Interesting possible volleyball scenario in the brackets for the 2024 MWC tournament this week

[Bronco54]

Boise State is one of the four Mountain West volleyball teams that has chosen to forfeit their matches this season against San Jose State because San Jose State has - all season long - been playing with a biological male on their "women's" volleyball team.   Boise State and Wyoming both forfeited both of their scheduled matches against San Jose State this season (Nevada and Utah State had only one scheduled match vs. SJSU and they both forfeited those matches as well).   This is the same biological male who has been accused by one of the assistant coaches on the SJSU volleyball team of conspiring (with a player of another MWC volleyball team) to injure the SJSU co-captain during their match.  Because that SJSU co-captain has joined the lawsuit against San Jose State and the Mountain West conference for allowing this biological male to play volleyball for SJSU this season.

The possible scenario that is about to play out at this week's 2024 MWC volleyball tournament is Boise State is the # 6 Seeded team at the tournament and their first match is against # 3 Seed Fresno State.   Boise State just defeated Fresno State last Saturday, in Boise, 3-0.  IF Boise State wins their first match in the tournament vs. Fresno State their next opponent would be..............yep...................you guessed it...........San Jose State (the # 2 Seed as a result of SIX games they "won" because of forfeits this season).  

Here is a link to the bracket for the 2024 MWC volleyball tournament:

https://storage.googleapis.com/themw-com/2024/10/7a29f3e3-2025-womens-vb-bracket.pdf

[FresnoFacts]

One correction.

The MWC announced seedings with Fresno State as #4 and Utah State as #3. So Boise opens against USU before possibly facing SJSU. Or if USU were to win they would face SJSU next.

But somehow the teams on SJSU's side of the bracket are teams who forfeited to the Spartans during the regular season. Teams that played SJSU are on the opposite side.

 

[renoskier]

On 11/25/2024 at 8:57 AM, FresnoFacts said:

One correction.

The MWC announced seedings with Fresno State as #4 and Utah State as #3. So Boise opens against USU before possibly facing SJSU. Or if USU were to win they would face SJSU next.

But somehow the teams on SJSU's side of the bracket are teams who forfeited to the Spartans during the regular season. Teams that played SJSU are on the opposite side.

 

LMAO...SJSU gets a walk-over into the finals

[Supersix]

On 11/25/2024 at 6:07 AM, Bronco54 said:

Boise State is one of the four Mountain West volleyball teams that has chosen to forfeit their matches this season against San Jose State because San Jose State has - all season long - been playing with a biological male on their "women's" volleyball team.   Boise State and Wyoming both forfeited both of their scheduled matches against San Jose State this season (Nevada and Utah State had only one scheduled match vs. SJSU and they both forfeited those matches as well).   This is the same biological male who has been accused by one of the assistant coaches on the SJSU volleyball team of conspiring (with a player of another MWC volleyball team) to injure the SJSU co-captain during their match.  Because that SJSU co-captain has joined the lawsuit against San Jose State and the Mountain West conference for allowing this biological male to play volleyball for SJSU this season.

The possible scenario that is about to play out at this week's 2024 MWC volleyball tournament is Boise State is the # 6 Seeded team at the tournament and their first match is against # 3 Seed Fresno State.   Boise State just defeated Fresno State last Saturday, in Boise, 3-0.  IF Boise State wins their first match in the tournament vs. Fresno State their next opponent would be..............yep...................you guessed it...........San Jose State (the # 2 Seed as a result of SIX games they "won" because of forfeits this season).  

Here is a link to the bracket for the 2024 MWC volleyball tournament:

https://storage.googleapis.com/themw-com/2024/10/7a29f3e3-2025-womens-vb-bracket.pdf

Boise should have manned up and played San Jose State like Fresno State. Now, if you beat Utah State in your bracket, You will get to play against them unless your coach decides to forfeit again

[Broncomare]

On 11/25/2024 at 10:58 AM, Supersix said:

Boise should have manned up and played San Jose State like Fresno State. Now, if you beat Utah State in your bracket, You will get to play against them unless your coach decides to forfeit again

It wasn't the coaches decision.  

[Supersix]

Fresno State did not back down and defeated Joser on their home court. Senior Ella Rud, our outside hitter, almost took out the transgender with a 75mph kill.

[Headbutt]

On 11/25/2024 at 10:50 AM, renoskier said:

LMAO...SJSU gets a walk-over into the finals

Well, it was kind of handed to them via forfeits.  Not saying I disagree with the ladies taking a stand, but these are the results.

