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.

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[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.