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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just checked that OSU women's volleyball this year is one of the 4 worst teams(accompanied by umd)(win/lose 1/7 and 0/8). What a waste of talent by Metro coaches to send a national top player to OSU! Hopefully she can be trained in OSU and transfer.  [/quote]

Any player fortunate enough to be recruitable at the D1 level who chases AVCA rankings or NCAA RPI as the primary basis for their decisionmaking is chasing fools gold.  The explosion of the sport over the last 3 years has forced a complete reset in the competition levels across the entire collegiate level of the sport -- at all sections -- D1, D2, D3 and NAIA.  Would encourage folks to watch as much college VB as you can this Fall to see what's happening.  Almost every night of collegiate-level play this season has involved what commentators and experts term an "upset."   SMU beating Nebraska. UVA is ranked for the first time since the 90s.  D1 schools in the mid-majors who seem to be on the come up.  OSU was a top team at the time the Metro player people keep referring to was recruited . . . the coach had a scholarship crunch, lost great players in the portal, and the team found itself in rebuild mode, seemingly over night.  But you know what that does? creates an opportunity for that player to be an integral part of the rebuilding process.  And if you watch them this season, she is doing just that.

Also -- this NCAA settlement has the potential to add a lot of chaos into the mix; very curious to see which athletic programs survive because of the financial pinch the settlement is going to put on schools that don't have the revenue to absorb the hit that is coming.

Bottom-line -- if your player is interested in playing volleyball in college, there is an opportunity for them to do it at EVERY school.  The only issue is whether it will be for the varsity level team, or via a college's club or intramural sports program.  Players should pick the school they want to attend first, and then integrate their recruitment expectations and desires, and their financial aid needs into that list.[/quote]

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