Pitt Volleyball - 6:30 Tonight

[CrazyPaco]

Yes. If you have girls playing junior high volleyball you might find yourself going to college women’s volleyball games

Or you may not have any kids in volleyball and still find yourself going to these games, as is the case for most of the Pitt fans that I am aware of. It is actually a lot harder to get to games for those that have kids playing, because of the practice and tournament/club schedules overlap so much with Pitt's games.

Counting their NCAA tournament games, Pitt averaged 4,397 per game, with 8 sell-outs of the Field House, and the local media is following along with dozen of articles regularly published in the Post-Gazette and Trib-Review. And with three All-Americans returning, including the national player of the year, it is just starting to take off.

 

[ratking17]

Or you may not have any kids in volleyball and still find yourself going to these games, as is the case for most of the Pitt fans that I am aware of. It actually is a lot harder to get to games for those that have kids playing, because of the practice and tournament/club schedules overlap so much with Pitt's games.

Don't forget Marsha here is on record saying that fans are only there to see the uniforms on the ladies...not because of their talent. You are arguing with a clown.

 

[CrazyPaco]

Don't forget Marsha here is on record saying that fans are only there to see the uniforms on the ladies...not because of their talent. You are arguing with a clown.

Yes, the Marsha, Marsha, Marsha ignoramus is a major clown.

 

[DruidTM]

Yeah I guess the stats didn’t back up what I said but it just seemed in the critical stretches of games 2 and 3 Debeer was making every critical point and Babcock was either getting blocked or hitting it out.

Like 33 kills vs 10 as we’ll favoring Babcock

I’d say some got carried away with the talking announcers

Deevers less of a factor than they made it seem

 

[Tvax1]

Oh boo hoo hoo. Four beat one. Three beat two. Who should Pitt have played ?

Penn St, protect from all home court, you probably could've figured that out on your own but maybe not

 

[maxxwell]

Sucks to lose but geez, some of you guys are dramatic. Louisville played well and showed a couple of wrinkles that they haven't used all season. DeBeer outplayed Babcock? LOL, no. Babcock is just on another planet offensively. Stafford was better than DeBeer. Pitt's defense was bad? 64 digs is a lot.

Louisville won that game because they made a pretty big adjustment on offense with how they were running their middles to open things up a little for the outsides. Haven't done that all year. Yes, it got a little ugly in that last set because Louisville just caught fire. You just don't see teams go off like that and yes, it does affect you when the game really depends on momentum.

Both "underdogs" won last night. If you think Pitt's loss was disappointing, I can't even imagine the meltdown Nebraska's fan base is having. They were celebrating on the court before a legit challenge card continued the game at the end of the fourth set. I expect volleyball to continue to become more competitive. This year's season had some wild twists. But I do think Fischer will keep this team at the top. He has a 2026, national HS player of the year finalist, committed to the program and some other really talented players that will be coming into the program. There will be a championship.

Thanks for the breakdown. This is what I implied in my earlier post. I just don't know the game well enough on an Xs and Os level to see what adjustments were made. Could one say Pitt was "out-coached" in this match? It felt as if Pitt pulled a Bylsma and just tried to do what they do as opposed to possibly countering what Louisville did.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Penn St, protect from all home court, you probably could've figured that out on your own but maybe not

How is that fair to any of the other teams?

 

[Tvax1]

How is that fair to any of the other teams?

pretty simple

fairness starts being distributed to #1 first, then #2, then #3, then....

obviously after #1 and #2 are set, there's no further variables or options

#1 should not be forced into facing home field advantage potential and that was known to be possible and avoidable from the initial seeding

 

[Dointhatrag]

I think they miss an opportunity by not having a third place game in volleyball final four. I know I’d still be excited to watch Pitt Nebraska today.

 

[Tvax1]

that said, no way do I think Pitt handles PSU anyway, not with any certainty or confidence in that, but that's how it should've played out in the semis

I didn't complain but did mention it before seeding ever done but frankly after the NIU game thought Louisville probably didn't have it rollng enough to matter and while Pitt wasn't playing great in the tournament, anyone that watched the first set Thursday saw Pitt as good as ever.....obviously so was Louisville and THEY didn't drop off

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

pretty simple

fairness starts being distributed to #1 first, then #2, then #3, then....

obviously after #1 and #2 are set, there's no further variables or options

#1 should not be forced into facing home field advantage potential and that was known to be possible and avoidable from the initial seeding

Fairness is having the top seeded team play the lowest seeded team possible. Which is exactly what they did.

