1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,600 Hi volleyball fans and welcome back to volley talk the podcast created for volleyball lovers who want to dig deep into what is going 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,960 On in NCAA and international volleyball. I'm your host Sarah pavin 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:17,940 I'm an Olympian Beach volleyball world champion former Nebraska corn husker and longtime pro both indoor and on the beach 4 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:24,720 And I'm Adam Schultz former indoor player international volleyball coach and the show's resident stack guy 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,640 Welcome to March 6 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,120 One we have made it through January and February 7 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:37,720 We have lots of volleyball to talk about this week and yet again the NCAA women just can't stay away because we have some more 8 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,440 Coaching news for you on that front 9 00:00:40,820 --> 00:00:45,220 There were some big changes being made with some love 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,040 rosters starting six situations 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,120 coaches, etc and 12 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:56,440 Conference play has started here and there for a lot of men's teams, but not all of them quite yet 13 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:01,500 We are so excited to talk volleyball with you today. So let's get started 14 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:18,180 All right on the NCAA women's front 15 00:01:19,260 --> 00:01:24,660 Following the cascade of events following brain for shards retirement at, Kansas 16 00:01:24,660 --> 00:01:33,220 Trent Kirsten is going from LMU to Oregon. I believe he was only at LMU for one season 17 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:41,300 Keep climbing that was very short-lived. Let's put it that way and this week you saw a few 18 00:01:41,860 --> 00:01:45,940 LMU athletes making the transfer to Oregon to go with him 19 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:52,580 So that is happening next question who will coach at LMU? We just keep the domino effect going here 20 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:56,100 Champions League last week. I was out of it 21 00:01:56,900 --> 00:02:00,980 On one, I don't know what was going on. I thought we were already in March 22 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:03,300 Maybe it was call it wishful thinking perhaps 23 00:02:03,620 --> 00:02:07,620 But the first round of women's quarterfinals start this week 24 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:13,540 Not last week as I was so incredibly passionate about we went to look for games to watch this week 25 00:02:13,540 --> 00:02:19,940 And I couldn't find any because they all start because I was hallucinating I guess so I apologize for that 26 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:24,180 The men's quarterfinals are set however we have got 27 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:27,940 Lundenberg playing okay 28 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:34,340 Again the pronunciation is going to struggle but we've got Lundenberg from Germany playing 29 00:02:34,820 --> 00:02:36,340 Zavirchi 30 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:37,860 From Poland 31 00:02:37,860 --> 00:02:41,940 We've got an all-italian matchup between Monsa and Perugia 32 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:48,260 Then the Turkish team halkbank from Ankara is playing Warsaw from Poland 33 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:54,180 And then a Greek team Piraeus is playing another Polish team Jastrzebski 34 00:02:54,980 --> 00:02:59,460 Vagio Vagio you get the idea so we've got 35 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:07,540 Three Polish teams two Italian teams and then one each from Germany Turkey and Greece 36 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:11,940 So those matches are going to be happening 37 00:03:12,580 --> 00:03:16,500 Next week, so we're going to go women's matches this week then men's matches 38 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:24,740 And alternate like that on the NCAA men's front number 15 Lewis took down number seven Loyola Chicago 3-1 39 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:28,020 We will be talking about that match as our feature match this week 40 00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:34,420 We had a lot of fun watching that one number four, Hawaii beat number three UC Irvine 41 00:03:35,060 --> 00:03:39,620 3-0 in their first matchup, which happened very very late Friday night 42 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:43,620 The second match is happening after our recording 43 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:46,660 Sunday night. Do you have any predictions for that one? 44 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:55,540 Because we watched about half of that match. Yes, and it was a ton of fun. Well, UC Irvine has made some serious adjustments 45 00:03:56,020 --> 00:04:04,580 We saw Nolan Flexin playing left side. We saw William Darcy playing right side. So their 46 00:04:05,540 --> 00:04:11,620 Passing slash ball control left side in and in Kiriakou. He was not on the court at all 47 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:21,140 They definitely needed a better size matchup. I would say to you mean against the 611 setter that Hawaii has that and against 48 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:25,700 Tetriski, yeah, they are big on the right side of the court 49 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:27,620 So I don't know if that's going to be a permanent change 50 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:31,620 But it was definitely something that they felt they needed to do against Hawaii, which I agree 51 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:37,860 Well, but it was interesting because they gave up a ton of aces clean like watching balls hit the floor. So 52 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:43,540 I mean clearly yes, the size is important, but they're also not comfortable with the service reception 53 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:46,820 And what we were watching Tetriski was like scoring at will anyway 54 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:52,900 Yeah, and you took Flexin out of his element, which he just didn't look as comfortable on the left 55 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:58,500 So, I don't know. I don't know what the Sunday night match looked like because we're going to be a Monday at this point 56 00:04:59,220 --> 00:05:04,100 But 3-0, I expected it to be much tighter 57 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:08,260 However, the lineup changed through me for a loop. Well, and I think 58 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:16,420 The changes make sense long term for them if they're going to compete for a national title having more size on the left side 59 00:05:16,420 --> 00:05:19,940 It's just going to be a matter of how long does it take them to settle in? 60 00:05:19,940 --> 00:05:27,940 Well, the changes and I'm sorry, but Joe Carlos will always be a liability at the net. He just doesn't put up a block 61 00:05:27,940 --> 00:05:29,940 Yeah, and 62 00:05:29,940 --> 00:05:36,100 I mean they try to bring in Aiden Rigg. They're like backup setter who's 6'6", but he's young 63 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:41,700 He's inexperienced. So I was shocked, but it was definitely entertaining to watch 64 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:43,060 Oh, it was a great game 65 00:05:43,060 --> 00:05:48,260 Number 14, UC San Diego beat number 8 Stanford 3-2 on Saturday night 66 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:53,780 And number 12 Grand Canyon dropped both of their matches to number 9 Pepperdine 3-1 67 00:05:53,780 --> 00:05:55,780 We watched the first one of these 68 00:05:55,780 --> 00:06:04,580 So it was it was interesting for me to watch my initial instinct was Pepperdine was bigger and more physical than Grand Canyon 69 00:06:04,580 --> 00:06:08,580 But I like the style of volleyball Grand Canyon played better 70 00:06:08,580 --> 00:06:15,780 I think I mean Grand Canyon just couldn't stop the right side for Pepperdine Cole Hartke who 71 00:06:16,420 --> 00:06:21,380 Had 18 points and hit 552 and came in par away through the match didn't even start 72 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:28,580 No, and he but he literally hit the same angle on every single ball and Grand Canyon just couldn't stop him 73 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:35,380 So Pepperdine was big but they were slow in my opinion and not quite as skilled 74 00:06:35,380 --> 00:06:41,780 But their size just allowed them to win. So the right side and middle combination were just untouchable by Grand Canyon 75 00:06:42,340 --> 00:06:46,980 So I'm curious to see how Pepperdine will do against other big skilled teams 76 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:52,180 Not that they're unskilled but they're not as dynamic as some of the top, you know, five schools 77 00:06:52,180 --> 00:06:58,180 So it was an interesting stylistically for me and Pepperdine came out on top 78 00:06:58,180 --> 00:07:01,780 But I did like the skill and speed Grand Canyon played with 79 00:07:01,780 --> 00:07:04,980 I definitely liked Grand Canyon's style 80 00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:11,380 Their one left side was so dynamic and so so fast off the ground lightning speed arm 81 00:07:11,380 --> 00:07:17,380 But yeah, it was just a bit of a tougher matchup size wise 82 00:07:17,380 --> 00:07:22,580 The way that the word that kept coming to mind when I was watching Stanford or sorry Pepperdine play was lumbering 83 00:07:22,580 --> 00:07:28,580 They were big but they were just like plotting along a little bit 84 00:07:28,580 --> 00:07:33,780 So, I don't know for me watching NCAA men's volleyball 85 00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:39,380 I feel like there's kind of two groups that are playing together 86 00:07:39,380 --> 00:07:43,380 I feel like there's kind of two groups that have kind of emerged 87 00:07:43,380 --> 00:07:49,380 I feel like the top, you know, six to eight play at a certain level 88 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:55,380 And then there's a jump, a slight dip in level once you get below that 89 00:07:55,380 --> 00:08:03,380 I feel like the top six to eight in the rankings are just playing higher above the net with more power, more athleticism 90 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:09,380 And it's not that the volleyball that we've seen from the mid-range teams is bad 91 00:08:09,380 --> 00:08:19,380 It's just like different, it's a different style than we're seeing from the Long Beach's, the Hawaii's, the UC Irvine stuff like that 92 00:08:19,380 --> 00:08:23,380 Well, I think your six to eight was generous 93 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:27,380 I think mine probably stops at four or five 94 00:08:27,380 --> 00:08:31,380 And I think for me when I watch it, those top teams have everything 95 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:35,380 They have size, they have speed, they have their dynamic and they're skilled 96 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:41,380 And then when you get to that, you know, let's call it six to ten and we can kind of argue about that six or seven teams 97 00:08:41,380 --> 00:08:45,380 Well, it's hard because like BYU is like pretty good, they're six 98 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:49,380 And then I've seen moments of brilliance from Stanford who was like an eight this week 99 00:08:49,380 --> 00:08:55,380 But then like Loyola Chicago watching them, I'm like, I wouldn't really put them in that same category 100 00:08:55,380 --> 00:08:57,380 So it's tough, it's like, yeah 101 00:08:57,380 --> 00:09:02,380 Yeah, but for me those teams that are on the, in the second, let's call it the second tier 102 00:09:02,380 --> 00:09:08,380 They have, you know, two of the three or two of the four characteristics of the top team 103 00:09:08,380 --> 00:09:10,380 Just not quite everything 104 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:12,380 And that's not to say they can't win 105 00:09:12,380 --> 00:09:19,380 But if you put them in a best ten match series, I think those top teams are going to win eight of ten, nine of ten 106 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:22,380 But the men's has been thoroughly entertaining 107 