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OT: Interesting Stat from the Volleyball Final 4


Norm Peterson

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8 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Considering that only 10 teams have ever won a title, this might be the craziest number of all the ones I've posted.

 

Ten teams account for ALL the titles and 29 of the 36 runners up.

 

That assumes that the 7 runners up that haven't won a title are all different.  Meaning they only made the final once each.  Is that correct?  If so, wow.

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19 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

That assumes that the 7 runners up that haven't won a title are all different.  Meaning they only made the final once each.  Is that correct?  If so, wow.

 

Wisconsin has been bridesmaids a couple of times (including against John Cook's 1st NU team in 2000 -- undefeated, by the way -- when Cook had coached UW prior to '99).

 

Florida, Minny, Cal, Illinois, and BYU are all "1 time runners-up."

 

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14 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

That assumes that the 7 runners up that haven't won a title are all different.  Meaning they only made the final once each.  Is that correct?  If so, wow.

 

No, just that 10 teams have accounted for 65 of the 72 spots in the national championship match in the history of the sport.

 

The other 7 runners up could be the same team or all different teams.  Still, if you haven't won it all, you probably haven't come in second, either.

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3 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Texas has been runners-up a few times in the past decade (3 to be exact). Wisconsin a couple of times (including against John Cook's 1st NU team in 2000 -- undefeated, by the way -- when Cook had coached UW prior to '99).

 

Florida, Minny, Cal, Illinois, and BYU are all "1 time runners-up."

 

Only 16 different teams have ever made it to the championship match in NCAA D1 college volleyball history.

 

And that won't change this year.

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Just now, Norm Peterson said:

 

Only 16 different teams have ever made it to the championship match in NCAA D1 college volleyball history.

 

And that won't change this year.

 

[See my edit- I deleted Texas from the list, they've won it all.]

 

As it is: 5 of the 7 runners-up finishers are "1 time" only. Wisconsin is a 2-time bridesmaid.

 

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6 minutes ago, jimmykc said:

Now, to return to the main topic of interest, what does Scott Frost think about the volleyball team?

 

Oooooh Jimmy, that's a dangerous can of worms you just opened.  

 

I can't say what he thinks of the volleyball team, but apparently he used to kind of like women's basketball.

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