2008 NCAA Tournament

[ShockerFever]

17,430 fans in attendance. The largest crowd to ever watch a Volleyball match (men's or women's) in history.

Very impressive indeed.

How big of a crowd would it have been if Nebraska wasn't there?

Nebraska gets such an unfair advantage whenever it's in Omaha it's not even funny.

I guess we will get to see Saturday night, but if this was in Wichita I would be there.

Two great matches tonight.

Very entertaining even from a semi-bandwagoner volleyball guy like me.

Good stuff indeed.

[1972Shocker]

This is some match. I have only watched probably 10 WSU volleyball matches and this has made me wish we had some more to play this season. Hopefully one day we can get on this national stage. I am so proud of the shocks.

I was thinking the same thing RDB. I'm already looking forward to Shocker VB next fall.

[shockerfan132]

I think nebraska will come out to watch volleyball regardless of who the team is but i don't see more than 10k...

[1972Shocker]

If Texas had made the finals the Nebraska fans may have come out in force to support their Big XII sisters.

Nevertheless, I still expect a big crowd, although the noise and enthusiasm will be nowhere near what it was with the Huskers playing tonight.

[WuDrWu]

That was good sport last night.....I don't care what your "favorite" is...that was fun.

No Bluejay crowd has ever been that loud. The Q was rockin' to say the least.

Stanford is really, really special but UT pulled about the biggest Larissa Sevchenko since..well...Larissa Sevchenko.

[1972Shocker]

Penn State sweeps Stanford to win is second consecutive National Championship and complete an undefeated season, losing only the 2 sets to Nebraska last night.

Great team. Arena looked full again tonight although not nearly as animated as the semi-finals.

[flyingMoose]

Just a great match. I thought the grading system for serve receive Karch spoke of was very interesting, although I wish he had talked about the three options, two options, etc.

[1972Shocker]

Just a great match. I thought the grading system for serve receive Karch spoke of was very interesting, although I wish he had talked about the three options, two options, etc.

Yeah, that was interesting. My guess is Lambo uses somthing like that as he is a stat freak and grades all of his practices as well as games.

I assume zero options is a reception error that results in a service ace or a pass that does not make it to the setter.

BTW, 14,299 in attendance reported for the Chamipionship game. Not bad. Gotta tip you hat to Nebraska fans for their support.

The Penn State squad might be considered the best ever according to the announcers.

[macshocker2004]

I didn't get to watch the championship game, so I didn't get to see the interview you guys are talking about. But from what '72 is saying that's exactly what it is. A 0 is if the serve reciever shanks the ball out of bounds or if it is unplayable. A 1 would be mostly if anyone that gets the second ball has to go high and outside with the set because that's really the only angle they can get. A 2 is usually if the setter has to move to where she can only set the pins. Leaving a 3 which she's able to set any set she wants. It's the most common way of taking serve recieve stats, and really the easiest. What's usually done is someone on the sidelines stats who passes and what corresponding number they passed. Average it out, and you have your "passer rating" I guess you could call it. D1 coaches usually want about a 2.3-2.5 for their serve recievers...higher for liberos

[flyingMoose]

I didn't get to watch the championship game, so I didn't get to see the interview you guys are talking about. But from what '72 is saying that's exactly what it is. A 0 is if the serve reciever shanks the ball out of bounds or if it is unplayable. A 1 would be mostly if anyone that gets the second ball has to go high and outside with the set because that's really the only angle they can get. A 2 is usually if the setter has to move to where she can only set the pins. Leaving a 3 which she's able to set any set she wants. It's the most common way of taking serve recieve stats, and really the easiest. What's usually done is someone on the sidelines stats who passes and what corresponding number they passed. Average it out, and you have your "passer rating" I guess you could call it. D1 coaches usually want about a 2.3-2.5 for their serve recievers...higher for liberos

Thanks for the explanation. I was pretty sure that was the progression: no set, left outside only, outsides only, outsides or middle or ... . At one point, PSU had a 2.4 and Stanford was at 2.1.