Volleyball Earns Hosting Spot

[Travis Miller]

Purdue will play the first two rounds of the NCAA Tourney right here in West Lafayette.

Purdue Volleyball Earns NCAA Tournament Hosting Slot

The Boilers will play the first two rounds in Holloway Gym.

purdue.rivals.com

 

[rgarlitz]

My initial thought is that Purdue was underseeded at #4. This is a top-10 team that has no losses outside of the top-12. But, the RPI has been less bullish on Purdue than the coaches poll.

 

[DrEss]

My initial thought is that Purdue was underseeded at #4. This is a top-10 team that has no losses outside of the top-12. But, the RPI has been less bullish on Purdue than the coaches poll.

Seems as though not getting any wins vs top 10 teams dropped their seed and conversely, helped others.

 

[purduedavie]

Sort of a disappointing draw, looks like a 13 overall seeding, I thought 8-10ish. Oh well, have two home games, let’s win them!

 

[KidsDoc]

Got screwed again. AS did the BIG. Only one of Nebraska and Wisconsin can make the title game. What good is it to play in the best volleyball league in the country if beating up each other causes more harm than good for seeding purposes.

 

[DocRon]

Got screwed again. AS did the BIG. Only one of Nebraska and Wisconsin can make the title game. What good is it to play in the best volleyball league in the country if beating up each other causes more harm than good for seeding purposes.

The SEC and ACC get just as many teams in the field (9) as the Big Ten. Really?
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[rgarlitz]

The SEC and ACC get just as many teams in the field (9) as the Big Ten. Really?
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Who else from the B1G would you have put in? Every B1G team in the RPI top-45 made it. The next best teams were OSU (#82), Indiana (#86), and MSU (#99).

The bottom third of the B1G was pretty thin.

 

[PurdueVBFan]

Nobody else from the Big Ten was near the bubble and that’s how it should’ve been. Washington was the closest team to be left out followed by Illinois. Both will have a good shot at moving to the round of 32 if they play well.

Purdue has a great draw and arguably got their ideal pick of #1 seeds to potentially play down the line.

 

[BoilerPride08]

Potentially playing Louisville is the best case scenario for this team. I can pretty easily seeing this team "upset" the Cardinals. It's not about the seeds it's about the potential match ups and Purdue got a great draw.

 

[purduedavie]

Potentially playing Louisville is the best case scenario for this team. I can pretty easily seeing this team "upset" the Cardinals. It's not about the seeds it's about the potential match ups and Purdue got a great draw.

Correct, 9 was the only better scenario really, either way they’d have to likely beat Louisville anyway.

 

[purduedavie]

Nobody else from the Big Ten was near the bubble and that’s how it should’ve been. Washington was the closest team to be left out followed by Illinois. Both will have a good shot at moving to the round of 32 if they play well.

Purdue has a great draw and arguably got their ideal pick of #1 seeds to potentially play down the line.

Agreed, 9 would have been a little better I guess, if the 1 seeds there’s no doubt Louisville is probably the weakest.

 

[BoilerPride08]

Another possible break for the Boilers as Loyola Chicago upset 5th seeded BYU in the first round in a 3-0 sweep! The winner of Purdue/WMU plays the red-hot Ramblers who qualified for the tournament after sweeping a very good Dayton team in the A-10 championship.

 

[rgarlitz]

Another possible break for the Boilers as Loyola Chicago upset 5th seeded BYU in the first round in a 3-0 sweep! The winner of Purdue/WMU plays the red-hot Ramblers who qualified for the tournament after sweeping a very good Dayton team in the A-10 championship.

The Ramblers, huh? I wonder if Sister Jean is on the case. The Boilers could be powerless against that.

 

[JeffBoiler]

Listening to the radio call - this play-by-play guy is a tough listen. Multiple Anticipatory calls that are incorrect, then has to correct himself, mispronounces Allie Hornung’s last name, repetitive generic calls describing the plays, etc. I think he gets overexcited and stumbles over his words. Hard listen.

The color guy is good. Wish he’d take over.

 

[purduedavie]

The Ramblers, huh? I wonder if Sister Jean is on the case. The Boilers could be powerless against that.

She’s 104 or maybe 105, she occasionally is still at hoops games, well, at least she was last year, not sure about this season.

 

[purduedavie]

WMU battled Purdue despite the 3-0 sweep, each match was 2-3 points, very competitive.

 

[rgarlitz]

She’s 104 or maybe 105, she occasionally is still at hoops games, well, at least she was last year, not sure about this season.

I don't know, she might be looking for a new hobby. The men's basketball team apparently left her hanging at the end of a recent home win.

Sister Jean snub leads to criticism against Loyola men's basketball players

College basketball fans were not impressed after Loyola Chicago men’s basketball players were seen ignoring team chaplain Sister Jean after a win this week.

www.foxnews.com

 

[purduedavie]

I don't know, she might be looking for a new hobby. The men's basketball team apparently left her hanging at the end of a recent home win.

Sister Jean snub leads to criticism against Loyola men's basketball players

College basketball fans were not impressed after Loyola Chicago men’s basketball players were seen ignoring team chaplain Sister Jean after a win this week.

www.foxnews.com

Great that she’s still going, probably for the best that a bunch of sweaty/germed up players didn’t touch her. At least acknowledge the poor women though lol. 105 and she’s still getting after it, that’s great!