Since the commencement of the 2023 Big Ten Volleyball Championships, two of the participating teams have been under the spotlight. These two teams, Nebraska and Wisconsin, are among the favorites in the Big Ten. However, this time, the Huskers trounced the Badgers to clinch the championship glory and asserted their dominance on the court.
Soon after snatching the no. 1 rank from team Wisconsin, Nebraska’s volleyball team has clinched the championship title. Recently, team Nebraska is again under the spotlight for the groundbreaking revelation announced by the team’s coach.?
How hard was it for Nebraska to win the Big Ten Volleyball Championship?
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A recent tweet by Big Ten Volleyball Championships was captioned as, “John Cook on what this Big Ten Championship means to HuskerVB and how hard it is to win the Big Ten”.?Recently, team Nebraska made it to secure the Big Ten Conference title by defeating team Michigan in a match held last Friday.?
John Cook on what this Big Ten Championship means to @HuskerVB and how hard it is to win the Big Ten: pic.twitter.com/eYNqzIMiEG
— Big Ten Volleyball (@B1GVolleyball) November 20, 2023
Consecutively, the team clinched a win and shared the title with team Penn State after 6 years. In addition to this, the Huskers also made it for the first time since 2016 to clinch the outright title of the championship after a win against team Iowa. Furthermore, the team also won the 4th conference title.
Overall, team Husker’s performance in the Big Ten Volleyball Championships has been remarkable since the beginning of the championship. Throughout the tournament, team Huskers witnessed intense competition from Wisconsin, the no. 1 ranking team. However, Nebraska not only snatched the Coach Cook’s Shocking Revelation! Fresh off securing his 4th Conference title, Nebraska Huskers Volleyball Head Coach compared the difficulty levels of Big 10 Championships and NCAA championships.
In the same tweet, coach John Cook said, “It’s (Big Ten volleyball championship) harder than winning a national championship because you gotta go through this conference for ten weeks and you are playing great matches and great venues.”?but why did head coach of team Nebraska made this claim after clinching NCAA tournament spot?
Big Ten Championships are more difficult than the NCAA Tournament
As the NCAA tournament is approaching, the participants can feel anticipation to take up a spot. NCAA tournaments are considered among the toughest national championships featuring multiple volleyball teams. As it is near, teams are getting automatic qualification for the NCAA by performing well in volleyball conferences. While 5 of the NCAA conference automatic qualification spots are already booked, 27 still remain.?
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However, team Nebraska’s coach does not agree with the intensity of the NCAA Championship. According to him, the Big Ten Volleyball Championships are harder than NCAA tournaments for Team Nebraska.?
He added, “They played a really good match, played really hard and played some great volleyball…We were really tight, its unbelievable amount of pressure when you get to this point of the year, and I was got nothing to lose as they played great, they had a big crowd, they played very inspired, and I think we reached out.”
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Overall, team Huskers have made a massive accomplishment by winning the championships and securing a berth and an undefeated streak of 27 matches in 10 weeks. However, as the year is near its end, spectators expect Nebraska to perform exceptionally in the NCAA Championships. Will team Nebraska clinch the NCAA TOurnament as their coach says Big Ten is harder than NCAA? Only time will tell.
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