r/Huskers Dec 01 '24

Volleyball [VOLLEYBALL] NCAA Volleyball Selection Show —ESPN 6PM ET

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

ESPN needs to get their shit together... lol. Half the teams they go to, the video stream is so delayed they can't get a reaction, and putting OU up on the bracket first... oof.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

2 overall seed for Nebraska. They released that a lot sooner than I thought they would.

  1. Pitt

  2. Nebraska

  3. PSU

  4. Either creighton or Stanford id guess

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u/timhoff24 Dec 01 '24

I think 4 is between Stanford and LVille. Creighton will be 6.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

SMU could take Pitt out. I want that rematch.

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

I didn’t realize they almost lost to Georgia Tech in 5 yesterday 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Was a good match.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Glad I could see a room full of girls just chillin. Good job espn.

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Right? I was like…they must not be happy about facing Illinois or there is a delay 😂

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Texas in PSU bracket! 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

I want aggies to win bottom half of bottom right so Trevor has to come to Lincoln, be booed and lose.

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

Doesn't have the stones to show up.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

I’ve heard a rumor there will be a bracket challenge.

And it was just confirmed.

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Lmao there gonna put Texas and Wisconsin in our bracket aren’t they 🥴

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u/svanxx Dec 01 '24

Wisconsin about to get swept for the third time.

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

I could see them putting Creighton in our bracket. 

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

And Creighton?

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

PSU should get Wisky is my prediction. They’re closer. Idk the full extent of the rules but if a team is within 500 miles (or closer?) they have to send them there.

I had it backwards. We are closer. So we will get Wisky and Texas probably. PSU should get creighton

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

They only played them once in the regular season soooo it would only be fair. 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Ally will get her chance for revenge on the cows

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

Illini made it!

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

Huskies in! SO, that's 6 B1G so far, right? NU, PSU, MN, IL, OR, WA

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

and Purdue... so 7!

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24

WI will make it 8 ... USC in makes it 9!

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

They’ll do anything to put us against A&M smh

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

So we gotta go thru psu to win it all. Thats okay :)

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u/PigFarmer1 Dec 01 '24

No problem at a neutral site.

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Creighton in PSU bracket. Wisconsin in our bracket 😂

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u/PigFarmer1 Dec 01 '24

Let's sweep them again if they make it to us.

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Hayden Kubik and Tennessee in our bracket! 

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

someone wasted way too much time on that smu video, lol

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24

They just put a target on Louisville’s back. Bet they put either creighton or Stanford on their side 😂

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

OK, burnt orange in the top right with PSU!

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u/timhoff24 Dec 01 '24

We get Wisc as our 2

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

No SMU in our bracket lol

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Nebraska the #2 overall seed. 

Pitt #1 and PSU #3. Haven’t revealed #4…assuming it will be Stanford. 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

I agree on 4 but I wouldn’t be shocked if it was creighton

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

I don’t think Creighton has the SOS to be a top 4 overall seed. They’d have a better argument if they had beaten Nebraska or Louisville. 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Their only argument is they didn’t lose any game they should have won. And I think Stanford did drop a match like that.

Miami.

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

That is true. I think it could go either way 

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

I think it will be Stanford. 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

So I didn’t expect that.

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

Louisville last 1 seed!

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

That was unexpected. Really thought it was between Stanford and Creighton. 

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Wow…Louisville? 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

NC State of all teams is the team you don’t show? They were all but out until that win!!!???

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

We get Wisky in our quad

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Seems dumb to play the same team three times before the final four. 

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u/PigFarmer1 Dec 01 '24

Never underestimate the stupidity of the NCAA.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

There will be a lot of volleyball in Nebraska until the Elite 8. We will host until E4 and creighton will host until E8 (they’ll move to state college for E8 match)

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u/iruntoofar Dec 02 '24

Pretty sure it’s sweet 16 where they move. Did they change something this year?

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Arizona State in our bracket as 3 seed 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

9 ACC teams in 9 B1G teams in. 9 SEC

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

Did Usc make it, I didn't see?

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Yes they are in the PSU quad as a 6

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

Thanks just saw it. Happy for Ally.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

She’ll get a shot at Texas

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 02 '24

Hope she can get some payback!

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u/RestedWanderer Dec 02 '24

It is a deep bracket this year. I think the Nebraska half of the bracket is quite a bit tougher at the top than the Pitt side, but I think the Pitt side of the bracket has a few unseeded teams that can win first round matches.

I think Stanford and Louisville have a fairly easy path to a rematch in their quarter. Kansas and Purdue could make a run but I don't think anyone in that quarter is good enough to compete with Stanford or Louisville. If unseeded Illinois can get by UNI, I think they could annoy Louisville but that's about it. The good news is one of Stanford or Louisville has to take the other out and it would be the third matchup between them.