There is no seeded tournament like this ever in the history of such things that changed the bracket from one playing four to one playing three or two in the semifinal because of "fairness". Mostly because the people who run these things apparently understand "fairness" a lot better than the average fan.

 

[Tvax1]

I've moved on, Pitt will be in the final 4 next year if I were betting they have as good a shot as returning as this year

 

[Tvax1]

Fairness is having the top seeded team play the lowest seeded team possible. Which is exactly what they did.

There is no seeded tournament like this ever in the history of such things that changed the bracket from one playing four to one playing three or two in the semifinal because of "fairness". Mostly because the people who run these things apparently understand "fairness" a lot better than the average fan.

ok Joe, whatever

we are discussing hypothetical, I really don't care at this point, just answering your question with the correct answer

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

ok Joe, whatever

we are discussing hypothetical, I really don't care at this point, just answering your question with the correct answer

If it is the correct answer then point out one, just one, seeded tournament like this in any sport ever that has done what you have suggested.

Figure that out and you'll understand the "correct answer".

The funny thing is that I guarantee that if Pitt played one of the other two teams and lost the same people would be bitching that it wasn't fair that we were matched up with the higher seeded team instead of the lower seeded team. Especially if Louisville lost too.

 

[Tvax1]

If it is the correct answer then point out one, just one, seeded tournament like this in any sport ever that has done what you have suggested.

Figure that out and you'll understand the "correct answer".

The funny thing is that I guarantee that if Pitt played one of the other two teams and lost the same people would be bitching that it wasn't fair that we were matched up with the higher seeded team instead of the lower seeded team. Especially if Louisville lost too.

why would I find one when I don't care that the fact there isn't one doesn't invalidate my point

lol, I don't really care, just helping you out

you want to latch onto another hypothetical that doesn't matter, how about you latch onto deciding what would've happened if Nebraska had beaten PSU in the final match and Pitt doesn't end up the #1 #1

do you think they get placed where Nebraska was as the #2 #1?

I know that answer too, but I will let you give it a shot or two

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Are you a lifelong women’s volleyball fan?

The Eff does this have to do with anything? There are plenty of things I’m into that I wasn’t a lifelong fan of. Tastes change. We evolve (ok, only some of us do). You discover things. What a dumb comment.

And I’m sure there are bandwagon jumpers too. But that’s just the nature of these things.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

why would I find one when I don't care that the fact there isn't one doesn't invalidate my point

lol, I don't really care, just helping you out

you want to latch onto another hypothetical that doesn't matter, how about you latch onto deciding what would've happened if Nebraska had beaten PSU in the final match and Pitt doesn't end up the #1 #1

do you think they get placed where Nebraska was as the #2 #1?

I know that answer too, but I will let you give it a shot or two

If Nebraska had won that match and been the number one seed and we would have been the number two seed then we would have played the number three seed in the semis and they would have played the number four seed. Just like what actually happened with the seeds.

The number of people who think that there is some sort of world wide conspiracy over multiple sports to screw over Pitt is actually kind of funny. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Pitt doesn't matter enough for the whole world to be against us.

 

[Chairman Moe]

I think they miss an opportunity by not having a third place game in volleyball final four. I know I’d still be excited to watch Pitt Nebraska today.

I wonder how many of the women on either team would be excited by that matchup for 3rd place. Yes, the fans would love to have seen Pitt v Nebraska this year ... for the NC

 

[Tvax1]

If Nebraska had won that match and been the number one seed and we would have been the number two seed then we would have played the number three seed in the semis and they would have played the number four seed. Just like what actually happened with the seeds.

The number of people who think that there is some sort of world wide conspiracy over multiple sports to screw over Pitt is actually kind of funny. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Pitt doesn't matter enough for the whole world to be against us.

Near miss

Close, but way off on the conspiracy ASSumption