against Arizona

Way to go Ags! It's the start of a whole new season!

WHOOP!

Really not a bad draw all things considered. Can get to a sweet 16 matchup against t.u. without having to beat anyone higher ranked than LSU at #15. Anyone going to make the trip out to Baton Rouge to watch?

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ncaa/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/2009-WVB-D1Bracket.pdf

According to AggieAthletics.com first serve against 'zona is Friday at 5pm in Baton Rouge.

so excited for this team. let's get on a roll.

Congratulations!!!! Gig'em! Whoop!!

Does the selection committee not consider conferences?

6 big 12 teams in the tournament and three are in the same region. The closest two are in the same half of the bracket. Do they not care about conference affiliation at all?

It's mainly about minimizing travel expense in the 1st weekend. As far as separating conference teams, that seems to only apply to not putting them in the same 4-team pod for the 1st two rounds.

From the 3rd round on, it's all about the seeding. The 16 seeded teams are going to be placed where they have to be on the bracket to get the "right" matchups. It's also set up so the 4 predetermined hosts for the 3rd/4th round are split up in the 4 bracket quarters--in this case Florida, Stanford, Minnesota, and Nebraska.

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What have you done to beat the hell outta t.u. today?

There is no I in team and you can't spell Clemens without ME.

UNI was assigned to Lincoln for the 1st and 2nd rounds. Wichita State was assigned to Ames for the 1st and 2nd rounds.

UNI is more than 250 miles closer to Ames than to Lincoln.

Wichita State is 150 miles closer to Lincoln than to Ames.

Coastal Carolina got sent to LINCOLN for the 1st round. Over 1300 miles.

The committee obviously did not look at travel considerations here. You can find all sorts of similar instances in the bracket. That is a smokescreen anyway.

The Pac-10 has almost always had more teams in the tournament than any other conference, but the top two Pac-10 teams have NEVER been placed in the same regional. And yet here, not just the top two, but the top THREE teams from the conference--all seeded, two of which were in the Final Four last season and the other in the Elite Eight, and all legitimate candidates to make it to the Final Four this year--have been placed in the same region. Not to mention a team tied for fourth in the conference.

That is ridiculous. The Big 12 got screwed in this bracket. The Big 12 rep on the selecction committee (from KSU, I believe) either has no clout on the committee or is completely incompetent to allow this to happen.








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