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:28,380 Well, we're seeing more movement happening in the rankings with each week that progresses 108 00:09:28,380 --> 00:09:31,380 So I think this week will be no exception 109 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:36,380 I, you know, depending on how the Sunday match goes, I think Hawaii could take over the number three spot 110 00:09:36,380 --> 00:09:39,380 Pushing Irvine down to number four per hour 111 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:45,380 Like we're going to see some mix up because we're seeing more and more ranked upsets 112 00:09:45,380 --> 00:09:46,380 Agreed 113 00:09:46,380 --> 00:09:48,380 So that makes it exciting, definitely 114 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:52,380 If you know anything about me, I never cheer for the underdog 115 00:09:52,380 --> 00:09:59,380 But like the ranking switch ups keep it, everyone on their toes, you know 116 00:09:59,380 --> 00:10:06,380 This week in love, we saw the head to head match feature Salt Lake and Houston with Salt Lake winning 3-0 117 00:10:06,380 --> 00:10:10,380 Which, good for Salt Lake, but a little surprising 118 00:10:10,380 --> 00:10:12,380 We didn't watch that 119 00:10:12,380 --> 00:10:16,380 We know that Houston has been doing line up things with resting 120 00:10:16,380 --> 00:10:19,380 They looked a little tired last week, but I don't know 121 00:10:19,380 --> 00:10:26,380 Yeah, and then for our weekend with love, Atlanta beat Omaha 3-2 122 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:28,380 I'm a little surprised that one went five 123 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:33,380 Madison had a great weekend winning both at home 124 00:10:33,380 --> 00:10:38,380 They beat Omaha 3-1 and Austin 3-0 125 00:10:38,380 --> 00:10:40,380 Back in that win column, baby 126 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:43,380 They just have to play in Madison and they're going to win matches 127 00:10:43,380 --> 00:10:48,380 We watched the Austin match, so we'll go over that one in a little more detail later on 128 00:10:48,380 --> 00:11:00,380 But that leaves the standings as Atlanta in first, Houston in second, Austin in third, Omaha in fourth, Salt Lake and still followed up by Madison 129 00:11:00,380 --> 00:11:06,380 However, they have three wins instead of one after this weekend, so they're trending in the right direction 130 00:11:06,380 --> 00:11:07,380 Got to start somewhere 131 00:11:07,380 --> 00:11:12,380 If we look at the PVF, Columbus is continuing their winning streak 132 00:11:12,380 --> 00:11:15,380 They took down Atlanta last Sunday 3-0 133 00:11:15,380 --> 00:11:16,380 Big win for them 134 00:11:16,380 --> 00:11:18,380 But then their run came to an end on Saturday 135 00:11:18,380 --> 00:11:22,380 They had a 3-1 loss to San Diego, but I do think they're picking up momentum 136 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:23,380 I think they're going to move and shake 137 00:11:23,380 --> 00:11:24,380 Have to start somewhere 138 00:11:24,380 --> 00:11:25,380 Exactly 139 00:11:25,380 --> 00:11:28,380 Vegas, however, is sliding the other way 140 00:11:28,380 --> 00:11:29,380 They continue to struggle 141 00:11:29,380 --> 00:11:31,380 They lost 3-1 to Indy 142 00:11:31,380 --> 00:11:34,380 Orlando keeping on, they're dominating 143 00:11:34,380 --> 00:11:37,380 They beat Omaha 3-0 and Atlanta 3-2 144 00:11:37,380 --> 00:11:38,380 Two tough matches 145 00:11:38,380 --> 00:11:39,380 Yeah, and they won both of them 146 00:11:39,380 --> 00:11:40,380 They're consistent at this point 147 00:11:40,380 --> 00:11:45,380 So Orlando is now solidly in the lead with 10 wins and four losses 148 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:49,380 Followed by Omaha at 8-4 and then Indy in Vegas 149 00:11:49,380 --> 00:11:55,380 Columbus is back in last place, but they are not solidly there 150 00:11:55,380 --> 00:12:00,380 I think you're going to be able to see some movement in that last place spot in the coming weeks 151 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:02,380 This week was really good 152 00:12:02,380 --> 00:12:05,380 I think we started to see some unusual results 153 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:06,380 Let's call them that way 154 00:12:06,380 --> 00:12:11,380 Not everything happened as we would have predicted based on the rankings, which is good to see 155 00:12:11,380 --> 00:12:15,380 I think at this point of the season, you're starting to see teams find their coaches' identity 156 00:12:15,380 --> 00:12:19,380 The ones who had maybe a long-term plan, you're starting to see that settle in 157 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:22,380 Teams are starting to figure out how they want to play together 158 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:26,380 Other teams are realizing they're going to have to make switches for long-term success 159 00:12:26,380 --> 00:12:28,380 And they're seeing a bit of a dip 160 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:32,380 So at this point, I think we're starting to see some long-term strategic decisions 161 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:38,380 Which will be interesting to see how they play out over the course of the rest of the seasons in all three leagues 162 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:44,380 Our first feature match of the week is Love Madison versus Love Austin 163 00:12:44,380 --> 00:12:51,380 We saw a lot of changes both on the benches and on the court for both teams 164 00:12:51,380 --> 00:12:56,380 So let's touch on those before we dive into the match 165 00:12:56,380 --> 00:13:04,380 I think, first of all, the biggest one is Austin has a new head coach in Chris McGown 166 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:10,380 He was the head coach of the BYU men's team from 2011 to 2015 167 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:14,380 He was the 2013 AVCA national coach of the year 168 00:13:14,380 --> 00:13:17,380 He has been coaching in Japan 169 00:13:17,380 --> 00:13:24,380 He's been around, but now he's back in Austin because the Italian coach Marco Bonita 170 00:13:24,380 --> 00:13:27,380 He left the team for personal reasons 171 00:13:27,380 --> 00:13:31,380 I very much hate when people cite personal reasons for leaving things 172 00:13:31,380 --> 00:13:35,380 It could be anything, it could be illness, a death in the family 173 00:13:35,380 --> 00:13:37,380 It could also be that he didn't like coaching here 174 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:39,380 It could be that he hated, yes 175 00:13:39,380 --> 00:13:42,380 It's like, can we get a little more specific, please? 176 00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:46,380 Trust me, Adam and I did some digging, we tried to figure it out 177 00:13:46,380 --> 00:13:49,380 But they are keeping this very hush hush 178 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:54,380 So if you have any insight, please hit me up on Instagram or by email 179 00:13:54,380 --> 00:13:58,380 Because we couldn't find any details other than personal reasons 180 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:02,380 And I mean, we hope everything is okay, that there's no major problems 181 00:14:02,380 --> 00:14:04,380 But that's the cop-out excuse 182 00:14:04,380 --> 00:14:09,380 Man, we also saw Nicole Fossett on the Austin coaching staff 183 00:14:09,380 --> 00:14:14,380 She has been an assistant with the Ohio State women's team for the last couple seasons 184 00:14:14,380 --> 00:14:19,380 I did see that Ohio State said goodbye to her, wished her well 185 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:21,380 But I didn't see much past that 186 00:14:21,380 --> 00:14:24,380 Turns out she's coaching in Austin now 187 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:26,380 So that was very interesting to see 188 00:14:26,380 --> 00:14:28,380 That was an interesting move for me 189 00:14:28,380 --> 00:14:30,380 I'm still trying to figure out 190 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:33,380 I mean, there's obviously more opportunities in college 191 00:14:33,380 --> 00:14:37,380 And I don't know if more prestige 192 00:14:37,380 --> 00:14:42,380 But I have to think more money, especially for somebody of her name value 193 00:14:42,380 --> 00:14:48,380 So this was an interesting move for me to see her on the bench at Love Austin 194 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:50,380 Definitely, I felt like Ohio State was a great fit for her 195 00:14:50,380 --> 00:14:54,380 She grew up in Ohio, solid program 196 00:14:54,380 --> 00:14:57,380 They're building, they're young 197 00:14:57,380 --> 00:14:59,380 I thought she would be there for a while 198 00:14:59,380 --> 00:15:01,380 So I was surprised to see that she left 199 00:15:01,380 --> 00:15:04,380 And like you said, to go to Austin, of all places 200 00:15:04,380 --> 00:15:11,380 I can see a lot of former volleyball athletes and people that have been in the USA system 201 00:15:11,380 --> 00:15:13,380 Like getting involved in love 202 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:17,380 I think a lot of former athletes are very excited about it 203 00:15:17,380 --> 00:15:21,380 And they're trying to build careers in that space 204 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:25,380 And help the mission, which I think a lot of them are passionate about 205 00:15:25,380 --> 00:15:29,380 But to give up the opportunity at Ohio State, yeah, it's an interesting decision 206 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:32,380 So that was the bench changes we saw 207 00:15:32,380 --> 00:15:38,380 Now on the court, we saw some differences on both sides as well 208 00:15:38,380 --> 00:15:43,380 From the Austin side, we saw Asia O'Neill starting 209 00:15:43,380 --> 00:15:46,380 Molly McCage has been starting for most of the season 210 00:15:46,380 --> 00:15:49,380 But that was a difference 211 00:15:49,380 --> 00:15:53,380 We also saw Zoe Jarvis move to DS 212 00:15:53,380 --> 00:15:59,380 And Inoue, Inoue, you guys know who I mean, is now playing libero 213 00:15:59,380 --> 00:16:05,380 I'm a little surprised to see the changes for Austin just because they were playing well 214 00:16:05,380 --> 00:16:08,380 And they were definitely up and down 215 00:16:08,380 --> 00:16:12,380 I wouldn't have considered them particularly consistent 216 00:16:12,380 --> 00:16:14,380 I mean, they were better than this 217 00:16:14,380 --> 00:16:17,380 Yeah, I mean, if you have a solid... 218 00:16:17,380 --> 00:16:22,380 I'm shocked that Inoue wasn't playing more during the season 219 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:26,380 Like she wasn't even coming in as a DS ever and all of a sudden she's out there 220 00:16:26,380 --> 00:16:29,380 She played great, I thought she was really good 221 00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:31,380 But I'm like, where have you been hiding? 222 00:16:31,380 --> 00:16:36,380 Well, and I think the other thing to remember here is that this coach is brand new 223 00:16:36,380 --> 00:16:38,380 Doesn't know the players 224 00:16:38,380 --> 00:16:41,380 So things are shaking up 225 00:16:41,380 --> 00:16:45,380 He's trying to get his footing, understand what all of the athletes are capable of 226 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:53,380 So he does need to be given a little bit of leeway as he tries to figure out what his roster looks like and what he has 227 00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:57,380 Well, I'm saying I liked the libero decision because I thought she was very good 228 00:16:57,380 --> 00:17:03,380 Yeah, I don't disagree with you, but I'm saying that the changes are not surprising given he is going to put his own stamp on this team 229 00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:06,380 Well, and I think that she actually was playing libero last week too 230 00:17:06,380 --> 00:17:08,380 So this one's like a brand new change 231 00:17:08,380 --> 00:17:13,380 This was like the first time we have seen Austin in this like lineup 232 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:15,380 So keep that in mind 233 00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:19,380 From the Madison side, Sarah Franklin did not play 234 00:17:19,380 --> 00:17:26,380 And Jennifer Janiska from Germany was playing in her spot 235 00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:29,380 Other than that, we also saw Annie Drews 236 00:17:29,380 --> 00:17:36,380 She had been like flashing in and out here and there through the season, but was not playing consistently 237 00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:43,380 So we saw Annie Drews shoe mucker back, Franklin out, replaced by Janiska 238 00:17:43,380 --> 00:17:49,380 So my initial thought on this move for Madison was that it was about ball control 239 00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:53,380 I didn't hear about any injuries, so I'm assuming that was not the case 240 00:17:53,380 --> 00:17:57,380 But I know that Sarah Franklin was being picked on 241 00:17:57,380 --> 00:18:02,380 I know that Madison wasn't running their middles as much as I think they probably should have 242 00:18:02,380 --> 00:18:05,380 And I think that had a lot to do with ball control 243 00:18:05,380 --> 00:18:06,380 I'm curious if... 244 00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:08,380 Well, they also switched their libero 245 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:14,380 They had Wong from China playing all season, and now they switched to Medved 246 00:18:14,380 --> 00:18:22,380 So my instinct is that Furbringer wanted to start from the back, dial in the pass, try and find some rhythm 247 00:18:22,380 --> 00:18:24,380 as a team, and then go from there 248 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:28,380 And they won two matches in a row, it's hard to say that... 249 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:31,380 I mean, obviously that had a factor, but they're also at home 250 00:18:31,380 --> 00:18:32,380 Well, they had to make a change 251 00:18:32,380 --> 00:18:38,380 I'm sorry, you're like bleeding out all season, you need to change something 252 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:41,380 So I'm glad to see that some adjustments were made 253 00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:44,380 You can't keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result 254 00:18:44,380 --> 00:18:46,380 The ball control makes sense to me 255 00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:53,380 My question is, do you think this is a sustainable change for long-term success? 