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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Oct 5, 2021 14:28:35 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Oct 6, 2021 9:59:53 GMT -5
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 6, 2021 12:58:19 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Oct 6, 2021 13:07:58 GMT -5
From the Homecoming blog: "Diana Brown, Westerville, OH., is studying molecular and cellular biology, while also pursuing a minor in psychology. As a member of the Illinois women’s volleyball team and their liaison with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, she strongly advocates for athletes’ voices to heard regarding mental health and social justice issues. Brown leads bible studies through St. John’s Catholic Newman Center and is a member of the Gamma of Illinois chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma honor society. Driven to be the change, she wishes to attend medical school after receiving a master’s degree here at Illinois." |
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 6, 2021 15:58:10 GMT -5
Underachiever. If only she would apply herself... |
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Oct 7, 2021 5:22:07 GMT -5
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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 7, 2021 6:50:03 GMT -5
Tough loss last night, Illini. I fell asleep early in set 4, so I missed the gory bits. Your pins are amazing. Looking forward to a rematch on Saturday. Hit me up if any of you are making the trek up I-39.
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Post by exit237a on Oct 10, 2021 14:03:50 GMT -5
If you had told me two weeks ago that the Illini would go 1-3 against Purdue and Wisconsin, I'd have been pretty psyched. And even though the five set loss to Purdue at home feels like one we let slip away, the two losses to the Badgers are to be expected, as far as I'm concerned. They're a tough serving team with a lot of experienced weapons that have had our number of late, and the Illini still took a couple gritty sets off them.
So onward and upward. Let's get a good rebound against the Hawks at home on Wednesday night.
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 12, 2021 19:11:59 GMT -5
ILL Vball Instagram had the players dancing including Ellie! She looks fit & strong! Looking forward to seeing her on the court.
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Post by exit237a on Oct 15, 2021 15:49:13 GMT -5
Good to see a few back row attacks from Raina against Iowa the other night. Another wrinkle that I think was new was that Diana set Nunge a couple times at the right pin in the rotation when she’s in front right for serve-receive.
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 16, 2021 11:50:21 GMT -5
Through the remainder of the schedule we SHOULD beat NW, Indiana 2x, Maryland, MSU and Rutgers, getting us to 10 conference wins and probably an invitation to the NCAA tournament, although Maryland’s win against Wisconsin gives me pause even though the match is in Champaign. I would hope we can beat MIchigan, tOSU and Minnesota at home. Reasonable? Any other reasonably winnable games or am I drinking the orange kool-aid?
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Oct 16, 2021 12:42:26 GMT -5
Through the remainder of the schedule we SHOULD beat NW, Indiana 2x, Maryland, MSU and Rutgers, getting us to 10 conference wins and probably an invitation to the NCAA tournament, although Maryland’s win against Wisconsin gives me pause even though the match is in Champaign. I would hope we can beat MIchigan, tOSU and Minnesota at home. Reasonable? Any other reasonably winnable games or am I drinking the orange kool-aid? I am not convinced that Illinois plays better at home than they do away. |
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Post by rogero1 on Oct 16, 2021 16:05:20 GMT -5
Through the remainder of the schedule we SHOULD beat NW, Indiana 2x, Maryland, MSU and Rutgers, getting us to 10 conference wins and probably an invitation to the NCAA tournament, although Maryland’s win against Wisconsin gives me pause even though the match is in Champaign. I would hope we can beat MIchigan, tOSU and Minnesota at home. Reasonable? Any other reasonably winnable games or am I drinking the orange kool-aid? Overall record of .500 or better is the basis for being eligible for the NCAA playoffs, not conference record. |
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 16, 2021 21:03:52 GMT -5
I understand the NCAA only requires a winning record to be eligible. While a winning record overall is the NCAA eligibility minimum, simply having a winning record will not necessarily get us into the NCAA tourney. In 2016 we were 10-10 in conference and 17-14 overall but were not invited. In 2014 MSU was 11-9 in conference and 19-14 overall and were not invited. On the other hand, in 2010 Indiana was 9-11 in conference and 23-12 overall and were invited. Other than Indiana in 2010 I could not find another example of a B1G team having a losing record in conference and still making the tourney. There may have been others, but my attention span gave out while looking at the record books.
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Post by rogero1 on Oct 16, 2021 21:15:18 GMT -5
I understand the NCAA only requires a winning record to be eligible. While a winning record overall is the NCAA eligibility minimum, simply having a winning record will not necessarily get us into the NCAA tourney. In 2016 we were 10-10 in conference and 17-14 overall but were not invited. In 2014 MSU was 11-9 in conference and 19-14 overall and were not invited. On the other hand, in 2010 Indiana was 9-11 in conference and 23-12 overall and were invited. Other than Indiana in 2010 I could not find another example of a B1G team having a losing record in conference and still making the tourney. There may have been others, but my attention span gave out while looking at the record books. I believe MSU was invited one year with an 8-10 record. A winning record only qualifys to be looked at to be invited to the Big Dance. RPI is still the deciding factor. |
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