2015 NCAA Volleyball

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:43 pm

2015 Preseason Rankings - AVCA Coaches

1 Penn State (54) 36-3 1538 1
2 Stanford (6) 33-2 1468 2
3 Texas (1) 27-3 1384 5
4 Florida 28-4 1338 6
T-5 Nebraska 23-10 1275 8
T-5 Wisconsin (1) 31-3 1275 4
7 North Carolina 29-3 1158 7
8 Illinois 26-8 1055 11
9 Florida State 30-3 986 10
10 Washington 31-3 953 9
11 BYU 30-5 919 3
12 Colorado State 31-3 754 12
13 Oregon 23-10 722 14
14 Ohio State 23-12 700 18
15 Kentucky 27-6 603 17
16 Arizona State 20-14 529 22
17 Arizona 24-10 498 16
18 Hawai'i 22-7 401 23
19 Michigan State 19-14 340 NR
20 UCLA 22-12 316 15
21 Iowa State 19-10 273 NR
22 Southern California 16-16 255 NR
23 Utah 20-13 211 18
24 Colorado 20-14 188 21
25 Duke 22-8 168 25
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Long Beach State 147; Purdue 131; Oklahoma 103; Oregon State 89; Texas A&M 84; Minnesota 78; Kansas 48; Arkansas-Little Rock 33; Alabama 24; Western Kentucky 20; Creighton 15; Michigan 12; San Diego 10; Wichita State 9; LSU 8; Miami (FL) 7; American 4

Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 4:20 pm

Nebraska will be very good as usual, but we won't know if they a really a top 5 team until we see how the new setter is. Aside from the most important position, they certainly have an experienced team coming back. Stanford lost their best player to injury and BYU lost their 6'7" star hitter to graduation. Penn State has so much depth and athletic ability again that they are again the team to beat.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:34 pm

Nebraska beats #1 Penn St on the road! Down 2-0 and stormed back to win. Amazing victory for the team!

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:49 pm

Ends their 33 match win streak.

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Post by **nebugeater** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:10 am

Huskers host Mich St tonight and it is on BTN

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Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:04 pm

[quote="Coyote"]

I thought I was the only one in town who goes on-line on Monday nights to see the new volleyball rankings.

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Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:55 pm

I saw the Creighton lost six votes.... As they keep winning conference games, their RPI also continues to sink. I think that for Creighton to be a regular top 25 team, they first need the Big East to improve its RPI. That's going to be more difficult and unlikely.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:59 pm

Just for comparison, Conference RPIs

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Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:16 pm

Creighton wins the Big East regular season if they beat the current number 2 team in the Big East tonight. Home game: 7 pm.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:35 pm

CU. 25. 25. 25
XU. 20. 22. 15

Post by **Brad** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:11 pm

Back to Back Big East Champions:

Friday Story:
http://whiteandbluereview.com/creighton ... ast-title/

Friday Photos:
http://photos.whiteandbluereview.com/p8 ... #h65a9728d

I would guess today's story and photos will be posted soon. I sent in the photos right after the game.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:16 am

Sunday's photos.
http://whiteandbluereview.com/photo-gal ... ps-butler/

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Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:07 pm

We're ending our ski trip early enough to be back in town for the Big East tournament this Friday and Saturday. If Creighton wins, they will probably be seeded somewhere between 22 and 30. The worst case for Creighton is probably having to go to Minnesota or Wisconsin. I think that the best scenario for CU having a legitimate chance for the sweet 16 would be to go to Kansas.

As for Nebraska, they'll be a top 8 seed and the only suspense is who they will face in the sweet 16. I think they are a final 8 team, but will need to avoid USC, Minnesota, and probably Texas and Stanford. Of course, avoiding Penn State is always advisable.

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Post by **BRoss** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:43 pm

Nice

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Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:11 pm

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Special day for volleyball in the state of Nebraska.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:54 pm

2015 B1G Final Standings:

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Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:44 pm

INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball committee announced today the 64-team field for the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Thirty-two conferences were awarded an automatic qualification, while the remaining 32 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket.