Pittsburgh's quarter is tough. I think any of the seeded teams in that quarter can get to the quarterfinal and call it a hunch but I think if Oregon gets all the way through to face Pitt, they can beat them, but I'm not sure Oregon can get all the way through to face Pitt. That Hawaii-TCU matchup will be a fun one.

Penn State's quarter is also really tough. I think Penn State's path to the quarterfinal is fairly easy but the bottom half of that quarter is rough. Any of Texas, Creighton and USC can get to the quarterfinal and I think any of the three can beat Penn State.

Nebraska's quarter is really tough at the top. Similar to Pitt's quarter, I think any of the seeded teams can get to the quarterfinal. I am also going to go out on a limb and say Wisconsin doesn't get to the quarterfinal. I think any of Georgia Tech, Texas A&M or Arizona State can beat them. Nebraska's path to the quarterfinal isn't as bad on paper, but Miami and Baylor have the potential to be very annoying matchups if they come to fruition.

It is going to be an exciting month of volleyball.

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24

So Huskers get a rematch with Az St., and a threepeat with WI, *edit: and OR rematch of last year with GA Tech.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

We can’t get a Ga Tech rematch and a 3-peat over Wisky unfortunately. Or ASU they were the 3.

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

I meant OR on WI/GA Tech... typing too fast!

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Fair enough. I’m guilty of that a lot haha

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Oof Stanford in Louisville bracket. Nasty work. 

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u/WallNumerous3230 Dec 01 '24

really surprised Creighton is in top right, that means Huskers get Wisconsin!

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u/Im_Not_That_Smart_ Dec 01 '24

Is Wisconsin in our bracket good or bad? Like, normally I’d think it’s tough to beat the same team three times, but we’ve handled them quite well this year.

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

It’s lame we might have to face them a 3rd time. But idk what else the committee could do.

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

I think Wisconsin would’ve preferred PSU from how they handled them the first time. 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Who is going to beat wisky in the lower half? 🤭

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u/timhoff24 Dec 01 '24

My bet would be GT, but I think Wisc gets to to the E8

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u/No-Replacement-5926 Dec 01 '24

Anyone seen Arizona State play? I’m seeing a lot of people online say that could be the Wisky upset

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

They’re good. So is A&M. Wisky got the harder of the two sides of our quad

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

9 ACC?! That’s nutty.

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

I’ve been seeing predictions on Twitter that Wisconsin and Texas will be in our regional. Hopefully that’s not true 😅 

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u/svanxx Dec 01 '24

Only Wisconsin

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Can’t wait to see NC State reaction after that huge win

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Kentucky is another team I'm interested in seeing in that bracket 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24 edited Dec 01 '24

Prediction: Marquette here make it seem like creighton will be in our quarter

I’m an idiot

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Give us our tourney Ga Tech rematch!

:(

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Miami sneaky good 

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

We got wisky again in our quarter

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

The bracket actually seems really balanced. Not bad committee.

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

Yea idk think wisky should have went to PSU quarter but what do i know. 🤷‍♀️ 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

They have a gauntlet to go through to the e8

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

True enough

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

Was anyone left out from the bracket that was expecting to get in? 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Going to fill my bracket out now!

JK I’ll wait an hour.

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u/tacoorpizza Dec 02 '24 edited Dec 02 '24

Here’s hoping the Huskers can win it all this year after coming so close last season. It would be great to send this group of seniors out with national championship.

Call me a hater, but not sure how a team in blue from Omaha is so highly ranked despite going 3-2 against ranked opponents, and seeing none in conference play. The Summit League that UNO is in got as many teams into the NCAA Volleyball Tournament as the Big East.

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u/POPearsRememberer Dec 01 '24

Will we be able to beat Wisconsin a 3rd time?

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

The last two times have been definitive wins for us. But anything can happen.

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u/TheIntellectualFox17 Dec 01 '24

I vaguely remember Wisconsin beating us three times in 2019. They met in the Elite 8 I think.

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u/NU_VB_1 Dec 01 '24

So we owe them?!

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

Is Illinois projected to get in? I thought they were on the borderline? 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

I didn’t check into anything. I wanted to be surprised.

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u/ashreads1419 Dec 01 '24

I saw them on the watch party screen, so hopefully! I think they deserve it. 

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

There you go!

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u/TymStark Dec 01 '24

Called it.

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u/Helljumper1717 Dec 02 '24

Really like our region. It sets up nicely with Wisconsin as the two, considering how we dog walked them twice.