Comments on: Big West women’s volleyball: CSUN coach Jeff Stork in favor of tournament at Hawaii

By: warriorwahine

warriorwahine — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 04:57:45 +0000

status quo is best. no tourney otherwise it just be an rpi killer. and do you see the power 5 having tourneys for womens volleyball? nope.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 02:41:00 +0000

3 Agree. Season end tournament is a very bad idea for Table leaders of long season because one bad game in final tournament becomes the deciding factor for post-season. Incentive to compete hard in regular season drops too. Favor the status quo.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:42:26 +0000

That’s an interesting thing to bring up, mainly because of the fact that we could be including Cal State Bakersfield and UC San Diego into the BWC lineup. With all these mysterious changes the BWC could be including, we could be overcrowding the conference gap. CSU Bakersfield will become an official member of the conference on July 1, 2020, and UC San Diego will become an official member of the conference on July 1, 2024. So a lot to be told, especially since UCSD is already a member on our men’s volleyball program, and we could be seeing UCSD in the future for UH sports. But especially once CSUB and UCSD enter the men’s and women’s basketball, pressure could be on us potentially to see if we can fight tough against them.

I appreciate Stork’s idea, but it does come with some sacrifices, especially with the costs to set up the tournament and having to find the teams to qualify on. It’s not like the MVB tournament where there’s only 6 members and nothing else. If they stick to the same qualifications as the MVB tournament, it could be a bit hectic to watch.

By: darkfire35

darkfire35 — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:12:00 +0000

Great article as usual Brian. I for one am against the tournament. Contrary to Jeff Stork, although it may give incentive to the “middle” teams, it somewhat discourages those teams like Hawaii that worked really hard all season to get where they are at; knowing that all that hard work can be toppled by 1 match that will kill all their hard work all season long.

To that, all I can say is GO BOWS!! Take it all! You’ve earned it!

By: Branz

Branz — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:24:00 +0000

If the BW decide to have a postseason tournament they should limit it to 6 teams.That way the middle teams will play hard and fight for the final spot.
Have the top two get a bye and 3-6, 4-5 play and the top seed plays the lowest remaining seed. And yes to make money they should have it at the Stan and alternate at the Pyramid to be fair.

By: sports for fun

sports for fun — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:08:29 +0000

Wow! A conference tournament with 11 teams! If the majority of the BWC teams (6-8 teams) have a strong RPI every year, then MAYBE it makes sense. But as of right now, with so many low RPI teams in conference, it wouldn’t benefit the conference at all, even if it is held in Hawaii every year.