Kolek planning to go pro
It is honestly not that hard to understand. Men's volleyball throughout the country has grown and the gap has closed on the stronghold that the MPSF had on the country. It's not hard to see in the least bit, and to argue against that is incredibly ignorant. Go look at the list of NCAA champions. 70s? All MPSF. 80s? All MPSF. 90s? All MPSF. 2000s? 7 MPSF and 1 EIVA (2 vacated). 2010s? Oh. 4 MIVAs, 3 MPSF?Agree, men's volleyball has closed the gap in terms of quality. But you're focusing on the champion, not the entire league or where the top talent is coming from, which was my point. But it's pure luck that the MPSF (okay, west coast schools, since there was no MPSF for a long time) won like 37 straight titles. MIVA is just as good, just had some off nights at key times. Or something like that. That wasn't my argument at all, but if it makes you feel good...go for it. It was a very simple argument....nothing to do with luck. Ohio State won the match, great first game that BYU easily could have won (5 times), but didn't. BYU seemed to lose a lot of momentum and lost the match. Better teams lose matches in all sports at times. The best team doesn't always win. Most experts felt BYU was the best team. All the computers did, too. Thing is, it is sports, and anything can happen. Nothing to do with luck...OSU deserved to win that match that day. Not sure how this is difficult to process. MU deserved to beat Denver last Saturday in Lacrosse ON THAT DAY. Does that mean MU was lucky that day? Nope. Does it mean MU played really well...maybe Denver didn't play up their capability? Maybe.Oh, but players from CA are on those MIVA teams! So the MPSF really won the National Titles! Never said or implied that. I said talented CA players were on those teams, how that translates to "MPSF really won those titles is just weird silly talk by you.
Go read up on what all the "experts" have said since the match. Yes, before the match everyone thought BYU was a better team. Now? Only incredibly ignorant people believe that.2 losses all year. Wins over all 3 top 3 MPSF teams in the final month of the season (none on the home court). National chamionship match sweep (route). Far and away best serving and passing team in volleyball. 23 match winning streak to end the season. Oh, and unanimous #1 team in the country, voted on by your "experts." Maybe these are the "power rankings" you were referring to? Never seen men's volleyball power rankings. But do see 1 national champion and 1 unanimous #1 team in the country, and neither is the BYU Cougars.But hey, some guy who just started following the sport 2 years ago said BYU is the best team, so it must be so.
You know, as quick as the offense in volleyball has become in the past decade, you're right about the passing. From now until this end of time, competitive volleyball will always be a serve and pass game.
Cook just got a raise. Wow.
And people questioned $hane Davi$'s move from Loyola men's to B1G women's volleyball...
The "incredibly ignorant"....cool. Those same experts a day before had BYU unanimous...and you are wrong, OSU was not-unanimous, BYU still got a vote...probably from an "incredibly ignorant" person, or maybe the incredibly ignorant person was you for claiming that and being wrong. http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-men/nc/avca-division-i-ii-coaches Who is this guy that "just started" following the sport 2 years ago? I've been playing for over 30 years....hell, I was ball-boying back in the days of the Ventura Beach Open, going to camps at Pepperdine, etc. Just because I didn't have a ton of renewed interest until the last few years does not mean I just started with the sport or even following it. Hell, I used to follow the NBA religiously, and then for 15 years barely anything....because I hated what the NBA became.Lots of fun photos I could post here of me playing since the 1980's, into Marquette, and beyond....getting my son involved, etc. Going back to Steve Timmons days, Karch, Sunderland, Dusty...Chris Marlowe has been a friend for over 20 years. But hey, whatever.
Cool, so we are in agreement they weren't the unanimous #1 per the polls. We're also in agreement the best team doesn't always win. We're also in agreement that a team can win 3-0 and then lose to the same team the same year 3-0 (heck, even in the same week it has happened).I saw Denver lost in Lacrosse today...they were #1 last week...lost to MU. Then lost again today. Things happen. It is sports. That's why they play the games.
My son made all league first team tonight. Very proud. Only junior to make first team. Led the team in digs, serves, service winners, aces, and was second in assists. Proud papa.
Congrats to your son, Chicos. Please send him from SoCal out here to the Midwest for college so that the teams out here can continue dominating those West Coast schools.
Uh oh, the big bad MPSF and the West Coast volleyball are getting scared into some pretty drastic changes.CSUN, UCSB, LBSU, UCI, UCSD, and Hawaii splitting off into the Big West Conference in an attempt to get the NCAA Tournament to expand and to steal an autobid.
That's a good thing, overall. As I stated a few weeks ago, how the NCAA does the volleyball tournament is just dumb. What they really need to do is expand the tournament. That is what is ultimately rumored to happen, and I couldn't agree more. This is just another step of getting to that inevitability. The hope is this happens with other conferences as well. I say, BRING IT ON. Good news for volleyball.