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BU volleyball

Over 60% of the team is made up of freshmen and sophomores so I don't think they're quite as bad as their record might indicate.
 
PhiAlphaBoy said:
Over 60% of the team is made up of freshmen and sophomores so I don't think they're quite as bad as their record might indicate.
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OK, so does that mean that 40% of the team are upperclass- juniors and seniors? That is a pretty common ratio in the MVC.
In fact, most other MVC teams have as high or higher percentages of freshmen and sophomores than Bradley does! And this factor should not be used as an excuse for back to back last place finishes.

This is year 5 for this coach, and the team has won a total of 8 matches in the last 2 years combined and Bradley is headed for it's second dead last finish in a row.

Here are the percentages for the top 6 teams in the MVC Volleyball standings-

Wichita State's team is 74% freshmen and sophomores, and yet they are in 1st place in the MVC with a 21-7, 12-2 record.

SIU's team is 60% freshmen and sophomores, and yet they are in 2nd place with a record of 20-7, 11-3.

Illinois State's team is 63% freshmen and sophomores, yet they are in 3rd place with a record of 20-8, 10-5

Missouri State's team is 73% freshmen and sophomores, yet they are in 4th place with a record of 18-9, 9-5.

Northern Iowa's team is 53% freshmen and sophomores, yet they are 15-13, 9-6 and in 5th place.

Loyola's team is 53% freshmen and sophomore, yet they have moved past Bradley and are 19-8, 8-6 and are in 6th place.

Even other losing teams like 9th place Evansville has over 64% freshmen and sophomores- higher than Bradley. So how does Bradley improve enough to pass any of those teams?
 
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The BU volleyball had a bad weekend at home. They lost on Friday to Missouri State 3-0.
Then they lost again Saturday to Wichita State 3-0. It was their 15th shutout on the season, and they have lost 21 out of their last 22 matches. They are now 6-22, 1-15.

Yes, the team is young, and they only lose a couple seniors of significance, and return nearly all their top hitters. So if I were AD, I'd give them another year and expect to see significant improvement.
 
Da Coach said:
The BU volleyball had a bad weekend at home. They lost on Friday to Missouri State 3-0.
Then they lost again Saturday to Wichita State 3-0. It was their 15th shutout on the season, and they have lost 21 out of their last 22 matches. They are now 6-22, 1-15.

Yes, the team is young, and they only lose a couple seniors of significance, and return nearly all their top hitters. So if I were AD, I'd give them another year and expect to see significant improvement.
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According to the local rag they have signed some promising recruits. Hope so.
 
Hopefully, this will be the last post about this year's volleyball team. In their final 2 matches of the season, they lost 3-0 last night at UNI, and then lost 3-0 again today at Drake. That makes the final record for the 2015 season 6-24 and 1-17 in the MVC for 10th place.
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Last season's record (2014) was 2-26 and 2-16 in the MVC- also 10th place. Last season included a 22 match losing streak to start the season.
This season started 5-1, but after that the team went 1-23 over their last 24 matches, including a 16 match losing streak. 17 of the 24 losses were 0-3 shutouts, and only once did Bradley win 2 sets in any of their 24 losses.
I guess there is nowhere to go but up, though that is what some kept saying about basketball after the 2011 coaching change, and they were wrong.
Let's hope for improvement next year.
 
at some point when a coach has never had a winning record and seems to be getting worse five years in- you gotta stop blaming injuries and shortage of talent....you have to look at the people who hired her.
 
tornado said:
at some point when a coach has never had a winning record and seems to be getting worse five years in- you gotta stop blaming injuries and shortage of talent....you have to look at the people who hired her.
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Baby steps and patience Tornado. You and I both know that Reynolds can't come in and fire everybody at once. With volleyball being a low profile /low revenue sport I suspect he'll just let this play out and not renew the head coach's contract.
 
MVC Volleyball Championship involves just the top six teams - so Bradley is not in Springfield, MO competing..

There's no reason they can't include all ten MVC teams - but they don't

Anyway- the first round was yesterday..and it's playing out exactly as the seeds would predict...
Missouri State eliminated Loyola 3-0
Northern Iowa eliminated ISU 3-1

The final Four - getting underway with the 2nd round today pits..

(#4 seed) UNI vs. (#1 seed- bye) Wichita State (5:00pm)
and
(#2 seed- bye) SIU vs. (#3 seed) Missouri State (7:30pm)

Championship game tomorrow, Saturday, at 4pm
 
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