Volleyball Tourney Bracket

[carrolltonsker]

That means that for NU to make the Final 4, they will have to beat Wisconsin in Madison.

 

[carrolltonsker]

NU plays Ball St. on December 6th.

 

[carrolltonsker]

If NU defeats Ball St., they will play the winner of the December 6th Northern Iowa/Missouri match on December 7th.

 

[BGRed]

I'll focus on Nebraska bracket:

#2 Nebraska
#15 Ball State

#7 Northern Iowa
#10 Missouri

#3 Hawaii
#14 Northern Colorado

#6 San Diego
#11 Washington St

#4 Texas AM
#13 St Johns

#5 Oklahoma
#12 Rice

#8 UCLA
#9 Notre Dame

#1 Wisconsin
#16 Illinois State

 

[carrolltonsker]

I am not a fan of giving the Big 12 the top two seeds.

 

[BGRed]

I am not a fan of giving the Big 12 the top two seeds.

Hard to argue though. B1G beat each other up.

 

[carrolltonsker]

Hard to argue though. B1G beat each other up.

I understand that, but I don't think the Big 12 should be rewarded for basically having only two good teams.

 

[HuskerDB]

Well that stinks. I was hoping we could avoid Wisconsin and Stanford in the elite 8.

Good news is that we played Wisconsin tough this last time. Maybe we have one trick up our sleeves yet to get us to the final 4.

 

[BGRed]

 

[BGRed]

Well that stinks. I was hoping we could avoid Wisconsin and Stanford in the elite 8.

Good news is that we played Wisconsin tough this last time. Maybe we have one trick up our sleeves yet to get us to the final 4.

Let's focus on Northern Iowa/Mizzou and likely Hawaii first. Hawaii has a lot of tradition and the talent to knock us out.

 

[weaver75]

Let's focus on Northern Iowa/Mizzou and likely Hawaii first. Hawaii has a lot of tradition and the talent to knock us out.

Agreed. If we and Wisconsin do get to an Elite 8 matchup, I will say it is hard to beat s good team three times in a season.

 

[weaver75]

I understand that, but I don't think the Big 12 should be rewarded for basically having only two good teams.

I agree. At a minimum I would have knocked Texas to 4 and had Stanford and Wisconsin at 2 and 3.

 

[BGRed]

I agree. At a minimum I would have knocked Texas to 4 and had Stanford and Wisconsin at 2 and 3.

Hard enough to give a 6 loss team a top four seed.

 

[weaver75]

Also, having the top two seeds from the toughest conference in the same regional bracket is unfair to the B1G’s chances to get two or more teams into the final four.

 

[BGRed]

Also, having the top two seeds from the toughest conference in the same regional bracket is unfair to the B1G’s chances to get two or more teams into the final four.

Frankly, I would rather take my chances with winning an Elite 8 in Madison than at Stanford, which is what #6 Pitt will need to do (if they get past Penn State). Pitt fans are saying that the bracket is unfairly biased toward the B1G because they only have 1 loss and were seeded 6th, which sends them on the road trip to Stanford instead of hosting a B1G team.

Plus, separating teams like you've suggested is never a factor in v'ball or in the basketball tourneys.