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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 27, 2017 16:10:33 GMT -5
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Post by bigfan on Nov 27, 2017 16:15:24 GMT -5
Welcome back. This is the toughest 1st round match.
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Post by kahusancali on Nov 27, 2017 16:28:35 GMT -5
Thanks for this thread.
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Post by kahusancali on Nov 27, 2017 16:30:05 GMT -5
Friday, December 1st 3:00 pm HST (8:00 pm EST) Hec Edmondson Pavilion RadioGametracker Television All Time Series RecordHawai'i 8-1, 4-0 in the post season NCAA bracketNCAA Game CenterAny word if spectrum is showing the match? |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 27, 2017 16:35:02 GMT -5
Friday, December 1st 3:00 pm HST (8:00 pm EST) Hec Edmondson Pavilion RadioGametracker Television All Time Series RecordHawai'i 8-1, 4-0 in the post season NCAA bracketNCAA Game CenterAny word if spectrum is showing the match? There is a possibility. Awaiting word. |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 27, 2017 16:39:05 GMT -5
UH to face Illinois in NCAA tourneyBy Cindy Luis
November 27, 2017 DENNIS ODA / NOV. 4
The Rainbow Wahine (20-7) open with Illinois (21-10) in Friday’s NCAA tournament at Washington’s Hec Edmondson Pavilion.A “W” at UW. That’s what Hawaii is seeking when heading to Seattle for the fourth time in the past eight NCAA women’s volleyball tournaments. The Rainbow Wahine (20-7) open with Illinois (21-10) in Friday’s first match at Washington’s Hec Edmondson Pavilion (3 p.m. HST). The Fighting Illini tied for fifth in the Big Ten (12-8) with Purdue. Should Hawaii advance, Saturday’s likely second-round opponent will be host Washington (24-7). The Huskies, tied for second with USC in the Pac-12 (14-6), are the No. 8 seed and play LIU Brooklyn (20-9) in Friday’s second match. Washington ended Hawaii’s season in the NCAA second round in 2010, ’12 and ’14. Except for 1992, the Wahine have made the postseason every year since the program’s inception in 1974. “It’s not a bad draw,” Wahine first-year head coach Robyn Ah Mow-Santos said after Sunday’s selection show. “It’s one flight, we’ve been there before. “We haven’t come up with a ‘W’ so maybe it’s time.” Unlike previous years when the Wahine watched the selection show at the Stan Sheriff Center, they gathered at the home of an Ah Mow-Santos relative for a team-only viewing. And, unlike last year when Hawaii’s name popped up as the last of the 64 teams on the bracket, this time UH was among the first 16 teams announced. It happened so quickly that senior Kendra Koelsch was driving up when she heard her teammates’ shouts. “I was just parking when we got the news,” the setter-turned-outside hitter said. “I’m so excited to keep playing. I’m stoked with the bracket.” “It was kind of shocking to see us so early,” senior libero Savanah Kahakai said. “I’m happy. I thought we’d be sent east, maybe even back to Minnesota (last year’s subregional). “It’s good that we’re on the West Coast. It’s one flight, we’ve been there before. We know some of their players. It’s going to come down to us performing. We need to show up.” Representing the Big West are Hawaii (at-large) and champion Cal Poly (26-2). The Mustangs open Friday with Denver (13-5) at the subregional hosted by 15th-seeded UCLA; the Bruins (19-10) face Austin Peay (30-5) in the second match. All of Hawaii’s losses are against teams in the NCAA field. Besides Cal Poly and UCLA, also in are No. 11 seed Utah (22-9), 13th-seeded BYU (26-2), Marquette (22-9) and San Diego (24-4). Also in is 12th-seeded Baylor (23-6), which the Wahine beat in five sets. The top four seeds are Penn State (29-1), Florida (25-1), defending national champion Stanford (26-3) and Kentucky (26-3). The highest remaining seed in each of the four regions will host the Dec. 8-9 regionals with the NCAA final four Dec. 14 and 16 in Kansas City, Mo.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 27, 2017 16:44:03 GMT -5
Volleyball: Illini celebrate NCAA tourney berth
Sun, 11/26/2017 - 10:46pm | Scott Richey
CHAMPAIGN — Illinois’ NCAA tournament selection show watch party Sunday night was a 180 degree shift in atmosphere from the same event a year ago.
That one was rife with emotions for the Illini. Anxiety without a firm idea one way or another about their tournament chances. Anger and disappointment when their name wasn’t called among the 64 tournament participants.
