The NCAA Volleyball Thread

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  1. Homo Erectus

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    I feel like most 6'5 women aren't that attractive
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  2. afk999

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    switched our non watch sports dominance from volleyball to wrestling
     
  3. Andy Reocho

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    I know Bechard has got KU going the last few years. I honestly don’t track it a whole lot, but I know the gym they use will get rockin they host good teams.
     
  4. Andy Reocho

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    (they beat #20 Houston in 5 sets tonight)

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  5. Rabid

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  6. emma

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    Way taller than me, that's all I know
     
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  7. Name P. Redacted

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    Spoken like a short king.
     
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  8. CF3234

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    Women’s volleyball>>>men’s volleyball. Is that a hot take? I’m genuinely asking.
     
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  9. The Hebrew Husker

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    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a men’s VB game on TV or heard anyone even talk about it, so probably not a hot take imo.
     
  10. The Banks

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    Olympics?
     
  11. CF3234

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    That’s what I’m basing it off of. Also those tiny Libero’s diving all over saving points is incredible to watch.
     
  12. The Hebrew Husker

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    I guess I was thinking NCAA level. But even there it feels like a lot of sports overshadow Men’s VB, maybe I just don’t pay close enough attention.
     
  13. 1

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    It's not a hot take. They are both very enjoyable to watch but for different reasons. More people tend to follow/prefer women's VB more because their games have actual rally's therefore it's a bit more unpredictable in that way.

    Men's VB is super entertaining imo but it can tend to be a game of one team serves...other team bumps, sets, spikes and that's it. Then it's the other teams turn to do the same and there's not as much variation or rally's. It's because, as you would expect, the men just jump so much higher and hit the ball so much harder that they make it so difficult for themselves to defend. In a 5-10 min window of watching the mens game is mind-blowing. Don't get me wrong...I'll watch every minute of both men's & women's indoor during the Olympics though.
     
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  14. DrTomOsbourne

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    Women's volleyball >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> women's basketball
     
  15. lunchbox

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    Sup? Longhorns p good at this sport I hear. So came to swing my longhorn dick around
     
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  16. $P1

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    Men's volleyball is incomprehensible. The women hit hard, but the men look like they're going to murder someone
     
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    Yep. In the women's game they hit hard just not compared to the men. Women's highlights are full of people flying around, diving everywhere, hitting the ball, saving it, etc... Men's highlights are dudes jumping so high their waist is at the top of the net and then hitting the ball so hard that it's difficult to follow.

    Both cool to watch...one just lends itself to more variation
     
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  18. TC

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    They play in the little practice facility next to the coliseum…
     
  19. beist

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    I saw the Penn State women’s volleyball team at a portillo’s in Skokie IL last weekend. Crazy.
     
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  20. RonBurgundy

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    Women’s BB is dying. The numbers for youth teams declines every year.

    said it for years, but in softball they have shorter bases and fences, VB the nets are shorter, it’s crazy they refuse to consider dropping the women’s bb rim to 8.5 feet so dunking and non-3 pointer scoring is easier and more exciting to play and watch.
     
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  21. glimmer

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    i would have been in heaven. few things make my day like meeting other women who are 6’ or taller
     
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  22. GoodForAnother

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    also butts
     
  23. electronic

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    If you lower women’s basketball rims, you immediately make nearly every playground in America inaccessible for girls to play their sport.
     
  24. 1

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    This is true. The legs and butts are up there with the track & field ladies.
     
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  25. Rabid

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    It clearly is. Aside from the eye candy, it’s the proper amount of athleticism to have good competition and back and forth volleys. The talent in men’s is too good that the play doesn’t last as long.

    I feel like volleyball, gymnastics and maybe tennis are the three sports where I prefer to watch women.
     
  26. IV

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    our friend Homo Erectus has an unevolved opinion
     
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  27. Homo Erectus

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    Also, I'm over 6ft tall so I don't think I qualify :)
     
  28. IV

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    Good to see you’re learning
     
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  29. Homo Erectus

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  30. devine

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    Lady Husks just started @ Indiana on BTN right now and speaking of the growth of the game like we were yesterday, they said that Indiana sold this game out which is the first time in the entire 5 yr history they've been playing in their current arena.

    Way to go Hoosiers!
     
  32. RonBurgundy

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    Andi Jackson on a slide is nearly unstoppable
     
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    Has a chance to become even deadlier than Stivrins on it which is saying something
     
  34. GoodForAnother

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    still got blanked by our hot tall girl lmao
     
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  35. RonBurgundy

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    Hoosiers looking really good/we look gassed
     
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    Yeah, look like a young team learning how to win on the road which is what we are.

    I do think Indiana will come back down to earth and we'll get more comfortable
     
  37. RonBurgundy

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    We had 0 blocks first set, and 10 total errors. Yeah, that won’t happen again.

    allick hit -.250. Benched!
     
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    One of the nice things about being able to recruit pretty much exclusively top 10 ranked recruits every year. If one is having an off night there is another one behind them that probably won't.
     
  39. Tex

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    I believe our tall girl is better than all your tall girls

     
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  40. GoodForAnother

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    how tall we talkin
     
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    That's one hell of a last name. Shoulda went to Michigan St.
     
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  42. RonBurgundy

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    Think Huskers are getting upset tonight
     
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    Way too early for that talk
     
  44. Tex

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    It’s Phillips
     
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    Lol oh

    I thought it was Greengiant ha. I don't know how Instagram works
     
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    So, there were 2 challenges in that set that went our way and the TV coverage cameras definitely looked like they shouldn't. I guess they always say that the replay has access to more angles so mlit must've been that. I would be pissed if I were an Indiana fan watching that lol.

    We'll take it though!
     
  48. RonBurgundy

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    14 hitting errors, 7 service errors, 0 blocks through 2 sets. Wooooooof
     
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  49. football501

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    Shocking it’s 1-1
     
  50. RonBurgundy

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    Well Indiana hit .000 that set so we’re back to normal
     
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