Comments on: Hawaii unranked, stays at 30 in RPI, Adolpho DOW honors

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 03:57:24 +0000

19. regardless if UH can afford the schedule split, it’s what the schedule will dictate. they have to do it for men’s and women’s basketball.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 03:55:18 +0000

25. as for Reid, do think it carried a lot of weight that The Beach won for the first time in 21 years here. although it wasn’t that many matches since UH wasn’t in the Big West after 95.

By: 'ohanaInBellingham

'ohanaInBellingham — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 03:48:22 +0000

Thank you for the perspective, Cindy!

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 03:30:37 +0000

23. agree that UH has yet to beat a ranked to but they haven’t had a lot of chances, not like being in in the Pac-12. Wahine 0-5 with 2 5-set losses to The Beach.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 03:28:56 +0000

25. as well as Taylor played, something the SID and I spoke about after Saturday was Magill’s efficiency. She had 0 hitting errors in 12 sets, from Set 3 at UCI through Set 2 vs. CSUN. I didn’t have access to the stat program that would have showed how many attempts she had while going errorless. That may have played into her nomination, as well as her blocks. Magill had 3 hitting errors in 4 matches with UH going 3-1.

By: 'ohanaInBellingham

'ohanaInBellingham — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:27:54 +0000

17. Hello, Cindy. I wholeheartedly agree with Adolpho’s nomination, and eventual win, for DPoW. It was Olivia’s nomination over Nikki for PoW that surprised me. Nikki’s stats were not only better than Olivia’s, they were also better than eventual winner, Alex Reid’s. Even the “Points” metric gives Nikki the edge over Reid: 21 (Fri) and 17.5 (Sat) to 17.

Maybe I’m making too big a deal of this. Maybe the girls don’t really care about these accolades.

Thank you for humoring me.

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:43:06 +0000

Change “0 of the 5 teams from the SEC” to 0 of the 8 teams from the SEC.

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:34:01 +0000

Stand corrected on one of my facts.

Even though the current NCAA web site says there will be 33 automatic and 31 at-large bids awarded, if it’s the same as last year, there will be 32 and 32.

Last year the NCAA gave 28 at-large bids to the BCS schools: Pac-12/8, Big Ten/7, SEC/7, ACC/3, and Big 12/3. The remaining at-large bids went to the Big West/2, WCC/1, and Big East/1.

In other words, after the BCS leagues swallowed the lion’s share, only 4 at-large bids were left for the pickings. Yes, 4.

For those who think it’s almost a gimme that the Big West will again have 3 teams at the Big Dance (i.e. 1 automatic and 2 at-large), remember also that the NCAA Selection Committee doesn’t forget what happened from a year ago (although they will never say so). In the 2013 Championship Tournament, 0 of the 5 teams from the SEC, 0 of the 3 from the Big West, and 0 of the 2 from the Big East made it out of the subregionals.

As Cindy (#9) said, “if Hawaii wins out, they will be 9-1 having won their last 5, with a five-set loss to a ranked team.” Although detractors will point out that Team Shoji has yet to beat a ranked team in the regular season. Prove to the NCAA Selection Committee that you deserve a shot at a ranked team in the post-regular season. Win out. Momentum is all.

Go Bows!

By: hollycow

hollycow — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:26:47 +0000

Wonder if UH has Punahou’s 6’2″ junior RS Kiana Peroff on the radar?

By: karin

karin — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:20:23 +0000

Any info on the NLI signings for tomorrow. Is it in the morning and at the Sheridan or another similar site as the previous years? I recall a complete tv coverage for last year.