D3VbWest Top 25 (9/30/19)

Here are my rankings for the fifth week of the season. At the bottom of this post I will be using my Watch List data to construct a West Regional Ranking per the Selection Criteria. Remember, this ranking is without emotion although I do interject some opinion when dealing with ranked wins and the quality……

Weekly Wrap-Up

Time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! This week had fewer matches than past weeks so maybe I’ll need to vamp a bit to keep this interesting. As always, here is what you may have missed this past week. The week started with the D3VbWest Top 25, which included a new (unofficial) West Regional Ranking. I also……

Saturday, Sept. 28 Match Day!

Updates:  Frogs are killing it. Doesn’t help updating volleyball however. Boy, the ASC wildcard race is going to be messy. I didn’t see an easy LeTourneau over HSU. Redlands took the first set from Chapman. Don’t sleep on the Bulldogs! Centenary/St. Thomas are in a dog fight (see what I did there?). The La Verne……

Friday, Sept. 27 Match Day!

Updates:  As we wait for matches I thought I would drop this nugget here. I just did my first prediction of the at-large teams yesterday. Last year at this time I did the same thing and 16 of the 19 teams I selected made the tournament (either as a Pool A or C bid). I……

2019 Field of 64 (Revision 1)

Last year I attempted a few times during the season to look at the teams likely to make the NCAA Tournament and with my wife out of town it seemed like a good time to lay down my first revision of the year. As you all know, the tournament takes 64 teams. There are 43……

Thursday, Sept. 26 Match Day!

Updates:  Trinity had a pretty easy time of it tonight. 6:00 p.m. (All times central) Schreiner at #10 Trinity Video Stats Trinity 3 Schreiner 0 Random Thoughts:  Another SCAC conference match. Should be an easy one for Trinity.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 Match Day!

Updates:  Whoa. St. Thomas (TX) gives Trinity all they can handle and set one but falls short. 26-24. Whoa again. St. Thomas takes set two easily. All tied 1-1. Trinity got it together to take the last two sets. I don’t see any upsets nationally although St. Ben’s was forced to a 5th set before……

Players of the Week (9/25/19)

The following players have earned POW honors for week four of the season. Links are attached to the conference name when available. I will also include the AVCA Player of the Week, which is awarded to one player nationally each week. (I will do this award regardless of whether it’s awarded to a West Region……

Tuesday, Sept. 24 Match Day!

Updates:  Live Stats are wrong in the Concordia match. They do lead 2-1. I’m assuming the live stats person either had to leave early or is frantically trying to fix his mess up. Meanwhile a volleyball match continues and I have no idea what the score is. Belhaven going to a fifth set. HSU up……

AVCA Top 25 (9/24/19)

The week four AVCA Top 25 coaches poll is out, which you can find here. ANARCHY! Although the Top 10 teams stayed, albeit in a different order, a total 5 teams received first place votes this week. All five of these teams have one thing in common and that is they are well deserving…or…from the New……