2020 Texas Volleyball (Hopefully)

[kingkoopa6 8719]

2!

[Mo Horn 8939]

2

[LTtxfan 50012]

Didn't know the girl from " Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" also plays volleyball for Penn State... 

[kingkoopa6 8719]

1! 

[Mo Horn 8939]

1

[Js1 87216]

Match point! And a whole lot of them 

[kingkoopa6 8719]

Boom!!! Let’s go!!!

[Mo Horn 8939]

Winner. Good job ladies. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Texas wins! Hell yeah ladies

[Dahobbs 18339]

Boom. 

[Js1 87216]

Texas wins in 4! (Wonder who called that)

Another tournament matchup with Corn tomorrow 

[TwiceHorn 32087]

Well, js1, you called it.  Thought for a sec there you jinxed it.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4913]

That was a bit more uncomfortable than anticipated.

[shadow_operative2.0 16276]

Easy match, never a doubt. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Is Lexi Sun still at corn?

[Js1 87216]

Elite 8 for the 14th time in the last 15 years! 

First NCAA tourney win over PSU

Edited April 18, 2021 by Js1

[kingkoopa6 8719]

Lexi still on corn ? 

[Js1 87216]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Is Lexi Sun still at corn?

 

Just now, kingkoopa6 said:

Lexi still on corn ? 

Yep. We will see Lexi tomorrow 

[TwiceHorn 32087]

So this invites the question, why the looong delay between selection and first rounds, generous delay between second and third rounds, and what's the hurry now?

[OU Sucks 9405]

3 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Didn't know the girl from " Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" also plays volleyball for Penn State... 

I was reminded of:

[perfectchaos007 6780]

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

So this invites the question, why the looong delay between selection and first rounds, generous delay between second and third rounds, and what's the hurry now?

great question. If this match airs while I'm at work I'll be pissed. No reason for that

[Js1 87216]

Just now, TwiceHorn said:

So this invites the question, why the looong delay between selection and first rounds, generous delay between second and third rounds, and what's the hurry now?

The long delay was to get everyone to Omaha, tested and bubbled. 

Then back to back rounds, day off, back to back rounds. Will be 2 days off, then Final Four. Day off. Champ game.  Think part of it was timing to get the champ game on a Saturday night. 

[Js1 87216]

32 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

great question. If this match airs while I'm at work I'll be pissed. No reason for that

Looks like Wisconsin and Gata/tOSU is the 5:30 match and Pitt/Washington is 11am. I think we will be prime time 8pm matchup. 

Kentucky/WKy and Purdue/Oregon winner will likely get the afternoon 2:30 slot

Edited April 19, 2021 by Js1

[Js1 87216]

6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, js1, you called it.  Thought for a sec there you jinxed it.

I was close! Said 25-16. Was -17. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Looks like Wisconsin is the 5:30 match and Pitt/Washington is 11am. I think we will be prime time 

#4 v #5 should be the most competitive of the matches tomorrow. And both teams playing are bluebloods + former rivals. Primetime makes sense for this match

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Just saw those highlights of corn v. Baylor. Weird seeing Lexi Sun with jet black hair, but she's playing well this tournament. Hopefully we'll be able to cool her off

[Js1 87216]

2 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Just saw those highlights of corn v. Baylor. Weird seeing Lexi Sun with jet black hair, but she's playing well this tournament. Hopefully we'll be able to cool her off

Hopefully Stivrins, their middle blocker, is still out. She didn’t play today. 

[Js1 87216]

6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

#4 v #5 should be the most competitive of the matches tomorrow. And both teams playing are bluebloods + former rivals. Primetime makes sense for this match

Would be a crime if we aren’t prime time 

4 v 5

Big names 

Former rivals 

Lexi Sun v Logan Eggleston

The hometown team 

[TwiceHorn 32087]

Since we're exorcising demons this year, let's go ahead and dispense with Corn, please.

Take the first set please.

[Machinator 32103]

Brutal.

 

[Js1 87216]

Wow we got the afternoon match?!?

[Guest Lobo]

Wow, 1:00p on ESPNU for the powerhouse matchup of the Elite 8.  Okay.  

I guess I need to sort out a late liquid lunch tomorrow for work.  

[Js1 87216]

I guess ESPN and the NCAA hates eyeballs 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

well fuck. I should be able to stream some of the match during lunch tomorrow but not all of it

[TwiceHorn 32087]

Dammitall.

[Js1 87216]

I hate Louisville for knocking us out in 2019 at home, but damn they blew an 11-5 fifth set lead and lost 15-13.  Reminds me of when we did that to... BYU I think? 

[Js1 87216]

2 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

well fuck. I should be able to stream some of the match during lunch tomorrow but not all of it

Tomorrow I think I’ll have some more COVID vaccine fatigue and just need a sick day.....

[Knoxtnhorn 6309]

Sorry.  I know this is an annoying question for the true TX followers on here, but what happened with Sun?  I see that she was at TX as a frosh.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Just now, Knoxtnhorn said:

Sorry.  I know this is an annoying question for the true TX followers on here, but what happened with Sun?  I see that she was at TX as a frosh.

Depends on who you ask, but bottom line is she wasn't happy at Texas for whatever reason and decided to move on

[Js1 87216]

1 minute ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Sorry.  I know this is an annoying question for the true TX followers on here, but what happened with Sun?  I see that she was at TX as a frosh.

Was unhappy. Transferred to Nebraska. Was a lot of “homesick” comments to justify leaving but didn’t even go back to the west coast. She has a well known volleyball helicopter dad 

[TwiceHorn 32087]

14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Was unhappy. Transferred to Nebraska. Was a lot of “homesick” comments to justify leaving but didn’t even go back to the west coast. She has a well known volleyball helicopter dad 

One of the longest threads on volleytalk for a long time. "We just want Lexi Sun to be happy."  I think it became a bannable offense to bring it up again.  Kinda lulzy.

[Aleemay 304]

1 hour ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Sorry.  I know this is an annoying question for the true TX followers on here, but what happened with Sun?  I see that she was at TX as a frosh.

Again depends on who you talked to. One theory I heard was that her dad was unhappy about how many distractions there were in Austin.

[Js1 87216]

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

One of the longest threads on volleytalk for a long time. "We just want Lexi Sun to be happy."  I think it became a bannable offense to bring it up again.  Kinda lulzy.

I do remember that

Butler is the only one on the roster who ever played with Lexi, I believe 

[kingkoopa6 8719]

22 minutes ago, Aleemay said:

Again depends on who you talked to. One theory I heard was that her dad was unhappy about how many distractions there were in Austin.

Yea. Mo Bamba was the distraction 

[maninblack 7975]

Fuck Nebraska

[Js1 87216]

One match to go

1 Wisconsin

2 Kentucky or Western Kentucky 

Pitt

4 Texas 

5 Nebraska 

6 Washington

7 Purdue

8 Florida

 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Kentucky dominated WKU. The elite 8 is all set.

[TwiceHorn 32087]

Nebraska makes me a mite nervous when we play em.

I suppose PSU should have too, but js1 lulled me a bit.

Edited April 19, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[Js1 87216]

Nebraska won’t be easy. But if we execute offensively like yesterday, we win in 4. If Stivrins plays, maybe it goes 5

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Let’s end Lexi Sun’s career today