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Wisconsin looked lights-out dominant today versus Penn State, handing them their first conference loss (albeit, they have not yet played Nebraska) of the season. The Badgers made a statement after the 0-3 sweep vs. Nebraska this week, proving they deserve to be included in the end of season conversations. Hitting mid 400s today, blocking, defense, and OOS passing all sharp. Penn State had no response.

One of the things I've noticed watching Nebraska play this year is how deep they are and how many players contribute compared to the teams they play. I compared the stats of Nebraska, Pitt, and Penn State, at this point in the season, clearly the three best teams. For this exercise, I only counted players who have played in half their team's sets.

Players averaging >2 pts/set

Pitt: 4

Nebraska: 6

Penn State: 5

Players averaging >3 attacks/set

Pitt: 4

Nebraska: 6

Penn State: 5

Players averaging >1 dig/set

Pitt: 5

Nebraska: 6

Penn State: 5

Players averaging >1 block/set

Pitt: 3

Nebraska: 2

Penn State: 2

I also looked at what percent of attacks were taken by the two most active attacking players on each team, to see if any of the teams are heavily reliant on any one player.

Pitt - Babcock 30%, Stafford 24%

Nebraska - Murray 26%, Beason 22%

Penn State - Mruzik 31%, Hannah 21%

Related to that, I also compared the top two attackers on a couple recent Nebraska games:

Purdue (October 11)

Hudson - 63

Chicoine - 55

Nebraska

Beason - 54

Murray - 43

Ohio State (October 19)

Londot - 53

Sellman - 30

Nebraska

Murray - 33

Beason - 29

Illinois (October 25)

Terry - 47

Hernandez - 27

Nebraska

Murray - 27

Beason - 26

Wisconsin (November 1)

Franklin - 49

Smrek - 27

Nebraska

Landfair - 33

Beason - 23

Oregon (November 7)

Coyler - 52

Ohwobete - 19

Nebraska

Murray - 29

Landfair - 27

Is Nebraska just that good at spreading the ball or is there another explanation? Will Nebraska's ability to distribute the load take them to the championship or are teams built around powerhouses like Mruzik and Babcock (or Sarah Franklin) enough to go the distance?

Tommies pulled off their first ever win over (RV) South Dakota State in 5 sets on the road.

22-25, 25-22, 25-16, 15-25, 16-14

SDSU is now 22-1 on the season.

https://tommiesports.com/news/2024/11/7/volleyball-tommies-hand-rv-jackrabbits-first-loss-in-five-set-thriller.aspx

I find it very interesting that the past two away games Nebraska has participated in have set attendance records for their opponents.
How much is for the opponent’s fans, wanting the opportunity to possibly see their school defeat Nebraska? And how much is because of Nebraska fans traveling to watch the huskers play? I saw a sign on TV last night where someone said they traveled 1600 miles to watch Nebraska play because they couldn’t get a ticket at a home match.

I think Oregon had a slow start but were on fire in the second set. Oregon showed the ability to compete with anyone.

Rivalries, battles for 1st place in the Big East, Big 12, and WCC, and unbeaten South Dakota State highlight this week’s schedule.

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Yikes, 3 losses in row, all at home, to unranked teams. That's rough. 25-21 (OU), 27-25 (TX), 25-19 (TX), 25-17 (OU), 15-9 (OU)

Also, does anyone know what Lydia Martyn wears on her neck?

Just watched this live and that's what they said about Texas on the broadcast. Feels like a huge upset.

Rewatching the national semifinal match from last year (Nebraska-Pitt) and it made me wonder - what changed for Pitt this year from last year? Obviously they were a great team last year. But they are significantly more dominant this year. Did they get some different players or are they just having an absolute monster season?

Compared to other weeks, this week is rather quieter than usual, but there's still good matches to watch, such as Oregon vs. Washington, USC vs. UCLA, and Nebraska vs. Wisconsin.

Also, we are heading into November in a few days, which means that we are getting closer to not only conference tournaments, but also the NCAA Tournament in early December!

