Ease into the Week

A Quiet Monday and a quiet newsletter.

Mar 18, 2024

Penn State with another five-set win. | Penn State Athletics

Let’s ease into the week. We only had one match yesterday, but Saint Francis seems to be on the verge of something monumental. Don’t sleep on the Red Flash!

I will put out updated VBelo Rankings tomorrow, but in the meantime, feel free to revisit some posts from last week.

It's Time for VBelo Rankings

T.J. Breshears

Mar 12

We are well into March and it is (finally) time to talk about the VBelo ratings and rankings. I still haven’t finished a proper explainer of how the model works, but I’m tired of holding onto these numbers until I find time to write more. Also, there are just so many fun graphs to make!

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And The Strongest Conference Is...

T.J. Breshears

Mar 14

Now that the VBelo ratings are out in the wild, a whole new world of information is at our disposal. Today, I wanted to take a look at conference strength. Let’s start with the least interesting way to look at the conferences: average.

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Match Recaps

Non-conference

Penn State (83%) def. Saint Francis (17%)
3-2 (25-15, 23-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-7)

Match Projections

No matches today.