Saturday March 9 matches
JA Gifu vs Himeji
Gifu needs to win to keep their chance at the Final 3 alive. Need help from others on points possibly.
Sendai vs Gunma.
Sendai out with a loss
Gunma still alive with 5 set loss.
Posts by brahmin
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Sendai is still alive for 3rd, but any Hamamatsu win, puts them out.
Plus the head to head with Gunma, means a loss puts them out.
Gunma can still leap into 3rd on wins at 13, but Hamamatsu and Gifu need to lose, and Gunma win out.
if Gifu lose to Himeji, Hamamatsu can pass them with one win. Hamamatsu would then need to beat Gunma to clinch. -
Saga's mascot Haru-chan is an eagle but since they're flops they're chickens
it is not an eagle, it is a warbling white eye, which is the official bird of their home town of Tosu.
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Queenseis using the new song from Haikyu!! In their post match video.
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JVL did it again, like they did 5 years ago with the "New Vision" V.League. They cooked up some scenario without talking to teams about what they might be willing or able to do. That's why there was Mutiny Talk from some V2/3 teams
To Metro Volleyball 's inquiry ... there will not be any way to "win" your way up the ladder. It's all about money and licensing requirements and HOME Arenas
SV.League will be separate from the two lower categories, except for those "SV associate member clubs" however they might define them. We know who they will be, but I don't see more than about 6-8 teams MAX in that category. They will be teams that can meet licensing requirements--not who the best teams are. For example, Viale Hyogo might make it, while GSS Tokyo and Chiba Angel Cross might not, likely will not
The real question is that grey area between #2 and #3. When a team like Tokyo Cerisier says "Our goal is V.League" ... what does that even mean any more?there will eventually be pro-rel as teams meet the new standards.
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Essentially the SVL is going to be separate from the currently V.League. Teams in V2 and V3 will essentially be promoted if they want continue in the current version of the V.League.
To get promoted to SVL teams will have to meet all of the requirements. But also where will the numbers of team stop in top level. 16 teams in the top tier of SVL is the highest number that I have seen.
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You know me with data. In a 5 set match, the winning team should outscore their opponent. And Toyota did that against the Springs.
Saga should blowout Denso tomorrow.
Can Toyota do it against NEC, no.
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Saori was pretty much the popular extrovert that was always surrounded by everyone.
Saori Kimura as an extrovert? Please, Saori is as quirky an introvert as you’ll meet. Yes, can she be extroverted, but years in front of the press will do that.
However, she has always had a way with words when speaking in front of large crowds. Even during their run in 2010, in the post match interviews, she would misspeak and kind of have the facial movements of nope, wrong word and correct quickly. a story with teammates that would say about Saori, is that she could never say Wi-Fi, but instead say wee-fee, when traveling overseas because she was oblivious to the English version of it.
Even watched a Turkish interview where they are at a Japanese restaurant and she’s doing all the grilling for everyone and not talking to the camera.
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Nanami Seki is leaving Toray Arrows this month
that is a big challenge for her if going to Italy. Let alone new coach, competitive league. Throw in language learning too.
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it is official. Seki is leaving Toray.
So who wants a setter that finished 7th in their domestic league and might speak not speak Italian or English?
And I mean this as no disrespect. That is a big challenge. Let alone with a new coach (for her) and a massively competitive league.
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i saw that she graduated from waseda but just how bad is the university's women's team meanwhile their men's team are all the rage
My question still stands, why aren't they as strong as Waseda's men's team where that tasunori boy went straight to the NT, along with the viral Harry Potter boy that went to Toray... Shigeto Tobias and Denso Asano's brother along with other players have a high success rate in V1 or NT. It's strange considering Waseda is an elite school and should have the budget to hire better coaches.
This is not the NCAA. There is promotion and relegation in these leagues.
Waseda wants to be a sports school because it is well known in tons of sports. But also remember why these kids chose or qualified for Waseda. Basically it is an Ivy League school for Japan.
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i saw that she graduated from waseda but just how bad is the university's women's team meanwhile their men's team are all the rage
there will be no besmirching of Waseda while I am here.
Spoken as a Waseda exchange student of 1993-1994.
they play in the 2nd division of the Kanto Volleyball League right now. The first division is pretty stacked.
finished 7th in the fall league at 3-6.Wakana Akishige was the best scorer and receiver in the 2nd division this past fall. I just look at the stats for the final came of the year 32 kills on 87 swings in a four set match. Team had 151 swings.
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Position Movement Chart After Today's Matches
NEC will clinch second with a win in <5 sets against Saitama on Saturday.
IF they lose in <5, Hisamitsu would need to win out to pass them.
Or with Saitama winning against on NEC, a second win over Hisamitsu could put them in second. Set ratios may come into play here, let alone points.
If Denso wins on Saturday, they will be 5th.
A Denso loss and a Toyota win, Toyota will be 5th.
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Position Movement Chart After Today's Matches
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JT clinched the regular season title.
NEC now has the points tiebreaker over Hisamitsu for 2nd if tied on wins for the bye into the semifinals.
Toyota clinched their spot in the playoffs with Hitachi’s loss.
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Position Movement Chart through Today's Matches
JT almost has the regular season title wrapped up. Two wins get them the number 1 seed.
Denso's upset of Saitama pushes Saitama below NEC.
Springs and NEC are only separated by sets ratio right now.
Hitachi is basically having to win out to have a chance at the playoffs. Their points gaps to Denso (8) and Toyota (5) right now, just means they not going to jump them with one win, they'll need two.
Aranmare will finish in last place if Okayama win 2 sets for the rest of the year.
Kurobe will already finish ahead of the them on points.
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Nanao Inoue retiring from Toray at end of season.
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i hope the crowd doesn't go way down during the rest of the season. i have to say, the crowd was much bigger than I expected.
Then you don't know volleyball in Nebraska. The high schoolers are playing in front of big crowds for the state championships. Those girls could be on the court next year in Lincoln, and that's where they play the state championships.