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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 15, 2024 12:52:19 GMT -5
RPI Futures #39 (up from #44) Regular RPI #26.
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Post by exit237a on Oct 15, 2024 14:56:44 GMT -5
I'm impatient so I made Sunday's Maryland match thread early:
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Post by UofIlliniVBFan on Oct 15, 2024 19:07:45 GMT -5
RPI Futures Rank. (last week rank) - Conference (projected wins-losses[rounded] - RPI Score - Strength of Schedule
Illinois:
Week 7 RPI Future: 39. (44) Illinois - Big Ten (18-12) - .5938 - 26
Week 6 RPI Future: 44. (48) Illinois - Big Ten (17-13) - .5862 - 16
Week 5 RPI Future: 48. (30) Illinois - Big Ten (17-13) - .5815 - 20
Week 3 RPI Future: 30. (41) Illinois - Big Ten (19-11) - .6013 - 33
Week 2 RPI Future: 41. (77) Illinois - Big Ten (18-12) - .5896 - 32
Week 1 RPI Future: 77. (96) Illinois - Big Ten (14-16) - .5538 - 30
Week 0 RPI Future: 96. Illinois - Big Ten (12-18) - .5342 - 27
BIG Ten:
2. (2) Nebraska - Big Ten (29-2) - .7267 - 7 Lost
8. (7) Penn State - Big Ten (27-4) - .6789 - 22
11. (9) Wisconsin - Big Ten (20-9) - .6615 - 4
12. (16) Oregon - Big Ten (22-7) - .6529 - 14 Lost
15. (14) Purdue - Big Ten (24-7) - .6482 - 23
19. (20) Minnesota - Big Ten (21-9) - .6324 - 12
24. (23) USC - Big Ten (19-11) - .6189 - 11
28. (25) Washington - Big Ten (21-9) - .6101 - 43 Lost
39. (44) Illinois - Big Ten (18-12) - .5938 - 26
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46. (51) UCLA - Big Ten (16-13) - .5800 - 35
50. (50) Indiana - Big Ten (16-14) - .5759 - 20
73. (52) Michigan - Big Ten (20-11) - .5623 - 98 Won
84. (95) Ohio State - Big Ten (13-17) - .5531 - 19
124. (122) Maryland - Big Ten (14-17) - .5274 - 68
126. (120) Michigan State - Big Ten (12-19) - .5263 - 47 Won
173. (164) Iowa - Big Ten (11-21) - .5005 - 70
199. (185) Northwestern - Big Ten (7-21) - .4868 - 48 Won
227. (233) Rutgers - Big Ten (6-25) - .4664 - 61
Pre-conference:
13. (15) Dayton - Atlantic 10 (28-1) - .6517 - 79 Lost
27. (28) Missouri - Southeastern (19-9) - .6106 - 38 Lost
78. (75) Western Kentucky - Conference USA (23-8) - .5592 - 162 Won
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Post by inpaign on Oct 15, 2024 20:53:22 GMT -5
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 15, 2024 21:29:25 GMT -5
Significance? Translation? |
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Post by liberovb10 on Oct 15, 2024 22:23:03 GMT -5
Barnes back? Your version of the recruitment dab? inpaign please! |
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Post by illinivbfan1992 on Oct 15, 2024 23:11:15 GMT -5
Do we have any intel on the following? 1.) Barnes injury 2.) Burbage injury/redshirt, is she coming back? 3.) any new 2026 recruits. At this point maybe save the scholie and look to the portal? I got no intel on any of the above but thought I'd add some context to Item 3. Our current projected roster for 2026 is 17 players (this includes our two 2026 signees, Madison Miles and Maya Harris) and it sounds like the NCAA is set to enact a roster cap starting in 2025 of 18 players, all potentially could be on scholarship. So at this moment we've got one roster spot open for 2026. *It just now dawned on me that our 2025 projected roster is at 18, which does not include any injured 2024 seniors currently on the roster. I wouldn't think we'd be able to retain senior redshirts for next season. Seniors (2025)
