Showing posts with label scheduling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scheduling. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2012

Pac-12 | How dominant was the Pac-12 in nonconference play?

Washington's Amanda Gil
-Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann

Pac-12 teams go 30-1 in final nonconference week; overall record is best of any in nation

The Pac-12 was dominant.

During the past four weeks, its teams won 5 out of every 6 matches against opponents from other conferences … a .833 winning percentage (110-22). Three teams—USC, Washington and Oregon—went undefeated.

Big preseason wins included Oregon State over Penn StateUCLA and California each with wins over Hawai’iWashington over Purdue, and Oregon over Ohio State.

The first week of the season, Pac-12 schools lost 7 matches; the second week it lost 9. But the third week brought just 5 losses (2 each by Utah and Arizona State), and in the incredible final week, the record was 30-1, with California’s 0-3 loss to San Francisco the only blemish.


Pac-12 2012 Nonconference Results

8/20-8/26
8/27-9/02
9/03-9/09
9/10-9/16

USC
3-0
3-0
3-0
3-0
12-0
Washington
3-0
3-0
2-0
1-0
9-0
Oregon
3-0
3-0
1-0
2-0
9-0
UCLA
1-1
2-0
3-0
2-0
8-1
Arizona St
3-0
3-0
1-2
4-0
11-2
Washington St
1-2
3-0
3-0
3-0
10-2
Oregon St
2-1
2-1
3-0
3-0
10-2
Stanford
2-1
1-1
3-0
2-0
8-2
Colorado
3-0
1-2
3-0
3-0
10-2
Arizona
2-1
1-1
2-1
3-0
8-3
Utah
4-0
1-2
1-2
2-0
9-4
California
1-1
1-2
3-0
2-1
6-4

28-7
24-9
28-5
30-1
110-22

.800
.727
.848
.968
.833


Wednesday, August 22, 2012

NCAA | What are the must-see preseason matches?

Here are the national 2012 nonconference matches worth watching

Starting Friday, and for the following 22 days, the calendar is full of must-see matches across the nation.

How about UCLA @ Nebraska this Saturday? Washington vs. Purdue next Friday? Stanford @. Penn State followed by Texas @ Penn State?

Two others we'll have our eye on: San Diego @ USC on September 7, and Pepperdine @ UCLA September 12 ...

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Pac-12 | Washington volleyball takes nonconference matches seriously


Washington has lost just two nonconference matches in the past nine years. This season, nonconference matches matter more than ever.

On August 31, 2001, Jim McLaughlin’s inaugural Washington volleyball team took the court for the very first time … and lost, 3 sets to none. The winner was BYU, a team that would finish the season ranked #22 with a 20-9 record.

The very next day, also at Hec Ed Pavilion, the Huskies defeated Purdue in the afternoon, but lost its second match of the season that night, falling to perennial power Texas 1-3.

Monday, August 13, 2012

NCAA | Washington volleyball ranked 14th in first preseason poll


Huskies’ 2012 schedule includes 11 matches against Top 25 teams, plus 3 matches against teams rated 26-35

Washington setter Jenni Nogueras
-Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann
In their first poll of the 2012 season, Division 1 coaches rank Washington the 14th best team in the nation. The weekly poll is conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
Practices for all NCAA Division 1 teams began last Wednesday; the first matches won’t be played until the end of next week.
Six traditional powers dominate the top of the poll, including three Pac-12 schools, among them defending national champion UCLA (#1), USC (5) and Stanford (6). Texas is ranked 2nd, Penn State 3rd and Nebraska 4th.
2011 NCAA runner-up Illinois is ranked 7th. Hawai’i—moving this season to the Big West Conference is ranked 8th. Purdue—whom Washington plays in Baton Rouge on August 31—is ninth. And Iowa State is 10th.
Of the 29 matches on Washington’s schedule, 14 are against teams in the top 35, including two each against UCLA (rated  #1), USC (5), Stanford (6), California (17) and Oregon (20), plus one each against Purdue (9), Long Beach State (26), LSU (33) and Arizona (35).

