Comments on: Hawaii women’s volleyball: Hanna Hellvig freshman of week, Wahine RPI 10, up to No. 21 in poll

By: Big Island Volleyball Fan

Big Island Volleyball Fan — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 01:45:05 +0000

So comments are still open here while the two following segments are already closed.. Baylor finally met its Waterloo, losing in three straight sets to Texas on the road. No more undefeated teams. Last undefeated team was Penn State ten years ago.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:19:29 +0000

Eight more matches in regular season (24-32 regular sets) and probably, another five matches in red zone. Aim RPI, not to be dropped below 16. Few concerns/suggestions: 1) Hopefully, both recovering players, JR as well as BVS (needed fully healthy in red zone) gets very FEW rotations this weekend to prepare for 1st week of November. But expect the same crew carry wahines mostly, this weekend too. 2) Both injuries were blessing in disguise as wahine developed a discern depth without these two stars. Hopefully, these reserves be kept in loop until reach the red zone. 3) Wish to see some sort of combination-plays from MBs for sets that go to #20 (power hitter) to disrupt defenders. Although MBs do a great job in middle, seems providing inadequate support to OH). 4) Wish specialist develop a second serve with zero tolerance to be used only in critical times. For example, second serve in tennis, pace is reduced a little bit to avoid a service error but compensate with better placement, etc. 5) Hopefully, players start communicating better if there any health concerns with coaching staff few days prior to game day rather than letting everyone down during match.

By: tongo

tongo — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:59:50 +0000

13 – I agree about Riley’s swing. I really like her swing. Hitting percent is not there yet but based on everything else she does, it highly likely that she will get it up there with more experience and hitting the weights. She is a good one and so fluid on the court.

By: islandman

islandman — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:56:55 +0000

21. i like Amber’s motion in hitting. Also, Maglio hit from way in back too.

By: H-Man

H-Man — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:09:32 +0000

2020 Defensive Specialist commit, Georgia Via https://volleymob.com/hawaii-lands-2nd-class-of-2020-commit-in-ds-l-georgia-via/

By: warriorwahine

warriorwahine — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:11:32 +0000

4, 8 and/or 12. rika smiled because she was embarrassed she hit the net while norene smiled because she grimaced in pain.

thats all.

By: WaveRipper

WaveRipper — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:12:34 +0000

I did not ask for general RPI info. Wikipedia deals with that adequately. I asked for specific private websites that accurately track, among other things, the RPI (some on a daily basis) before the NCAA releases its weekly RPI. I believe they are for-pay websites. I am just curious which ones you use — if you use or peruse such sites.

By: Maverick

Maverick — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:31:12 +0000

24. The point of my post (again) is to critique your assertion of how well the AVCA poll “predicts” the national champion. 58% record is not amazing, and 40% over the past 10 years is worse–no historical accuracy, no predictive ability. Poor correlation. Any competent statistician will tell you that. BTW, the pollsters don’t “select” who they think will win the championship. They look at who is the best team at that point in time based on past results. The other stuff you wrote was irrelevant to my point.

I have posted RPI and other info many times on this blog over the years. All you need to do is type a web search and you’ll find it too. Make an effort. Then you can refer to the info before you post something that is obviously incorrect.

By: ManoaFan

ManoaFan — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:34:55 +0000

Official doesn’t mean correct. Howard Wallace was my coach years back. Kenyatta Lovelace was listed as 5-8 but she was really 5-6. A tribute to her hops!

By: Waveripper

Waveripper — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:34:14 +0000

23. “Have no idea where you get your info.” First sentence: “In a previous post, someone posted defamatory remarks about the AVCA Coaches Poll — a weekly rating which I understand is conducted by a contracted polling firm.” I can’t remember the exact date on Cindy’s blog, but it was a few days ago, and I found those inflammatory remarks against the AVCA Poll undocumented (but I stand corrected if they are documented) and just heresay. Second sentence: “While the Poll is far from perfect (I wish it was the Top 50), the Poll’s historical accuracy in predicting the eventual winner of the NCAA D1 Championship speaks for itself.” This sentence should be taken in context with the first sentence’s questioning of the AVCA Poll. For volleyball coaches to select the national winner 58% is an amazing record considering the AVCA has no say in seeding the top teams or selecting the regional pairings. In fact, as you have said and I now agree, the AVCA Poll is “irrelevant” to the Selection process. And how does the NCAA’s Volleyball Committee, which relies mainly (but not totally) on the NCAA RPI and which controls the seeding, etc, fair? Third sentence: “National Game of the Week: BAYLOR @ TEXAS of the 9-team Big 12 conference on October 23 (Wednesday). NCAA RPI: Baylor 1, Texas 4 …. AVCA Poll: Baylor 1, Texas 4.” Don’t see anything wrong with this info, unless you’re asking where I found this “national game of the week” info. Nowhere to be found but I don’t think many would question my opinion that this is the national game of the week.

And since you are a provider of info, can you provide the for-pay volleyball websites that project the RPI before the NCAA releases its official RPI? Those would be useful links. Or if a similar free website exists, that would even be better.

GO BOWS!