In another shameless attempt to stimulate conversation, I offer the following career stats (how about that Mary Eggers?): Big Ten Volleyball Individual...
Wow, brings back memories. Saw and worked many a match with every one of these players with the exceptions of McCahill and Hoosline. Matt is right, the 1995...
I wonder what (if anything) it means that the majority of the players on the career aces total list, with the exceptions of Lindsey Berg and Jean Shintz, all...
I think the passing is better. Coaches train their passers constantly and well. That's most of it. Other factors to consider: * Remember, back in the early...
MessageAndrea Gonzalez and Chris Schaeffer both also had very good jump serves for the Gophers and both also overlapped Sharon Oesterling in their years...
... For those who don't know, Gina was a setter. ... Of course, everyone knows Bonnie was a setter. ... The only active player on the entire list. (Unless I...
Message(Looks like this is pasting in HTML; I hope everyone can read it.) 2003 BIG TEN PRE-SEASON POLL 1. Minnesota 2. Penn State 3. Michigan State 4....
... One might think RPS would 'freeze' these records, but I think not. A typical, reasonably close RPS game is 30-25, or 55 rallies. The overtime barn-burners...
The coaches speaketh: 2003 BIG TEN PRE-SEASON POLL 1. Minnesota 2. Penn State 3. Michigan State 4. Wisconsin 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Michigan 8....
Is it just me, or is there a fairly widespread shortage of MB talent in conference this year? On first blush, a lot of good MBs graduated, and some ...
... I would agree that rally scoring will have the most effect on match kill records, less effect on season kill records, and least on career kill records....
Chris - the goal of RPS was not necessarily to reduce match length - it was to make game length, and indirectly match length _more predictable_, not ...
As far as I can tell, we are saying the same thing. You reduce variance by, as I said, reducing "the lengths of the extremely long matches" (and, as you ...
... Wow -- the Buckeyes are gettin' no love here. Is the lack of Virtue (I just had to use that phrase) going to hurt them this much? Who else have they...
... Virtue (I just had to use that phrase) going to hurt them this much? Who else have they lost, and who besides Gordon is back? ... Draeger and Stiling. I'm...
Contrarian that I am how often have the coaches polls been on the mark? Rather like the experts on Wall Street with their convictions that turn out to be quite...
ROGER DIETZ
rosejelly@...
Aug 3, 2003 12:35 pm
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... All preseason polls -- by coaches or media or anyone else -- are based on (a) reputation, (b) last year's finish, and (c) which team lost the fewest...
Not sure (although it would be an interesting exercise to go back, say, 5 years and compare coaches' pre-season with real outcomes). The coaches I know well...
... Rich Kern's site currently lists the following transfers to/from Big Ten schools: (sorry if I left out some during my quick scan) (Format: Name / Pos. /...
Maggie Freiborg has recently left MN, too. I'm told to Northwestern College, IA (NAIA). ... Big Ten schools: (sorry if I left out some during my quick scan)...
Are all these transfers unusual or am I just not aware that it happens so frequently?. In PSU's case I know that over the last 10 years losing a couple is...
ROGER DIETZ
rosejelly@...
Aug 4, 2003 11:34 am
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... Michigan State has a transfer in or out about every other year. Off the top of my head, I can recall Robin Ill, Jenny Whitehead and Amy Sibbernsen ...
Lindsey Berg is now the starting setter for the National Team, and the team just finished 3rd at the Grand Prix. Lizzy Fitzgerald and Nicole Branagh are...
Aug. 15, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Women's Volleyball/OSU Contact: D. C. Koehl (614-292-4056) Women's Volleyball To Appear Three Times In Big Ten Television ...
Some interesting matches this weekend: Minnesota @ Hawaii, + UCLA and Louisville Wisconsin plays Washington Indiana plays Miami Michigan plays KSU PSU plays...
Very interesting indeed. 1) If MN takes 2 of 3, that's big. Hard to beat Hawaii on the island. If they manage the sweep, look out. 2) Washington is better...
Rob, Can you explain a situation where this infraction would no longer be called. The rule states something about no opponent jumping in the area and/or no...
The CL rule has been around in the NCAA for a while, for feet. This year, the rule is extended to hands/arms, etc. The most common situation where the rule...