Predicted order of finish for Volleyball

[Jet915]

Creighton beats USF 3-0 but then gets steamrolled by an undefeated Cal team 3-0. Creighton now 4-1 on the season.

[gmoser1210]

Here are the current records:
DePaul 6-0 (1.000)
Butler 6-1 (.857)
Creighton 4-1 (.800)
Xavier 4-2 (.667)
St. John's 4-3 (.571)
Marquette 2-2 (.500)
Georgetown 3-4 (.429)
Villanova 1-4 (.200)
Seton Hall 1-5 (.167)

Obviously there are discrepancies in the levels of competition the various Big East programs are playing, but it looks good that only three squads have losing records. For the record, Providence is 4-3.

[Sactowndog]

Here are the current records:
DePaul 6-0 (1.000)
Butler 6-1 (.857). L Arizona
Creighton 4-1 (.800). L Cal
Xavier 4-2 (.667). L Duquesne, Michigan
St. John's 4-3 (.571) L Colgate, Missouri State, New Hampshire
Marquette 2-2 (.500) L BYU, USC
Georgetown 3-4 (.429) L American, Liberty, Indiana State, Campbell
Villanova 1-4 (.200) L Oregon St, Nebraska, Southern Miss, Central Mich
Seton Hall 1-5 (.167) L Alabama, Washington st, Colgate, Missouri, Yale

Obviously there are discrepancies in the levels of competition the various Big East programs are playing, but it looks good that only three squads have losing records. For the record, Providence is 4-3.

Here are the teams everyone has lost to. This should help provide some perspective on the teams

[Sactowndog]

Since the stats aren't up on the East Site I thought I would look at how teams are getting their points:

Here the top players in kills/per set:
Kills/set
1 Bailey Mar 4.56
2 Palgutova SJ 4.21
3 Obert BU 3.58
4 Zapranova DP 3.48
5 Carpenter Vil 3.15
6 Wachowicz SJ 3.15
7 Smith Xav 3.14
8 McNary Crei 3.06
9 Bessler Xav 3.05
10 Saar GT 2.89
11 Cruchfield VIL 2.8
12 Alex Johnson GT 2.79
13 Bird Crei 2.75
14 Jereb Crei 2.69
15 Dani White GT 2.68
16 Hansen SH 2.48
17 Rizzo DP 2.43

Creighton is so balanced and deep they are going to be deadly when they come into town. Marquette clearly has a dominate young Freshman...

[Sactowndog]

Here are blocks per set which shows why Butler is winning as they are a strong Blocking team led by Stahl. They would be even better except they lost Randich to a season ending knee injury. Since she is done for the year I didn't include her....

1 Browning Crei 1.88
2 Stahl BU 1.58
3 Obert BU 1.29
4 Leath DP 1.29
5 Zimmer SJ 1.24
6 Rizzo DP 1.19
7 White GT 1.18
8 Kocken mar 1.12
9 Kranda But 1.07
10 Blair Xav 1.05
11 Rembert Vil 1
12 Rubin SH 0.93
13 Edwards Vil 0.85
14 Boursiquot SJ 0.83
15 Bessler Xav 0.76
16 Smith Xav 0.76
17 Mcnary Crei 0.75
18 Niemann Crei 0.75

[Sactowndog]

Here are the assist numbers you can see the top teams generally have top assist numbers.

Assists/set
1 Koberstein Mar 11.81
2 Smith Xav 11.33
3 Pettit Vil 10.55
4 Sicner Crei 10.5
5 Smith DP 9.9
6 Brauneis GT 9.89
7 Peterson BU 9.67
8 Mutlugil SJ 9.46
9 Manthorpe SH 7.93

[Sactowndog]

Okay here are the digs numbers and it shows why Creighton is the best team in the league. Does the ball ever hit the ground....

Digs/Set
1 Henley Vil 5.15
2 Ruffulo BU 4.46
3 Simpson GT 4.39
4 Santos SJ 4.33
5 Jeziorowski Mar 4.12
6 Warren SH 4.07
7 Elman Crei 4.06
8 Rooks DP 3.9
9 Metzger Xav 3.76
10 Saar GT 3.75
11 Sicner Crei 3.62
12 Zapranova DP 3.43
13 Bird Crei 3.38
14 Bailey Mar 3.19
15 Jereb Crei 3.12
16 Manthorpe SH 3.07

[Jet915]

Creighton vollyball stays ranked at #24 this week.

[Jet915]

#24 Creighton beats Kansas 3-1 after 8 match points in the 3rd set. Nice win especially with the difficult schedule coming up this weekend.

[Sactowndog]

So now that the preseason has finished who has a shot at the NCAA tournament? I think clearly Creighton has a shot. Marquette and Butler have a shot. DePaul might have a shot but I worried their RPI is too low with no way to move up. Xavier losing to Fresno, Irvine and American in Ca killed their chances. I think with the league losses at most we get 2 teams in.

Currently the RPI for Butler is around 64. Do others know what their RPI is approximately?