NCAA Tournament

REGIONAL FINALS (Elite Eight)

Saturday, December 14

PITTSBURGH REGION
#1 Pittsburgh def. #3 Kentucky (25-22, 25-23, 25-17)

LOUISVILLE REGION
#1 Louisville def. #2 Stanford (22-25, 25-14, 28-26, 25-20)

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Sunday, December 15

LINCOLN REGION
#1 Nebraska (29-2) vs. #2 Wisconsin (23-6) (2:00 PM - ABC)

PENN STATE REGION
#1 Penn State (29-2) vs. #2 Creighton (29-2) (7:30 PM - ESPN)

What does Nebraska did to being better to take down the Badgers?

I feel like the Badgers are 85% as good to prior years, but Franklin (like Foecke for NU) can simply take over games by hersel - what a heady, consistent weapon

Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Wisconsin Badgers for a right to play in the Final Four.

With approx. 3 hours to start time, here’s a quick Quotebook on what the ‘Skers and ‘Gers said about the matchup:

Is Andrew Morgan eligible to return as 6th year guy? I was thinking of Mast (if he doesn't hang it up) and him next year with Berke and there is size/match up/shooting problems for other teams. Also, is Meah eligible to come back for a 6th year? He serves his purpose.

“In 2021, Husker women’s volleyball libero Lexi Rodriguez was chosen as a First-Team All-American. Name the last Nebraska libero to be a First-Team All-American prior to Rodriguez, and give the year in which she earned that honor.”

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Answers:

Justine Wong-Orantes

2016

I haven't seen a post on this yet and I am surprised. YouTube tributes for both academies. I like the basic look for the Airborne better this year. How about you guys?

Navy the Jolly Rogers:

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And Army: 80th anniversary of the 101st and Bastogne

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1st round should be going to a bowl game. It should have been pre-determined that loser of certain 1st round game ends up in bowl x. And so on. THey deserve the trip plus it would make for better bowl games.
That and the predetermined bye for conf champs needs to change.

OK, I know this won’t be well received, but Army should get the 12th spot in the playoffs.

They could easily go toe-to-toe with SMU, Boise State, and Indiana.

Their only loss (weak schedule, mind you) was to Notre Dame.

It ain’t going to happen, but it would be great for the spirit of ol’ college football rather than an 9-3 Alabama team.

Just saying.

but go crayton...

Just leave a like if you get it. Here's mine:

A couple of WWII vets save their old commander by outwitting, and ultimately defeating an unseasonably warm Vermont winter with nothing more than song & dance.

Thoughts?
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December 14
#1 UCLA 102, Long Beach State 51
#11 Ohio State 87, Youngstown State 39
#16 Kentucky 82, Purdue 52
#20 Michigan 100, Detroit Mercy 54
Utah 67, Washington 57

Standings
1. Nebraska (9-1, 1-0)
1. Indiana (7-3, 1-0)
1. Maryland (10-0, 1-0)
1. Michigan (9-1, 1-0)
1. Ohio State (10-0, 1-0)
1. UCLA (10-0, 1-0)
1. USC (9-1, 1-0)
1. Wisconsin (9-2, 1-0)
9. Iowa (9-1, 0-0)
9. Michigan State (9-0, 0-0)
11. Illinois (8-2, 0-1)
11. Minnesota (11-1, 0-1)
11. Northwestern (4-4, 0-1)
11. Oregon (7-3, 0-1)
11. Penn State (9-2, 0-1)
11. Purdue (5-5, 0-1)
11. Rutgers (5-4, 0-1)
11. Washington (7-4, 0-1)

Games for Sunday, December 15
#21 Iowa at #17 Michigan State (11:00 AM - BTN)
Chattanooga at #24 Nebraska (12:00 PM - Nebraska Public Media / BTN+)
Southern Indiana at Illinois (1:00 PM - BTN+)
Wagner at Rutgers (1:00 PM - BTN+)
Bellarmine at Indiana (1:00 PM - BTN+)
Elon at #5 USC (2:00 PM - BTN+)
Penn State at Kansas (2:00 PM - ESPNU)
Bradley at Northwestern (2:00 PM - BTN+)

