Key Returners – Middles

This is the third of four articles on the key returners to the West Region and today I focus on the greatest position in volleyball, the middle hitter (speaking, of course, as a former middle). You can find my first article on the setters/right sides here and my second on liberos here. As a reminder, my……

Key Returners – Liberos

This is the second of four articles on the key returners to the West Region and today I focus on those much needed but often underappreciated liberos. You can find my first article on the setters/right sides here. As a reminder, my process remains the same in that I scoured the 2018 Awards page for……

Key Returners – Setters/Right Sides

This is my now annual look at the key returners to the West Region. This article covers the setters and right side players and I’ll also have one for the liberos, middles and outsides. My process remains the same in that I scoured the 2018 Awards page for non-seniors and then reviewed the NCAA statistical……

D3VbWest 2nd Anniversary!

Happy anniversary to D3VBWest as it celebrates its second year in existence! I will use this anniversary to scatter some web stats and thoughts across this thing we call the Internet. As a reminder, the only gift I require is to make sure you tell your parents/coaches that the site is out here. I’m still……

Podcast Page

I’ve added a Podcast Page to the left side menu (for those on a computer). It has the links to all of the D3VbWest Podcast pages on the various streaming platforms (e.g., Spotify, Google Podcasts, etc.) in one place. I’ll be adding content over time and I’m not sure how much I’ll mention it moving……

Ricky Nelson’s Top 25

My leader, Ricky Nelson, has published his Top 25, which is a must see event. I make it a point to get my Top 25 out before his and I know he doesn’t care a lick about my thoughts when doing his list. So, although these Top 25 lists were created independently, they are pretty……

Thursday Musing

Not a lot on my mind. I’m about to go through all of the West Region teams to see who has released rosters. Yes, my job is glamorous. I started work on the key returning players for 2019 and have made it through the setters/right sides. I have my preliminary lists for the other positions……

D3VbWest 2019 Preseason Top 25

Before I get into the guts of this article, just know that I released a video/podcast of my Top 25 that you can watch here. Graphics straight out of the 1980s so why wouldn’t you give it a listen? Update – I also moved the podcast without the video to Anchor, which you can access……

Top 25 Preview – Video/Podcast

I will be releasing my Top 25 tomorrow morning but if you want to see it early, you can watch/listen to the podcast I did. I got a report that the link wasn’t working all of the time. Not sure the cause as it works in my testing. I do have a YouTube icon (link)……

Schedule Analysis Part 3

This is my final installment dealing with the schedules from the West Region. Please check out my first installment and my second installment if you haven’t done so already. This go-around I have only 7 teams to cover but Mills College hasn’t published their schedule so they miss this train. Schreiner also hasn’t published but……