Huskers defeated #4 seed, #1 seed , and #2 seed on the way to the championship. No one can say they didn't earn it.
I thought the 5-seed for NU was worthy going in, as we had more losses than any of the top four teams -- and the season as a whole has to mean something. We were #5 in the coaches poll and #6 in RPI. The top two were clearly Penn State and Florida.
But, that's why they play the games. If the top seeds always won, you might as well not even play the matches. But obviously, we knew NU was playing better than a 5-seed at season's end. And they proved it. I tend to believe it probably gave the Huskers a bit of a chip on their shoulders in the tournament, and it paid off.
I thought the 5-seed for NU was worthy going in, as we had more losses than any of the top four teams -- and the season as a whole has to mean something. We were #5 in the coaches poll and #6 in RPI. The top two were clearly Penn State and Florida.
But, that's why they play the games. If the top seeds always won, you might as well not even play the matches. But obviously, we knew NU was playing better than a 5-seed at season's end. And they proved it. I tend to believe it probably gave the Huskers a bit of a chip on their shoulders in the tournament, and it paid off.
I know they did. We had an easier road to the final 4 than Kentucky did. Kentucky was never going to beat Nebraska. Penn St. was the only team that had a chance to beat the Lady Huskers. I said in the thread when the seeds were announced, that the committee did us a favor, and it proved to be true. WOOT WOOT!!!! 5 TIME CHAMPS!!!!Because the seeding committee were a bunch of morons and just wanted everyone to know it. They may have done NU a favor though.
And we were seeded 5th because??
More proof that NU is a Volleyball school for women's sports much like NU used to be a Football school. Hopefully we are on our way back to that tittle!
Well, Penn State did, but we ARE THE CHAMPS BABY!!!!!!For the tourney the CORNHUSKERS tallied 18 sets - 4 sets. Pretty darn dominant I'd say, especially losing only one set per match for four matches. No one took more than one set from us in the whole tourney. Congrats again ladies.