai'I v Nebraska has happened in over a decade. Two teams that seem to thrive on out of system offense this season for some reason.
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I'm betting on a chalky FF.
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tough for the Badgerettes to beat the Huskerettes 3 times
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Baylor beat Purdue in 4 sets, UW swept A&M, and Wash up 2-1 on UK, in the 4th set. Louisville takes set 1 at Texas.
Cards' coach Dani Busboom with a beauty of a sparkly red jacket on. Think Bobby Hennan. That's airing on ESPNU now.
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watching the Husker ladies
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watching the Husker ladies
Espn streaming continues to suck.
listening to JB and Lauren instead.
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If the Bearcats and the Utes get eliminated tonight, I'm gonna have to really start scraping the bottom of the barrel in order to find a team to root for in the next round.
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my streaming experience wasn't awful
3-0
look out Badgers
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If the Bearcats and the Utes get eliminated tonight, I'm gonna have to really start scraping the bottom of the barrel in order to find a team to root for in the next round.
it won't be Michigan
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It won't be Texas. Wow. I mean, wow.
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It might be the Ville
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Well your non helmet options are...
Wis, Minn, Fla., Baylor, and now the Ville.
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Well your non helmet options are...
Wis, Minn, Fla., Baylor, and now the Ville.
Wash isn't quite a helmet but still alive
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All on ESPNU today, all times eastern.
8 Washington at 1 Baylor, 4pm
5 Nebraska at 4 Wisconsin, 6pm
Louisville vs 7 Minnesota, 8pm (Austin, TX)
11 Penn St at 3 Stanford, 10pm
2 schools in their first ever Elite 8, Nebraska's 8th consecutive Elite 8.
4 of the 8 looking for first title. Washington was the last 'new' school to win a title, over a decade ago.
PSU at Stanford played each other in September and again in last year's Elite 8.
Wash has never played Baylor in volleyball.
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Well your non helmet options are...
Wis, Minn, Fla., Baylor, and now the Ville.
It might be the Ville
I'd bet against that tonight (I mean after they lost)lol
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Well at this point, might as well root for the all Big Ten NCG.
So I guess that means it will definitely be Stanford-Baylor.
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Rooting for newbies. Stanford smothered the crap out of PSU after a sluggish start, only portion of a match I got to see last night. Interesting collection here with Baylor having defeated UW, UW having beaten Minn and Minn beaten Stanford this season.
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I'll root for the Big Ten, especially the Badgerettes
sweeping the Huskers 3 times is impressive
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To have thrice swept the Huskers is indeed a helluva feat.
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nice work Badgers
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I watched last night. It was fun to see them rip off 3 straight sets after falling behind 1-0.
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Go Badgers!
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On Wisconsin!
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New blood dammit! Only ten teams have won a title in this sport in its nearly 40 years, and Washington was the last one in '05. Only 3 of those ten are not on the 'west coast'. I will have to DVR this one Sat. Been buried lately as well work towards the sale of our company, so haven't caught much of this tourney.
my quick handicap on this one: Stanford is obviously formidable. I did see a set and a half of the match last night vs Minn on replay Plummer looks back to 100% (she missed about a month and a half, thus she wasn't qualified for AA status, denying her a 4th consecutive 1st team AA Team selection), she was her usual best collegiate player self last night. Gray and Gates looked spectacular, Hentz is Hentz. UW has their work cut out for them, but if they get the kind of production that Haggerty and Loberg have been giving this tournament, this should be a very good match. If its predominantly Rettke, UW is going to be in trouble, even with a great setter in Hilley. UW is in this spot IMO, because they are finally successful in serving really aggressively and getting better contributions from others OH. Baylor, which beat Wisconsin in Madison in Sept, was flustered in serve receive last night, and the setter had no chance, and frankly had a tough night. I hope UW serves to Plummer as much as possible, not that she's bad in receive, but gotta make her work, make others take swings. I doubt they can out-offense Stanford, which frankly toyed with Minnesota last night with transition play.
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That wasn't good right from the opening.
