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Strength of schedule, strength of conference, past performance, potential for growth... I don't know... just spit balling here.

Mainly the first one with RPI. From Wikipedia:

In its current formulation, the index comprises a team's winning percentage (25%), its opponents' winning percentage (50%), and the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents (25%). The opponents' winning percentage and the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents both comprise the strength of schedule (SOS). Thus, the SOS accounts for 75% of the RPI calculation and is 2/3 its opponents' winning percentage and 1/3 its opponents' opponents' winning percentage.

Also why playing a strong non-conference schedule in sports like volleyball and basketball is very important whether you win or lose. NDSU's MBB is a good example of this last year.

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UND is significantly underrated or the RPI is assigning UND a significant home court advantage. NDSU has an advantage in that last years ratings have an effect until the last game.

Also, UND played horribly in the MTSU tournament - as they hadn't jelled as a team. Must have lost their composure as they could have won vs MTSU, UAB, and Austin Peay. Pioske has emerged as a star since that time. The USD game was part of the Tulane trip, so they were travel weary. USD had trouble with NDSU, so they can not be that good.

Think Hardee is somewhat concerned about future years, so he's balanced playing Sr/JR (Ulrich, Kreuger) with better freshman sophomore who initially made more mistakes (Pioske, Thompson, Hart)

If UND had won at least three games vs UAB, Austin Peay, MTSU, and USD, their rating would have been higher. The good thing is the Big Sky Championship is all the matters for this team.

NAU and PSU are the real challengers for the BIg Sky crown that have not been faced yet.

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In the past, the moderators had promised a section to each sport that attains 1000 in attendance. Women's hockey reached that milestone two seasons ago and its time volleyball emerges from other sports and gains its own section.

I have to agree with you as this sport is really exciting. I always enjoyed playing a little sand volleyball over being a spectator but when the game is played at a high level it is very fun to watch. This team deserves more coverage for sure.

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Agreed about being sharper. Some, but not all, was the fact that Hardee used several reserves tonight. I'm sure he'll stick with his main 8or9 girls on Saturday, but they will have to be on their game. Should be a great showcase of college volleyball on Saturday.

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