Kolek planning to go pro
Volleyball isn't played on a rating system. The RPI for men's (and even women's) volleyball is a joke. If you know anything about college volleyball you know that. Ohio State had a much more difficult time with George Mason in the NCAA Tournament than they did with BYU in the NCAA Tournament. BYU went 3-1 against Stanford and UCSB, so no, I'm not sold that Stanford or UCSB would absolutely do better than George Mason.I get it. You want like half of the men's volleyball programs to make the NCAA Tournament. These kids work really hard in the classroom and in the gym so give them their participation invite into the NCAA Tournament because they're a hard working group of people. Personally I don't see any need to bring 10 (weird number, not sure what kind of schedule you want there) teams into the NCAA Tournament and be away from school during the entire Finals week for almost all schools.Why should the top 10 teams in NCAA men's volleyball all get the chance to participate in the NCAA Tournament? That's absurd. Let's put 30% of all programs in the NCAA Tournament. Awesome. Like I said, let's go with 100 basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament. Let's make a 50 team NCAA football tournament. And while we're at all this let's remove all auto bids and just make it 100 and 50 at large bids going to the highest ranked teams based on some computer numbers that only care about who you play and where you play them and not on results. That sounds like an awesome way to run college sports. Invite everyone and rank based on some algorithms. Great.Monmouth was going to get a 14 or 15 seed as an at large? That'd be new. Holy Cross and Monmouth have to do with this because it's the worst team in the NCAA basketball field and the biggest snub, just like Erskine and Stanford are the worst team in the field and the biggest snub for men's volleyball.There are 2 or 3 teams in any given year that can win the men's volleyball title. Inviting everyone for trying hard isn't going to change the result.
Hog wash that there are 2 or 3 teams in any given year that can win it. Complete hog wash. Who is asking to invite everyone? Why the hyperbole again? Since when is adding TWO more teams, top 10 teams in the country = everyone? Good Lord.You don't like the RPI, fine....use your media poll or the coaches poll, both of them put Stanford and UCSB above those schools. Their expertise says the same thing.No, you don't get it....I don't want half the volleyball teams in the NCAA field. Right now I'm talking about going from 6 to 8, maybe a bit further. No, you clearly don't get it.Why is it absurd to have the top 10 teams in volleyball participate in the NCAA tournament? Your statement...please, tell me why it is ABSURD, especially when we have NON TOP 10 teams playing. This ought to be good.
What's the lineup the US rolls with for the olympics?S: ChristensonL: ShojiOH: SanderOH: RussellMB: HoltMB: I guess LeeRS: AndersonReally need some of those young middles from Loyola and other places to start making their way into the program.
I've been holding off my lunch break at work to catch as much of the match live as I can. Before I waste time getting up to get to a TV, can anybody confirm that the match will be on NBC? Would anybody mind posting on here once the match starts? Limited time, want to see as much of it as I can. Thanks much.
Towards the end of the first set right now. Stupid NBC has missed 6 points because of playing commercials in the middle of the set.
First set just ended.
Ah, well, at least the USA still has basketball.
I thought that the USAW's coach kinda looked like Jerry Wainwright, and then to my disappointment, discovered that it was actually my youthful crush (and former hottie) Karch Kiraly.
Not well preserved, ai na?
For as awesome as Micah is, Bruno makes him look like the teenager he nearly is. And his connection with Pau Gasol is special. Plus Sergio playing at the level he does at 40 years old is insane.