NCAA Volleyball Sweet Sixteen Matchups

**CarrollCyclone** · 12-04-2011, 01:12 PM

Friday, December 9

Lexington Regional
#8 Penn State (25-7) vs. #9 UCLA (26-6) - 4:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
#1 Texas (24-4) vs. Kentucky (28-5) - 6:00 p.m. (ESPN3)

Minneapolis Regional
#5 Purdue (29-4) vs. #12 Florida State (26-6) - 5:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
#4 Iowa State (24-5 vs. #13 Minnesota (20-11) - 7:00 p.m. (ESPN3)

Gainesville Regional
#3 Illinois (29-4) vs. Ohio State (21-14) - 4:00 pm. (ESPN3)
Florida (26-5) vs. Michigan (22-12) - 6:00 p.m. (ESPN3)

Honolulu Regional
#15 Pepperdine (24-6) vs. Kansas State (22-10) - 9:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
#7 USC (27-4) vs. #10 Hawaii (31-1) - 11:00 p.m. (ESPN3)

**no2cyclones** · 12-04-2011, 01:27 PM

Hope our spikers can dig out another win against Minnesota! IIRC, they beat Minnesota in the tournament last year, correct?

**ianoconnor** · 12-04-2011, 01:33 PM

4th Sweet 16 in the last 5 years. CJL is one of, if not the best coach in the country!!

**Cysister** · 12-04-2011, 01:42 PM

They beat Minne 2 or 3 years ago, I think. They lost to Creighton in the first round last year.

**huntt26** · 12-04-2011, 01:50 PM

Great! Go Cyclones!

**ianoconnor** · 12-04-2011, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Cysister

They beat Minne 2 or 3 years ago, I think. They lost to Creighton in the first round last year.

Yup, I think it was 2 years ago. Beat them at their place.

**Wesley** · 12-04-2011, 01:55 PM

Looking good.

**TCG** · 12-04-2011, 04:11 PM

We played really well against Miami, especially in the 2nd and 3rd sets. It's going to be tough to beat Minnesota at home, but if we play like we did last night, then we'll have a shot.

(p.s. I wish the sweet 16 games were on tv)

**brett108** · 12-04-2011, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by TCG

We played really well against Miami, especially in the 2nd and 3rd sets. It's going to be tough to beat Minnesota at home, but if we play like we did last night, then we'll have a shot.

(p.s. I wish the sweet 16 games were on tv)

How does Minnesota always end up in their own regional? Seems bunk to me.

**isukendall** · 12-04-2011, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by TCG

We played really well against Miami, especially in the 2nd and 3rd sets. It's going to be tough to beat Minnesota at home, but if we play like we did last night, then we'll have a shot. (p.s. I wish the sweet 16 games were on tv)

They're on espn3, whats the big deal?

**TCG** · 12-04-2011, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by isukendall

They're on espn3, whats the big deal?

I haven't watched a game on espn3, but it's on the internet so I'm guessing it will be jittery like clonezone...I definately like watching volleyball on tv compared to internet since it's a fast paced game.

**isukendall** · 12-04-2011, 05:02 PM

I've been pretty pleased with the games I watched. Better than clonezone.

**fccy** · 12-04-2011, 05:28 PM

I used Clonezone for this weekends VB games. No problem.

**TCG** · 12-04-2011, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by fccy

I used Clonezone for this weekends VB games. No problem.

Later on in the match, mine would show someone serving and then jump to show another person serving, skipping the point, but I guess it's better than nothing.

**fccy** · 12-05-2011, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by brett108

How does Minnesota always end up in their own regional? Seems bunk to me.

Did you look at the regionals?

Lexington - host school Kentucky (in regional)
Gainesville - host school Florida (in regional)
Honolulu - host school Hawaii (in regional)

This is done on purpose by the NCAA in order to increase attendance at the regional sites. If Hilton were to win a bid to host a VB regional, ISU would also be placed so that they would play in that regional (assuming that they won their 1st and 2nd round matches).