The Tamas household Sunday night — filled with players, coaches, family, support staff and administrators — was a joyous one. Which only grew when Illinois’ first-round match with Hawaii in the Washington Regional was announced.
The Illini (21-10) and Rainbow Wahine (20-7) will play at 7 p.m. Friday in Seattle. The winner will face the victor of that same night’s match between LIU Brooklyn (20-9) and the host No. 8 seed Huskies (24-7) for a spot in the Sweet 16.
“A lot of different feelings going on,” Illinois junior middle blocker Ali Bastianelli said. “Obviously, we’re really happy and excited our season is going on even longer. We were disappointed, obviously, last year that we didn’t make the tournament.”
“I think a little bit of the motivation of not making it carried into this season,” Bastianelli said.
Close matches that went against Illinois ultimately kept the Illini out of the tournament in 2016. That they felt they could have and should have won them only added to the disappointment.
“I think the whole season we always had it in our heads we would for sure make the tournament,” senior libero Brandi Donnelly said about missing out on the NCAAs last year. “After some disappointing losses, that negativity kind of seeps into your mind of we might not make the tournament. Morale was low at the end.”
Sunday was an entirely different feeling.
“I think it was kind of nice coming here having a pretty positive idea we were in,” Donnelly said. “That was different — a lot less anxious.”
First-year Illinois coach Chris Tamas felt good about his team’s chances before the Illini knocked off then No. 7 Minnesota on Nov. 18. Finishing the season on a three-match winning streak by adding victories against Iowa and Ohio State has Illinois playing at a tournament ready level.
“I think it’s a good indication of where we’re at right now,” Tamas said. “That unit has played a lot together this year, so they really do trust each other and they’re able to feed off each other in certain moments.
“I really wanted it for them more than anything because I knew how hard they had worked up to this point. To be able to have a good run in the Big Ten and be in the tournament, I’m just really proud of the girls.”
Tamas had already downloaded film on several different teams before the bracket was announced Sunday. Hawaii wasn’t actually among that group, but Tamas is familiar with the Rainbow Wahine from his time as an assistant in the Big West. Plus, his wife and Illinois volunteer assistant Jen Tamas played with Hawaii coach Robyn Ah Mow-Santos on the U.S. National Team.
“As soon as everyone leaves,” Chris Tamas joked Sunday night about when his prep would start. “I’ve seen them a handful of times this year. I still have a connection with the Cal Poly team that won the Big West. We’ll take a look at that film later tonight.
“We know Robyn’s a competitor, and we know we’re going to expect a battle just as we have all Big Ten season. … I think it helps we’ve been in the Big Ten and been able to see lots of different styles and lots of different types of players.”
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 27, 2017 16:51:47 GMT -5
Can an Illinois fan do an Illinois Tournament capsule? I understand that you may need to fluff it up a little, and that's okay.  |
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Post by hammer on Nov 27, 2017 16:57:57 GMT -5
Do the Illini have a chance ........... without Hambly?
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Post by brybast on Nov 27, 2017 16:59:30 GMT -5
"I think it helps we’ve been in the Big Ten and been able to see lots of different styles and lots of different types of players."
Geezus, is it in the contract of every B1G coach that they have to plug the conference in every single statement they make?
As opposed to all those other teams in the tournament who only see one style of team and one type of player all season long. SMH
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Post by fetchin on Nov 27, 2017 17:00:39 GMT -5
Do the Illini have a chance ........... without Hambly? They have a better chance without Hambly IMO. |
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Post by dd2000 on Nov 27, 2017 17:04:29 GMT -5
Do the Illini have a chance ........... without Hambly? Why not? They made the tournament without him this year, something they didn't do last year with him. |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Nov 27, 2017 19:07:13 GMT -5
Woot woot! This is the 1st round matchup I'm most jazzed about, after Wisconsin, of course.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Nov 27, 2017 19:12:05 GMT -5
Basteneli (SP) will give Hawaii major major fits with her block, Hawaii will have to adjust and our pins especially will need to have a great game.
Hoping sibley gets cleared to play, so if any of our pins struggle she can come in
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Post by Northern lights on Nov 27, 2017 19:34:26 GMT -5
Can an Illinois fan do an Illinois Tournament capsule? I understand that you may need to fluff it up a little, and that's okay. Allow me, 2017 NCAA tournament Round 1. Illinois vs. Hawaii. The University of Illinois has Jordon Poulter on their team, and Hawaii does not. |
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