Tophe
- Middle TN
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I'm not getting access to the Maryland game with my BIG+ subscription. Technical issue??? Jonesing for my V-Ball! 
Tophe
- Middle TN
I'm not getting access to the Maryland game with my BIG+ subscription. Technical issue??? Jonesing for my V-Ball!
IDK, I don't have a BIG+ subscription.
Road kill! Illini sweep Maryland!
Gamefan49
- Westville, Illinois
I chatted with support and there are technical issues with the Illinois accountI'm not getting access to the Maryland game with my BIG+ subscription. Technical issue??? Jonesing for my V-Ball!
Tophe
- Middle TN
PSU over the Illini today, 25-22, -22, -19.
Several players out with injuries from what I've read on Volley Talk. Nunge, Hinton, Swanson, and Sakoda all missed this weekend's matches.
Mosher, normally a setter but pressed into service as an OH, led the team today in kills today with 11.
Several players out with injuries from what I've read on Volley Talk. Nunge, Hinton, Swanson, and Sakoda all missed this weekend's matches.
Mosher, normally a setter but pressed into service as an OH, led the team today in kills today with 11.
Hinton is back. Actually played fairly well vs. Penn St.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
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Here's the latest for the B1G teams:
Here's the latest for the B1G teams:
Tophe
- Middle TN
Illini win in a sweep. Illini hit 0.343 and held Rutgers to 0.089 and we out blocked them 18-12. However, far too many service errors IMO. And I understand some players have been put into roles they weren't expecting, but the passing needs to improve as well.
So true. We appeared the better team. Just too hard to overcome that big of a service error differential. OSU next. I’m predicting we win in 4.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
I was at the game with my wife and folks. Quite a few of our service errors were... not close. Made for a frustrating match to watch with the close set losses in particular. I wondered if we were a little too aware of Minnesota's good offense and pressing just a tad too hard each serve/swing. That said we did have quite a few aces as well, so it paid off to some extent—just not quite enough.
Sadly, it's a staple of Tamas' offense. Check the stats. This year we have had 209 as opposed to our opponent's 131.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
What are our ace numbers this season? Service aces & errors are kind of like made and missed threes in basketball - it's more useful to look at the ratio (akin to 3P%) than just looking at the errors (missed 3s).
Not a perfect comparison because the point of serving hard is also to get your opponent out of system, so not every "successful" hard serve will show up as an ace... but the main point is, looking at service errors alone would be like judging a basketball team just on missed threes.
Tophe
- Middle TN
We have 111 aces, 3rd best in the BIG, but our 209 errors is the worst in conference. For comparison, Iowa has 110 aces but only 139 errors. (source)
The other day I googled service error rates and found How Many Serves Should A Volleyball Team Miss? They say the best teams typically have a service error percentage of 8-12%. We're at 14.4% errors for the season, 21.2% yesterday.
I agree we have to serve aggressively and try to take our opponents out of system, but we have too many bad misses.
The other day I googled service error rates and found How Many Serves Should A Volleyball Team Miss? They say the best teams typically have a service error percentage of 8-12%. We're at 14.4% errors for the season, 21.2% yesterday.
I agree we have to serve aggressively and try to take our opponents out of system, but we have too many bad misses.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
Thanks. Makes a lot of sense. In basketball terms we're a team without a great inside presence, so we rely a lot on the three... but don't shoot the three very well.
Service errors come up often at Networkers events. Tamas claims to be fine with them if they are the result of aggressive serving. If they are to happen, he prefers that they be long, as opposed to, short. Per his reading of stats, aggressive serving correlates strongly with winning regardless of errors.
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