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| Sarah Bingham
| 6'3" | MB | Fairway, KS
| Averie Hernandez
| 6'2"
| OH
| Bloomington, IL
| Brooke Mosher
| 6'0" | S | Waterloo, WI
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Juniors
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| Lily Barry
| 5'6"
| DS/L
| Emden, IL
| Cari Bohm
| 6'4"
| MB | Ann Arbor, MI
| Vivian Campbell
| 5'10"
| S
| Oswego, IL
| Bianca May
| 5'8" | S
| Orland Park, IL
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Sophomores
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| Kenzie Cogan
| 5’6”
| DS/L
| Elevation VBC, OH
| Taylor de Boer
| 6'4"
| OH
| Kelowna, BC
| Gabby Dean
| 6'4"
| MB
| Elizabethtown, IN
| Ashlyn Philpot
| 6'4"
| MB
| Triangle VBC, NC
| Christine Pullen
| 5'7"
| DS/L
| 1st Alliance, IL
| Laynie Smith
| 6'4"
| OH/RS
| Triangle VBC, NC
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| | Alyssa Aguayo | 6'0" | OH/RS | Storm Elite VBC, AZ | | Taryn Kirsch | 5'10" | DS/L | Kairos VBC, SD | Gabriella Pitcel
| 6'1"
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| Milwaukee Sting, WI
| | Sophi Randall | 5'11" | S | Kairos VBC, SD
| Ava Wysocki
| 6'0"
| OH/RS
| Sky High VBC, IL
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Post by illinivbfan1992 on Oct 15, 2024 23:24:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the tips, Exit and Maigrey. Somehow, I messed it up again: The post above showed up before I could add my own text: When I follow your instructions, my screen doesn't look the way the instructions say it should. And I don't want to keep cluttering up this site with my failed experiments, so I'll back off for now.
BUT for now, at least I did reproduce (above) the post I wanted to -- the 2025 roster list I was talking about when I said that one of those players would not be back. So nope, I didn't mean Kayla. It's someone else who's moving on.
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Post by Chewblocka on Oct 16, 2024 10:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by inpaign on Oct 16, 2024 11:21:52 GMT -5
Did not know Caroline would make her post today -- terrible timing for me to hint at anything good. Wishing the best of luck to Caroline in her future endeavors! Appreciate all she has done for the Illini over the years. |
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Post by exit237a on Oct 16, 2024 11:31:41 GMT -5
Thanks for everything you've given to the Orange and Blue, Caroline. It's been a joy to watch you play these past four seasons. We'll miss the energy, enthusiasm, and intensity you always brought to court, especially in the huddle always celebrating your teammates' plays. Wishing you a full recovery from concussion and good health going forward- will be rooting for you in whatever you do!  *Photo pulled from the Illinois Volleyball website |
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Post by pointillinois on Oct 16, 2024 11:50:08 GMT -5
So sad, but Thanks for everything Caroline. Orange and Blue forever.
Wishing you nothing but success in all your future endevours.