256 00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:56,380 Annie Schumacher was scoring efficiently 257 00:18:56,380 --> 00:19:05,380 I... okay, we know I'm not a fan, but like, she was scoring points for them, albeit mixed in with errors 258 00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:10,380 I don't think they were getting a ton of scoring prowess from the left sides 259 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:12,380 I don't know, is it sustainable? 260 00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:20,380 But you win two matches in a row like that, if passing is the big difference, then ride that, you know? 261 00:19:20,380 --> 00:19:24,380 I kind of agree with you, but I also disagree with you 262 00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:29,380 I think that, yes, you needed to show up your passing, I think that that was a good call 263 00:19:29,380 --> 00:19:37,380 Watching Annie Drews, for me, I think she scored at least five balls where she just nicked the block on a tip 264 00:19:37,380 --> 00:19:39,380 Oh, yes 265 00:19:39,380 --> 00:19:43,380 But that's not an in-system play, to me that is not sustainable 266 00:19:43,380 --> 00:19:45,380 Well, I think that was a product of Carlini's setting 267 00:19:45,380 --> 00:19:53,380 She got player of the game for that match and I was stunned because I thought her setting against Austin was super inconsistent 268 00:19:53,380 --> 00:19:55,380 I thought the setting across the board in this match was not very good 269 00:19:55,380 --> 00:19:57,380 Also fair 270 00:19:57,380 --> 00:20:04,380 But you're saying she's tipping and I'm like, you saw the left sides having to tip a ton, you saw Drews having to tip a ton 271 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:10,380 They had no choice because the balls were like flaring tight and then they were flaring off and then they were switching like it was wild 272 00:20:10,380 --> 00:20:14,380 But that comes to me to the consistency of whether this change is going to work long term 273 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:21,380 So a couple things, you make a change and teams don't have any video on those rotations, there's less preparation, you can go out and score 274 00:20:21,380 --> 00:20:27,380 It's like a coach bump, you get an instant juice to your team when you make switches 275 00:20:27,380 --> 00:20:31,380 When I watch this, who is going to score points consistently? 276 00:20:31,380 --> 00:20:36,380 Because when I watch them score on those tips, that is not sustainable to me 277 00:20:36,380 --> 00:20:44,380 Well, you need two players who can score consistently at least and you need to run your middle if you want to be a successful team long term 278 00:20:44,380 --> 00:20:46,380 I completely agree with you in that 279 00:20:46,380 --> 00:20:55,380 Well, and I thought they did run the middle well because Anahal had nine points, Carrera had eight, they hit 357 and 500 280 00:20:55,380 --> 00:21:02,380 I thought Madison did a better job of getting the middles into the match and I think that will lead to sustainable long term success 281 00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:07,380 But you're going to need, I don't know if you can ride Annie Drews all the way to the top of the league 282 00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:11,380 And if you don't have Franklin in, who's going to score points on the left side? 283 00:21:11,380 --> 00:21:18,380 Chausse is consistent, I like her as a player, but you don't have a horse on the left side without Franklin on the floor 284 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:20,380 I'm just not sure that works long term 285 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:29,380 I think the devil's advocate here, do you need a horse on the left side if you're able to consistently run the middle and keep the other side honest? 286 00:21:29,380 --> 00:21:36,380 Because if you don't have a horse and you're getting your less capable scorers one on ones, that's something 287 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:45,380 Yeah, but I don't, it's good that Madison ran the middle more, but I don't think that Hall and Carrera are, they can score you some points 288 00:21:45,380 --> 00:21:48,380 But I don't think they can win you the match from an offensive standpoint 289 00:21:48,380 --> 00:21:49,380 They're not like Anak Bagu 290 00:21:49,380 --> 00:22:00,380 Exactly, and so while they do need to use that to open it up, I just don't think, they need Franklin on the left side as an option to anchor everything 291 00:22:00,380 --> 00:22:02,380 But she needs to be able to pass 292 00:22:02,380 --> 00:22:07,380 And so that is going to be the consistent trade off of where do they find their balance in that regard 293 00:22:07,380 --> 00:22:11,380 Well it's like Franklin is one of the top five scorers in the league 294 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:18,380 So my question is, is it because she's passing so bad that she has to get every ball because the setter's running everywhere 295 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:23,380 That she's just getting that many more attempts than everybody, or is she that good of a scorer? 296 00:22:23,380 --> 00:22:24,380 Yeah, I mean 297 00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:25,380 I want to say it's somewhere in between 298 00:22:25,380 --> 00:22:32,380 Yeah, probably, and you know, Carlini, they passed better and Carlini didn't set well 299 00:22:32,380 --> 00:22:40,380 Like I'm waiting for everything to click for Madison, and you know maybe Carlini will find some rhythm with the passing being a little more consistent 300 00:22:40,380 --> 00:22:42,380 I mean again, it's a step in the right direction for them 301 00:22:42,380 --> 00:22:49,380 There were some individual bright moments in that, but watching it, I'm just not sure it's sustainable with what they're doing 302 00:22:49,380 --> 00:22:50,380 Fair 303 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:53,380 I mean watching it, I was also like, how is Austin losing this? 304 00:22:53,380 --> 00:23:00,380 Because I wasn't watching Madison being like, oh my gosh, you're a brand new team, amazing 305 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:09,380 I was watching them being like, okay, you're not like getting aced and you're not making just bonehead mistakes 306 00:23:09,380 --> 00:23:14,380 But I'm watching it, I'm like, I feel like Austin should be winning this 307 00:23:14,380 --> 00:23:17,380 None of the Austin players played particularly well 308 00:23:17,380 --> 00:23:18,380 There were a lot of errors 309 00:23:18,380 --> 00:23:22,380 We talked about the setting, I thought Carly Lloyd struggled in that match 310 00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:24,380 Well they keep giving her chances 311 00:23:24,380 --> 00:23:28,380 I saw her set a slide that nobody was there for 312 00:23:28,380 --> 00:23:30,380 It happened three times 313 00:23:30,380 --> 00:23:35,380 Completely missed her hitters, but then like a middle ran a route, they're like 314 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:36,380 A 31 315 00:23:36,380 --> 00:23:41,380 Well she ran the in between behind the set, you know what I mean? 316 00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:45,380 Not the C, not the slide, the one in between, the gap behind 317 00:23:45,380 --> 00:23:49,380 And Lloyd set the full slide, and it's like how... 318 00:23:49,380 --> 00:23:53,380 The thing is, that's not the first match I've seen this happen 319 00:23:53,380 --> 00:23:58,380 I've seen this consistently, but they keep giving her the nod to start 320 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:04,380 And then they have to take her out, and I'm like, I'm not saying Torres came in and was like all world or anything, but 321 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:08,380 I mean, again, and you have a coach in here who's trying to figure it out 322 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:11,380 I get it from a coaching standpoint, you come in, you have Carly Lloyd 323 00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:16,380 You know what she has done in her past, you're gonna give her a shot, you wanna maintain that relationship 324 00:24:16,380 --> 00:24:19,380 But it's, where is that going to happen? 325 00:24:19,380 --> 00:24:24,380 And you know, I thought Ugbagu was their best player by far 326 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:28,380 They set her way more, and we've been talking about how they have to set her more 327 00:24:28,380 --> 00:24:32,380 And I was like, hallelujah, this is what they need to do 328 00:24:32,380 --> 00:24:37,380 They got her 18 balls, she had, she hit 6-11 with 11 kills 329 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:44,380 That is the example of a player who can dominate in the middle, and you need to get her the ball as much as you can 330 00:24:44,380 --> 00:24:51,380 Stop me, stop me, she was the best player in the match for me, hands down, I thought she was outstanding 331 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:56,380 Yeah, I was so happy to see them getting her the ball more, she's the difference maker for that team 332 00:24:56,380 --> 00:25:01,380 And you could see her, because she was getting more involved, she was more vocal 333 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:07,380 She was more of a leader on the court, able to draw on her experience to direct the team 334 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:14,380 The thing that confused me is, they yanked Madison Skinner at one point and put Julian Fauset in 335 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:21,380 Meanwhile, I then see Fauset make what, 4 hitting errors in a row, and they do not put Madison Skinner in 336 00:25:21,380 --> 00:25:25,380 They choose to put Cat Bell in, let me tell you 337 00:25:25,380 --> 00:25:30,380 And it was the point where the right side was rotating to the back row 338 00:25:30,380 --> 00:25:35,380 If we're picking somebody that needs to attack back row here, I'm picking Madison Skinner all day over Cat Bell 339 00:25:35,380 --> 00:25:40,380 That decision left me head scratching 340 00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:45,380 I was like, what are they doing? Is she injured? Can she not go back in? 341 00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:50,380 Honestly, my first thought was the coach was trying to make a point, I don't know what that point was 342 00:25:50,380 --> 00:25:56,380 Because, I mean, other than Ugbagu, Skinner was your best hitter 343 00:25:56,380 --> 00:26:00,380 She was only hitting 188, but nobody else was even close to that 344 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:05,380 And she was the only one other than Ugbagu who was scoring points 345 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:10,380 I was shocked that they pulled her, it didn't make any sense to me 346 00:26:10,380 --> 00:26:14,380 That they pulled her, but then they just didn't put her back in? 347 00:26:14,380 --> 00:26:18,380 Yeah, because Eggleston struggled, she hit 0-42 348 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:25,380 I thought Eggleston passed decently, I was pleasantly surprised with her passing, but the hitting, yeah 349 00:26:25,380 --> 00:26:30,380 Well, things are not great right now for Austin 350 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:36,380 And for me, they get a pass as they try and settle into a new coach, a new style, figuring it out 351 00:26:36,380 --> 00:26:43,380 We'll see what happens, but if Austin is going to be successful, Maddie Skinner is part of that 352 00:26:43,380 --> 00:26:47,380 Whether it's on the left, whether it's on the right, take your pick 353 00:26:47,380 --> 00:26:52,380 To me, she needs to be on the floor, your team needs to revolve around Ugbagu and Skinner 354 00:26:52,380 --> 00:26:55,380 And they're going to have to figure that out 355 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:59,380 Overall, I was happy to see Madison get two wins 356 00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:02,380 Just to move their season in the right direction 357 00:27:02,380 --> 00:27:07,380 For me, the jury's out on whether this is sustainable for them 358 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:10,380 I want to see how they play in the next two weeks 359 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:13,380 To me, this is going to be, can you build on that momentum? 