Feature article for Black History Month http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml? DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=1400586 Lots of great stories and interviews of...
One important thing that has been mentioned is that exciting volleyball matches come from good teams playing another. Penn St vs Albany is not going to be...
If the format is RPS-30, and there is a 'mercy rule' that says 25-15 (or worse) is considered victory, VBSIM shows it prevents 1 comeback to victory every 843...
... (or ... Did you also include 26 - 16, 27 - 17, 28 - 18, and 29 - 19? These would all qualify, as well. However, they are less likely comebacks than 25 -...
If the game is called because of point separation who loses? Fans? Subs?? Is it really that boring to sit through another 5 or 10 points? Weren't we just...
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... Subs?? Subs. Fans aren't going to lose out, except to the extent they don't get to watch the subs play. No one wants to see teams trudge to 30 when it is...
Pablo, I did not include 10-point deltas beyond 25, no. When I do, it takes the number down to 702. This was between two evenly matched teams; I simulated...
... it ... matches, ... matches, ... match has ... While ... How do you get 4 comebacks? The Big Ten season is 110 matches, and at 4.25 games, that would be...
Sorry Pablo, thinking faster than typing, meant to say NCAA season, not Big Ten season. Changing to 51-49 sends the number way up - 1 in roughly 3,000. ...
50.5-49.5 is 1 in 1,275 From: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pablo Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:30 AM To:...
... So that's < 3.5/year on average in D1, and < 3.8 on average in D3. Now here's the question we haven't asked: how much will it shorten the sets? How often...
1/700 in which a team has the 10-point lead From: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pablo Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008...
... So how often does that happen (the team gets a 10 point lead) between teams of equal strength? If it occurs in 1/4 sets, then we are down to 1 set comeback...
Between teams at equal strength in women's D-I, the 10-point lead with 5 or less to victory, i.e. 25-15 or beyond, not before (e.g. a 10-0 or 15-5 lead) occurs...
OH how happy I am that you guys do not make the rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LHP ... From: Peglar, Robert To: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
Lynn Palmer
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Mar 3, 2008 6:14 pm
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... with 5 ... ratio ... 71 ... That's a function of side out percentage, I guess, right? If such a lead only happens in 1/32 sets, and the comeback only ...
Point well taken but subs lose out by not playi8ng. Do the fans ALL really vote to get it over with or are they given a chance to see those play who seldom do...
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Mar 3, 2008 9:41 pm
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... really vote to get it over with or are they given a chance to see those play who seldom do and perhaps develop a sense of attachment? I would proffer that...
Speaking of bad ideas, or at least of ones that make no sense to me, Penn State and Indiana are travel partners this year despite being more than 500 miles...
<<Speaking of bad ideas, or at least of ones that make no sense to me, Penn State and Indiana are travel partners this year despite being more than 500 miles...
Looking back at old schedules shows that it was set up the same way in 1997, the only previous time that MSU was the unpaired team. I have MSU's tentative 2008...
<<Looking back at old schedules shows that it was set up the same way in 1997, the only previous time that MSU was the unpaired team.>> That would explain why...
Also using Mapquest State College - Ann Arbor = 391 Columbus - Bloomington = 226 ... 617 From: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com] On...
I hate it because it makes it all but impossible to drive to both games. Peter ... way in 1997, the only previous time that MSU was the unpaired team.>> ... ...
It's been done. Although Mark and Ken have sworn they will never do it again, that may have had to do with my driving. But it _can_ be worth the effort. Seems...
For Immediate Release: Jen Armson, Men’s Volleyball Contact Penn State Athletic Communications Ph: 814-865-1757, Fax: 814-863-3165 Email: jma19@......
I know some of you were regular posters on Volleytalk and personally know the moderators of the various VB sites.? The site has been down for the last two...
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