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Hey yall! This weekend I got inspired to do a project related to the RPI for college volleyball. Every time I check out the NCAA's RPI, I get a bit annoyed with their rankings, and after doing some research on how the RPI is generally calculated, I decided to make my own version.

In my version, each team gets a score where each win earns the team points based on the ranking of their opponent and where the biggest wins are weighted more than other games. Similarly each loss loses the team points where the worst losses are weighted more than other losses.

Anyways, here are the top 25 teams from my RPI (for games through October 27). I'll also leave some comments with a link to the full ranking and a more detailed description of my calculations.

1. Nebraska
2. Pittsburgh
3. Louisville
4. Creighton
5. Stanford
6. Penn St.
7. Wisconsin
8. Texas
9. Arizona St.
10. Purdue
11. Kansas
12. SMU
13. Oregon
14. Minnesota
15. TCU
16. Kentucky
17. Baylor
18. Utah
19. Dayton
20. Georgia Tech
21. Southern California
22. North Carolina
23. Texas A&M
24. Washington
25. Florida

Which coaches do we think may be on the move this coming offseason?

Very glad to see the contrast between this community and the toxicity of the comments on Instagram/Twitter. Nobody has an attitude problem, shit talking is part of sports. Doesn’t mean they lack sportsmanship or respect for the opponent. Nobody bats an eye when it happens in men’s sports.

What a match, what a rivalry. Can’t wait to see them meet for a 2nd (and hopefully a 3rd) time.

What. A. Match

Texas A&M wins in 5 in my (homer) pick for game of the year. I was there in person and it was electric.

So I'm watching Cal vs Stanford womens volleyball. Stanford is ranked 5 and Cal isn't ranked. They look the same size, similar ability, but Stanford is noticeably better.

Stanford is finding more spots where opposing players aren't, blocking Cals shots at the net, and just seem more accurate. I don't know what contributes to this.

Stanford does have a couple tall girls though and it seemed like every time they slammed or had a light touch Cal couldn't reach it. That probably threw them off.

Link: https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2024-10-23/2024-ncaa-womens-volleyball-bracket-predictions-little-more-month-selections

Get ready for a Tournament to Remember

I understand from previous NCAA tournament the first 32 AQ go to the champions of each conferences. Now that Pac12 is gone there's only 31 conferences currently in D1 WVB. Does anybody know where will the 32nd AQ come from?

Unbeaten South Dakota State, two big mid-major conference matches between UTEP and WKU, and a couple of big ACC matches headline this week's schedule.

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Pitt sweeps Stanford at home 25-17, 25-16, and 25-20. Pitt hit .314 with 47 kills, while holding Stanford to 29 kills with a .090 hitting percentage.

1. Nebraska
2. Pitt
3. Penn State
4. Louisville
5. Stanford
6. Creighton
7. SMU
8. Texas
9. Wisconsin
10. Oregon
11. Kansas
12. Purdue
13. Utah
14. TCU
15. USC
16. Minnesota

Coming Soon - The B1G Story: The Streak | Penn State Volleyball

it will air today at 10pm or after the penn state ohio volleyball match since if that goes longer then 3 sets will probably go past 10.

will also re-air at these times

• Oct. 19, 2024 9:30am
• Oct. 20, 2024 7:00pm
• Oct. 23, 2024 10:30am

edit: I will admit I'm bias since I'm not a fan of basketball but i really do think this streak is way more impressive then UCONNs womens basketball streak since basketball always seemed way more top heavy to me. Also since it was volleyball it was never really talked all that much on the national media side but couldnt stop talking about those uconn baksetball teams.

Stanford sweeps SMU in about the narrowest way possible 25 - 22, 25 - 23, and 35 - 33. I didn't see the game but Stanford had 22 service errors and SMU had 15 service errors, which seems remarkable.

Everyone is raving about a "wide open season"

Even though its really early, most are favoring Pitt. I mean they're insane. They have the record and physicality.

However...has anyone else noticed the lack of composure? Especially when Pitt makes errors/lose runs.

Is it too wild to count them out of the title by countenance alone?