NCAA Selection show tonight at 8 pm
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RPI wise we have a shot at hosting, correct? Our RPI is better than coaches rankings. How does this actually get done/evaluated? I assume the strength of the midwest makes it challenging...can't have that many hosts in flyover land. Going to be battling it out with Creighton, Kansas etc with Minnesota and Nebraska/others being shoo ins.
I think it's very probable that we host. An expert poster on Volleytalk has us as a 14th seed - hosting UNI, Illinois and American.
Also, if Wisconsin doesn't get seeded, they could be coming here. Ouch.
Also, if Wisconsin doesn't get seeded, they could be coming here. Ouch.
VolleyTalk has done a final Bracketology for the tournament.
They are projecting Iowa State as the #14 overall national seed. They have the Cyclones hosting the first two rounds
Ames, IA
#1 Iowa State vs. #4 American
#2 Illinois vs. #3 Northern Iowa
Cyclones are in the "Gainesville Region" and would face the #3 overall seed Florida in the Sweet 16 round and either #6 seed Minnesota or #11 seed Creighton in the Elite Eight if seeding holds to form.
They are projecting Iowa State as the #14 overall national seed. They have the Cyclones hosting the first two rounds
Ames, IA
#1 Iowa State vs. #4 American
#2 Illinois vs. #3 Northern Iowa
Cyclones are in the "Gainesville Region" and would face the #3 overall seed Florida in the Sweet 16 round and either #6 seed Minnesota or #11 seed Creighton in the Elite Eight if seeding holds to form.
The committee ranks the top 16 teams. When you are towards the bottom of that group its gets pretty likely you won't be placed in your geographic region depending on how all the seeding shakes out. The first two round pods they generally try to put non-seeded teams close to home (they reason we have went to Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc. in recent years). RPI seems to be the biggest factor in seeding most years, but they take a number of other things into account as well.
not who I was hoping to see us get. Need to put Joe on stilts to practice blocking against Rettke.
How did we and Baylor get a seed, and Kansas not?
I can't believe UCLA got a seed....they didn't take one match against the top 4 teams in the PAC, not 1.
I don't think WI will be thrilled to have to play an in-state rival 1st round, who is pretty good, nor have to play us if we win 1st game on our home court.
I can't believe UCLA got a seed....they didn't take one match against the top 4 teams in the PAC, not 1.
I don't think WI will be thrilled to have to play an in-state rival 1st round, who is pretty good, nor have to play us if we win 1st game on our home court.
Kansas (shockingly) lost their last match to West Virginia in Lawrence on Saturday (5 sets). That was probably enough to make the committee say "um... no" to their hosting.
Wisconsin finished with an 11-9 Big 10 record, which is probably how they justified not having the Badgers host in spite of their ranking and RPI.
Happy that we were deemed good enough to host this year, sad that we'll be in Nashville this weekend and can't go to either round.
They are # 18 in the RPI. They are # 11 in the coaches poll, but that doesn't factor into seeding.
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi