The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades? Fans can get spoiled very quickly in athletics and that’s a problem. It’s never easy to be successful in anything and when people get accustomed to specific results, it sometimes loses its effect on the players and they forget what it really takes to succeed and...
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Congratulations to the University of Texas Longhorns on winning the 2012 NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championship. It was an impressive win in an impressive season for Texas. We can’t wait for the 2013 season and the great matches in the Nike Big Four that, providentially (for Texas) will be held in Austin. Which brings...
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Tournament Central On Wednesday, Russ Rose said in an interview that the thing he remembered from Penn State’s 2011 season opening loss to Oregon was that the Nittany Lions won the statistical battle, but lost the match.  This time, with the exception of blocking (Penn State totaled 19.5 blocks to 10.0 for the Ducks), Penn...
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Tournament Central   Wednesday Practice Video (Penn State video and player photos courtesy GoPSUsports.com) Q&A with Lionsfan About Oregon DigNittany: In the last DigNittany North Pole Poll before the NCAA Tournament, Stanford ranked #1, Penn State ranked #2, Texas ranked #3, and Oregon ranked #4 (if memory serves, you may have voted Oregon #7).  Did...
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Tournament Central National Semifinal Preview Interviews (Courtesy GoPSUsports.com) Where do the 2012 Final Four Fit In? Is there greater “parity” in NCAA Division 1 volleyball?  Comparing the won-lost records (matches and sets) of the 2012 NCAA Semifinalists to the records of NCAA Volleyball champions from 1998 to 2011,the asnswer would seem to be yes. During that period, five...
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