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Michella Chester at ncca.com is picking the Gophers to beat South Dakota, Stanford, and Baylor, then losing to Wisconsin. https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/volleyball-women/d1/2021-ncaa-womens-volleyball-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores

Except for Louisville and Pittsburgh, the ACC teams still seem to get little respect from the coaches. The AVCA poll has Georgia Tech at #14 (#6 in the RPI), Miami (FL) at #26 (#11 in the RPI), and Florida State at #30 (#14 in the RPI).

This was a very strange match. Both teams made more than one huge comeback. I don't know enough about the game to know if that was because of bad play by the team that was ahead or outstanding play by the team that was behind. In any case, it was highly entertaining in that neither team could be...

I'm a student, and in the U's buildings and especially in classrooms, students, faculty, and staff are still following the masking policy. For some reason, some sports fans think they're exempt.

What were the "health and safety...matters unrelated to COVID"? Was that a typo, and it was related to COVID"? In Rutgers' last match (last Saturday), 11 players played, but it seems it was a medical decision. Maybe a mononucleosis breakout?

Your wish is Purdue's command: Purdue over Wisconsin, 3-1 (20, -19, 22, 21).

I didn't see the match, but the stats are certainly impressive. The Gophers hit .404 as a team. It's been a long time since they've hit .400 for a whole match.

Thank you, thank you! I was so shocked by MplsGopher's comment that I had no idea how to respond. It was absolutely repulsive!

Ignatius, anyone who responds at 4:40 a.m. must either be sleep-deprived or one huge volleyball fan.

Wow! Penn State sweeps Minnesota on the road, loses in 5 at Wisconsin, and loses two spots. Ohio State loses both at Minnesota and at Wisconsin, and stays #8.

This team keeps surprising, both good and bad. If only they could become more consistent. But I guess that's sports.

It seemed like the Gophers dominated a team it should dominate. Maybe that's a sign of good things to come. After Sunday's match with Indiana, they have a very tough stretch. In four of those next five matches, they play Penn State, Ohio State twice, and Nebraska. With three of those at home...

I thought there would be at least a few comments about the Michigan match by now. Are people stunned into silence? Serving and serve receiving were obviously where this match was lost. Michigan had 8 aces and 5 serving errors for a net of +3; the Gophers had 1 ace and 16 errors for a net of...

Note that 2 of the top 3 (and 3 of the top 12) are ACC teams. Big Ten has 5 of the top 10 (and 6 of the top 13) in the coaches' poll, and 5 of the top 11 in the RPI. Some of the bigger discrepancies between this first RPI and the latest coaches' poll: Tennessee (7, 22) Colorado (14, 24) Rice...

The Big Ten just keeps getting deeper and deeper.

Nice first set by Gophs, hitting .467, with five kills coming from the middles. But there were 0 blocks in the set; neither team had one.

Yah, I was responding to a comment about the lack of a killer instinct. I thought Morgan was pretty good at getting the team fired up in that way.

There sure has been a lot of pessimism in this forum. As I recall, there was similar pessimism -- both about the team and about McCutcheon -- early on during the non-conference schedule a few years back, and the Gophers ended up doing pretty darn well that season. Tonight's win, without...

Maybe due to the loss of Taylor Morgan?

In a post-game interview, Florida Coach Mary Wise said in her 31 years of coaching, Samedy's performance might have been the best she's ever seen by an opposing team's player. Samedy had 31 kills on 71 swings, with only 4 errors. Minus Landfair, the Gophers did stick in there. But again, we...