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"There was something strange in the Pauley Pavilion air on Friday night." - The Daily Bruin. Someone smoking weed at Bruin home matches? Al? You holdin'?

"Though the UCLA women’s volleyball team beat Oregon State in four sets, there was a lack of emotion on the court." - Daily Bruin, from same article, so, that's a "no" on the reefer.

"After game one I sent a text message to Brian Gimmillaro about going to Michelle Osunbor since the Nutwooders were ganging up on Ledoux and Johnson. Apparently he read it and sure enough Michelle had a career high in kills." - Long Beach Post's Dan Barber, apparently under the impression that Gimmillaro reads his texts -- and follows their advice -- during his matches.

"I walked over and said, ‘All right, they just changed on you. They’re going outside (on block attempts).’ She said, ‘I see it, I see it. Sit down.’" - Dayton's Kelly Sheffield, describing a conversation he had with his setter, Jessica Yanz. Outrage! Who does she think she is? What kind of cuckoo talk is th--

"Laughing, Sheffield added: 'That means, A, she obviously has tremendous recognition, and, B, she has no problems communicating with her coach.'” - Oh. So... it's a funny kind of "Sit down." Well, Coach Sheffield's laughing, so I guess it all makes sense?

"They are a great team. We are a team growing into a good team. I'm really excited that our team got to have this experience." - Wyoming's Carrie Yerty team talking team about team. I guess team is teamier than teams.

"When we’re on, we’re on. … We’ve got to learn how to turn it on and keep it on from start to finish." - Washington's Jimmy Mac. What, is he doing Yerty's material now? WRITE SOMETHING ORIGINAL, MCLAUGHLIN. I'm sure GM2 has writers.

"Louisville had this one player, [outside hitter] Lola [Arslanbekova], who was around 6 foot 4, 6 foot 5 and was just hitting over us all night." - Georgetown setter Ashley Malone. Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets. One problem: According to Louisville's website, Lola's only getting up to 5'11".