360 00:27:13,380 --> 00:27:17,380 Do your changes stick and do you find a way to get Franklin back in? 361 00:27:17,380 --> 00:27:22,380 I'm cautiously optimistic for them in that regard 362 00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:27,380 And on the Austin side, I'm going to forget about this match 363 00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:32,380 I'm going to give them a pass and give them a week to settle in 364 00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:36,380 Another week to settle in with the coach and figure out what's going on 365 00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:40,380 If I don't see Maddie Skinner on the court next week 366 00:27:40,380 --> 00:27:42,380 Watch out everybody, Adam's coming for you 367 00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:44,380 I'm confused 368 00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:51,380 So we will see, I will say Ugbagu needs to keep getting as many balls as she can 369 00:27:51,380 --> 00:27:56,380 Keep Eggleston on the floor to pass, don't set her 370 00:27:56,380 --> 00:27:59,380 Well, Eggleston typically is your point scoring left side 371 00:27:59,380 --> 00:28:04,380 That's what they have Gennari and Hawk on the court for, for ball control 372 00:28:04,380 --> 00:28:08,380 Eggleston, her role is she needs to score 373 00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:10,380 Yeah, they got to figure out the setting for it 374 00:28:10,380 --> 00:28:14,380 I mean everybody has rough games, don't like, I know but 375 00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:16,380 The setting needs to get ironed out 376 00:28:16,380 --> 00:28:18,380 For sure, yes 377 00:28:18,380 --> 00:28:21,380 But good for Madison, we'll see what happens with Austin 378 00:28:21,380 --> 00:28:23,380 At least it made things interesting 379 00:28:23,380 --> 00:28:25,380 I enjoyed watching that match 380 00:28:25,380 --> 00:28:30,380 Our second feature match of the week is on the NCAA men's side 381 00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:32,380 Lewis versus Loyola Chicago 382 00:28:32,380 --> 00:28:36,380 I feel like we've kind of been staying west coast a little bit for men 383 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:42,380 So we wanted to mix it up and go back midwest, more east, you know what I'm saying? 384 00:28:42,380 --> 00:28:43,380 Heading home 385 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:46,380 Yeah, we're on our way home over here 386 00:28:46,380 --> 00:28:47,380 Into the snow 387 00:28:47,380 --> 00:28:51,380 This is a typical thing that we were talking about earlier of 388 00:28:51,380 --> 00:28:56,380 You've got that top chunk of teams and then you've got teams that are very good 389 00:28:56,380 --> 00:29:01,380 But are more, as Adam said, like second tier, I guess 390 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:04,380 This was an entertaining match 391 00:29:04,380 --> 00:29:12,380 And I think we saw a lot more rallies and digs happening because as you were kind of saying earlier 392 00:29:12,380 --> 00:29:24,380 They don't have the, necessarily the same crazy physicality and power that some of the top teams have, you know? 393 00:29:24,380 --> 00:29:27,380 It was definitely not as terminal 394 00:29:27,380 --> 00:29:29,380 There weren't as many errors 395 00:29:29,380 --> 00:29:32,380 They had better ball control 396 00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:36,380 And again, part of that's because the ball's not coming quite as fast when you're watching it 397 00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:38,380 So it was definitely entertaining 398 00:29:38,380 --> 00:29:47,380 For the viewers who like the volleyball rallies and were missing maybe some of that NCAA women's feel 399 00:29:47,380 --> 00:29:52,380 Watching the match had that same kind of, oh man, what a dig, there's a rally 400 00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:56,380 You know, went over and it was a different 401 00:29:56,380 --> 00:30:00,380 It was different from watching, like you said, the top six teams play 402 00:30:00,380 --> 00:30:04,380 Which was like, holy cow, those guys are hitting above the antenna 403 00:30:04,380 --> 00:30:08,380 It's like just run off of the quarter, you're going to just get impacted into the floor 404 00:30:08,380 --> 00:30:11,380 Yeah, so I enjoyed watching this 405 00:30:11,380 --> 00:30:13,380 I thought Lewis was very good 406 00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:16,380 I liked Lewis, okay 407 00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:19,380 Even though it was considered an upset 408 00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:22,380 I think I said like 15-7 409 00:30:22,380 --> 00:30:29,380 I really liked Lewis and I thought they won for sure 410 00:30:29,380 --> 00:30:32,380 The setting battle and the libero battle 411 00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:34,380 I would agree with you on that 412 00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:38,380 Lewis to me was just a good volleyball team 413 00:30:38,380 --> 00:30:45,380 They were skilled, they passed well, they looked well trained, they operated as a unit 414 00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:50,380 You could tell they had a game plan and everybody knew their roles and responsibilities 415 00:30:50,380 --> 00:30:54,380 To me watching them, you go, okay, their coach knows what they're doing 416 00:30:54,380 --> 00:30:58,380 They have a style and an identity as a team and they execute that 417 00:30:58,380 --> 00:31:05,380 And watching that, you think, okay, if they had a 6-9 opposite who touched 12-2 418 00:31:05,380 --> 00:31:07,380 They could compete with all of the other teams 419 00:31:07,380 --> 00:31:09,380 Do you know what I mean? 420 00:31:09,380 --> 00:31:12,380 They didn't have, like their right side played pretty well 421 00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:15,380 Oh, gosh, I might have mispronounced that, sorry 422 00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:17,380 Yeah, he was 423 00:31:17,380 --> 00:31:21,380 He played pretty well, but I think like their left sides 424 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:25,380 While they were consistent and did well in this match 425 00:31:25,380 --> 00:31:32,380 I think once they face like a Hawaii where they have to block a go head to head with Tretrisky 426 00:31:32,380 --> 00:31:37,380 Or, you know, with Ido David or, you know, flexing people like that 427 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:41,380 I think that's where you'll start to see the difference 428 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:46,380 Your dad has said something to me since I've known him about volleyball 429 00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:52,380 And this resonates with me 100% of the time 430 00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:55,380 Big and skilled beats little and skilled every time 431 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:58,380 But little and skilled can beat big and unskilled 432 00:31:58,380 --> 00:32:01,380 And that is Lewis to me 433 00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:05,380 But like you were looking up their heights during the match and you were like shocked 434 00:32:05,380 --> 00:32:08,380 Yeah, their setter was 6-7, okay 435 00:32:08,380 --> 00:32:10,380 Yeah, they're not tiny, obviously 436 00:32:10,380 --> 00:32:12,380 But they're not like elevating 437 00:32:12,380 --> 00:32:16,380 The height that they're playing above the net is not the level of the top five 438 00:32:16,380 --> 00:32:21,380 As a team, Lewis only made 13 errors in four sets 439 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:22,380 Including serving? 440 00:32:22,380 --> 00:32:25,380 No, they made 13 hitting errors in four sets 441 00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:29,380 That is very impressive to me in men's volleyball 442 00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:31,380 When did they hit on the match? 443 00:32:31,380 --> 00:32:33,380 They hit 347 as a team 444 00:32:33,380 --> 00:32:38,380 Compared to Loyola Chicago who made 24 hitting errors and hit 219 445 00:32:38,380 --> 00:32:41,380 So they are, again, they're skilled 446 00:32:41,380 --> 00:32:43,380 They know what they're trying to do 447 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:45,380 They make good decisions 448 00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:49,380 Like volleyball IQ wise, they were very good 449 00:32:49,380 --> 00:32:53,380 I said this like very early in the first set 450 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:55,380 Which may be premature 451 00:32:55,380 --> 00:32:58,380 But you guys love my opinions, don't you? 452 00:32:58,380 --> 00:32:59,380 No, I'm just kidding 453 00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:02,380 But it held true for me for the entirety of the match 454 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:11,380 Is that I thought that the Lewis setter just ran a much cleaner offense 455 00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:14,380 Watching the Loyola Chicago side 456 00:33:14,380 --> 00:33:18,380 I thought he ran the middle and left side pretty well 457 00:33:18,380 --> 00:33:22,380 Their main point scorer, Parker Van Buren, is on the right 458 00:33:22,380 --> 00:33:30,380 And I found the setter's right side or back setting to be very inconsistent 459 00:33:30,380 --> 00:33:33,380 Which took Van Buren out of his rhythm 460 00:33:33,380 --> 00:33:37,380 The back row attacks were way too far behind the 10-foot line 461 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:41,380 Well, it's crazy that they didn't execute with the right side very well 462 00:33:41,380 --> 00:33:43,380 But they still set him 50 times in the match 463 00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:46,380 Well, that's the thing, it looks like a struggle at times 464 00:33:46,380 --> 00:33:48,380 And I'm like, I feel like he's better than this 465 00:33:48,380 --> 00:33:50,380 But you could see him, and I don't know 466 00:33:50,380 --> 00:33:52,380 Adam picked this up about him pretty quickly 467 00:33:52,380 --> 00:33:55,380 Is that his jump is very up and down 468 00:33:55,380 --> 00:33:59,380 Which may lend itself to front row attacking 469 00:33:59,380 --> 00:34:02,380 But it's not ideal for back row attacking 470 00:34:02,380 --> 00:34:06,380 You want to kind of drift forward in the back row 471 00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:09,380 So maybe that was also a piece 472 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:12,380 I had a hard time picking up whether he was jumping straight up and down 473 00:34:12,380 --> 00:34:16,380 Because of the sets or because that's what he normally does 474 00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:20,380 And the other thing I noticed was that his arm didn't come all the way back 475 00:34:20,380 --> 00:34:23,380 When he was attacking, but it did when he was serving 476 00:34:23,380 --> 00:34:29,380 And so, having only watched him once, I'd need to watch again a little bit 477 00:34:29,380 --> 00:34:31,380 And maybe the setter had an off night 478 00:34:31,380 --> 00:34:37,380 We don't have a comparison, but he got 50 sets, he had 21 kills, he hit 260 479 00:34:37,380 --> 00:34:39,380 So he didn't have a terrible night 480 00:34:39,380 --> 00:34:41,380 No, that's not bad 481 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:43,380 I feel like he could have been more effective 482 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:45,380 And that was it, it wasn't 483 00:34:45,380 --> 00:34:49,380 Watching him as a player, and he was pretty dynamic, he jumped well 484 00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:52,380 I thought he was the most athletic person on the floor 485 00:34:52,380 --> 00:34:54,380 Watching both teams 486 00:34:54,380 --> 00:34:58,380 But there was something missing in that match specifically 487 00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:01,380 Where you thought that he could have been doing more 488 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:05,380 And it would be, I mean I want to watch Loyola Chicago again 489 00:35:05,380 --> 00:35:07,380 They are obviously ranked in the top 10 490 00:35:07,380 --> 00:35:10,380 That was not a top 10 performance in my opinion 491 00:35:10,380 --> 00:35:14,380 And so, I'll watch again when they play a good opponent and see 492 00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:17,380 Is it a difference, am I noticing the same things 493 00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:22,380 But he can be a difference maker, and he wasn't enough of one in that match 494 00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:26,380 I did think they're outside Fabikovic 495 00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:30,380 I thought he was pretty solid, pretty consistent 496 00:35:30,380 --> 00:35:32,380 Well they only set those two players 497 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:36,380 So the opposite got 50, Daniel got 38, and hit 211 498 00:35:36,380 --> 00:35:41,380 I thought they ran the middle, like their middles when they were run were scoring 499 00:35:41,380 --> 00:35:43,380 Like they were pretty effective in my opinion 500 00:35:43,380 --> 00:35:45,380 Was that Nicodemus? 