12-03-2023, 12:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2023, 01:27 PM by Hieronymus.)
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This Stanford team is hard for me to figure out. On an individual basis Stanford talent is in a different universe from Houston. Yet if you ask Houston fans what they thought of sets three and four, they would likely say Houston was the better team.
It would not surprise me if Stanford sweeps ASU or if they get swept by ASU. I have no idea what will happen. ASU is in the round of 16 for the first time in their program history.
"Regional Semifinals matchup times and broadcast info has been announced." All matches are on ESPN2 or ESPNU. Stanford plays Arizona State on Thursday 8:30 PT (11:30 ET). Tennessee plays Texas at Maples starting at 6:00 PT.
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I am going to avoid opinions on why, but when this team is off it is obvious. The blocking vanishes. It’s been that way the second half of the year except the second ASU match which was just an all around mess. They are remarkably good at turning back on - see the dominant late 4th and all 5th set blocking. But it can be really scary. It was also interesting the service errors suddenly vanished in the 5th as well.