Illini Volleyball 2018

[Joel Goodson]

Well deserved. Bravo!

 

[mdonsbach]

Stanford #1, BYU #4 So probably Minny #2 and us #3 wow amazing ladies. Would mean we would play Minny in Minny in FF

 

[mdonsbach]

#2 Minny
#3 Beloved
#6 Wisky
#7 Nebraska
#8 PSU

That is crazy good conference!

 

[Dan]

Bracket

 

[bombayIllini]

 

[PostersLastStand]

Great job Illini! Way to go Big Ten!

 

[Allstate2000]

Well done ladies good luck in the tournament. I am very excited thank you.

 

[PostersLastStand]

Are the dates, times, T.V. broadcast schedules available yet.

 

[BRucks]

Are the dates, times, T.V. broadcast schedules available yet.

We play Friday night at 7.

 

[bombayIllini]

Are the dates, times, T.V. broadcast schedules available yet.

2018 1st/2nd Rounds
Champaign, IL
Nov 30-Dec 1

Try:
https://ev11.evenue.net/cgi-bin/nco...&groupCode=VB&linkID=illinois&shopperContext=

 

[ilphotog]

If you haven't been by Huff lately, this is what the former grass parking lot looks like now.

 

[BananaShampoo]

If you haven't been by Huff lately, this is what the former grass parking lot looks like now.

Whats going there? Parking deck? New academic building?

 

[Krush 2010]

Very happy we got a Friday game and not a Thursday game. Friday meant I could do it, Thursday meant I couldn't. Can't wait to watch the start of the tournament this weekend!

 

[BRucks]

Whats going there? Parking deck? New academic building?

An academic building.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Final pre-tournament rankings: Illini are #2 in the RPI behind only Stanford, #3 in the Coaches poll behind Stanford and Minnesota.

RPI rankings of teams on our side of the bracket we might face:

1st Round
Eastern Michigan - 153

2nd Round
Dayton - 28
Louisville - 37

Sweet 16
(14) Marquette - 15
Cincinnati - 24
Illinois State - 29
High Point - 55

Elite 8
(6) Wisconsin - 6
(11) USC - 9
Northern Iowa - 16
Cal Poly - 23
Pepperdine - 35
San Diego - 53
Samford - 120
Green Bay - 127

 

[Tophe]

Will the matches this weekend be televised?

 

[mini30fan]

Will the matches this weekend be televised?

According to the NCAA website, all matches will be broadcast via Watch ESPN:
2018 NCAA volleyball tournament: Bracket, analysis, schedule and how to watch the DI championship

 

[ilphotog]

Whats going there? Parking deck? New academic building?

Collaborative design center

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Really want to watch a GOOD Illini team. I’ll be tuning in on Friday!!

 

[SuperMetroid]

Looks like the Friday game is on BTN2Go in addition to (instead of?) ESPN3:
https://www.btn2go.com/schedule?day=2018-11-30

 

[Illini_1979]

Congrats to all of our honorees. Well deserved.

2018 Big Ten Volleyball All-Big Ten Honorees

First Team
Ali Bastianelli, Sr., Illinois*
Jordyn Poulter, Sr., Illinois*
Jacqueline Quade, Jr., Illinois*

Second Team
Ashlyn Fleming, Jr., Illinois

Co-Setter of the Year: Jordyn Poulter, Sr., Illinois

Sportsmanship Honorees
Beth Prince, Jr., Illinois

*denotes UNANIMOUS SELECTION

https://bigten.org/news/2018/11/28/...ounces-2018-postseason-volleyball-honors.aspx

 

[1stsgttb]

So we get to beat the #1 team in the finals, cool

 

[WhiteRhino]

Big Ten Plays of the Year (lots of Illinois):

 

[FeelYourPaign]

Wow ! Those were some flat out amazing plays. Beautiful and thanks for sharing

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Radio feed working for anyone? I'm getting a "technical difficulties" message.