Monday, August 6, 2012

Olympics | Elimination/Medal Round Schedule


2012 London Olympics | Women’s Indoor Volleyball
All times Pacific
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, August 7

5:00am—Japan vs. China

WINS
LOSSES
Japan
Algeria (3-0)
Dom. Rep. (3-0)
Gr. Britain (3-0)
Italy (1-3)
Russia (1-3)
China
Serbia (3-1)
Turkey (3-1)
Korea (3-2)
USA (0-3)
Brazil (2-3)

7:00am—Russia vs. Brazil

WINS
LOSSES
Russia
Gr. Britain (3-0)
Dom. Rep. (3-1)
Algeria (3-0)
Japan (3-1)
Italy (3-2)

Brazil
Turkey (3-2)
China (3-2)
Serbia (3-0)
USA (1-3)
Korea (0-3)

11:00am—USA vs. Dominican Republic

WINS
LOSSES
USA
Korea (3-1)
Brazil (3-1)
China (3-0)
Serbia (3-0)
Turkey (3-0)

Dominican Republic
Gr. Britain (3-0)
Algeria (3-0)
Italy (1-3)
Russia (1-3)
Japan (0-3)

1:00pm—South Korea vs. Italy

WINS
LOSSES
South Korea
Serbia (3-1)
Brazil (3-0)
USA (1-3)
Turkey (2-3)
China (2-3)
Italy
Dom. Rep. (3-1)
Japan (3-1)
Gr. Britain (3-0)
Algeria (3-0)
Russia (2-3)

Semifinals: Thursday, August 9

7:00am—Japan/China winner vs. Russia/Brazil winner
11:30am—USA/Dominican Republic winner vs. Italy/Korea winner

Medals: Saturday, August 11

4:30am—Bronze Medal match
10:30am—Gold Medal match

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Washington volleyball match against Penn State cancelled


Pac-12 Network’s schedule affects travel options & RPI

Volleyblog Seattle has learned that the University of Washington’s much-anticipated nonconference match against national power Penn State has been cancelled.
The decision to back out of the September 14-15 tournament in State College, PA coincides with this morning’s release of the final 2012 Pac-12 Network schedule.
Kaleigh Nelson attacks during
Washington's 2012 Spring Training
-Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann
The television schedule moves the Huskies’ conference opener against Washington State to Tuesday, September 18. Washington head coach Jim McLaughlin decided not to risk a weekend cross-country trip just days before the start of the conference season.
“It just didn’t make sense,” McLaughlin told Volleyblog Seattle. “We can’t lose all those training days right before league play.”
Washington added a road match against the University of Portland on September 11, and will try to find one more contest that week.
The loss of the Penn State match will clearly affect the Huskies’ RPI, the strength-of-schedule number used by the NCAA tournament selection committee at the end of the season. Last season, Pac-12 teams were heavily penalized by the committee: USC—top-ranked in the coaches’ poll—was seeded 7th; eventual National Champion UCLA was seeded 9th. Stanford (11th) was the only other seeded Pac-12 team.
This season, the Pac-12 eliminated two conference matches (Washington will not play Arizona at home or Arizona State in Tempe) as part of an effort to add more high-profile nonconference contests. McLaughlin scheduled Purdue (#8 in last season’s final RPI), plus Long Beach State (#41), Rice (#63) and LSU (#66). But he must now substitute Penn State (#13) with Portland (#209).
“It’s hard,” McLaughlin says. “We’re trying to upgrade our schedule, just like the NCAA told us. But it takes a lot of time and money to travel back East, and the Pac-12 now schedules its matches on almost every day of the week.”
The bulk of the matches on the just-released conference television schedule will be played Fridays and Sundays. There are also a fair number of matches on weekdays.
Washington’s home schedule includes a Tuesday match (9/18 Washington State), and two Wednesdays (9/26 UCLA & 11/21 Arizona State.) Weekday road matches include a nationally-televised Wednesday match at California (11/7) and a Pac-12 Network match at Stanford the next night (11/8).


UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON VOLLEYBALL
2012 SCHEDULE
as of June 20, 2012

DAY
DATE
LOCAL TIME
OPPONENT
LOCATION
NORTHWEST CHALLENGE
Friday
Aug 24
4:30PM
Gonzaga vs. Portland State
Seattle


7:00PM
Boise State @ Washington

Saturday
Aug 25
10:00AM
Portland State vs. Boise State



12:00PM
Gonzaga @ Washington



4:30PM
Boise State vs. Gonzaga



7:00PM
Portland State @ Washington

LSU TOURNAMENT
Friday
Aug 31
12:00PM
vs. Purdue
Baton Rouge, LA


7:00PM
@ LSU

Saturday
Sep 1
11:00AM
vs. Rice

THE INVITATIONAL AT SEATTLE
Thursday
Sep 6
7:00PM
Seattle U @ Washington
Seattle (UW)
Friday
Sep 7
7:00PM
Long Beach State @ Washington

Saturday
Sep 8
7:00PM
Long Beach State @ Seattle U
Seattle (SU)

Tuesday
Sep 11
7:00PM
@ University of Portland
Portland





PAC-12
Tuesday
Sep 18
7:00PM
Washington State
Seattle
Saturday
Sep 22
TBA
@ Arizona
Tucson
Wednesday
Sep 26
7:00PM
UCLA
Seattle
Friday
Sep 28
6:00PM
USC
Seattle
Friday
Oct 5
8:30PM
@ Utah
Salt Lake City
Sunday
Oct 7
3:00PM
@ Colorado
Boulder
Friday
Oct 12
TBA
@ Oregon State
Corvallis
Saturday
Oct 13
TBA
@ Oregon
Eugene
Friday
Oct 19
6:00PM
Stanford
Seattle
Sunday
Oct 21
1:00PM
California
Seattle
Friday
Oct 26
6:00PM
@ USC
Los Angeles
Sunday
Oct 28
12:00PM
@ UCLA
Los Angeles
Friday
Nov 2
6:00PM
Colorado
Seattle
Sunday
Nov 4
11:00AM
Utah
Seattle
Wednesday
Nov 7
TBA
@ California
Berkeley
Thursday
Nov 8
8:00PM
@ Stanford
Palo Alto
Friday
Nov 16
TBA
Oregon
Seattle
Saturday
Nov 17
TBA
Oregon State
Seattle
Wednesday
Nov 21
TBA
Arizona State
Seattle
Friday
Nov 23
TBA
@ Washington State
Pullman



Pac-12 Network
ESPN

NCAA TOURNAMENT
Thu-Sat
Nov 29-
Dec 2

NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds
TBA
Fri-Sat
Dec 7 &
Dec 8

NCAA Regionals
Berkeley, CA
Austin, TX
Lincoln, NE
W Lafayette, IN
Thu-Sat
Dec 13 &
Dec 15

