In anticipation of tonigh't NCAA men's volleyball final between No. 1 Penn State and upstart Pepperdine (which only made the field via a late surge through the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament), user "nomas" on the VolleyTalk discussion board offers this analysis of the match-up.
One of the salient issues is that Penn State has not played that tough of a schedule during the season, thus likely inflating the Nittany Lions' statistical prowess. As seen on Penn State's schedule, the Lions have played only a few matches against traditionally strong teams from the Pacific (Hawaii, UCLA, and Long Beach State), and two of those three matches were back in early January.
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Of course, despite all the analyses by the experts at Volleytalk, the Final Four (including the final) just transpired as predicted by Pablo.
Given the focus on analysis here, we can do better than vague references to "tougher schedules" and pointing to individual matches, can't we? It also begs the question of how match that matters.
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