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  1. She had like 49 aces and 122 service errors on the year. The service error police would go nutso with her on the team. And I'd almost include Elliott in that. He doesn't have the biggest appetite for errors of any kind. Not a critique of him. He's the one with the 3 national championships and umpteen Final Four banners hanging in the rafters. Just saying there are some "let it rip, never tip" type coaches out there, but Elliott is not among them. One thing I feel certain of. Texas could provide her with a better NIL package than Cal Poly. But yeah, I'm with Js1. Her only possible role would be as a DS. I mean, that's the role Kujundzic was brought in for.
  2. Need to do it again.
  3. I posted on a different board I feel like Christians had a better chance against Nero's lions. Complete failure to allow them double digits.
  4. They're 14-16. The only reason they're in the tournament is because they won the SWAC tournament to be their automatic qualifier. There is nothing to learn from this match. This is literally the worst team - by far - Texas has played this season.
  5. Indiana sweeps Colorado 25-20, 25-17, 25-23 to advance to the Austin Regionals.
  6. A guy put up a post on volleytalk a couple of days ago that examined how different seeds have fared in the last 3 years once the selection committee shifted to seeding 1-32. Here's a link to the post: https://volleytalk.proboards.com/post/4625292/thread The top 4 seeds have gone 47-1 in the first round, with the only loss Creighton to Auburn, after Creighton lost their super setter to injury. The 1 seed has literally never failed to make it to the regional finals, going 12-0 in the regional semifinals. The 1 seed has gone 9-3 in the regional finals to make it to the Final Four. The only non #1 seed to play for the national championship was Texas in 2023. The most competitive matches have been: 1) the #4v5, with a 5-5 record and 5 of the 10 matches going 5 sets 2) the #2v3 with a 6-3 record and 4 of the 9 going 5 sets. 3) the 1v2 with a 5-3 record and 4 of the 8 going 5 sets. ___________________________________ tldr: this tournament is chalky chalkerson
  7. The SEC was really weak this year other than Texas, Kentucky, and A&M.
  8. Tennessee is getting clobbered.
  9. Here's an interesting stat. This year will be the fourth year in a row that a Texas transfer was named 1st team All American.
  10. I'll be honest. I have a rough time with these first two rounds. All the upsets seem immaterial, because they're just blasted out of the next round or at regionals. Obviously I get excited for our matchups, and Penn State is a pretty big name to be slated for the second round matchup. Probably the biggest name school we've ever faced that early. Partly because it doesn't get much bigger than the Nittany Lions. I bet at least 13 of the 16 hosts of the first two rounds make it to regionals. And at least half of the regional hosts make it to the Final Four. And that's being conservative.
  11. "Our team loves Jesus." Oh my. Yes, I can see what you're saying. 'Our Team Loves Jesus'—Oklahoma Softball Players, Coach Patty Gasso Flourish in Culture of Faith Apparently they basically have team chapel services before Sunday games.
  12. Maybe. I don't think that's entirely realistic, although a nice idea. But this is the volleyball thread, and we're about to enter the tournament. I just know Texas players speak about their faith more openly in interviews than players for other teams. That's my observation.
  13. He's not being literal. He's just saying it's such a huge part of the culture of the team that it's difficult for a non believer to fit in. I honestly didn't know that OU softball really emphasizes it. Baylor prays after every match and invites the opponent to join them. Texas has always joined them.
  14. That may be. But the team sure attracts a ton of players of faith.
  15. I loved that article. Danny Davis knows how to cover UT volleyball with so much heart. It's crazy how much of a faith based team Texas is. Year after year it's a huge component. I've never heard either Elliott or his wife talk about their faith. Don't know if David Hunt has any thoughts in that area. I know Ben Josephson does. But the players consistently make references to it. It's been that way for years.
  16. They're not that talented. Kennedy Martin is awesome, though. They don't pass that well. They don't serve all that tough. Their outsides aren't that terminal. They have setting issues. Their middle block is nothing to write home about. Other than that, they're amazing.
  17. It's not a matter of distance. Back then visiting ticket allotments were much larger and encompassed the band. Now the allotment is much less, and the band isn't covered, so the opposing athletic department has to decide whether to sell those tickets to alums or give them to the marching band. Guess what wins out?
  18. I do not see a team that's going to stop them, but if there is one, they're probably facing them in the regional finals in Louisville. Those pins for Louisville are just so dang short.
  19. Boy, me too. I have nothing against Carlson. By all accounts she's a standup person who was put in a bad situation last year through no fault of her own. But all the Swindle hate with all the Carlson love has driven me batty on Volleytalk. I wanted to see Texas abuse Carlson in the front row rotation until the Mustangs screamed calf rope.
  20. I had some interactions with Marquette fans. To a person they tried to tell me I'm a bad person and UT is a bad employer for forcing him out, and he's going to do great things at Marquette. Caught a lot of flack when they won the Big East tournament and made it into the second round in his first year. Caught more flack when Beard was arrested. I haven't gone back to revisit any of those conversations, but if I had kept better tabs on them I would. Basically I guaranteed they'd fire him within 5 years. So next year. He's right on schedule as far as I'm concerned.
  21. I would like a few conference championships.
  22. I have no idea what you mean by that. You keep mentioning Parra, but she wasn't even part of the lineup for one of the best serving teams Texas ever had. I don't understand what your point of bringing her up is. It's not enough to hit it over the net. You have to put pressure on serve receive. If that comes with some service errors, that's a good trade off. The A&M player you're referring to is Megan Fitch. Whether they were lollipops or not, our players were shanking first contact regularly. My guess is her serves have some movement on them, which is the reason Morrison brought her in in that scenario. And it worked. Tough servers are the difference between a championship team and a team that loses in the Elite Eight. Tough servers not only contribute to winning, they are the KEY difference, along with the ability to receive serve at an elite level. But tough serving is not merely about velocity. And I don't know about being smarter than everyone else, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm smarter than you.
  23. I feel like at this point all of us should know what we're going to see with the game thread when we open it up. Caveat emptor and all that.
  24. What do you mean ouch. They scored more than 6. And it wasn't at home. This is improvement.
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