Illini Volleyball 2022

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danielb927
Gonna be a tough match, but no time like the present to get over the hump of beating a ranked team this season!
 
#102      
danielb927
Not sure if anyone is following my ratings site, but I've added the win/loss record for each team to the page.

Next step will be adding columns for:
- Last result (w/ opponent's ranking and change in ranking)
- Next match (w/ predicted score)

The site should be much more responsive now than it was at first.

NOVA (D-I NCAA Women's Volleyball Ratings)

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#103      
Tophe
OSU sweeps the Illini, 25-10, -23, -23

After a subpar first set, the Illini refused to go away in the second and third sets, battling back in both sets from 24-20 deficits to close the gap to 24-23 each time.

Raina Terry hit well at 0.355, but had 4 service errors. Only 7 total service errors though, so that was an improvement. Nice to see Jessica Nunge come back for a couple plays and a service ace.
 
#107      
UCantHideYer
Huskers just too loaded. Haven’t dropped a set in last 19 played. Small victories though…we did get them to call 3 timeouts. Jessica Nunge back only for serves. Raina looked great. Just too much talent.
 
#108      
Ramrod2010
Can someone give me some background... Is this the trend under Tamas (sliding back to volleyball obscurity, poor recruiting) or is it just a bad year?
 
#109      
Heisenbobble
Ramrod2010 said:
Can someone give me some background... Is this the trend under Tamas (sliding back to volleyball obscurity, poor recruiting) or is it just a bad year?
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I think Tamas is a good guy and a nice face for the program, but I'm getting worried he ain't it. And in a loaded B1G, it'll be hard to get back near the front of the pack if he can't turn this around soon.
 
#110      
Ramrod2010
Heisenbobble said:
I think Tamas is a good guy and a nice face for the program, but I'm getting worried he ain't it. And in a loaded B1G, it'll be hard to get back near the front of the pack if he can't turn this around soon.
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That's been my view up to this point as well. Shame, because it was electric for a good 10 years or so (to my recollection at least)
 
#111      
Heisenbobble
Ramrod2010 said:
That's been my view up to this point as well. Shame, because it was electric for a good 10 years or so (to my recollection at least)
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As we know from this program and our other programs (BB w/ f'ball, Undy w/ hoops, Tiley w/ tennis, and Small w/ golf), the coach makes all the difference. Whitman will need to make a tough call here soon on letting Tamas go, and I imagine if/when that happens, he'll have scoured the country for IL's next VB coach. Could he poach Pitt's Dan Fisher, knowing the B1G and Pac-12 are the premier VB conferences? What about Marquette's Ryan Theis?
 
#113      
danielb927
Here's how my system is seeing the B1G right now. Nebraska is a clear #1 in the nation as well - the gap between them and Texas at #2 is about as big as the spread between #3 (Louisville) and #9 (Stanford).

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#116      
wILL-INI
Heisenbobble said:
As we know from this program and our other programs (BB w/ f'ball, Undy w/ hoops, Tiley w/ tennis, and Small w/ golf), the coach makes all the difference. Whitman will need to make a tough call here soon on letting Tamas go, and I imagine if/when that happens, he'll have scoured the country for IL's next VB coach. Could he poach Pitt's Dan Fisher, knowing the B1G and Pac-12 are the premier VB conferences? What about Marquette's Ryan Theis?
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Really wish we could have taken a swing at Jen Flynn Oldenburg before she made it back to OSU. I know shes at her alma mater, but should at least give her a call.
 
#117      
BRucks
wILL-INI said:
Really wish we could have taken a swing at Jen Flynn Oldenburg before she made it back to OSU. I know shes at her alma mater, but should at least give her a call.
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Agreed. Why did she leave Illinois? Did Hambly just not want her? I think she was just coaching some club team when Ohio State went after her so she would have been available when Tamas was hired.
 
#118      
oldman
Oldenburg has done a terrific job recruiting. It does not follow that because Oldenburg has recruited better players to tOSU she would have been able to recruit the same players to UIUC. For fear of sounding like a broken record, she recruits to a brand new state of the art facility. Tamas recruits to Huff’s basement for training facilities. All other things being equal, Tamas has a much harder sell. Hambly is a great recruiter, but the college volleyball landscape has changed since he left.
 
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