Comments on: SDSU upsets CSU, ticket info for 1st-2nd round

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:53:45 +0000

Not gonna get my hopes up for hosting that will just make me mad if they are sent to the mainland.

By: mauna

mauna — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:19:24 +0000

14. sharene. pick up STARTS on Dec 2 noon. You can pick it up at will call on game day.

By: LC

LC — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:00:16 +0000

I was looking at who is on the selection committee this year,east coast well represented.

http://web1.ncaa.org/committees/committees_roster.jsp?CommitteeName=1WVB

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 21:32:40 +0000

14. What does your letter say? I don’t have access to a copy.

By: sharene

sharene — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:10:45 +0000

Wait…we have to pick up our tickets on Dec. 2? They won’t hold it until the day of the game?

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:51:30 +0000

Re: 12
Thanksgiving hangover — meant “12-team Big Ten”

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:46:32 +0000

Re: 11 [Didn’t forget the Wildcats but my mouse did as the copy & paste skipped. But thanks LC, hope you had a nice gobble gobble day.]

NORTHWESTERN (16-15, 8-11 Big Ten)
Nov. 25 RPI: # 57 (so after Wichita St in the above list)
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* See 11 above
Note: Currently 8th in the 10-team Big Ten. Big Ten had a contingent of 7 teams in 2012, and I see the same number this year with PSU, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Illinois hosting a subregional.

All in all, the quality of UH’s non-conf. opposition shows why the Wahine deserve to be among the nation’s elite 16 seeds, as 3 of these teams have won their league and 3 more could win their conference.

By: LC

LC — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:51:36 +0000

10) You forgot Northwestern

Wed.Nov. 27 Lost to Illinois 3-0
Sat.Nov. 30 vs. No. 13 Wisconsin

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:05:44 +0000

~~ On the Regular Season’s Final NCAA RPI, which will be released to the public on Dec. 2/Monday but which will be made available to the NCAA Championship Volleyball Committee prior to Dec. 1/Selection Sunday ~~

Others on this blog will be posting about the Big West matches. So I’ve decided to list the last matches of all of UH’s non-conference opponents since these results will have a direct affect on UH’s RPI, which currently stands at RPI #11 (and said by others on this blog to be dropping fast).

Listed in order of the highest to the lowest RPI:

TEXAS [22-2, 15-0 Big 12]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 1
Post-Nov. 25 Matches
* Nov. 27 = Beat Iowa St (3-1)
* Nov. 30 = Vs. Baylor
Note: Texas won the Big 12 and NCAA Championship AQ with a win over Kansas St on Nov. 23

SAN DIEGO [24-3, 16-2 West Coast Conf.]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 15
Post-Nov. 25 Matches
* None
Note: On Nov. 23 (last match of the regular season for USD), the Torreros ran its winning streak to 15 to claim over BYU the WCC Championship & with it the NCAA Championship AQ

CREIGHTON [21-7, 12-4 Big East]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 16
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* Nov 29 = Seed 2 Creighton vs. Seed 3 Xavier & Seed 1 Marquette vs. Seed 4 Butler
* Nov 30 = TBD Final for Big East Championship & NCAA Championship AQ

ARIZONA [19-12, 9-10 Pac-12]
Nov. 25 RPI : #24
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* Nov. 27 = Lost to Stanford (0-3)
* Nov. 29 = Vs. Arizona St

UCLA [15-14, 6-13 Pac-12]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 42
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* Nov. 27 = Lost to USC (0-3)
* Nov. 29 = Vs. Utah

WICHITA ST [26-6, 16-3 MVC]
Nov. 25 RPI: #46
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* Nov. 29 = Seed 1 Wichita St vs. Seed 5 Illinois St & Seed 2 UNI vs. Seed 3 Southern Illinois
* Nov. 30 = TBD Final for MVC Championship & NCAA Championship AQ

PORTLAND ST [20-10, 17-3 Big Sky]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 84
Post-Nov. 25 Matches
* Nov. 29 = Seed 1 Portland St vs. TBD & Seed 2 North Dakota vs. TBD
* Nov. 30 = TBD Final for Big Sky Championship & NCAA Championship AQ

NEW MEXICO ST [22-10, 14-2 WAC]
Nov. 25 RPI: #94
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* Nov. 26 = Seed 1 NMSU beat Seed 4 Idaho (3-2)
* Nov. 27 = Seed 1 NMSU beat Seed 2 Bakersfield (3-0) for WAC Championship & NCAA Championship AQ

SANTA CLARA [11-16, 6-12 West Coast Conf.]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 130
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* None
Note: Santa Clara finished 9th in the 10-team WCC

SOUTH DAKOTA [19-13, 9-5 Summit League]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 131
Post-Nov. 25 Matches
* None
Note: The ‘Yotes finished 3rd (behind IUPUI and Denver) in the 8-team Summit League

UTEP [14-14, 7-7 C-USA]
Nov. 25 RPI: # 151
Post-Nov. 25 Matches:
* Nov. 29 = Vs. St. Mary’s (non-conf. match)
* Nov. 30 = Vs. Pacific (non-conf. match)
Note: On Nov. 21 in the Conference-USA Championship tournament, UTEP was Seed 9 (of 12 seeds) and lost in the first round; in the final standings, UTEP was tied for 7th in the 15-team C-USA. FYI: Top-seed UTSA (24-7) captured its first C-USA Championship title and with it the NCAA Championship AQ

By: Cubicle1126

Cubicle1126 — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 04:39:51 +0000

i think if hawaii finishes top 16 in the rpi, then the “nitty gritty” of the schedule (i.e., record against top 25 rpi teams (3-1), and top 50 rpi teams (6-2)) is more than enough to get them a seed. no other “bubble” teams can boast that kind of a record against the top teams in the rpi.

rich kern’s estimate that hawaii will finish 15 in the rpi bodes well. although, it’s an estimation … i desperately want to believe it … 🙂

also, tracking the progress of hawaii’s non-conference teams in this final week of the regular season — as lc mentions above — is worthwhile. many of them, like creighton, portland st, wichita st, and new mexico st — are in their respective conference tournaments. it’s a good chance for them to pick up “extra wins” which will help boost hawaii’s rpi.