The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and placed within four regions. The teams tabbed as the top four seeds were No. 1 University of Southern California, No. 2 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, No. 3 University of Texas at Austin and No. 4 University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:07 pm

Is Creighton hosting?

Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:20 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Is Creighton hosting?

Unfortunately they are not hosting. I had thought that the top 16 seeds all hosted. I'm trying to find out why a seeded team gets sent to a non seeded team's home court.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:34 pm

Omaha1000 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:Is Creighton hosting?
Unfortunately they are not hosting. I had thought that the top 16 seeds all hosted. I'm trying to find out why a seeded team gets sent to a non seeded team's home court.

I wonder if it is because they are hosting the Final Four.

Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:34 pm

iamjacobm wrote:
Omaha1000 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:Is Creighton hosting?
Unfortunately they are not hosting. I had thought that the top 16 seeds all hosted. I'm trying to find out why a seeded team gets sent to a non seeded team's home court.
I wonder if it is because they are hosting the Final Four.

That shouldn't be the reason because Texas is hosting the first two rounds plus rounds 3&4. Also, Omaha is hosting the final four, not Creighton.

jag42 · Post by **jag42** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:12 am

I think I read in the OWH that Creighton did not put a bid in to host.

Omaha1000 · Post by **Omaha1000** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:12 pm

jag42 wrote:I think I read in the OWH that Creighton did not put a bid in to host.

Unfortunately I just read that too. As a result, Creighton is the only seeded team not to host the first two rounds. It's hard to understand why CU administrators didn't submit a bid considering that CU was expected to be pretty good this year.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:28 pm

Omaha1000 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:
Omaha1000 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:Is Creighton hosting?
Unfortunately they are not hosting. I had thought that the top 16 seeds all hosted. I'm trying to find out why a seeded team gets sent to a non seeded team's home court.
I wonder if it is because they are hosting the Final Four.
That shouldn't be the reason because Texas is hosting the first two rounds plus rounds 3&4. Also, Omaha is hosting the final four, not Creighton.

When you say Omaha is hosting the final four, are you talking about UNO?

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:55 pm

Greg S wrote:
Omaha1000 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:
Omaha1000 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:Is Creighton hosting?
Unfortunately they are not hosting. I had thought that the top 16 seeds all hosted. I'm trying to find out why a seeded team gets sent to a non seeded team's home court.
I wonder if it is because they are hosting the Final Four.
That shouldn't be the reason because Texas is hosting the first two rounds plus rounds 3&4. Also, Omaha is hosting the final four, not Creighton.

When you say Omaha is hosting the final four, are you talking about UNO?

Greg

If you really want to go their then I will too! The Host City is Omaha. The Host University is the University of Nebraska - Lincoln for the 2015 Vball Final four. Creighton is NOT hosting this.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:19 pm

Didn't realize UNL was the host institution, it wouldn't have mattered anyways it seems.

The message board fodder says the powers that be at Creighton didn't expect to get this high of a seed and didn't put in a bid. Pretty big miss on the Athletic Department if that is true.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:02 pm

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cp jay 07 · Post by **cp jay 07** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:24 pm

I heard a rumor once that there is a handshake agreement between CU and UNL about events in Omaha. Apparently the deal is Creighton will bid and host Basketball and UNL will bid and host Volleyball.

I don't think UNO's athletic department is any position to be running Sweet 16's and Volleyball Final 4's so I bet the arrangement will stay this way.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:39 pm

cp jay 07 wrote:I heard a rumor once that there is a handshake agreement between CU and UNL about events in Omaha. Apparently the deal is Creighton will bid and host Basketball and UNL will bid and host Volleyball.

I don't think UNO's athletic department is any position to be running Sweet 16's and Volleyball Final 4's so I bet the arrangement will stay this way.

I know that this years VBall is a UNL hosted event. From memory I believe that the first time in Omaha it was CU hosted and the second time it was UNL.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:04 am

Shatel stated in his column that the reason Creighton did not put in a bid to host the first round is that they did not feel they would get a national seed. They are saying they won't make this mistake again. Too bad, would have been fun for them to host in Omaha.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:11 pm

(23) UNC 32 18 18 14
(16) CU 30 25 25 25

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