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Oh well, Stanford does those things
great season for the Badgers, Gophers and the Big overall
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The new coach played for OSU in the late 90s.
Not much of a resume beyond that, though.
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The Revenge Tour....
https://twitter.com/GopherVBall/status/1261044062414659587?s=20
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The Nebraska volleyball program and head coach John Cook announced the addition of Missouri transfer Kayla Caffey to the Huskers' 2020 roster on Thursday. Caffey, a 6-0 middle blocker, completed two seasons with the Tigers and earned her bachelor's degree and will be a graduate transfer for the Huskers this fall with two years of eligibility remaining.
"Kayla will bring a lot of offensive firepower to our team," Cook said. "She was one of the leading hitters in the SEC and we like the fact that she's a graduate student and has a lot of experience. She played at a storied high school program, Mother McAuley in Chicago. She's got an offensive-oriented game and is very athletic. We're excited about the impact she can make with our team."
Caffey earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education at Missouri and will pursue a master's degree in elementary education at Nebraska. In 2019, Caffey ranked second in the SEC and ninth nationally with a .408 overall hitting percentage during the season. Her .417 hitting percentage in SEC play also ranked second in the conference. Caffey averaged 1.77 kills per set and had a team-high 82 blocks for the Tigers last year, who went 22-8 and were eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament by the Huskers at the Devaney Center.
Caffey had a career-high 13 kills on .684 hitting in a Nov. 8 win against Alabama. She had 12 matches where she hit .400 or better and had a career-high six blocks three times during her sophomore season.
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Wonder if we'll see a shorter schedule this year.
Gonna need a new thread, probably Aug 1.
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Kamehameha’s Keonilei Akana set to begin college volleyball career at Nebraska after overcoming two brain tumors during high school
https://www.khon2.com/sports/kamehamehas-keonilei-akana-set-to-begin-college-volleyball-career-at-nebraska-after-overcoming-two-brain-tumors-during-high-school/ (https://www.khon2.com/sports/kamehamehas-keonilei-akana-set-to-begin-college-volleyball-career-at-nebraska-after-overcoming-two-brain-tumors-during-high-school/)
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The NCAA voted on Tuesday to allow women’s volleyball to begin matches starting Jan. 22, 2021.
In addition to the known start date, the NCAA also announced its plans for the NCAA Tournament in the spring. This year’s tournament will be selected on April 4 with the Final Four to be played the weekend of April 23-25. NCAA host sites are likely to feature more teams than usual, as well.
This year’s NCAA Tournament will featured a pared down field. The bracket will shrink from 64 to 48 teams, with 32 automatic qualifiers and 16 at-large bids. The Final Four had been slated to be hosted in Omaha before the season was postponed, and that could still be the case. The NCAA has not yet announced where the final matches will take place.
Some conferences like the Big 12 are playing a split season, with some matches in the fall and spring, but the Big Ten opted to play all of its matches in the spring only.
The NCAA said those fall matches will be factored in to the selection process next spring.
“Contests conducted in the fall term for all fall sport championships that will be conducted in the spring will count toward selection into that respective championship. Sport committees are encouraged to consider all data available to them at the time of selections.
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The NCAA Volleyball Championship is returning to Omaha in 2022 (Dec. 15-17), the NCAA announced Wednesday. The University of Nebraska and the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA) will host the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship at the CHI Health Center Omaha.
Omaha has served as the most frequent host of the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball championship in the 39-year history of the tournament. Omaha previously hosting the event in 2006, 2008 and 2015. Omaha was scheduled to host the 2020 NCAA Championship this December, but that event was postponed until April 23-25, 2021, due to the global pandemic. The NCAA has not yet officially announced if Omaha will remain as the host site for the volleyball championship this spring.
The NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship has found a captive audience in Omaha. The 2006, 2008 and 2015 championship matches all set records for the largest single-match attendance in NCAA women’s volleyball history. Overall, five of the 10 largest crowds in NCAA history have been either NCAA Semifinal or Finals matches played in Omaha.