What makes this even sweeter is that this wasn't a mid visit commit where other schools could say it was an emotional decision and if only they got their chance. Rutgers was clearly third, won him over, then Oklahoma had every chance to win him back.
She eventually hit 4.71m (15' 5.5") to claim the meet record, though could not quite get the 4.74m (15' 6.5") that would have given her the NCAA record. Dominated, not missing a jump until her first attempt at 4.65m, with 2nd place coming in at 4.55m.
Looking at some of the results, NC State has to really be hoping for Trent Hidlay to beat Aaron Brooks to salvage their tournament, because they have to be really disappointed so far. After qualifying all 10 they have the following results:
125: Jakob Camacho, seeded 7th, did not place (R16)...
125 is busted open with the 1, 2, and 3 seeds all falling, ranked 1, 2, and 4 nationally. Of course we knew the potential for upsets at 125 as that still leaves #5, 9, 12, and 20 in the semis.
I also find it interesting that prior to returning to Rutgers, Vallone spent two years at Fordham with his second year as Associate Head Coach. It's the Patriot League, but he certainly seemed to make a decent impression in his short time there.
Last year Indiana brought in 26 transfers and was ranked the 16th, 13th, and 15th best transfer class by rivals, On3, and 247. With that they net -1 wins from the year before. We'll see how it goes for them this year.
I only skimmed through the first few paragraphs, which were mainly about noting how he spent 15 years complaining about people not being in their seats for kickoff, then detailing all the things he did at the boardwalk, by chance glancing at his watch and seeing it was already like 3:28, running...
From the interview, "I'm not going to be doing this for much longer. I want to follow their path and coach, Rutgers, because I think we can be one of the top dogs in the country." Make it so.
Indiana, Ohio State, and Rutgers all finished within 0.7 seconds of each other, but the second place finish pushed Indiana ahead of us for third overall as well as allowing Michigan to jump Ohio State for first.
As far as the NCAAs, there are 11 automatic bids and 11 at large selections for 22...
Yes, there is a common fallacy that many of us fall into. Being the 10th RV team does not mean we are ranked #35, but that there are 34 teams who more people have ahead of us in their top 25. It does not say where outside the top 25 those who don't have us ranked consider us. Theoretically, a...
Losing to Michigan State (rpi 72) hurt, but the two missed chances were vs UCLA (26) and at Creighton (30). Both are hosting first round games. Hard to argue we need better OOC opponents when we didn't beat the ones already there.
If the updated RPIs I saw are correct, the final RPI went
Indiana 19
Maryland 20
Ohio State 39
Rutgers 41
Also surprised to see Ohio State based on that
And we start with at Penn, potentially followed by #Syracuse