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Post by liberovb10 on Oct 31, 2023 12:08:06 GMT -5
Got it! So VT did the recount (in advance ). The Big Ten is usually pretty good about giving the top awards each week to a player on a team which won both of their matches the previous week. So I was a bit surprised to see Haworth as the honoree, despite the triple doubles, for all of the reasons you mentioned. Sorry, forgot to add VT SOTY for Brooke. Would love to see Bohm get any shine but with Freshman like Murray, Reilly & Chicoine playing every week, not gonna happen of all the Illini - Raina needs more praise for what she consistently does for this team.
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Post by pointillinois on Oct 31, 2023 16:01:48 GMT -5
Be sure to watch until the end.
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Post by mcmike on Oct 31, 2023 18:46:55 GMT -5
Ticket sold…. Pls ignore Bubble Team Booster Weekend? Congrats on your weekend against Indiana & Purdue. If the Illini keep performing you can put this in your pipe for smoking: leave home at 9am on 11/24 arrive on UMinn campus an hour before the VB match head for Evanston on Sat. cut over to Milwaukee and stop in Kenosha WI at the best Italian market in the Midwest www.tenutasdeli.com/next stop: the Bahai Temple in Wilmette, IL no better environment to re-center yourself in this crazy world on to Northwestern to punch your ticket to the NCAA tourney. back home in bed by 1am? As mentioned maybe a month ago, I have season tickets on the aisle, Row6 at top of net height looking right across the endline on the West Side of the Maturi Pavilion (home side for Illinois). My tickets currently list at $34 on SeatGeek but after fees it'll be $55. It is the same row as the block set aside for the team. A NEB fan paid me good $ for their match on Saturday so I will entertain, via PM, your reasonable offer. Being out of town on the final weekend of conference play is ouch for me.
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Post by alt on Nov 1, 2023 10:29:54 GMT -5
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Post by oldmanvb on Nov 1, 2023 12:04:42 GMT -5
She was hitting on the left side as much as on the right side, both down the line and cross court, and with authority. She also hit some out of the middle. I forget. Do we need help on the left side?
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Post by inpaign on Nov 1, 2023 18:02:25 GMT -5
At this point in the season, can we all agree we should be rooting for Wisconsin and Nebraska to beat other Big Ten teams in hopes it boosts our position in the standings which is more appealing for tournament selection?
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Post by volleyaudience on Nov 1, 2023 18:06:13 GMT -5
At this point in the season, can we all agree we should be rooting for Wisconsin and Nebraska to beat other Big Ten teams in hopes it boosts our position in the standings which is more appealing for tournament selection? Really not sure if I should laugh or cry. Some year. And do I understand it correctly, next year four new teams try to muscle in to the upper half. Yikes.
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Post by exit237a on Nov 1, 2023 18:14:08 GMT -5
At this point in the season, can we all agree we should be rooting for Wisconsin and Nebraska to beat other Big Ten teams in hopes it boosts our position in the standings which is more appealing for tournament selection? I don't have a good enough grasp on RPI calculation to know whether Purdue beating Wisconsin or vice versa would be better for our math. Even if it's better for Wisconsin to win, I'd be hard-pressed to root for them against Purdue- but your point is well taken : )
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Post by inpaign on Nov 1, 2023 23:00:44 GMT -5
Purdue and Oklahoma each losing dropped Illini RPI from 85 to 90. Waiting for the update after the Illini win. Pre-conference losses are kicking the Illini. After defeating Northwestern, Illini RPI is 82. ncaastats.figstats.net/teamsheet.phtml/IllinoisThis is so brutal. RPI is a joke and you can't tell me otherwise.
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Post by ilalum92 on Nov 2, 2023 1:08:26 GMT -5
Missed the match tonight- nice win. Can anyone who watched give a re-cap. Not much in the match thread. Sounds like it was all Raina??
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Post by ilalum92 on Nov 2, 2023 1:11:37 GMT -5
Looks good, but she is hitting against barely a block. Some good velocity though and a line shot which would be great for us as an OH.
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Post by andrewwmic on Nov 2, 2023 6:28:08 GMT -5
Just beat Wisconsin this weekend and you wont need to worry about RPI
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Post by oldmanvb on Nov 2, 2023 7:46:20 GMT -5
All three sets were tied at 20. It seems we have put our late set issues behind us. Finally starting to develop and demonstrate the confidence that matches our talent.
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Post by exit237a on Nov 2, 2023 9:11:20 GMT -5
Missed the match tonight- nice win. Can anyone who watched give a re-cap. Not much in the match thread. Sounds like it was all Raina?? Oldman gave a brief recap and I’ll expand a little with some more observations. Our defense looked really strong, both the block and the floor d. It kept a lot of plays alive and I feel like we scored a lot in transition. We had a number of blocks and many more good block touches that seemed to frustrate some of their attack, Sangiacomo particularly. What our block didn’t stop our back row dug quite a bit. The DS/L corps seems in sync with each other and dialed in making a lot of digs and some really athletic plays. I thought Lily had a really strong match on defense and in serve-receive. Brooke seems in the zone and has a great rhythm lately. Our middle attack wasn’t as effective as recent games but all three pins made up for it and Brooke chipped in with some timely attacks on two. And yeah, Raina was finding the Taraflex a ton with a lot of different shots, tips, rolls, tools, the whole kit. The group looks really confident and you love to see it. And the big cherry on top was seeing Taylor with her kneepads on again, taking full rips in hitting lines before the match- so great to see!
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Post by vball778 on Nov 2, 2023 9:26:31 GMT -5
That was a solid win and wow what a turnaround from the beginning of the season. The backcourt improvement is truly night and day. Northwestern also looked very strong and solid. With each set being decided with a 2-3 point difference, it could have gone either way.
Also especially impressed with Averie Hernandez from NU. She's from just 45 minutes away in Normal, IL and that is the type of athlete I hate to see IL lose out on. A free Northwestern education is hard to argue with, but between Wollard at Purdue and Hernandez at NU, I wish there was a way to keep some of our more local downstate talent loyal to the IL brand.
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