Oso planning to go pro
Side note, thank god it's not the Pac 12 stream tonight. That was rough to watch.
So has order been restored to the men's volleyball world now that two Southern California schools are playing for the National Title? Somewhere Al Scates is smiling.Any talk of adding an extra at-large to the tournament now that the Big West has an auto bid? Would have liked to see Hawai'i get a shot in the tournament considering they were the only team to beat the Beach this season. Although they didn't do themselves any favors getting man handled in the Big West title game.
Would rather not see Speraw win, but UCLA serving so well right now.
Friday, Sept. 28 Georgetown* 7 p.m.
So Wades, a few days ago you said they should go to 8 teams for the men's volleyball tournament https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=42281.msg1021973#msg1021973. But back in 2016 Chicos already made that same suggestion, go from 6 to 8 and you killed him saying he wanted every team in, give everybody a trophy. https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=42281.msg1021973#msg1021973Looks like he was ahead of you by a few years. 🙂 When the Carolinas champ is included, it's a joke. Leaving Loyola and Hawaii out so Kings College can play in this is wrong. Open it up to 8 or 10 like Chicos suggested and now you seem to agree two years later....right? Am I right? everyone is entitled to change their minds, but just wondering if you didn't like the suggestion because, you know, it was chicos and agreeing with him would be like cheering on the vermin, eyn'a?
I would prefer 3 conferences and a 4 team Tournament. I would prefer 8 over 7. 7 is as bad as you could possibly make it.
UCLA women I saw won the beach national title. MU needs to start a men's vball program before the Big Ten gets into this. Only 4 or 5 scholarships, some pretty good in state players in Wisconsin, Illinois area, plus the ability to recruit from California, Florida. Same reason as Lacrosse, but the costs are even lower and the opportunity is there. No DI programs in Wisconsin. The programs in Illinois are very good in Loyola and Lewis. Indiana has a few DI programs, and of course Ohio State. That's it. Ripe opportunity for MU to seize it.Add women's golf, low cost sport, to equal out Title IX.
Marquette should be really, really good this year. They lost almost nothing from last year's team -- just a DS/L (Geoffroy) and a part-time RS (Kastrup). They're returning essentially 100% of their kills, 100% of their blocks, 99% of their assists, 87% of their digs, and 90% of their aces. Overall, they're returning 99% of their points. That's amazing, and pretty rare. And they've got a couple solid freshman. My daughter said that Marquette was, by far, the toughest team she faced last season...and they're all coming back.The Big East coaches know what's up, and picked Marquette first in the conference. The rest of the country will take a little while longer to come around. Currently, Marquette is first on the "others receiving votes" list. They'll be ranked soon enough.
Didn't realize that Marquette was supposed to be this good. Surprised they were predicted to win the BE over Creighton. Creighton beat a top 5 team in Kentucky in their first match of the season but then got swept by Northern Iowa (who then also beat Kentucky) and lost a 5 setter at USC (ranked 7th in the country right now).Marquette hosts USC and BYU next Friday and Saturday, respectively. Nice home tests early in the season. USC plays at Florida this weekend, so between Kentucky, Northern Iowa, and Creighton at home and then at Florida, at Marquette, and vs. BYU neutral their schedule is pretty dang tough early.
2017Creighton (3) (42, 49 + 1 "Next 150") Marquette (2) (86 + 1 "Next 150")Villanova (1) (1 "Next 150")DePaul (1) (1 "Next 150")
2016Marquette (4) (39, 78, +2 Next 150)Creighton (2) (98, 99)Butler (2)Xavier (2)Georgetown (1)
Took care of business in their easy tournament, which is what good teams do. Brutal part of the schedule coming up though with USC, BYU, and Wisconsin being three of their next four matches.
Here are the revised final tallies for the Big East as of right now (there are still a few "undecided" recruits).Georgetown (3) (No. 33; 2 "just missed")Villanova (2) (both in "the 150")Creighton (2) (1 in "the 150"; one "just missed")Xavier (2) (1 in "the 150"; one "just missed")Marquette (1) (1 in "the 150")DePaul (1) (1 "just missed")Here's a description of Marquette's recruit: Hannah Vanden Berg, 5-11 OH, Little Chute (Wisconsin), FC Elite – Marquette
The Big East coaches know what's up, and picked Marquette first in the conference. The rest of the country will take a little while longer to come around. Currently, Marquette is first on the "others receiving votes" list. They'll be ranked soon enough.