[idkk]

On 11/25/2024 at 11:33 AM, Supersix said:

Fresno State did not back down and defeated Joser on their home court. Senior Ella Rud, our outside hitter, almost took out the transgender with a 75mph kill

Impossible....I was told that female players are physically unable to hit that hard /s

[CoachKenFTW]

Culture warriors ruin everything. I feel bad for actual fans of the sport.

[4UNLV]

Isn’t this like the 3rd year this person has been on the team? (I could be wrong.) Go beat them.

And no, men shouldn’t play against women. But I don’t think forfeiting games was the way to go about change, and now here we are. 

[Broncomare]

On 11/26/2024 at 12:25 AM, 4UNLV said:

Isn’t this like the 3rd year this person has been on the team? (I could be wrong.) Go beat them.

And no, men shouldn’t play against women. But I don’t think forfeiting games was the way to go about change, and now here we are. 

You think they should have played the game instead of forfeiting?  The summer after high school, my daughter (who played club soccer since 4th grade) played on a co-ed team.  Do you know how much harder the men could kick the ball?  They had to tone it down or they would have hurt the women.  As well as go easier on shoulder tackles.  This was a co-ed league so everyone knew what they were getting into and the men knew they couldn't play like they were playing against other men.  

[thedude15]

On 11/26/2024 at 7:33 AM, Broncomare said:

You think they should have played the game instead of forfeiting?  The summer after high school, my daughter (who played club soccer since 4th grade) played on a co-ed team.  Do you know how much harder the men could kick the ball?  They had to tone it down or they would have hurt the women.  As well as go easier on shoulder tackles.  This was a co-ed league so everyone knew what they were getting into and the men knew they couldn't play like they were playing against other men.  

Also if they did play then only the 500 ppl that care about MW women's volleyball would even know about it. By not playing they made it a national story. Sometimes change requires sacrifice. 

[Chalsean]

The culture war stuff is getting so tiresome.  What we got 1 trans volleyball player in the entire country of 330 million and people just lose their shit.  I wish we had such a focus on wealth inequality or mass transit solutions.  But no, lets spend months talking about this 1 person

[Quickdraw]

On 11/25/2024 at 9:58 AM, Supersix said:

Boise should have manned up and played San Jose State like Fresno State. Now, if you beat Utah State in your bracket, You will get to play against them unless your coach decides to forfeit again

Only 1 team in the conference is capable of manning up.

[Spaztecs]

On 11/25/2024 at 8:09 PM, CoachKenFTW said:

Culture warriors ruin everything. I feel bad for actual fans of the sport.

He must not have been much of a player. I mean, he is only good enough to play in the MW. If he were truly that dominant and over powering, wouldn't he be playing at a P4 ? Or, have turned pro by now ?

[TheTedfordTrain]

On 11/26/2024 at 10:52 AM, Spaztecs said:

He must not have been much of a player. I mean, he is only good enough to play in the MW. If he were truly that dominant and over powering, wouldn't he be playing at a P4 ? Or, have turned pro by now ?

I think his options were limited. He was in Florida first (I think) then was forced to transfer when they passed a law against biological males in women’s sports. And of course he ends up in California where everyone is too PC/scared to even punish low performing minorities. 

[PTR]

On 11/26/2024 at 11:52 AM, Spaztecs said:

He must not have been much of a player. I mean, he is only good enough to play in the MW. If he were truly that dominant and over powering, wouldn't he be playing at a P4 ? Or, have turned pro by now ?

He must of sucked. My cousin is 6'4 was a very good all-state player at a mid sized Midwestern high school, but he was far from elite. He played on competitive club teams in college. It's purely anecdotal, but I couldn't imagine the holy hell he would unleash if he was playing on a collegiate women's team. 

[Soupslam]

Is the trans guy a senior yet? If so, he won’t be around next year. Of course some other trans guy could take his place. 

[RSF]

On 11/26/2024 at 1:12 PM, TheTedfordTrain said:

I think his options were limited. He was in Florida first (I think) then was forced to transfer when they passed a law against biological males in women’s sports. And of course he ends up in California where everyone is too PC/scared to even punish low performing minorities. 

HS in Virginia, 1st season at Coastal Carolina. No Florida involved. So years of play before anybody got their panties in a twist.

[TheTedfordTrain]

On 11/26/2024 at 12:09 PM, RSF said:

HS in Virginia, 1st season at Coastal Carolina. No Florida involved. So years of play before anybody got their panties in a twist.

 

Wouldn’t be allowed to play at Coastal 

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099501287/south-carolina-trans-transgender-sports-ban