NCAA Championships
Louisville, KY



2012 Pac-12 Networks Women’s Volleyball Televised Schedule

Date                       Time (PT)                Matchup                                             
Aug. 28                  7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at USC                 
Aug. 29                  7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at UCLA               
Sept. 5                   7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at Stanford  
Sept. 6                   7:00 PM                 Jiangsu Chinese Team at California
Sept. 12                 7:00 PM                 Pepperdine at UCLA                    
Sept. 18                 7:00 PM                 Arizona State at Arizona                        
Sept. 18                 7:00 PM                 Washington State at Washington              
Sept. 19                 7:00 PM                 California at Stanford                   
Sept. 19                 7:00 PM                 Oregon State at Oregon                         
Sept. 19                 7:00 PM                 Utah at Colorado                                   
Sept. 21                 6:00 PM                 Washington State at Arizona State 
Sept. 21                 6:00 PM                 Oregon at USC                                     
Sept. 21                 6:00 PM                 Stanford at Utah                                  
Sept. 21                 8:00 PM                 Oregon State at UCLA                           
Sept. 26                 7:00 PM                 UCLA at Washington                    
Sept. 28                 6:00 PM                 California at Arizona State                      
Sept. 28                 6:00 PM                 Colorado at Oregon State                       
Sept. 28                 6:00 PM                 USC at Washington                               
Sept. 28                 8:00 PM                 Utah at Oregon                                    
Sept. 30                 11:30 AM               USC at Washington State                        
Sept. 30                 11:30 AM               Utah at Oregon State                   
Sept. 30                 11:30 AM               California at Arizona                    
Sept. 30                 6:00 PM                 Stanford at Arizona State                       
Oct. 3                    7:00 PM                 Oregon at California                    
Oct. 5                    5:30 PM                 Oregon at Stanford                               
Oct. 5                    5:30 PM                 Arizona State at UCLA                           
Oct. 5                    5:30 PM                 Washington State at Colorado                 
Oct. 5                     7:30 PM                 Washington at Utah                               
Oct. 7                    2:00 PM                 Oregon State at Stanford                       
Oct. 7                    2:00 PM                 Arizona at UCLA                                   
Oct. 7                    2:00 PM                 Washington at Colorado                         
Oct. 7                    4:00 PM                 Arizona State at USC                   
Oct. 10                   7:00 PM                 USC at Stanford                                   
Oct. 12                   6:00 PM                 Washington State at Oregon          
Oct. 12                   6:00 PM                 UCLA at Stanford                                 
Oct. 12                   6:00 PM                 Arizona at Utah                                     
Oct. 12                   8:00 PM                 USC at California                                  
Oct. 14                   2:00 PM                 Washington State at Oregon State  
Oct. 14                   2:00 PM                 UCLA at California                                
Oct. 14                   2:00 PM                 Arizona State at Utah                            
Oct. 14                   4:00 PM                 Arizona at Colorado                               
Oct. 17                   7:00 PM                 Utah at UCLA                             
Oct. 19                   6:00 PM                 Oregon at Arizona                                 
Oct. 19                   6:00 PM                 Stanford at Washington                          
Oct. 19                   6:00 PM                 Utah at USC                                        
Oct. 19                   8:00 PM                 Oregon State at Arizona State                 
Oct. 21                   11:00 AM               Colorado at USC                                   
Oct. 21                   11:00 AM               Oregon State at Arizona                         
Oct. 21                   11:00 AM               Stanford at Washington State                  
Oct. 21                   1:00 PM                 California at Washington                        
Oct. 24                   7:00 PM                 Arizona at Stanford                               
Oct. 26                   6:00 PM                 Washington at USC                     
Oct. 26                   6:00 PM                 Arizona at California                    
Oct. 26                   6:00 PM                 Oregon at Colorado                               
Oct. 26                   8:00 PM                 Washington State at UCLA                     
Oct. 28                   10:00 AM               Oregon at Utah                                    
Oct. 28                   12 Noon                 Washington at UCLA                    
Oct. 28                   12 Noon                 Arizona State at California                      
Oct. 28                   12 Noon                 Oregon State at Colorado                       
Oct. 31                   7:00 PM                 Colorado at Washington State                 
Nov. 2                    6:00 PM                 California at Oregon                     
Nov. 2                    6:00 PM                 USC at Arizona State                   
Nov. 2                    6:00 PM                 Colorado at Washington                         
Nov. 2                    8:00 PM                 UCLA at Arizona                                   
Nov. 4                    11:00 AM               Utah at Washington                              
Nov. 4                    11:00 AM               California at Oregon State                      
Nov. 4                    11:00 AM               USC at Arizona                                    
Nov. 4                    1:00 PM                 Stanford at Oregon                               
Nov. 8                    6:00 PM                 Washington State at California                
Nov. 8                    6:00 PM                 Arizona State at Oregon State                 
Nov. 8                    8:00 PM                 Washington at Stanford                          
Nov. 20                  TBD                       UCLA at Oregon                                   
Nov. 20                  TBD                       USC at Oregon State                   
Nov. 21                  TBD                       Arizona at Washington State         
Nov. 21                  TBD                       Arizona State at Washington                   
Nov. 21                  TBD                       Colorado at Stanford                     
Nov. 23                  TBD                       Oregon at Oregon State                         
Nov. 23                  TBD                       USC at UCLA                             
Nov. 23                  TBD                       Washington at Washington State              
Nov. 23                  TBD                       Stanford at California                   
Nov. 23                  TBD                       Arizona at Arizona State                        
Nov. 23                  TBD                       Colorado at Utah                                                     

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