(12-15-2023 09:42 AM)bullet Wrote:  Wisconsin had a front line of 6’9”, 6’7” and 6’4”. Very tall

What was even more impressive than their height, was their ability to move so well. So much fun to watch.

In the regional finals Texas played Stanford. There was a relatively shorter Stanford girl (relatively-who knows-she might have been 5’10”) but her leaping ability to spike was really impressive. She really got high.

A theme emerging in this thread is that these ladies are extremely athletic. To see so many young women 6-0 and taller and, on average, 20 years old move, twist, leap, spike the ball with power, etc. in such a manner would have been unthinkable 41 years ago when I was 20. The tallest girl at the high school I attended was about 5-11 (she was gorgeous). Now, these college ladies who play basketball and volleyball ... many are 6-0, 6-2 ... even 6-4 and taller. And they are athletic.

Can we remotely fathom 50 years from now in the U.S. when the average NBA player will be 6-10 and many women (athletes or not) will be 6-2 and taller?

This Texas team is currently playing on another level from everyone else.

Unforced errors by Nebraska is killing them.

Congratulations, Longhorns!

How did this team lose 4 games all year?

(12-17-2023 05:19 PM)schmolik Wrote:  How did this team lose 4 games all year?

well they lost 2 of the first 4 and 3 of the first 8-To Long Beach St. who just missed the tourney, to #2 ranked Stanford and Washington St. who was ranked #10. They also lost a conference match to Kansas St. who just missed the tourney. 10 of the 12 sets they lost in those 4 were 25-20 or closer.

(12-17-2023 05:19 PM)schmolik Wrote:  How did this team lose 4 games all year?

Texas had a great final 3 games of the season, peaking at the right time. But the story here really has to be Nebraska's total collapse. They just didn't show up.

After Elliott received the Red Card, Texas turned on the switch and dominated. Nebraska had no answers and the predominantly Nebraska crowd was silent after the first set.

A strong (bordering on dominant) performance by Texas. Congrats to the Longhorns, a fantastic team.

Congrats to Nebraska for making it to the finals.

I was hoping for five close, competitive sets with Set 5 to go into the 30s for maximum excitement. But after Texas won Set 2, ... it was over, with the third set a mere formality (as Nebraska looked demoralized).

I'm already looking forward to next season.

(12-15-2023 01:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  A theme emerging in this thread is that these ladies are extremely athletic. To see so many young women 6-0 and taller and, on average, 20 years old move, twist, leap, spike the ball with power, etc. in such a manner would have been unthinkable 41 years ago when I was 20. The tallest girl at the high school I attended was about 5-11 (she was gorgeous). Now, these college ladies who play basketball and volleyball ... many are 6-0, 6-2 ... even 6-4 and taller. And they are athletic.

Can we remotely fathom 50 years from now in the U.S. when the average NBA player will be 6-10 and many women (athletes or not) will be 6-2 and taller?

I highly doubt it. People aren't getting taller. On average due to immigration, the US population is actually getting shorter.

(12-17-2023 07:59 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(12-15-2023 01:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  A theme emerging in this thread is that these ladies are extremely athletic. To see so many young women 6-0 and taller and, on average, 20 years old move, twist, leap, spike the ball with power, etc. in such a manner would have been unthinkable 41 years ago when I was 20. The tallest girl at the high school I attended was about 5-11 (she was gorgeous). Now, these college ladies who play basketball and volleyball ... many are 6-0, 6-2 ... even 6-4 and taller. And they are athletic.

Can we remotely fathom 50 years from now in the U.S. when the average NBA player will be 6-10 and many women (athletes or not) will be 6-2 and taller?

I highly doubt it. People aren't getting taller. On average due to immigration, the US population is actually getting shorter.

Maybe with the WNBA and increased popularity of college women's basketball and volleyball, more tall women are finding men's basketball players!

(12-17-2023 07:59 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(12-15-2023 01:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  A theme emerging in this thread is that these ladies are extremely athletic. To see so many young women 6-0 and taller and, on average, 20 years old move, twist, leap, spike the ball with power, etc. in such a manner would have been unthinkable 41 years ago when I was 20. The tallest girl at the high school I attended was about 5-11 (she was gorgeous). Now, these college ladies who play basketball and volleyball ... many are 6-0, 6-2 ... even 6-4 and taller. And they are athletic.

Can we remotely fathom 50 years from now in the U.S. when the average NBA player will be 6-10 and many women (athletes or not) will be 6-2 and taller?

I highly doubt it. People aren't getting taller. On average due to immigration, the US population is actually getting shorter.

I won't care how tall they are if they can read, speak properly, think, and make change I'll be happy! Sports are nice, athletes can be impressive, but we just need all of our people to be capable.

(12-17-2023 07:59 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(12-15-2023 01:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  A theme emerging in this thread is that these ladies are extremely athletic. To see so many young women 6-0 and taller and, on average, 20 years old move, twist, leap, spike the ball with power, etc. in such a manner would have been unthinkable 41 years ago when I was 20. The tallest girl at the high school I attended was about 5-11 (she was gorgeous). Now, these college ladies who play basketball and volleyball ... many are 6-0, 6-2 ... even 6-4 and taller. And they are athletic.

Can we remotely fathom 50 years from now in the U.S. when the average NBA player will be 6-10 and many women (athletes or not) will be 6-2 and taller?

I highly doubt it. People aren't getting taller. On average due to immigration, the US population is actually getting shorter.

I could easily be proved wrong, as a recent study supports your point.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-ne...ll-n950351

Texas winning titles for the Big 12 as they head out the door.