Comments on: Congrats to Kahakai, DPOW; RPI at 49

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 03:38:55 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=44909
new thread up. travel roster addressed there.
4. they can’t talk about someone who isn’t officially signed. which happens in a few weeks.
yes, she is still committed.

By: 2left

2left — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:31:10 +0000

1. In all fairness to Granato, I think an overly large burden is placed on her shoulders so she doesn’t just have to play steady in big games, she needs to be truly outstanding. Like Tai Manu-Oliao before her, they are both extremely talented hitters with canons for arms, but both undersized at the short side of 6’ and both had bouts of passing woes. I’d say Granato has it even tougher because Tai had Nikki to be the primary outside weapon, and Nikki and Kalei both played six rotations while Granato is now the only hitter capable of that. So both players were heavily targeted on serves, and both could not hit OTT against big blocks. but they excel despite those issues.

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:35:42 +0000

At uci will be crucial also.
Wahine need to keep feeding Mags, but Kendra has to come through and hit better the rest of the way.

By: islandman

islandman — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:43:01 +0000

So who is not on the travel roster ?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:29:26 +0000

Regadless if Irvine beats Poly tomorrow or not, if we beat poly and win out, we are safely in. Beating poly is key, regardless of todays results. If poly does lose and UH wins, sure they are in 100 percent, since they would be the auto, but even with poly winning today and losing friday, RPI futures has us mid 30’s I believe, Which is fine.

By: FitTrainer

FitTrainer — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:59:30 +0000

Congrats to Kahakai! Looking for a big game from her on Friday!

the team has a big block that teams are realizing they need to dink it over. The team needs to take advantage of the block by getting those tips. The block is also slowing down the ball for digging. They will need every advantage they can get!

By: Cubicle No More ...

Cubicle No More ... — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:40:45 +0000

Congrats to Kahakai!

By: Kaimukian

Kaimukian — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:31:24 +0000

Keep in mind that a lot of the at large bids for the tourney are accounted for by 5th and 6th place teams of power 5 conferences, due to strength of schedule alone. Even if they are .500 in conference, I would not be surprised if the Pac-12 sends 6 teams as usual this year.

Shoji teams have been stiffed in years past with decent RPI’s, so our only path looks like Cal Poly getting upset by UCI AND us beating them to claim a true BW championship. Tie-breaker doesn’t look to be too friendly this year. I’m sure Hawaii fans know this and will be watching tomorrows Cal Poly UCI match intently.

By: Cubicle No More ...

Cubicle No More ... — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:20:08 +0000

setaone — generally the cutoff point on the RPI for at-larges is around the mid-40s. for a team to get in with a lower RPI, they’d probably have to have a worth record against top 50 and/or top 25 RPI teams. but that’s just my guess and recollection based on past history.

By: Rabbit Ears

Rabbit Ears — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:56:28 +0000

We need a Irvine victory tomorrow. That would really help. Actually I like Granato hitting hard. We have to many dinkers as it is. She does a good job of tooling the blocks