I attended the volleyball match last night and several members of the WBB team showed up,but three were using crutches. I think one of the players was the transfer from Arizona State, Brooke Blumfeld and,gulp, Chelby Koker. Hoping theyal are all ankle sprains and no ACL's. No casts were noticed.

I have tried but failed to find a report from earlier this year that WBB was going back to the high-speed offense it had when Coach Carlsen started. I read it, so I know it's around somewhere.

That's the play style that piled up a lot of injuries, including torn ACLs, which put a lot of people -- more than usual -- on the bench. NIU then hired a temporary outside "expert" to help the team deal with the physical pressures of twists and turns. Others here may recall this.

I hope the OP does not portend a return to a season plagued with injuries. To hopefully prevent that, what has changed?