Comments on: Chance Big West Challenge not happening??

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:15:25 +0000

13. there’s money from the AVCA
13. We’ll see what happens. They will play The Beach on Friday.
see new thread.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:50:00 +0000

I say the chances of making it are higher. They’ve beaten long beach and swept ucla 2 times. It’s sad that one of these incredibly talented teams won’t make it in. Both of them deserve It.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:33:47 +0000

10.

since it’s done by AVCA and not the NCAA do the teams then pay their own way to the championships?

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:52:51 +0000

6. thanks LC
9. no
8 yes it’s an AVCA decision

By: warriors

warriors — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:37:23 +0000

any word yet?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:28:42 +0000

This decision for the at large is not made by the NCAA. Sand Vball is not an official NCAA sport yet.

By: man eating apple

man eating apple — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:05:02 +0000

Can we finally call out the NCAA for their excuse that it’s harder to pick Hawaii due to their location? Hawaii is an NCAA member, just like Penn St., USC, Texas, Idaho, etc. There is supposed to be a commitment to giving athletes a chance to play — this means no excusing leaving out a school due to its location.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/what-we-do/fairness-and-integrity
“fair competition for student-athletes across the country”
Oh, but Hawaii has to also be better than other schools, due to location considerations.

How is the poor NCAA supposed to make money?

By: LC

LC — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:26:16 +0000

Adding to this….

The posted IVC schedule is for last season 2013/14. The dates of matches don’t jive for this year. Example they lost to UH 4-1 on April 5th on the posted schedule but UH played Chaminade on April 5th this year.I’m not sure that there is any tournament at IVC as indicated on the Poly site ,maybe it fell through or changed.

If so Poly is actually is free to play in the Big West Challenge duals on the 18th but will pass on the pairs on the 19th to play in the duels at USC on the 19th. Poly is also not in the USC pairs on the 20th.

The answers maybe as easy as asking if you know who to contact at IVC or Poly.

Possible that the Big West Challenge will be LBSU , UH and Poly in the duels on the 18th and LBSU and UH in the pairs on the 19th.

By: LC

LC — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:54:48 +0000

Sounds like a mess.

LBSU and UH seem to be on the same page as far as Huntington Beach tournament goes. Sounds like some bad communication between the Big West schools.

By: IVCfan

IVCfan — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:30:43 +0000

The IVC schedule is old, from 2012-13, the ISVC Championships are April 25 this year.