Comments on: Segueing into Warrior volleyball: commit from DJ McInerny

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:52:10 +0000

thanks for the info Maverick.

19. no, was just saying that the comment about McLaughlin had made it over there so if you wanted to explain what happened on VT …

33. thank you. nice young woman.

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=32983
new thread up with Top 25 & Big West scores as of 645 HST.

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:50:18 +0000

cindy, na wahine vs iowa thread ready?

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:40:47 +0000

American must be jetlagged they sure looked a lot tougher against the Florida Gators who are a much more talented team than UCLA.

By: islandman

islandman — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:04:09 +0000

UCLA defeats American, 25-19, 25-19, 25-18, So much for American being tough ?

By: z

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 03:57:06 +0000

Cindy nice article on Kalei today.

By: uhfan

uhfan — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 02:29:19 +0000

Pepperdine just lost to Lipscomb in 4

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 02:01:46 +0000

I have no hope in the rest of the big west schools this season that’s why the wahine must finish conference undefeated, alot of pressure but this team has the talent to do it.

By: Maverick

Maverick — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 00:16:59 +0000

29. I selfishly wish the other Big West teams would play and beat cupcakes, rather than try to play ambitious non-conference schedules. Would really help UH’s RPI. Oh well.

By: Maverick

Maverick — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 00:14:52 +0000

To complete the conference strength picture, below are 2014 non-conference records and teams in final RPI (includes post-season matches and CSUN’s vacated matches):

Pac-12 130-27 (.828) 8 teams
Big-12 99-30 (.767) 3 teams
Big-10 134-45 (.749) 5 teams
ACC 131-63 (.675) 3 teams
SEC 116-56 (.674) 3 teams
Big West 62-53 (.539) 0 teams

Non-conference matches matter immensely when it comes to RPI and conference strength. Note that five Big West teams failed to garner a winning non-conference record. There were six such teams total from the power five conferences.

By: Cubicle1126

Cubicle1126 — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 00:13:03 +0000

great info maverick!

here’s hoping the big west can at least pull off at least a .500 winning percentage in their non-conference matches. anything above.500 for the big west in the non-conference might be a bonus at this point.

the top half of the big west (save hawaii at this point) looks very weakened at this point (perhaps the bottom half of the big west will surprise).

with long beach st and csun losing a lot of players to graduation, ineligibility (csun), or injuries (lbsu), the non-conference is going to be tough for them.

ucsb looks in good shape with its non-conference, albeit a somewhat tough schedule for them. they are capable of beating all the teams left on their non-conference schedule (but also just as capable of losing a bunch).

uci lost players to transfer and their go-to hitter (bubica) may have tweaked something in their opening weekend matches. plus uci has a ridiculously ambitious non-conference schedule.