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[1972Shocker]

Rich Kern publishes the latest Pablo ratings (calculated by someone else) every Monday. They are not RPI - they don't get you in the Tournament - but they are typically a better predictor of results than RPI. They are useful.

Based on the average Pablo rating of the teams in a conference, I can tell us where the AAC stands tomorrow.

I don't know much about the Pablo Rankings but I have a feeling they may not be all that kind to the AAC just based on my sense of the weak scheduling by the AAC overall. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

[flyingMoose]

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

See the 2017 Rankings thread.

[shocks02]

Surprised to see Cincinnati sweep USF in Tampa. SMU probably with the second most-impressive result.

Memphis 1 @ UConn 3 - 17, 15, 25, 19
Cincinnati 3 @ USF 0 - 22, 19, 17
ECU 2 @ UCF 3 - 25, 12, 15, 25, 12
Tulane 1 @ SMU 3 - 25, 21, 22, 18
Houston 1 @ Tulsa 3 - 20, 25, 19, 13

Georgetown 1 @ #15 Creighton 3
Seton Hall 0 @ Marquette 3
Lipscomb 2 @ Kennesaw St 3
Morehead St 0 @ Belmont 3
Wright St 2 @ IUPUI 3

[WuDrWu]

While surprised at Lipscomb losing at Kennesaw State, the Owls aren't bad. They swept Clemson and Georgia, beat Illinois State 3-1 and took a set off #12 Kentucky.

[1972Shocker]

Surprised to see Cincinnati sweep USF in Tampa. SMU probably with the second most-impressive result.

Tulane 1 @ SMU 3 - 25, 21, 22, 18

Agree re: Cincy. Not that surprised with the SMU win. I think Tulane's 11-2 non-con record is mostly the by-product of a weak schedule.

[WuDrWu]

Cincy is probably starting to get settled in without JT. That has to be a tough adjustment and if it took time to return to a competitive level, none of us should be terribly surprised.

[shocks02]

A couple of results from late last night.

#8 Oregon 1 @ #11 UCLA 3
Fullerton 0 @ Cal Poly 3

[1972Shocker]

I see Creighton is still operating without their All-American senior setter Lydia Dimke who sprained he ankle at very near the end of Creighton's loss to the Shocks.

[shocks02]

Memphis 0 @ Temple 3 - 17, 16, 15
ECU 3 @ USF 1 - 25, 23, 23, 18
Cincinnati 3 @ UCF 0 - 22, 18, 21

Tulane @ Tulsa and Houston @ SMU still in action.

[flyingMoose]

Tulane @ Tulsa and Houston @ SMU still in action.

If you will allow me for when the match-victor loses a set,
ECU 3 @ USF 1 - (18), 23, 23, 18

Also,
Houston 0 @ SMU 3 - 23, 23, 21
Tulane 3 @ Tulsa 1- 18, 25, (18), 17

[1972Shocker]

Shocker opponent's results:

Saturday:
Belmont 3 vs Eastern Kentucky 2
Marquette 3 vs St. John's 0
Western Michigan 3 @ Miami (OH) 1
Duquesne 3 vs George Mason 1
Cal Poly 3 vs UC Riverside 0
Iowa State 3 vs Oklahoma 1

Sunday:
IUPUI 3 vs Northern Kentucky 1
Duquesne 3 vs George Washington 1
Creighton 3 vs Villanova 1 (Lydia Dimke back in Creighton's lineup)

8-1 for Shocker opponents (all home matches). That will work.

[flyingMoose]

Friday 29 Sep

SMU 3-2 @Eastern Carolina
Cincinnati 3-1 v Tulsa
Temple 3-1 @ Tulane
UCF 3-1 @ Memphis
Houston 3-0 v UConn

[1972Shocker]

I have to say I'm a little surprised with Houston's sweep of UConn.

Houston's win snapped a losing streak of 24 consecutive AAC matches.

[WuDrWu]

Lipscomb over Stetson 14 17 22
Furman over ETSU 17 22 23 The Bucs are struggling
Cleveland State over IUPUI (20) 16 15 22
Ohio over Miami (21) 22 16 (17) 13
Dayton over Duquense (19) 16 21 20
Oregon over #15 Utah @ Utah 16 13 (16) (17) 19
Cal Poly over LBSU 24 10 (16) 18
Creighton over Seton Hall 24 12 21
Iowa State over Texas Tech (25) (23) 19 21 12

[ShockTalk]

I have to say I'm a little surprised with Houston's sweep of UConn.

Houston's win snapped a losing streak of 24 consecutive AAC matches.

Any insight @UCONN_Husky:?