Comments on: Taylor earns 5th POW, Wahine RPI at 26, No. 8 in poll

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:35:30 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=34514

new link up for Tuesday

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:20:00 +0000

28. yes my mistake on Houghtelling. think i typed 03, which was Willoughby. sometimes 03 and 05 look the same.

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:52:12 +0000

28. The long and short of it … The unwritten rule for AVCA National POY is that she must have carried her team to the Final Four.

However, if there’s a truly outstanding player who almost took her team to the Final Four — Ohio State’s Stacey Gordon in 2004 — she can be named Co-National POY as long as the other Co-National POY is from one of the Final Four teams.
——————-
29. There is no magic RPI number. NCAA Championship Committee (comprised of humans) seeds the top 16 teams, and the seeding is first and foremost based on the NCAA’s own RPI but then other factors come into play, so the top 16 RPI teams is seldom if ever the top 16 seeds.

By: T103

T103 — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:14:40 +0000

What is the magic RPI # for teams to be hosting in their hometowns?

Congrats to Nikki & the wahine for a perfect conference season!

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 07:29:44 +0000

26. Since the rally scoring era (i.e. since 2001), the AVCA National POY has always come from a Final Four team — except in 2004 when (as you correctly say) the award was co-shared by the Canadian Stacey Gordon of 5th-seed Ohio State (which lost in one of the Regional Finals to 4th-seed Minnesota) and by Ogonna Nnamani of 11th-seed Stanford (which went on to not only reach the Final Four but win the NCAA Championship, led by Bryn Kehoe who became the first freshman setter to lead a team to a NCAA national championship). Nnamani was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player that year.

However, in 2005, the Big Red’s junior OH Christina Houghtelling won AVCA National POY but top-ranked Nebraska was swept by 3rd-seed Washington in the Final of the National Championship.

—————-
Congrats to Nikki Taylor, who is super ready to unleash the beast. Ditto OMG, who I thought should have been named Co-Offensive POW. (If the AVCA can give a Co-National POY, the Big West can …)

By: darkfire

darkfire — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:47:20 +0000

26. Hi Cindy, so, if Nikki wins 6 times next year, will that be a new UH record?

Congratulations Nikki on Offensive POW and to the Wahine and staff for their outstanding performance on the road. I hope we host! GO BOWS!

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:43:11 +0000

20. It’s a UH record for Taylor in Big West
Ljungquist and Danielson were five-time winners in the WAC.

24. not always from final four team.
Co POY Stacey Gordon’s Ohio State team did not make it in 2004.
Neither did Houghtelling, Nebraska 2003
Bev Oden, Stanford 90
Teee Williams, Hawaii 89
Tara Cross, Beach 88
Marlissa Salmi, BYU 86

By: tongo

tongo — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:29:41 +0000

#15 Thanks, I remember the 2009 team as I attended the regional finals at Stanford. At end of regular conference play, wahines had a RPI of #22 and a pretty high AVCA ranking within the top 10. The post season committee gave us a #12 seed for the tournament but we did not host. We were sent to USC for 1/2 round, and then to Sanford for sweet 16 before beating then #3 seed IL and then Michigan to get to final four.

By: Big Island VB fan

Big Island VB fan — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 02:31:00 +0000

23. It’s too early to be bummed out. In women’s volleyball, player of the year is always selected from one of the Final Four teams. If Hawaii makes it to the Final Four, then Nikki Taylor’s chances rise dramatically. On the converse, if USC is upset before reaching the Final Four, then Semantha Bricio will be dropped from any consideration. So whatever ESPNU discusses is really premature.

By: mei mei

mei mei — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 02:14:51 +0000

was watching ESPNU over the weekend (where Gaters – lost in 5) 🙁

anwway the announcers were talking and question came up of who should be up for National Player of the year – of course Bricio/USC name came up, among others (someone from Wisconsin/PSU/ etc.. ) didn’t pay much attention but was super bummed that Nikki wasn’t mentioned at all…
are we (UH Na wahine ) over looked that badly??

n e way – huge congrats to Nikki – is that record?