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Post by ethankasales on Nov 22, 2022 14:14:20 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Nov 24, 2022 6:54:27 GMT -5
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Post by goldengoal on Nov 24, 2022 9:25:24 GMT -5
Yup! This is likely the start of a dynasty. He has more studs coming in the class of 2024. His challenge will be to keep them all happy in the era of the transfer portal. Could be, but they have to produce on the court. Remember the travails of our own "greatest recruiting class of all time." |
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Post by seeyajohn on Nov 24, 2022 16:40:21 GMT -5
Yup! This is likely the start of a dynasty. He has more studs coming in the class of 2024. His challenge will be to keep them all happy in the era of the transfer portal. Could be, but they have to produce on the court. Remember the travails of our own "greatest recruiting class of all time." Despite a weak recruiting class the next year that team did win the national title their freshman year and went 33-2 their senior year losing only to - wait for it - Nebraska! It is hard for me to look at the Cornhuskers, who have the best fan base in the NCAA, bringing in not one, but two outstanding recruiting classes into a great environment and not see them being a dominant force for the next four or five years. I do agree that you don't win on paper and the matches must be played. |
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Post by goldengoal on Nov 25, 2022 5:59:44 GMT -5
Could be, but they have to produce on the court. Remember the travails of our own "greatest recruiting class of all time." Despite a weak recruiting class the next year that team did win the national title their freshman year and went 33-2 their senior year losing only to - wait for it - Nebraska! It is hard for me to look at the Cornhuskers, who have the best fan base in the NCAA, bringing in not one, but two outstanding recruiting classes into a great environment and not see them being a dominant force for the next four or five years. I do agree that you don't win on paper and the matches must be played. Believe me, I can still see Heidi inadvertently stumbling and disrupting Detering's set. |
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 25, 2022 19:46:07 GMT -5
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Post by cindy on Nov 25, 2022 21:48:41 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that knuckles has season ended - hate to see injuries on any team
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 26, 2022 1:27:25 GMT -5
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Post by traveler on Nov 26, 2022 4:09:26 GMT -5
Our 4-peat is better than your 4-peat. Just sayin' |
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Post by KittanningLion on Nov 26, 2022 4:19:27 GMT -5
Our 4-peat is better than your 4-peat. Just sayin' How about an 8-peat from 2003 - 2010? Or did you mean the 4-peat as an NCAA Champion? |
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Post by goldengoal on Nov 26, 2022 7:25:52 GMT -5
Wisconsin beat Nebraska at Nebraska. I'm personally delighted.
The scheduling is even more unbalanced than Big10 football. We get an away/home split over Thanksgiving; Wisconsin gets consectutive difficult road games; Nebraska gets two home games.
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Post by nyline on Nov 26, 2022 7:43:21 GMT -5
Wisconsin beat Nebraska at Nebraska. I'm personally delighted. The scheduling is even more unbalanced than Big10 football. We get an away/home split over Thanksgiving; Wisconsin gets consectutive difficult road games; Nebraska gets two home games. Well, since John Cook is, as we all know, a paragon of virtue and fairness, I am certain -- 100% -- that he will volunteer for Nebraska to have the same away-home split over Thanksgiving next season.  |
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Post by pennstate1973 on Nov 26, 2022 9:27:19 GMT -5
With Nebraska recruiting I thought they would be unbeatable. I'm rethinking that. There is so much parity, the transfer portal has become such an important factor, and more international players, it's difficult to predict things based only on domestic freshmen recruits.
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Post by nyline on Nov 26, 2022 9:50:50 GMT -5
With Nebraska recruiting I thought they would be unbeatable. I'm rethinking that. There is so much parity, the transfer portal has become such an important factor, and more international players, it's difficult to predict things based only on domestic freshmen recruits. One aspect of the transfer portal that is, as far as I've seen, underappreciated, is that a school can bring in experienced players (in fact, that's a significant portion of the available player pool). So, Penn State was able to bring in Grad Senior setter Seleisa Elisaia, Gr Sr. Kash Williams, 4th year Junior (with one more season left after this one) Zoe Weatherington, and Junior Taylor Trammell. That's alot of experience, which I think generally showed throughout the season during crunch time. Even the best of freshmen do, on occasion, make freshmen mistakes, sometimes burn out a bit in late October into November (when their high school seasons would have ended). Though I'm sure every coach would rather have their chosen players play for them for all four (five) years, there are advantages (with the right players) to having an experienced cohort to provide leadership. |
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 26, 2022 10:02:42 GMT -5
With Nebraska recruiting I thought they would be unbeatable. I'm rethinking that. There is so much parity, the transfer portal has become such an important factor, and more international players, it's difficult to predict things based only on domestic freshmen recruits. One aspect of the transfer portal that is, as far as I've seen, underappreciated, is that a school can bring in experienced players (in fact, that's a significant portion of the available player pool). So, Penn State was able to bring in Grad Senior setter Seleisa Elisaia, Gr Sr. Kash Williams, 4th year Junior (with one more season left after this one) Zoe Weatherington, and Soph Taylor Trammel. That's alot of experience, which I think generally showed throughout the season during crunch time. Even the best of freshmen do, on occasion, make freshmen mistakes, sometimes burn out a bit in late October into November (when their high school seasons would have ended). Though I'm sure every coach would rather have their chosen players play for them for all four (five) years, there are advantages (with the right players) to having an experienced cohort to provide leadership. Yes-and I think the portal totally changes recruiting. In addition to having to constantly recruit players one already has, now scholarships and recruitment needs to focus on other teams' players. Unfortunately, I think it likely that some tampering will occur. ("Hey-your second cousin plays for ... why don't you ask if she might want to come play for us?") |
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