Dustin Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Attendance on Saturday was a little lower than I was hoping. Not sure how many volleyball fans are deer hunters (I happen to be one), but I hunt near Larimore, so I quit just a little early to go to the VB game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feff Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I think Saturday's lower attendance was a combination of things such as the deer opener, the weather (high winds that had a pretty nasty bite to it), and the loss on Friday night. Had they won on Friday, I think more of those fans would have been willing to come back on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Portland State beat NAU 3-1. The match against PSU takes on added importance: a UND practically clinched the Big Sky. A loss and PSU in tied and in control. Agreed. This match will likely have a huge factor on, not only 2013, but also 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Is 2014 tournament's site at the 2013 regular season champ or conference tournament champ? I know its been discussed here before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Is 2014 tournament's site at the 2013 regular season champ or conference tournament champ? I know its been discussed here before. It will probably be neither. Hardee was on with Tim and Swyg and this was brought up a couple weeks ago. Currently the regular season champ gets to host next year. But last year the #4 seed UNC won at home so that was a bit of an issue. The other problem is that Idaho joins the conference next year. With the even number of teams we are probably going to divisions. Hardee seemed to think regular season champ will host. I'm not sure how that will work with the divisions and you could have a tie between each division. I'm really bummed by this scenario, but it makes sense. Just too bad that we will probably lose out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 It will probably be neither. Hardee was on with Tim and Swyg and this was brought up a couple weeks ago. Currently the regular season champ gets to host next year. But last year the #4 seed UNC won at home so that was a bit of an issue. The other problem is that Idaho joins the conference next year. With the even number of teams we are probably going to divisions. Hardee seemed to think regular season champ will host. I'm not sure how that will work with the divisions and you could have a tie between each division. I'm really bummed by this scenario, but it makes sense. Just too bad that we will probably lose out. Changing the conference tourney host site to the current regular season champion is a good idea...it would make volleyball like basketball. Earlier this year I was actually thinking that if the league would have back-to-back regular season champions, that would be the perfect time to make this switch (i.e. Portland State wins regular season this year - they would host the tournament anyway, and then next year, the current regular season could start hosting.) As far as divisions go, isn't that really more of a scheduling agreement anyway? You still would have an overall regular season champion, who could then host the tournament. I wonder how the tournament field will be determined with the divisions. I suppose this will apply to basketball too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Northern Colorado swept Sac St. last night. The Bears may just be in the conference tourney after all. Yikes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forksandspoons Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 UND now at 108 in the RPI.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Northern Colorado swept Sac St. last night. The Bears may just be in the conference tourney after all. Yikes!! Sac State's schedule is much easier than UNC's. A teetering ISU squad that needed 5 to get by both Montana and Montana State, Weber, and the Montana schools. While UNC plays @ PSU and gets NAU again. Montana holds the all important head to head tiebreaker over UNC so they can sweat a little less. On our end, lets beat PSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Idaho St. earned their berth in the conference tourney last night. If indeed the 2014 conference tournament will NOT be hosted by the 2013 regular season champion (as indicated by Smoggy above), tonight's game doesn't have as much riding on it as it once did. Even with a UND loss, that doesn't eliminate the girls' chances of winning the Big Sky regular season, it just means that we'd need help from one of PSU's opponents (unless the game is so close that we'd still have the tie-breaker - unlikely). If I had to chose between Big Sky regular season champ and post-season champ, I probably choose regular season champ under the assumption the BESC would get to host the tourney next year. But without that carrot dangling, I would rather have the NCAA auto-bid. If Robinson could get back playing, we should be good enough to achieve both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 On the radio this week Hardee made it sound like Robinson was ready last weekend but they wanted to rest one more week to be sure. He said she will play this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 UND wins first set over PSU, 26-24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 We take Set 1 26-24!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 PSU takes set 2 25-22 I think if we can clean some stuff up, we can pull this one out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 PSU takes set 2 25-22 I think if we can clean some stuff up, we can pull this one out UND was wiped out by PSU in the 3rd set: 25-10. UND wins set 4: 26-24!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 UND loses last set 15-11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 UND was wiped out by PSU in the 3rd set: 25-10. UND wins set 4: 26-24!! A valiant effort, but UND falls in the 5th set: 15-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 PSU owns the tie-breaker, too. The Vikings need to lose if UND is going to win the regular season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 PSU owns the tie-breaker, too. The Vikings need to lose if UND is going to win the regular season. Which tiebreaker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 PSU owns the tie-breaker, too. The Vikings need to lose if UND is going to win the regular season. What is the tie breaker since the teams each won against the other in 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 http://bigskyconf.com/documents/2013/8/20/bracket.pdf Tie-breaker #3 - points. In Grand Forks, every set was determined by 2 points, except the first set, when UND won 25-22. Therefore, to lose and still own the tie-breaker, our "points scored minus points allowed" for the head-to-head matchups would have to be greater than Portland St., which was a tall task. After set 3 last night, that pretty much wasn't going to happen. I'm not sure, but they could still be call co-champs, and the tie-breaker used strictly for seeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 http://bigskyconf.co.../20/bracket.pdf Tie-breaker #3 - points. In Grand Forks, every set was determined by 2 points, except the first set, when UND won 25-22. Therefore, to lose and still own the tie-breaker, our "points scored minus points allowed" for the head-to-head matchups would have to be greater than Portland St., which was a tall task. After set 3 last night, that pretty much wasn't going to happen. I'm not sure, but they could still be call co-champs, and the tie-breaker used strictly for seeding. Thanks for digging that up and that is what Hardee believed it would be when he was on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 UND sweeps EWU, including a nice come from behind in set 2. Now to watch UNC @ PSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 PSU swept UNC. UND and PSU still tied atop the Big Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Everyone needs to turn out for Thursday's game vs NAU and exact a little revenge. PSU plays at Idaho St and they can still fall. A UND win would be huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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