501 00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:48,380 Nicodemus Meyer, you guys, okay 502 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:50,380 So Nicodemus only got- 503 00:35:50,380 --> 00:35:53,380 My cousin named her hamster Nicodemus once 504 00:35:53,380 --> 00:35:56,380 So when I saw this name I was like, wow 505 00:35:56,380 --> 00:35:57,380 Brought back a childhood? 506 00:35:57,380 --> 00:36:01,380 Well I thought it was always like, there was a character on Star Trek 507 00:36:01,380 --> 00:36:03,380 Because my uncle's obsessed with Star Trek 508 00:36:03,380 --> 00:36:06,380 And I'm like, he for sure named this hamster 509 00:36:06,380 --> 00:36:10,380 But then Adam just told me before this that that's not the case 510 00:36:10,380 --> 00:36:12,380 Because he also loves Star Trek 511 00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:14,380 It is biblical for sure 512 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:18,380 Now if it is a Star Trek name and I'm just blanking this morning 513 00:36:18,380 --> 00:36:20,380 I'm gonna look like a Star Trek frog 514 00:36:20,380 --> 00:36:25,380 Is it a Star Trek character? Adam claims to be a huge Trekkie 515 00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:28,380 And if he's missing this, unacceptable 516 00:36:28,380 --> 00:36:31,380 But Nicodemus only got seven sets 517 00:36:31,380 --> 00:36:34,380 I mean he was efficient, he got five kills, he hit 571 518 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:36,380 What, get the man the ball 519 00:36:36,380 --> 00:36:37,380 He only hit seven 520 00:36:37,380 --> 00:36:41,380 I will say, the setter got pulled 521 00:36:41,380 --> 00:36:42,380 Correct 522 00:36:42,380 --> 00:36:43,380 In what was his set three 523 00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:44,380 Yeah 524 00:36:44,380 --> 00:36:47,380 And Smiths Van Oyen came in, finished the match 525 00:36:47,380 --> 00:36:49,380 I liked this guy 526 00:36:49,380 --> 00:36:54,380 I thought that he delivered a really nice ball 527 00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:56,380 He is a redshirt freshman 528 00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:59,380 So I don't know if that is playing a role into why he's not playing more 529 00:36:59,380 --> 00:37:03,380 But I thought that the way that he ran the offense was much smoother 530 00:37:03,380 --> 00:37:06,380 Curious if he'll start to play more, I don't know 531 00:37:06,380 --> 00:37:08,380 But I liked him better 532 00:37:08,380 --> 00:37:13,380 Well and again, I would agree that he did a better job when he came in 533 00:37:13,380 --> 00:37:14,380 I thought it made a difference 534 00:37:14,380 --> 00:37:16,380 I'm curious 535 00:37:16,380 --> 00:37:19,380 It's hard with no comparison 536 00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:21,380 We need to watch them play a little more 537 00:37:21,380 --> 00:37:26,380 But in a snapshot in one match, he was better that night 538 00:37:26,380 --> 00:37:28,380 The game was entertaining 539 00:37:28,380 --> 00:37:31,380 The four set had a ton of lead changes 540 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:33,380 Loyola was up 10-5 541 00:37:33,380 --> 00:37:38,380 And then all of a sudden, they were down 13-12 542 00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:40,380 And there were runs of points 543 00:37:40,380 --> 00:37:42,380 How does that happen? 544 00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:46,380 I think that match very easily could have gone to five 545 00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:49,380 Had Loyola been able to keep their lead at 10-5 546 00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:55,380 But again, Lewis is one of those teams, and I would say similar to Stanford 547 00:37:55,380 --> 00:37:58,380 Where they make you beat them 548 00:37:58,380 --> 00:37:59,380 I thought they served well 549 00:37:59,380 --> 00:38:01,380 I loved their serving plan 550 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:02,380 They passed well 551 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:05,380 But again, they served so many short balls 552 00:38:05,380 --> 00:38:06,380 So many 553 00:38:06,380 --> 00:38:08,380 And they were working 554 00:38:08,380 --> 00:38:10,380 Lewis, it was obvious 555 00:38:10,380 --> 00:38:11,380 They're well coached 556 00:38:11,380 --> 00:38:12,380 They had a game plan 557 00:38:12,380 --> 00:38:14,380 Everybody was on point 558 00:38:14,380 --> 00:38:15,380 They were executing as a team 559 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:18,380 I really liked Lewis as a team 560 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:19,380 I liked them too 561 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,380 The thing for me is Lewis was not hiding the fact that they were short serving 562 00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:24,380 Not at all 563 00:38:24,380 --> 00:38:26,380 It was like hitting the ceiling 564 00:38:26,380 --> 00:38:34,380 And the amount of miscommunication on the Loyola Chicago side on these short balls was astounding to me 565 00:38:34,380 --> 00:38:38,380 Like the libero running in front of the left side trying to pass it 566 00:38:38,380 --> 00:38:42,380 Just the middle standing there and then jumping out of the way at the last second 567 00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:45,380 It's like this ball is literally a rainbow 568 00:38:45,380 --> 00:38:48,380 Like somebody take charge of this 569 00:38:48,380 --> 00:38:54,380 Because Lewis must have obviously identified something to be like, yes, let's exploit this 570 00:38:54,380 --> 00:38:59,380 The other thing that was nuts to me is every single time there was a short serve 571 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:05,380 They ran a 31 at the middle, fastball over the top to the left side and only set those two players 572 00:39:05,380 --> 00:39:08,380 They never set the right side on a short serve once 573 00:39:08,380 --> 00:39:14,380 Well, that came back to I think to you saying that's the setters most uncomfortable is going back 574 00:39:14,380 --> 00:39:15,380 Again, I don't know this setter 575 00:39:15,380 --> 00:39:18,380 Just watching him. I'm like he does not like setting back 576 00:39:18,380 --> 00:39:23,380 But Lewis had 21 block assists and two solo blocks 577 00:39:23,380 --> 00:39:26,380 Like their serve block strategy was on point 578 00:39:26,380 --> 00:39:31,380 And that's compared to Loyola Chicago only had eight block assists and two solo blocks 579 00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:36,380 So like Lewis obviously had a plan and they executed it at a very high level 580 00:39:36,380 --> 00:39:39,380 And the other thing I will say, you talked about the setter for Lewis 581 00:39:39,380 --> 00:39:41,380 He ran a super balanced offense 582 00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:47,380 His hitters got 33, 27 and 22 sets as an outside core, right? 583 00:39:47,380 --> 00:39:53,380 I thought the one thing I noticed in Lewis was I thought they could have run the middles a little bit more 584 00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:56,380 I like the distribution of the setter to the pin hitters 585 00:39:56,380 --> 00:39:58,380 I thought they did a good job with that 586 00:39:58,380 --> 00:40:02,380 Again, overall Lewis super skilled, good game plan 587 00:40:02,380 --> 00:40:04,380 Thought they could have run the middle a little bit more 588 00:40:04,380 --> 00:40:07,380 But other than that, I really liked them as a team 589 00:40:07,380 --> 00:40:08,380 I think their middles were good blockers 590 00:40:08,380 --> 00:40:11,380 I feel like they're more of the blocking style middles 591 00:40:11,380 --> 00:40:16,380 I thought their opposite Auguste brought a ton of energy and fire 592 00:40:16,380 --> 00:40:20,380 Which like fired up the other guys on the team 593 00:40:20,380 --> 00:40:25,380 Daniel Haber, the left side, like sneaky good 594 00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:26,380 Yes 595 00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:30,380 Like he was putting up some numbers like from an offensive perspective 596 00:40:30,380 --> 00:40:33,380 From the service line like not super flashy 597 00:40:33,380 --> 00:40:35,380 So he kind of flew under the radar 598 00:40:35,380 --> 00:40:37,380 But I think he did really well 599 00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:40,380 It's funny you mentioned that because in my notes while I was watching the game 600 00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:43,380 I have Lewis number 14 is low-key good 601 00:40:43,380 --> 00:40:45,380 Like you don't 602 00:40:45,380 --> 00:40:46,380 Yes 603 00:40:46,380 --> 00:40:47,380 It took me all match 604 00:40:47,380 --> 00:40:49,380 I had that note in the fourth set 605 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,380 It took me all match to kind of clue in 606 00:40:51,380 --> 00:40:53,380 This guy is legit 607 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:58,380 You don't notice him but every time he touches the ball it's a positive action 608 00:40:58,380 --> 00:41:01,380 You need guys like that on your team 609 00:41:01,380 --> 00:41:02,380 Like man 610 00:41:02,380 --> 00:41:04,380 Well, I mean he was 611 00:41:04,380 --> 00:41:06,380 He hit 227, he had 9 kills 612 00:41:06,380 --> 00:41:10,380 He had 4 aces, 3 blocks and 8 digs 613 00:41:10,380 --> 00:41:12,380 That's a solid outing 614 00:41:12,380 --> 00:41:13,380 That's a great night 615 00:41:13,380 --> 00:41:14,380 That's a great night 616 00:41:14,380 --> 00:41:16,380 You need players like that 617 00:41:16,380 --> 00:41:18,380 I loved moving east 618 00:41:18,380 --> 00:41:19,380 It was really good 619 00:41:19,380 --> 00:41:22,380 You know we hadn't seen Lewis or Loyola play 620 00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:25,380 Both of them were ranked in the top 15 621 00:41:25,380 --> 00:41:28,380 It was good to see kind of another style 622 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:32,380 I want to see them play some of these other teams 623 00:41:32,380 --> 00:41:34,380 I'm not sure we'll see that now until 624 00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:39,380 I wanted to say I heard the announcers mention that one of them is going to play CSUN 625 00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:40,380 Okay 626 00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:42,380 Who is like around that level, I don't know 627 00:41:42,380 --> 00:41:46,380 Yeah, I'm curious just given the style how they would compete 628 00:41:46,380 --> 00:41:50,380 My instinct is they're not going to compete with Long Beach 629 00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:53,380 I think they could beat UCLA depending on which UCLA team we see 630 00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:55,380 We never know 631 00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:59,380 But I don't think they beat Irvine, I don't think they beat Hawaii 632 00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:00,380 