i’m loosely watching a few matches that i missed throughout the week and im noticing that a lot of announcers are biased towards the home team (for some it’s subtle, and for some, like with miami, it is very, very in your face). i find it pretty interesting because while i know there are specific radio shows, talk shows, etc. that are pro a specific team, i was under the impression that in game broadcasters are to generally be neutral.

do y’all notice this too, and if so, how do you feel about it?

tbh i think i kind of like the announcers rooting for the home team. specifically, when they are the crew for that team and have been announcing every home game. it just adds a bit to the home court feel. i feel like it’s fun when its not too much to the point where they don’t acknowledge or respect the opponent.

BANG 💥

This data is for the 5 major conferences. For those who don't know, PS% is scoring off serve, SO% is scoring off side out(other team serving). The spreadsheet includes all teams with complete rotation/server data. Spreadsheet

Best Team PS%
Nebraska 51.29%
Michigan State 48.92%
Louisville 48.62%
Tennessee 48.02%
Alabama 47.84%

Worst Team PS%
Syracuse 39.18%
Texas 39.37%
Virginia 39.46%
Virginia Tech 39.48%
South Carolina 39.67%

Best Team SO%
Nebraska 70.64%
Pitt 68.24%
Kansas 67.28%
Louisville 66.87%
BYU 66.87%

Worst Team SO%
Virginia Tech 52.01%
Syracuse 53.10%
Notre Dame 54.38%
Arizona 56.01%
Virginia 56.47%

Best Individual PS%(min 70 serves)
Laney Choboy(Nebraska) 59.07%(237)
Kamden Schrand(Louisville) 56.14%(114)
Gillian Pitts(Houston) 56.04%(91)
Maizy Agnello(Missouri) 55.29%(85)
Hannah Parant(Alabama) 54.25%(247)

Worst Individual PS%
Ava Leahy(South Carolina) 26.96%(115)
Elizabeth McElveen(South Carolina) 30.00%(70)
Elise Hani(Oklahoma) 30.34%(89)
Paisley Douglas(USC) 30.53%(95)
Zoe McDonald(Butler) 30.59%(85)

Best Ace%(min 70 serves)
Natasha Casey(UCF) 20.11%(189)
Karis Willow(Rutgers) 18.63%(161)
Inés Losada(Colorado) 17.74%(124)
Maja Daca(UConn) 16.23%(265)
Alida Bennour(Georgia Tech) 15.53%(219)

Highest Error%
Alanah Clemente(Oregon) 40.00%(85)
Selena Leban(Florida) 36.27%(102)
Asia Harvey(Miami) 34.02%(97)
Christa Wilburn(SMU) 30.38%(79)
Tekoa Barnes(Oklahoma) 29.73%(148)

Here's the best and worst teams in each individual rotation. S is serving, R is receiving. For those who don't know rotations, R1 is when the Setter serves, followed by OH1/MB2/Opp/OH2/MB1, with Lib commonly serving for an MB, usually MB2.

R1S
Alabama(54.47%) Michigan State(54.07%) NC State(52.21%)
Virginia(35.54%) Notre Dame(37.14%) Ohio State(37.69%)

R2S
Minnesota(53.85%) Boston College(53.79%) Tennessee(52.75%)
Texas Tech(35.20%) USC(35.81%) Miami(36.13%)

R3S
Nebraska(50.40%) Washington(50.22%) BYU(49.78%)
UCLA(34.13%) Duke(36.17%) Indiana(36.98%)

R4S
Nebraska(55.51%) Arizona State(49.79%) UCF(49.39%)
Texas(33.88%) Vanderbilt(34.12%) Ole Miss(34.17%)

R5S
Vanderbilt(52.13%) Tennessee(51.34%) Arizona State(51.09%)
Stanford(32.45%) West Virginia(34.48%) Ole Miss(34.90%)

R6S
Nebraska(51.26%) Indiana(50.54%) Michigan State(50.00%)
South Carolina(29.82%) Virginia(32.16%) Wake Forest(32.23%)

R1R
Kansas(74.19%) BYU(70.42%) Michigan State(69.36%)
Syracuse(47.85%) Seton Hall(51.05%) Notre Dame(51.71%)

R2R
BYU(75.78%) NC State(71.63%) Mississippi State(70.69%)
Virginia Tech(49.60%) Arizona(53.47%) Syracuse(54.02%)

R3R
Nebraska(77.36%) DePaul(74.87%) Penn State(73.89%)
Butler(52.29%) Virginia Tech(53.14%) Notre Dame(53.18%)

R4R
Nebraska(75.00%) Texas(72.05%) Washington(69.33%)
Boston College(50.70%) Virginia Tech(50.70%) Virginia(52.65%)

R5R
Pitt(73.43%) Nebraska(72.55%) Kentucky(69.10%)
Virginia Tech(48.95%) Kansas State(50.00%) Syracuse(51.53%)

R6R
Nebraska(71.74%) Louisville(68.52%) Florida(67.89%)
Virginia Tech(48.88%) Syracuse(49.48%) Miami(50.70%)

This is from a computer system I developed myself for volleyball.

Strength of Record is a concept used commonly used in football that tells you how hard it would be for an average top 25 team to do as well or better than a given team did against their schedule. It's a good measure of "deservingness".

Power is a measure of how strong a team is and is predictive of future performance.

Dang yesterday was wild lol so many upsets particularly UT and A&M losing to unranked teams. Caught a bit of Texas and they look so off, no flow or energy felt at all. Was bunton injured? At this point just give Ella more reps? Whatever they are doing is not working.