US NCAA Women's VB

    Quote from akitoakie

    When will the play-off start? Will Plummer make it?

    Passed week she came on court as a serve substitute, so I think she is on her way back.

    Quote from akitoakie

    When will the play-off start?

    Regular season ends last weekend of November. Playoff teams are announced on Dec. 1.

    First round will be Dec. 5-6.

    Second round Dec. 6-7.

    Third round Dec. 13.

    Fourth round (quarterfinals) Dec. 14.

    Semifinals Dec. 19.

    Championship Dec. 21.

    Okay, my one-stop-shop-source for the Top-25 finally was correctly booted up (it showed matches w/out the results for days). Here are the major upsets/wins



    #2 PITT JUST SQUEAKED BY unranked GA TECH 3-2

    #4 WISC was defeated by unranked OHIO ST. on Friday 1-3

    #8 PENN ST. defeated #15 PURD 3-1

    #9 Creighton was swept by unranked Villanova

    #12 FL JUST SQUEAKED BY unranked Mississippi 3-2

    #16 Utah JUST SQUEAKED BY Usc 3-2

    #17 Rice was defeated by #22 WEST. KY 2-3

    #20 California JUST SQUEAKED BY unranked ASU 3-2

    #21 ILL was defeated by unranked MICH 1-3

    #23 Ucla was swept by unranked COLO

    #25 TX A&M was defeated by unranked LSU 1-3


    OK..lotsa upsets (6) and "Just Squeaked By" (4). This coming week's matches are the penultimate ones for the regular season. Next week ends it. NCAA's after!


    RPI ON 11/11/19 -- NOT the final determinant in eventual seeding; there are bonuses for teams that schedule tougher in the preseason:


    !). Baylor

    2). TX.

    3). PITT

    4). WISC.

    5). Stanford

    6). FL

    7). MINN.

    8). NE.

    9). WASH.

    10) TX & M

    11) HAW.

    12) PENN. ST.

    13) Ky

    14) MARQ

    15) Rice

    16) Utah


    These are the Top16..which would mean that they would get homecourt advantage for the first and (if they win that) the second rounds


    "figstats" are a kind of estimation as to which teams' RPIs...including bonuses...would be best if the season ended today. A snapshot in time, sorta, pre-NCAA



    1) BAY

    2) TX.

    3) PITT

    4) WIS

    5) STAN

    6) FL

    7) MINN

    8). NE.

    9) WASH.

    10) TX. A&M

    11) HAW.

    12) PSU

    13) KY

    14) MARQ

    15) Rice

    16) BYU


    The only difference from the straight RPI in the post above is at the #16 spot; Brigham Young instead of Utah. BUT it would be HUGE: homecourt, or nothing!

    Quote from ThomasHH

    Wisconsin beat Minnesota again. :|

    It was a close match, it could have been a fifth set if Minnesota wasn't out of substitutions in the fourth set?( I think the teams are quite equal, but the big difference is the setter position. Hilley is great, one of the best in NCAA. Minnesota having a lot of trouble with their setters and now they play 6-2, the connection with the hitters isn't always at the best.

    Next to that Samedy isn't really dominant lately. Miyabe is even outplaying her at the moment.

    Madi Kubik is the best surprise for me this season. As a true freshman OH, she plays full-time on court, and receives in 5 rotations (covering Sun a lot!). Her style reminds me of Jordan Larson, and moreover, she is also wearing #10 shirt.

    Pablo ranking system from RichKern.com:



    1) Stanford

    2) TX.

    3) WISC

    4) NEB.

    5) PENN. ST

    6) Baylor

    7) PITT

    8). MINN

    9) WASH.

    10) KENT


    "Pablo" is a mathematically-derived metric from one person...to rank NCAA teams right now. It basically incorporates a variety of statistic-based probabilities.

    11/18 AVCA:


    1) TX.

    2) PITT

    3) BAY

    4) STAN

    5) WIS

    6) NEB.

    7) MINN

    8).PSU

    9) Marquette

    10) WASH.


    The rest (#11-25) are second-tier teams that might eventually secure a Top-16 seed (if you have a team not shown in the ten above, ask to find out if/ where).

    Quote from akitoakie

    how y'all feeling about Plummer's return?

    Me...personally...would prefer to see them give her a break by having her in the front row ONLY (or as a server and sub her out for 2 ros). What I like does not count, or matter! I watched the entire match versus the bruins from Sunday: she looks back-to-form (I also watched some of Friday's match vs. Usc: she's OK).

    The george tech team has any chance to win this competition?

    I dont understand the system of this competition.

    I do not have much energy to go in minute detail here. I will cover the bare basics: !). Top US colleges and universities (NCAA Division I) are in various different conferences; 2). There are about five best ("power") conferences; there are maybe 10 mid-major ("medium") conferences. 3). Some of the conferences have post-season tournaments: where the champion gets automatic qualification into the NCAA Tourney (biggest postseason championship); 4). Some do not have post-season conference championships; the regular season champ gets qualification; 5). The team you asked about, Georgia Tech, is in a "medium" (mid-major) conference. Their record (W-L) is not great. Their conference (the ACC) does not get many bids (qualifiers) for the NCAAs. They won't win it. Okay?