But all of the other 633 00:42:00,380 --> 00:42:02,380 Even BYU, I think they could push BYU 634 00:42:02,380 --> 00:42:04,380 Well that was going to BYU 635 00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:07,380 I think the game against Stanford would be really good 636 00:42:07,380 --> 00:42:11,380 Those matches would be super interesting just given the style 637 00:42:11,380 --> 00:42:14,380 And again I thought Lewis was very skilled 638 00:42:14,380 --> 00:42:16,380 So I had a lot of fun 639 00:42:16,380 --> 00:42:18,380 I'm going to definitely be following them now 640 00:42:18,380 --> 00:42:23,380 I feel like I finally have a good snapshot of the NCAA men's landscape 641 00:42:23,380 --> 00:42:25,380 We've watched a lot of the teams 642 00:42:25,380 --> 00:42:26,380 So I'm invested now 643 00:42:26,380 --> 00:42:27,380 This week 644 00:42:27,380 --> 00:42:29,380 I never know what's coming 645 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,380 It kind of stresses me out and I get excited 646 00:42:31,380 --> 00:42:32,380 It's crazy 647 00:42:32,380 --> 00:42:36,380 Sarah, my only line in the show notes is Adam game 648 00:42:36,380 --> 00:42:39,380 And so I make these up as we go and we just kind of see what happens 649 00:42:39,380 --> 00:42:42,380 You know we've watched a lot of volleyball at this point 650 00:42:42,380 --> 00:42:44,380 I would say I think we're about halfway through the seasons 651 00:42:44,380 --> 00:42:48,380 We've got you know Love, PVF, NCAA men's 652 00:42:48,380 --> 00:42:53,380 We've got the quarterfinals of both the women's and the men's Champions League coming up 653 00:42:53,380 --> 00:42:58,380 So we are going to make midseason predictions 654 00:42:58,380 --> 00:42:59,380 Oh dear 655 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:02,380 So we're going to go through each league 656 00:43:02,380 --> 00:43:05,380 And you are going to tell me which two teams you think 657 00:43:05,380 --> 00:43:07,380 Do you have references for me? 658 00:43:07,380 --> 00:43:08,380 I do 659 00:43:08,380 --> 00:43:09,380 So I have it all here 660 00:43:09,380 --> 00:43:11,380 I'm going to give you the current standings 661 00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:15,380 And you're going to tell me which two teams you think are going to be in the finals 662 00:43:15,380 --> 00:43:19,380 Is this just based on my feelings or is it like 663 00:43:19,380 --> 00:43:23,380 I'm anticipating what the rankings will be and what the matchups are 664 00:43:23,380 --> 00:43:24,380 Do you know what I'm saying? 665 00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:25,380 No 666 00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:30,380 So I'm just going like straight feel like who cares what the playoff matchups are 667 00:43:30,380 --> 00:43:33,380 Yeah who cares what the playoff matchups are 668 00:43:33,380 --> 00:43:37,380 And you know if in the scenario where you have maybe a 2-3 in the semi-finals 669 00:43:37,380 --> 00:43:39,380 If that's the final of those the best two teams 670 00:43:39,380 --> 00:43:44,380 Like who do you think are going to be the best two teams in the league at the end? 671 00:43:44,380 --> 00:43:45,380 Okay 672 00:43:45,380 --> 00:43:47,380 So let's start with Love 673 00:43:47,380 --> 00:43:50,380 We have Atlantis 8-1 674 00:43:50,380 --> 00:43:52,380 Houston's 4-4 675 00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:54,380 Austin is 4-5 676 00:43:54,380 --> 00:43:56,380 Omaha 4-5 677 00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:58,380 Salt Lake 4-6 678 00:43:58,380 --> 00:43:59,380 And Madison 3-6 679 00:43:59,380 --> 00:44:02,380 And this is as of Saturday night 680 00:44:02,380 --> 00:44:08,380 I think we are going to see the final be Atlanta and Houston 681 00:44:08,380 --> 00:44:10,380 And I think Houston will win 682 00:44:10,380 --> 00:44:13,380 I have always in watching Love 683 00:44:13,380 --> 00:44:19,380 I feel like Houston is the most well balanced and the most consistent team 684 00:44:19,380 --> 00:44:23,380 Again consistent teams you don't have a perfect season necessarily 685 00:44:23,380 --> 00:44:29,380 So yes they've dropped a couple here and there but Atlanta Houston, Houston takes it 686 00:44:29,380 --> 00:44:31,380 We have the same prediction on that one 687 00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:32,380 Really? 688 00:44:32,380 --> 00:44:36,380 Yeah I like Houston's ability to win in big moments 689 00:44:36,380 --> 00:44:40,380 You know I think they're still playing lots of players again all things being equal 690 00:44:40,380 --> 00:44:41,380 I like their setting 691 00:44:41,380 --> 00:44:42,380 Yeah 692 00:44:42,380 --> 00:44:46,380 I like their right side, I like their left side pair, I like their middles are coming on 693 00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:48,380 Like yeah 694 00:44:48,380 --> 00:44:50,380 Yeah I would agree with you on that one 695 00:44:50,380 --> 00:44:54,380 Okay let's move to the PDF 696 00:44:54,380 --> 00:44:56,380 We have Orlando is 10-4 697 00:44:56,380 --> 00:44:58,380 The Supernovas are 8-4 698 00:44:58,380 --> 00:45:00,380 Indy 7-5 699 00:45:00,380 --> 00:45:02,380 Vegas 7-5 700 00:45:02,380 --> 00:45:04,380 Atlanta 6-8 701 00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:06,380 San Diego 5-8 702 00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:08,380 Grand Rapids 4-8 703 00:45:08,380 --> 00:45:10,380 And Columbus 4-9 704 00:45:10,380 --> 00:45:12,380 Oh dear, oh dear 705 00:45:12,380 --> 00:45:15,380 Okay I think Orlando will be in the final 706 00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:19,380 I think you know they have really hit their stride 707 00:45:19,380 --> 00:45:20,380 Found good rhythm 708 00:45:20,380 --> 00:45:24,380 And like even though they've been pushed to 5 a few matches 709 00:45:24,380 --> 00:45:26,380 They've been dominant recently 710 00:45:26,380 --> 00:45:29,380 So oh then the second team 711 00:45:29,380 --> 00:45:31,380 I mean Omaha knows how to win 712 00:45:31,380 --> 00:45:35,380 They did it last year, a lot of their core players are back 713 00:45:35,380 --> 00:45:39,380 I feel like I'm copping out and just going for whoever's in the top two right now 714 00:45:39,380 --> 00:45:43,380 But oh I also like Vegas even though they're underperforming 715 00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:45,380 Maybe they'll find it again 716 00:45:45,380 --> 00:45:46,380 Now I'm overthinking it 717 00:45:46,380 --> 00:45:50,380 I want to say Orlando Omaha or Orlando Vegas 718 00:45:50,380 --> 00:45:52,380 I'm going Orlando Indy 719 00:45:52,380 --> 00:45:53,380 What? 720 00:45:53,380 --> 00:45:54,380 I like Indy 721 00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:58,380 You like? We've been? What? No 722 00:45:58,380 --> 00:45:59,380 Okay well 723 00:45:59,380 --> 00:46:00,380 I think they're going to figure it out 724 00:46:00,380 --> 00:46:06,380 You know what I'm just going to go for a flyer here and say Orlando Vegas, Orlando takes it 725 00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:07,380 I think Orlando will win 726 00:46:07,380 --> 00:46:10,380 I think they're the best team this year 727 00:46:10,380 --> 00:46:12,380 Now barring any trades or anything like that 728 00:46:12,380 --> 00:46:14,380 But I think Indy's going to figure it out 729 00:46:14,380 --> 00:46:17,380 Alright let's move to NCAA men's 730 00:46:17,380 --> 00:46:19,380 We've spent a lot of time talking about this 731 00:46:19,380 --> 00:46:20,380 There's lots of teams 732 00:46:20,380 --> 00:46:23,380 I'm not going to go through the 1-20 733 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:28,380 But who do you think is going to be standing in the finals? 734 00:46:28,380 --> 00:46:30,380 Oh my goodness 735 00:46:30,380 --> 00:46:36,380 I feel like Long Beach State hasn't really been pushed yet this season 736 00:46:36,380 --> 00:46:40,380 I think entering big west play will be a huge indicator 737 00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:43,380 As to where they're actually at 738 00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:45,380 Because I want to say their preseason schedule 739 00:46:45,380 --> 00:46:48,380 Like I wasn't super or like their schedule to date 740 00:46:48,380 --> 00:46:50,380 I haven't been super impressed with it 741 00:46:50,380 --> 00:46:58,380 They've played a lot of lower ranked teams as opposed to like a UC Irvine whose schedule was loaded 742 00:46:58,380 --> 00:47:04,380 So it's hard for me to make a prediction at this moment 743 00:47:04,380 --> 00:47:08,380 But if I'm just going to go for it based on what I've seen so far 744 00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:11,380 I'm going to say Long Beach State Hawaii in the finals 745 00:47:11,380 --> 00:47:12,380 Was that yours? 746 00:47:12,380 --> 00:47:15,380 I thought I was going to have a different take than you 747 00:47:15,380 --> 00:47:18,380 I love Hawaii, I love them right now 748 00:47:18,380 --> 00:47:21,380 And you guys know I love UC Irvine too 749 00:47:21,380 --> 00:47:25,380 But they need to figure out their lineup situation 750 00:47:25,380 --> 00:47:29,380 If like Kyriaku stays in they need to figure out that L2 situation 751 00:47:29,380 --> 00:47:32,380 Like I don't know they've kind of taken a dip lately 752 00:47:32,380 --> 00:47:34,380 But I do really like them too 753 00:47:34,380 --> 00:47:38,380 But no I'm going to say Long Beach State Hawaii in the final 754 00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:40,380 And then 755 00:47:40,380 --> 00:47:44,380 You know what let's just be wild I'll say Hawaii wins 756 00:47:44,380 --> 00:47:47,380 I was shocked I thought I didn't think you were going to pick Hawaii 757 00:47:47,380 --> 00:47:48,380 Oh my gosh 758 00:47:48,380 --> 00:47:51,380 I like them I think they are 759 00:47:51,380 --> 00:47:53,380 I think right now they've got lightning in a bottle 760 00:47:53,380 --> 00:47:56,380 And they're big and they're getting better 761 00:47:56,380 --> 00:48:02,380 And I would have said UC Irvine two weeks ago 762 00:48:02,380 --> 00:48:08,380 But they're just they lose out on the size matchup in the setting position in their L2 unless they figure it out 763 00:48:08,380 --> 00:48:09,380 Why in their middle? 764 00:48:09,380 --> 00:48:10,380 Yeah 765 00:48:10,380 --> 00:48:13,380 So it will be interesting 766 00:48:13,380 --> 00:48:19,380 When they run into a middle a team who has dominant middles they can't compete 767 00:48:19,380 --> 00:48:23,380 And I definitely think UCLA is the dark horse of the tournament 768 00:48:23,380 --> 00:48:27,380 And I say dark horse they're very good but they're inconsistent 769 00:48:27,380 --> 00:48:28,380 They're so up and down 770 00:48:28,380 --> 00:48:34,380 They can't seem to find the motivation to be good night in and night out 771 00:48:34,380 --> 00:48:36,380 They play down to their competition 772 00:48:36,380 --> 00:48:38,380 Would I be surprised if UCLA wins? 773 00:48:38,380 --> 00:48:44,380 No but I don't think they're showing the characteristics of a championship team right now 774 00:48:44,380 --> 00:48:47,380 Okay let's move on to Champions League 775 00:48:47,380 --> 00:48:51,380 I'm going to give you the teams who are in the quarterfinals what the matchups are 776 00:48:51,380 --> 00:48:53,380 So what am I picking who's going to make the final four? 777 00:48:53,380 --> 00:48:54,380 Who's going to make the final four? 778 00:48:54,380 --> 00:48:56,380 No I want you to pick who's going to be in the final 779 00:48:56,380 --> 00:48:58,380 Like give me your top two teams 780 00:48:58,380 --> 00:48:59,380 Okay 781 00:48:59,380 --> 00:49:01,380 We're going to do this for women's and men's 782 00:49:01,380 --> 00:49:04,380 We haven't been following men's so the men's is going to be a flyer 783 00:49:04,380 --> 00:49:08,380 But we will watch the quarterfinals 784 00:49:08,380 --> 00:49:15,380 So on the women's side you have Milano Italy versus Izahsi Baci Turkey 785 00:49:15,380 --> 00:49:22,380 Okay so then you have Lodz from Poland playing Scandicci from Italy 786 00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:28,380 You have Vakith Bank Turkey versus Fenerbahce Turkey 787 00:49:28,380 --> 00:49:33,380 You have Rejo from Poland versus Cunegliano from Italy 788 00:49:33,380 --> 00:49:37,380 So three Italian teams, three Turkish teams and two Polish teams 789 00:49:37,380 --> 00:49:39,380 Where is your head at? 790 00:49:39,380 --> 00:49:41,380 Okay I'm not going to overthink this 791 00:49:41,380 --> 00:49:45,380 I think the Milano Izahsi Baci matchup is going to be very good 792 00:49:45,380 --> 00:49:47,380 But I think Izahsi Baci is going to win 793 00:49:47,380 --> 00:49:49,380 Their roster is stacked 794 00:49:49,380 --> 00:49:51,380 I think Scandicci will win 795 00:49:51,380 --> 00:49:53,380 I think Vakith Bank will win 796 00:49:53,380 --> 00:49:55,380 I think Cunegliano will win 797 00:49:55,380 --> 00:49:58,380 Then for the final four I think 798 00:49:58,380 --> 00:50:02,380 Again I don't know what the matchups are exactly 799 00:50:02,380 --> 00:50:06,380 Is it the Scandicci plays Vakith Bank? 800 00:50:06,380 --> 00:50:07,380 I didn't look that far 801 00:50:07,380 --> 00:50:09,380 This is just the order in which they're playing 802 00:50:09,380 --> 00:50:10,380 Okay so if I'm just taking it randomly 803 00:50:10,380 --> 00:50:11,380 I don't know the matchups 804 00:50:11,380 --> 00:50:14,380 I'm just looking at these four teams and I'm going to pick a team to win 805 00:50:14,380 --> 00:50:18,380 If it was just completely random I would probably 806 00:50:18,380 --> 00:50:22,380 I will say the final Izahsi Baci Cunegliano 807 00:50:22,380 --> 00:50:25,380 I'm going to be bold and say Izahsi Baci will win 808 00:50:25,380 --> 00:50:28,380 I think Cunegliano is going to win everything 809 00:50:28,380 --> 00:50:29,380 That's my pick 810 00:50:29,380 --> 00:50:32,380 Again, fair guess, they're stacked 811 00:50:32,380 --> 00:50:38,380 And unless Fenurbaci plays in the semis against Cunegliano 812 00:50:38,380 --> 00:50:40,380 I think they will be in the final as well 813 00:50:40,380 --> 00:50:41,380 Fenurbaci 814 00:50:41,380 --> 00:50:42,380 Yeah 815 00:50:42,380 --> 00:50:45,380 I mean the Turkish teams are loaded 816 00:50:45,380 --> 00:50:46,380 Yeah 817 00:50:46,380 --> 00:50:48,380 Loaded 818 00:50:48,380 --> 00:50:50,380 That's my pick 819 00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:52,380 Okay, I got Izahsi Baci Cunegliano again 820 00:50:52,380 --> 00:50:54,380 Do I know the matchups? Absolutely not 821 00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:59,380 And Adam has Fenurbaci Cunegliano 822 00:50:59,380 --> 00:51:00,380 With Cunegliano 823 00:51:00,380 --> 00:51:01,380 Oh baby 824 00:51:01,380 --> 00:51:02,380 Alright, for fun 825 00:51:02,380 --> 00:51:07,380 This is going to be completely made up because I have not followed men's overseas at all 826 00:51:07,380 --> 00:51:09,380 Yeah, we'll roll the dice on this but I think it's fun anyway 827 00:51:09,380 --> 00:51:15,380 So men's Champions League is going to be Lundbergh, Germany versus 828 00:51:15,380 --> 00:51:17,380 Zaverci? 829 00:51:17,380 --> 00:51:19,380 Zaverci, Poland 830 00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:22,380 We've got Monza, Italy versus Perugia, Italy 831 00:51:22,380 --> 00:51:26,380 We've got Ankara from Turkey versus Warsaw from Poland 832 00:51:26,380 --> 00:51:30,380 Piraeus from Greece versus Wigel from Poland 833 00:51:30,380 --> 00:51:36,380 Okay, I cannot make an informed statement about almost any of these 834 00:51:36,380 --> 00:51:39,380 I will say Perugia will win 835 00:51:39,380 --> 00:51:44,380 I think Zaverci will win 836 00:51:44,380 --> 00:51:49,380 Ankara and Piraeus 837 00:51:49,380 --> 00:51:50,380 I'm making this up you guys 838 00:51:50,380 --> 00:51:53,380 I think Perugia is going to take it all 839 00:51:53,380 --> 00:51:56,380 They've got Leon on that team I think, right? 840 00:51:56,380 --> 00:51:58,380 Or the Polish right side 841 00:51:58,380 --> 00:51:59,380 He's outstanding 842 00:51:59,380 --> 00:52:03,380 I'm going to take Perugia, they've been good for a while 843 00:52:03,380 --> 00:52:07,380 Again, shocker that Trentino didn't make it but too bad 844 00:52:07,380 --> 00:52:11,380 I'm going to go with a flyer, I'm going to pick Lundbergh, Germany 845 00:52:11,380 --> 00:52:12,380 Whoa 846 00:52:12,380 --> 00:52:15,380 In the final, again we're flying here, I've got to watch some matches 847 00:52:15,380 --> 00:52:18,380 We'll talk about this again next week or the week after they've played 848 00:52:18,380 --> 00:52:21,380 And we'll go with, let's go with Poland and Wigel 849 00:52:21,380 --> 00:52:22,380 Okay 850 00:52:22,380 --> 00:52:23,380 We'll see what happens 851 00:52:23,380 --> 00:52:26,380 We'll keep you posted after we actually watch them play next week 852 00:52:26,380 --> 00:52:29,380 Anyway, there are your predictions for the end of season 853 00:52:29,380 --> 00:52:32,380 And we'll see how that goes, I hope you have fun 854 00:52:32,380 --> 00:52:38,380 Alright, it is time for my personal favorite time of the show, listener questions 855 00:52:38,380 --> 00:52:41,380 Our first question is a two-parter 856 00:52:41,380 --> 00:52:42,380 Okay 857 00:52:42,380 --> 00:52:46,380 So maybe I can take the first one, you can take the second part 858 00:52:46,380 --> 00:52:50,380 But can you rank the major overseas leagues from top to bottom? 859 00:52:50,380 --> 00:52:55,380 You mentioned that some of the European leagues like the Italian league are a cut above the rest 860 00:52:55,380 --> 00:53:00,380 Part two, given that love is probably the higher level volleyball in the US right now 861 00:53:00,380 --> 00:53:06,380 What would love have to do to get up to par with those European leagues in terms of quality? 862 00:53:06,380 --> 00:53:09,380 This is going to be generally, like a general statement 863 00:53:09,380 --> 00:53:11,380 It's not like set in stone 864 00:53:11,380 --> 00:53:19,380 But if I'm looking at the women's leagues, I would say the top two are for sure Italy and Turkey 865 00:53:19,380 --> 00:53:23,380 You know, Russia, they have strong teams 866 00:53:23,380 --> 00:53:28,380 The Russian players, especially what's going on politically right now, stay in Russia 867 00:53:28,380 --> 00:53:31,380 And you do have several foreigners that are continuing to go to Russia 868 00:53:31,380 --> 00:53:35,380 So the Russian league is like still legit 869 00:53:35,380 --> 00:53:39,380 It just depends on like who makes the decision to go there 870 00:53:39,380 --> 00:53:41,380 We're not seeing them in Champions League anymore 871 00:53:41,380 --> 00:53:45,380 So Italy, Turkey, Russia, Poland 872 00:53:45,380 --> 00:53:48,380 I would say those are probably the top top 873 00:53:48,380 --> 00:53:56,380 Then we take a step down a little bit and we get into the likes of Germany, France 874 00:53:56,380 --> 00:54:03,380 You know, Japan's, the style is very different, but the Japanese league is pretty good 875 00:54:03,380 --> 00:54:13,380 And then we take another step down and that's when we start to see like Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece 876 00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:15,380 Those type of leagues 877 00:54:15,380 --> 00:54:19,380 So I would say that you've got like the upper echelon 878 00:54:19,380 --> 00:54:23,380 You've got the middle tier with Germany, France, Japan 879 00:54:23,380 --> 00:54:26,380 And then you've got like the lower tier 880 00:54:26,380 --> 00:54:28,380 Where does China fit in, in your opinion? 881 00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:34,380 I would put it, the thing is there are like very, very good Chinese teams 882 00:54:34,380 --> 00:54:38,380 And then like the league top to bottom might not be the strongest 883 00:54:38,380 --> 00:54:40,380 But when you get to the top top, it's very good 884 00:54:40,380 --> 00:54:45,380 I would probably put it on like the Japan, Poland level 885 00:54:45,380 --> 00:54:46,380 Fair enough 886 00:54:46,380 --> 00:54:48,380 Yeah, I think it's pretty good 887 00:54:48,380 --> 00:54:51,380 On the men's side, I'm not as well versed in the men's 888 00:54:51,380 --> 00:54:59,380 But historically, Italy, Poland, Russia, very, very good 889 00:54:59,380 --> 00:55:01,380 Germany is solid 890 00:55:01,380 --> 00:55:05,380 Turkey, I would say second tier 891 00:55:05,380 --> 00:55:06,380 France 892 00:55:06,380 --> 00:55:07,380 France in that group 893 00:55:07,380 --> 00:55:13,380 When you get into like the Scandinavia again, Spain 894 00:55:13,380 --> 00:55:19,380 There is a lot of crossover because again, you're seeing the countries who are able and willing to invest in the sport 895 00:55:19,380 --> 00:55:25,380 So while it might not look the exact same, you see a similar general layout 896 00:55:25,380 --> 00:55:30,380 So we're talking about love versus the other teams 897 00:55:30,380 --> 00:55:34,380 I mean, to me, it just comes down to financially what you're offering players 898 00:55:34,380 --> 00:55:38,380 So I think you have good liberos in love 899 00:55:38,380 --> 00:55:41,380 I think you have good setters in love 900 00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:45,380 Where you're lacking is generally on the pins 901 00:55:45,380 --> 00:55:52,380 And you don't have any of the top right sides in the world other than Jordan Thompson playing in love 902 00:55:52,380 --> 00:55:55,380 Would you put her at the top? 903 00:55:55,380 --> 00:55:57,380 She's not at the top 904 00:55:57,380 --> 00:56:00,380 I want to give her the respect that she deserves based on what she's done 905 00:56:00,380 --> 00:56:02,380 But again, she's not playing at that level 906 00:56:02,380 --> 00:56:09,380 I mean, when you're comparing to like Boskovich, Vargas, Egon, those women are both 907 00:56:09,380 --> 00:56:16,380 Yeah, but you already look at she's found her rhythm and she's pretty much unstoppable in love in these last couple of games 908 00:56:16,380 --> 00:56:18,380 I would definitely put her like top 10 in the world 909 00:56:18,380 --> 00:56:19,380 Yeah, for sure 910 00:56:19,380 --> 00:56:24,380 But so you're missing that and then you're missing the really good left sides 911 00:56:24,380 --> 00:56:26,380 You're Gabi's, you're Italian left side 912 00:56:26,380 --> 00:56:29,380 Like all of those players are still playing overseas 913 00:56:29,380 --> 00:56:31,380 And remember when we want the middle? 914 00:56:31,380 --> 00:56:33,380 So like every position 915 00:56:33,380 --> 00:56:37,380 Yeah, and I was going to say the middles are just bigger and more physical 916 00:56:37,380 --> 00:56:39,380 The game happens faster 917 00:56:39,380 --> 00:56:46,380 You can't pay those players or they are not currently paying those players those salaries to bring them in and play in this league 918 00:56:46,380 --> 00:56:49,380 So that to me is the biggest difference 919 00:56:49,380 --> 00:56:58,380 The other thing I will say is that love is not set up to have, you know, one owner come in and pay a million dollars in salary 920 00:56:58,380 --> 00:57:00,380 You come into the league 921 00:57:00,380 --> 00:57:07,380 And so you don't see those top teams who either have a super rich owner or a big corporation who loves volleyball going 922 00:57:07,380 --> 00:57:12,380 I'm going to buy all of the best players and we're going to make a run at Champions League 923 00:57:12,380 --> 00:57:21,380 It is a unified approach to creating a good product versus 10 owners competing to have the best team 924 00:57:21,380 --> 00:57:28,380 And I think that that fundamental difference changes how the league functions 925 00:57:28,380 --> 00:57:34,380 Well, I think you see typically three different types of motivation when athletes are choosing where to go 926 00:57:34,380 --> 00:57:36,380 Tell me if you agree with this or not 927 00:57:36,380 --> 00:57:39,380 You see money 928 00:57:39,380 --> 00:57:44,380 So players are either going for huge contracts, earn as much as they can 929 00:57:44,380 --> 00:57:46,380 You're going for lifestyle 930 00:57:46,380 --> 00:57:56,380 Somewhere where you can be comfortable, have a, you know, manageable training schedule and game schedule and enjoy your life 931 00:57:56,380 --> 00:57:59,380 Or you have volleyball 932 00:57:59,380 --> 00:58:04,380 Either you are looking to play against better players to improve 933 00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:07,380 You're looking for a certain level of competition 934 00:58:07,380 --> 00:58:09,380 You want to make sure you're starting 935 00:58:09,380 --> 00:58:15,380 So I feel like those three factors or some players focus on one 936 00:58:15,380 --> 00:58:18,380 Some players focus on a combination 937 00:58:18,380 --> 00:58:25,380 I feel like those three things kind of come together in some capacity to determine where players go 938 00:58:25,380 --> 00:58:29,380 And I think the lifestyle aspect in the US is interesting for a lot of players 939 00:58:29,380 --> 00:58:32,380 But the volleyball and the money is better in other leagues 940 00:58:32,380 --> 00:58:37,380 And so until that changes, I don't think you're going to see the top players there 941 00:58:37,380 --> 00:58:41,380 And I'm quite frankly not sure they want those top players in the league 942 00:58:41,380 --> 00:58:45,380 It is, they are very big on a showcasing American talent 943 00:58:45,380 --> 00:58:48,380 Which again, and that's not wrong 944 00:58:48,380 --> 00:58:50,380 That's just their approach to it 945 00:58:50,380 --> 00:58:57,380 And you know, quite frankly, we don't get a lot of messaging from them other than we're here to grow the game 946 00:58:57,380 --> 00:58:59,380 And we love our Americans being at home 947 00:58:59,380 --> 00:59:05,380 And so it would be curious to know after the season, you know, what the future is 948 00:59:05,380 --> 00:59:07,380 What they thought of the season and where it's going to go 949 00:59:07,380 --> 00:59:14,380 Our second question is, can you talk about the opposites in men's NCAA volleyball? 