04-11-2015, 08:41 PM
I couldn't attend, but I'm glad to read it was a full house, with some luminaries. Congrats to the team.
Today's win seems very important. Since Stanford (4-0, 19-1) now has sole possession of the lead in the MPSF.
The next two teams in the MPSF are USC (4-1, 21-2) and UCLA (4-1, 20-2), then Cal (2-2, 16-5). Assuming Stanford doesn't lose its remaining games, the MPSF championship seeding will have a match between USC and UCLA, guaranteeing only one of them can get into the championship game. Stanford will be playing a clearly weaker team in the semis and should win. Even if Stanford loses before the championship game, I'd think Stanford likely would get an invitation to the national championship tournament.
I would expect whoever wins the MPSF tournament will have the NC #1 seed. Again, whoever gets that has the inside track to the NC championship, but the teams are too equal to say any one team has a definite advantage.
By the way, I see the WWP match of Stanford at California will be on the PAC-12 channel Thursday 4/16, 5:00 PM PT .Â
Today's win seems very important. Since Stanford (4-0, 19-1) now has sole possession of the lead in the MPSF.
The next two teams in the MPSF are USC (4-1, 21-2) and UCLA (4-1, 20-2), then Cal (2-2, 16-5). Assuming Stanford doesn't lose its remaining games, the MPSF championship seeding will have a match between USC and UCLA, guaranteeing only one of them can get into the championship game. Stanford will be playing a clearly weaker team in the semis and should win. Even if Stanford loses before the championship game, I'd think Stanford likely would get an invitation to the national championship tournament.
I would expect whoever wins the MPSF tournament will have the NC #1 seed. Again, whoever gets that has the inside track to the NC championship, but the teams are too equal to say any one team has a definite advantage.
By the way, I see the WWP match of Stanford at California will be on the PAC-12 channel Thursday 4/16, 5:00 PM PT .Â