Solid effort here

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NCAA Tournament

REGIONAL SEMIFINALS

PENN STATE REGION
#1 Penn State def. #5 Marquette (25-15, 25-21, 24-26, 25-20)
#2 Creighton def. #3 Texas (24-26, 25-19, 25-21, 25-20)

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LINCOLN REGION
#1 Nebraska def. #5 Dayton (25-17, 25-18, 25-27, 25-13)
#2 Wisconsin def. #6 Texas A&M (25-21, 18-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-13)

Caught up with the newest Husker, long snapper Kevin Gallic, on why Nebraska was the place for him:

UPDATE

FINAL
1 Nebraska def. 5 Dayton, 3-1, in Sweet 16 match (25-17, 25-18, 25-27, 25-13)

Harper Murray: 22 kills, 4 aces, 16 digs, 4 blocks
Bergen Reilly: 42 assists, 6 digs, 4 blocks and 1 ace
Rebekah Allick: 10 kills, 4 blocks

The Huskers move past the Flyers (31-3) and into an astounding 34th Elite Eight appearance in the last 43 years. That number is absolutely ludicrous. So is the fact that they will now be gunning to reach their 29th Final Four in that same time span. Banana land.

They will be attempting to do so against the #2 seed in the Lincoln Regional – the Wisconsin Badgers.

Kelly Sheffield’s crew took down #6 seed Texas A&M earlier in the night at Devaney. So…

Regional Final (Elite Eight)
Matchup: #1 Nebraska vs. #2 Wisconsin
Nebraska record: 32-2 overall and 19-1 (Big Ten co-champs)
Wisconsin record: 26-6 overall and 17-3 (3rd in Big Ten)
Day/Time: Sunday at 2 p.m. CT
TV: ABC
Stream: ESPN+ and WatchESPN
Radio: Huskers Radio Network

Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament path
def. Florida A&M, 3-0 (1st RD)
def. #8 seed Miami, 3-0 (2nd RD)
def. #5 seed Dayton, 3-0 (Sweet 16)

Wisconsin’s NCAA Tournament path
def. Fairfield, 3-0 (1st RD)
def. #7 Georgia Tech, 3-1 (2nd RD)
def. #6 Texas A&M, 3-2 (Sweet 16)

Series history
Nebraska is 11-13 in the all-time series vs. Wisconsin. The Badgers held a 10-game win streak over Nebraska until last year’s #1 vs. #2 all-time classic won by the Huskers in Lincoln.

Nebraska has won 3 of the last 4 over the Badgers, including sweeps over then-No. 7 Wisconsin on the road (Nov. 1) and then-No. 6 Wisconsin at home (Nov. 23). Huskers are currently ranked #3 and Badgers are ranked #7 in the latest AVCA Top 25 poll.

NCAA Volleyball Tournament Schedule

• Elite 8: Sunday, Dec. 15
• Final Four: Begin at 6:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Dec. 19 on ESPN
• National Championship Match: 3 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 22 on ABC

Elite Eight is fully set, and it’s almost entirely chalk:
1 Pitt vs. 3 Kentucky (Saturday at 4 p.m. CT)
1 Louisville vs. 2 Stanford (Saturday at 6:30 p.m. CT)

1 Penn State vs. 2 Creighton (Sunday at 7:30 p.m. CT)
1 Nebraska vs. 2 Wisconsin (Sunday at 2 p.m. CT)

– Zack Carpenter


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Getting started now. First match is Missouri v Kentucky in the Pitt Regional.

Kentucky coached by Skinner, an old Nebraska assistant, has beaten Missouri twice 3-0 at home and then 3-1 at Missouri in the last regular season match.

I'd go with Kentucky in 4. Missouri had a nice run, but Kentucky has to many good players.

Skinner coached under Cook at Wisconsin, then coached under Cook at Nebraska before getting the Kentucky HC job, he has won the national title at Kentucky in 2020.

Kentucky has a couple of stars in DeLeye at OH and Grome at S. Missouri is lead by OH Mychael Vernon a 6th year Oregon State transfer.