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 16, 2024 12:54:42 GMT -5
Always applaud a player for putting their health 1st. Concussions can have life long effects on a persons life. Thank you for all you have done for Orange & Blue. |
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Post by illinivbfan1992 on Oct 16, 2024 15:08:49 GMT -5
Today's News-Gazette volleyball preview. Note the Laynie Smith segment, because she addresses how she's fixing some issues people on this board have noted (hitting down too much, learning when to hit high hands): www.news-gazette.com/sports/midweek-matchup-a-challenge/article_fe41ff88-8b29-11ef-abab-9ba6461065e4.htmlMidweek matchup a challenge
By SCOTT RICHEY srichey@news-gazette.com Illinois (11-5, 3-3 Big Ten) returns to action with a home match against Indiana (9-7, 2-4). Beat writer Scott Richey caught up with the Illini before the 6 p.m. first serve Wednesday at Huff Hall: Schedule shiftIllinois has prepared almost exclusively for back-to-back weekend matches this season between nonconference action and the start of Big Ten play. A midweek match against Indiana is both an outlier from the schedule to date and in general for the Illini’s conference schedule this season. They’ll play just one more midweek match in the regular season with a Nov. 27 home match against Minnesota. It’s a change from how the Big Ten has scheduled the past several years. Weekend two-fers are now more the norm. At least for the Illini. “Part of it’s just how the travel schedule works out to try to make it fair for everyone,” Illinois coach Chris Tamas said. “I don’t envy the scheduling person’s job right now. We used to have four (midweek Big Ten matches). Now, we’re only at two. ... A little bit it changes how you do things. You don’t get as many days to work on maybe your own self. You’re trying to prep for the opponent pretty quickly. You just try to work on the little nuance stuff that’s going to score you a few more points.” Learning on the flyLaynie Smith had double-digit kills in six of Illinois’ 10 nonconference matches. The 6-foot-3 freshman opposite never had fewer than eight kills in that three-week stretch and became the first true freshman Illini to notch double-digit kills in her collegiate debut since Jacqueline Quade in 2016. Big Ten play started a bit differently for the Durham, N.C., native. Smith had 15 total kills in Illinois’ first three matches combined, but she’s hit the 10-kill mark in two of the Illini’s last three. “I’ve definitely learned I can’t hit straight down all the time because they are big and they’ll block me,” Smith said about the shift to Big Ten play. “That’s been a very big adjusting point and finding smarter shots. It has helped me to broaden my game in that way, which has been really nice. Hitting deeper and higher and trying to use high hands and really see the block in front of me instead of having a shot lined up before the ball is even set. Experience has helped me find that.”Connections firming upIllinois’ early Big Ten schedule didn’t exactly do the team any favors starting conference play with a trip to the Pacific Northwest — the first Illini team to make that swing — and getting No. 2 Nebraska as the first home match in a month. An 0-3 start wasn’t ideal, but it also wasn’t a total surprise. The Illini have gotten back on track and back to .500 in Big Ten play with consecutive wins against Northwestern, Michigan and Michigan State. “All the things we work on, they’re all starting to come together and it’s showing,” Illinois outside hitter Raina Terry said. “I think just overall connections. We had some new pieces we had to mold into what we were trying to do. I think we’re doing a great job, and our offense is starting to click a lot more now. You can be connected off the court, but on the court, it’s a totally different story. You have to know how to get each other to tick, how to help someone out when they’re struggling. That’s totally different than a connection off the court.” |
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Post by illinivbfan1992 on Oct 16, 2024 15:17:49 GMT -5
Today's News-Gazette has a story about Caroline's medical retirement, most of which basically is what we've read on her IG. But it also includes comments from Chris Tamas' comments on Lily Barry, where he compares her to Taylor Kuper. Those parts are excerpted below: www.news-gazette.com/newsletter/content/sports/illini_football/caroline-barnes-medically-retiring/article_08459132-8bef-11ef-9821-8349cfac7794.htmlBarnes has missed the last eight games. Sophomore Lily Barry, who played next to Barnes last fall, moved into her role in Illinois' back row defense. "The experience she got last year, I think, is invaluable," Tamas said of Barry. "This year the difference is she's playing a lot of right back. That's a different scenario altogether. A lot of it's just about getting comfortability. There's always comfortability in practice. Then there's comfortability in games when someone's coming at you that's different than what we see every day. "A lot of teams like to attack that zone over there, and she reminds me a lot of Taylor Kuper. When we had Taylor here, she played right back for a bit. Tay was really fast, and she was really good about running at tips. Lily's the same, and she's just getting more comfortable with it every day. I like what I'm seeing from her at right back." |
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