***2023 NCAA Volleyball Tournament Thread***
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Whelp that turned out to be far less competitive than I thought it would be.
Kudos to Texas as they had a Match Point against them in the Sweet 16 vs. Tennessee survived that and went on to win the Title.
Kudos to Texas as they had a Match Point against them in the Sweet 16 vs. Tennessee survived that and went on to win the Title.
UT held Nebraska to just 47 points today. No team before had ever scored fewer than 54 points in a championship match after the rules changed to 25 point sets. (& 1 of those points was from the card given to Elliott)
That was tied for the third fewest points UT allowed in any match this year:
Cincy 40
Tech 45
SMU, OU, NU 47
That was tied for the third fewest points UT allowed in any match this year:
Cincy 40
Tech 45
SMU, OU, NU 47
Yep, they swept UT and didn't make the NCAAs. And ISU was more competitive losing 3-1 in Austin than NU was today.
If it wasn't bad enough that Fran's team had to deal with the Wilson ball in their recent tournament loss, Nu is blaming their dismal performance in the championship on cold air movement on the court coming from the ice surface below. It's amazing that it didn't affect the ball movement on the horns side of the court or in the semifinal match.
Wish it would have been a better product or match for people to watch and get excited about. Championship matches are rarely the drubbing that Nebraska took.
JUREVICIUS AND KUBIK IN THE PORTAL
I wonder if there will be mutual interest between Kubik and ISU:
Nebraska volleyball's offseason begins with 2 players entering transfer portal
The roster crunch for Nebraska was inevitable, as the Huskers have no departing seniors and two freshmen incoming.
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All of this with the DirecTV dispute too. I wanted to watch at Old Chicago in Ames before the basketball game but had to pull it up on my phone instead.
I watched the Wisconsin-Texas semi and Skinner, by herself, made it watchable. I didn't have a chance to watch the final but if her play was remotely close to what it was in the previous match that alone would have made it highly entertaining. Witnessing that kind of performance is extremely rare and while it usually IS better to have a hotly contested match her play was a big reason it wasn't.
Those last two matches she was simply an unstoppable force.
yeah I talked to some family really upset they couldn't watch due to this.
I'm pretty sure that all ABC events are available on ESPN+ for free but most people don't know that or don't want to go through the effort of getting there.