Looks like Spencer got some bonus cash this year, good for him!!!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ml...1&cvid=e096383088084386acf7f0c8774722a9&ei=50

Straight from the site.

https://atlbravescountry.com/spencer-schwellenbach-pre-arbitration-bonus-pool-money-awarded/

Coming here for opinions because I haven’t quite figured out if I’m right or wrong.

local Y league. Have coached 9 seasons there of youth basketball (in addition to sellect basketball I coach). Won both championships there last season and am the most requested coach in their league.

I’ve been in the championship game there every season. My older sons team lost the previous 3 seasons to another great coach’s team by ONE point each time in the championship game. Last season the good coach (ex college player) was their assistant due to other coaching obligations and I won in the Championship by ONE point - ironically.

have always had a good relationship with both the head and assistant coaches of that team.

last Saturday we played. They were in first and we were in second place going in. We were down our leading scorer and two other players. Didn’t have subs. Their head coach was out and the assistant was leading them (guy I beat last year).

my son ran the point and they doubled him at half court. They built a 15 point lead at halftime and were up 20 in the third and 30 early in the 4th. we didn’t have the horses or bodies to hang with them and that was fine. Knew we weren’t winning going into it.

In the 4th quarter, up 30, he is imploring his kids to push the pace yelling “outlet outlet!!” He didn’t do that the first time we played. When the refs made a foul call in the 4th where my son got knocked to the ground during another double team he yells “ref! Call it as is happened NOT based on the score!!” I shoot him a look and he looks over at me but I don’t say a word.

after the game I approach him in the hall and ask if we could chat. I said “coach we’ve had some great games over the years and I’ve always had respect for your team. But today I saw some things in the game that might change my opinion of you and I wanted to get your take because maybe I’m
Missing something.”

I explain what I saw and he basically gives me a “you do what you guys do and we do what we do and I only did it because of the respect I have for you and your team”.

then I go “coach you were up 30 points though and running it up against a team with no subs”. He just walks away.

I’m dumbfounded and walk down the hall and say “coach are you just walking away mid discussion or did you want me to follow to talk out here?” He goes “I think we are done here”.

I just had bicep surgery (ruptured bicep from a 360 dunk on hoop the week before) and am in a sling. I look down at the sling and go “You’ve never shown this type of disrespect to me or my teams in the past. If it’s because I’m in this sling and you feel emboldened, just know I’m not disabled. This sling isn’t forever”.

not once did I raise my voice. Didn’t curse at him. The head of the Y program is standing 7-8 feet away during the conversation completely unaware of it.

he goes “are you threatening a pastor?!” I go “I don’t care what you do for a living. I’m a man and I’m old school and just letting you know this sling isn’t permanent”.

he runs over to the girl who runs the program and tells her I’m threatening him.

we go meet in her office. During the meeting he tells her to rip up whatever notes she wrote down. She said she couldn’t and has to report it.

I go in Monday for another meeting and am told I can’t coach my 6th grade team the rest of the season.

my parents are pissed. Four of the Y refs heard about it and came up to me today and said it’s ridiculous and that I’m the one coach that NEVER questions their calls or gets upset. They all said they are in disbelief.

One parent is an attorney for the state and wants to go after the Y. I’ve told them to let it go.

How do I feel about it? Not sure. Part of me is disgusted for doing anything that got it to this point. The other part of me is angry at the other coach for going full beta male when I didn’t touch him. No finger pointing. No raised voice. No “when this heals I’m going to.....”. Angry that he got me out of the league and I won’t be able to finish as coach for my older son (something I’ve done there at the Y for 4 seasons). I’m a youth sports coach in town with a spotless record. I’m just irritated that this beta took my opportunity. But maybe I’m at fault. Ugghh

just want to get your guys thoughts on it all. If anything share a good story.

Nebraska has landed long snapper Kevin Gallic from the transfer portal.

Army's uniforms look pretty sweet with frost on the shoulders and helmet. Navy had a nice drive there for 6...

Pitt takes the first set after some late drama - they play tremendous defense like we do but tend to make more errors in the serve/receive IMO

Kentucky is incredbily athletic but operates rather uncoordinated - so when Pitt gets them out of system they've been cleaning up in the chaos

10-7 Pitt set 2 though ...