950 00:59:14,380 --> 00:59:18,380 There seems to be more impressive play by them than the outsides 951 00:59:18,380 --> 00:59:20,380 That's an interesting question 952 00:59:20,380 --> 00:59:25,380 I'm not sure I fundamentally agree with the question 953 00:59:25,380 --> 00:59:28,380 I think, so here's 954 00:59:28,380 --> 00:59:31,380 I can get behind it on a case by case basis 955 00:59:31,380 --> 00:59:35,380 Well, so it depends what you mean by impressive 956 00:59:35,380 --> 00:59:41,380 You generally see the monster human beings on the opposite side 957 00:59:41,380 --> 00:59:45,380 So if we're talking about your ability to come screaming out of the back row 958 00:59:45,380 --> 00:59:48,380 And blow people up when you're hitting the ball 959 00:59:48,380 --> 00:59:49,380 It's part of the job 960 00:59:49,380 --> 00:59:51,380 Absolutely, it's in the job description 961 00:59:51,380 --> 00:59:54,380 You are a terminal monster 962 00:59:54,380 --> 00:59:58,380 That is you're coming in and you're hitting and you're blocking 963 00:59:58,380 --> 01:00:00,380 And so and serving 964 01:00:00,380 --> 01:00:06,380 And so, yes, we have seen some incredible displays of physicality 965 01:00:06,380 --> 01:00:11,380 Of swings of peak performances where you're scoring, you know, tons of points 966 01:00:11,380 --> 01:00:16,380 And I would agree we definitely have some of those players in the NCAA right now 967 01:00:16,380 --> 01:00:21,380 If we're looking at value to a team or nuance in terms of the game 968 01:00:21,380 --> 01:00:26,380 I think there are some incredible outside hitters that are playing right now 969 01:00:26,380 --> 01:00:31,380 You look at the two outsides for UCLA in 970 01:00:31,380 --> 01:00:32,380 Robinson and Roma 971 01:00:32,380 --> 01:00:38,380 If those two decide that they care about the match and that they're going to be engaged 972 01:00:38,380 --> 01:00:40,380 They are out of this world 973 01:00:40,380 --> 01:00:45,380 You look at we have the left side from Heno from UC Irvine 974 01:00:45,380 --> 01:00:48,380 He is his own breed of magical 975 01:00:48,380 --> 01:00:50,380 Well Dylan Klein for USC 976 01:00:50,380 --> 01:00:58,380 Yeah, there's I'm not sure I would sit here and say that the opposites are more impressive than some of the left sides 977 01:00:58,380 --> 01:01:02,380 They may be bigger and a little more physical in certain aspects 978 01:01:02,380 --> 01:01:05,380 So you see some of those spectacular plays 979 01:01:05,380 --> 01:01:11,380 Flexin I think is spectacular when he gets a set just his physicality how high he hits 980 01:01:11,380 --> 01:01:14,380 I think to Trisky 981 01:01:14,380 --> 01:01:19,380 I think, you know, Van Buren for Loyola Chicago is kind of that as well 982 01:01:19,380 --> 01:01:28,380 So I think as an opposite you have more opportunities to do some of those impressive things 983 01:01:28,380 --> 01:01:33,380 Where you're the out of system option and you're getting flung the ball and you come screaming in the hit 984 01:01:33,380 --> 01:01:36,380 It's kind of like beach volleyball 985 01:01:36,380 --> 01:01:44,380 You know people think the most impressive is when like the player makes an incredible dive and like digs the ball 986 01:01:44,380 --> 01:01:54,380 And it's like for the spectators the opposite is impressive because of the physicality in beach volleyball watching the defenders like 987 01:01:54,380 --> 01:01:58,380 Layout is impressive because it looks exciting 988 01:01:58,380 --> 01:02:06,380 But it's like there are so many nuance II pieces that go to the get into the game that might not look impressive 989 01:02:06,380 --> 01:02:08,380 But they really are 990 01:02:08,380 --> 01:02:13,380 So I hear you about the impressiveness of some of the physicality of the opposites 991 01:02:13,380 --> 01:02:21,380 But I don't think in my opinion that they're running the league or more impressive if you're watching the game from a holistic standpoint 992 01:02:21,380 --> 01:02:23,380 Good question though. Yeah 993 01:02:23,380 --> 01:02:25,380 This one's for you. So I'll tee it up 994 01:02:25,380 --> 01:02:33,380 Sarah why did you switch over to beach considering that you said you've loved indoor more and what went into that decision and was it easy to make? 995 01:02:33,380 --> 01:02:36,380 Whoo, story time with Sarah. Here we go 996 01:02:36,380 --> 01:02:42,380 I'm assuming the majority of you know this but for those who don't I am Canadian 997 01:02:42,380 --> 01:02:49,380 So I started playing for our senior national team in Canada when I was 16 998 01:02:49,380 --> 01:02:57,380 And so I went through the qualification process for the Athens Olympics. Yes, I'm aging myself the Athens Olympics 999 01:02:57,380 --> 01:02:59,380 Look it up. It was a while ago 1000 01:02:59,380 --> 01:03:01,380 Then I went to college 1001 01:03:01,380 --> 01:03:08,380 Stayed in Nebraska for that and then I came back went through the qualification process for London at the time 1002 01:03:08,380 --> 01:03:13,380 I my biggest goal as a volleyball player since I was like 1003 01:03:13,380 --> 01:03:17,380 Five years old was to go to the Olympics 1004 01:03:17,380 --> 01:03:27,380 And in going through those qualifying cycles and seeing where Canada was on the international stage for indoor volleyball, I just 1005 01:03:27,380 --> 01:03:34,380 Didn't feel like I would be able to accomplish my goal following that path at that time 1006 01:03:34,380 --> 01:03:42,380 So in thinking about what how I was going to make that happen. I kind of decided to take matters into my own hands 1007 01:03:42,380 --> 01:03:47,380 And pursue beach volleyball on the international side 1008 01:03:47,380 --> 01:03:54,380 So basically I started playing beach strictly as a means to an end which was to go to the Olympics 1009 01:03:54,380 --> 01:03:58,380 That is the only reason I made the switch again 1010 01:03:58,380 --> 01:04:05,380 Not many people know this about me, but I actually played professionally overseas and played internationally 1011 01:04:05,380 --> 01:04:08,380 Beach volleyball for Canada for six years 1012 01:04:08,380 --> 01:04:16,380 So I would take my indoor contracts from you know, August or September till April or May I would 1013 01:04:16,380 --> 01:04:25,380 Then go on the world tour from May until August and I kind of continued that cycle for six years. I didn't give up indoor 1014 01:04:25,380 --> 01:04:35,380 For a very long time. So I held on to it as long as I possibly could because I again loved it so much more and 1015 01:04:35,380 --> 01:04:38,380 So that is why I made that decision 1016 01:04:38,380 --> 01:04:45,380 Eventually, I like ended my career on the beach when I was you know, ready to stop playing indoor 1017 01:04:45,380 --> 01:04:48,380 But I wouldn't say it was an easy decision to make 1018 01:04:48,380 --> 01:04:55,380 I was wondering if I was committing career suicide on the indoor side by choosing to do that as like 1019 01:04:55,380 --> 01:05:00,380 What amounted to a hobby at the time like a summer hobby 1020 01:05:00,380 --> 01:05:10,380 But yeah, I mean the response I got or the lack of response I got when I kind of voiced my thoughts to the indoor side kind of 1021 01:05:10,380 --> 01:05:17,380 Made it clear that that was the choice I should make. So that is why I did that 1022 01:05:17,380 --> 01:05:25,380 Mission accomplished. I was able to do several things on the beach side, but no I am and always will be an indoor player 1023 01:05:25,380 --> 01:05:32,380 Final question of the episode is do you know what happened to Cami Miner where she's playing 1024 01:05:32,380 --> 01:05:38,380 There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the internet and people figured she would have ended up at love 1025 01:05:38,380 --> 01:05:48,380 Good question. So after the NCAA season both Cami Miner and Sammy Francis signed with an agency called the Top Volley Group 1026 01:05:48,380 --> 01:06:00,380 It is a massive agency that has branches that work in Brazil, Turkey, Poland, like big 1027 01:06:00,380 --> 01:06:09,380 They have big names in this group. There aren't a ton of Americans, but you see the likes of Kendall Kip, Micah Hancock, Haley Washington 1028 01:06:09,380 --> 01:06:18,380 I believe Katherine Bowden and even internationally you see like Roberta Ratsky, you see Joanna Walasz 1029 01:06:18,380 --> 01:06:27,380 Like big names are a part of this agency so they did sign there, but they have not been placed with a team 1030 01:06:27,380 --> 01:06:33,380 I don't know if they couldn't find anywhere to place them at when the market opened in January 1031 01:06:33,380 --> 01:06:41,380 I don't know if Cami graduated, I mean if she's still trying to finish her education, I don't know 1032 01:06:41,380 --> 01:06:47,380 I do know that for all intents and purposes she will be playing pro because she signed with this group 1033 01:06:47,380 --> 01:06:49,380 But has not been placed anywhere yet 1034 01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:55,380 Alright looking forward to this week, let's give you some of our matches that we think we're going to be watching 1035 01:06:55,380 --> 01:06:57,380 And we'll let you know where you can find them 1036 01:06:57,380 --> 01:07:05,380 So the Love head to head match is on Thursday 9pm Eastern between Omaha and Salt Lake, that will be on ESPN Plus 1037 01:07:05,380 --> 01:07:14,380 The Weekend with Love is in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday and those matches can be seen on Love Live or the Women's Sport Network 1038 01:07:14,380 --> 01:07:20,380 Champions League is actually starting this week, quarterfinals will happen 1039 01:07:20,380 --> 01:07:28,380 And so I did a little digging, those matches are going to be on Tuesday and Wednesday and you can find them on EuroVolie.tv 1040 01:07:28,380 --> 01:07:38,380 And I was able to sign up for a subscription for 16 euros for 3 months which gets me through all of Champions League 1041 01:07:38,380 --> 01:07:40,380 Or what is it like 8 euros for 1 month? 1042 01:07:40,380 --> 01:07:47,380 Yeah, so it's very affordable if you're open to another volleyball subscription, we went ahead and did that, the feeds look good 1043 01:07:47,380 --> 01:07:50,380 So check that out if you want to watch any of the Champions League 1044 01:07:50,380 --> 01:07:58,380 In NCAA men's action on Wednesday at 9pm Eastern, Long Beach State plays Cal State Northridge 1045 01:07:58,380 --> 01:08:02,380 So we'll see what happens with that one, I'm predicting a 3-0 sweep 1046 01:08:02,380 --> 01:08:04,380 Yeah maybe 1047 01:08:04,380 --> 01:08:11,380 Thursday and Friday, and Sarah's calling one of these matches, at 10pm Eastern, Stanford plays UCLA 1048 01:08:11,380 --> 01:08:13,380 Those will be on Big Ten Plus 1049 01:08:13,380 --> 01:08:20,380 I am curious to watch this game given that Stanford is the backboard team that makes you beat them 1050 01:08:20,380 --> 01:08:26,380 Let's see what UCLA shows up, so that will be an interesting match to pay attention to 1051 01:08:26,380 --> 01:08:32,380 And then at 7pm Eastern on Friday, Ball State plays Loyola Chicago, so we're back on the East Coast 1052 01:08:32,380 --> 01:08:38,380 I'm going to watch that one because I'm curious to see what Loyola Chicago looks like in game 2 1053 01:08:38,380 --> 01:08:45,380 Friday and Saturday at 9pm Eastern, USC plays BYU, that is going to be a heavyweight match 1054 01:08:45,380 --> 01:08:50,380 That has ranking consequences to it and I think that's going to be a lot of fun 1055 01:08:50,380 --> 01:08:55,380 If we look at the PVF, San Diego and Grand Rapids play each other twice this week 1056 01:08:55,380 --> 01:09:02,380 Wednesday and Sunday both at 7pm Eastern, Vegas and Atlanta play Friday at 7pm Eastern 1057 01:09:02,380 --> 01:09:06,380 And all of those matches will be on the PVF YouTube channel 1058 01:09:06,380 --> 01:09:10,380 So lots to watch this week, take in a little bit of everything 1059 01:09:10,380 --> 01:09:13,380 And we will be back here to talk about all those matches next week 1060 01:09:13,380 --> 01:09:23,380 For men's NCAA, whenever you have an MPSF school playing, those are all shown on Big Ten Plus 1061 01:09:23,380 --> 01:09:28,380 And we've often had success finding them on ESPN Plus too 1062 01:09:28,380 --> 01:09:31,380 That concludes this week's episode of Volley Talk 1063 01:09:31,380 --> 01:09:35,380 There's always something shaking in the volleyball world and we hope you enjoyed this little fix 1064 01:09:35,380 --> 01:09:38,380 Be sure to follow the show so you don't miss any updates 1065 01:09:38,380 --> 01:09:42,380 And we'd be so grateful if you'd leave us a 5 star review 1066 01:09:42,380 --> 01:09:47,380 You can also find us on Instagram at VolleyTalk underscore podcast 1067 01:09:47,380 --> 01:09:55,380 If you have a topic that you want us to discuss, be sure to let us know by reaching out to us on Instagram or at info at sarahpavin.com 1068 01:09:55,380 --> 01:10:10,380 Thanks so much for joining us and we'll be back next week