The Breakdown: How Big West teams fared versus their former MPSF rivals

Jonathan Bates | Off the Block associate editor

All regular season matches between the Big West and MPSF are now in the history book. The Big West went 28-18 versus the MPSF, due in part to the 9-3 record posted by UC Irvine and the 6-0 record posted by Long Beach State. Big West teams were 16-9 at home, while 11-9 on the road.

This is the inaugural season of the Big West as a men’s volleyball conference. The addition of the Big West resulted in a split in the MPSF with six Big West schools leaving the federation during the offseason.

Check out the team-by-team breakdown of Big West schools fared against the MPSF opponents in non-conference play this season.

UCI LBSU Hawai’i UCSB CSUN UCSD
at UCLA L at Stan W vs USC W vs Stan W at Stan W vs UCLA L
vs USC W vs Stan W vs GCU W at Pepp W vs CUI L vs CUI W
at Pepp W vs USC W vs UCLA W at BYU W at UCLA L at GCU L
at GCU W vs CUI W vs UCLA L at BYU L vs Stan W vs Stan L
at CUI W vs UCLA W vs CUI W vs Pepp L at CUI L vs BYU L
vs BYU W at UCLA W vs CUI W at USC W at CUI L
vs BYU W vs BYU L at UCLA L vs USC W
vs Stan W at Pepp L at Stan L
vs UCLA L
vs Pepp L
at Stan W
at USC W
Overall 9-3 6-0 5-3 4-3 2-3 2-6 28-18
Home 4-2 4-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 2-3 16-9
Away 5-1 2-0 0-1 3-2 1-2 0-3 11-9
Neutral 1-0 1-0

Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria

Selection Sunday is less than a month away and there still remains a large group of teams in contention for a NCAA Tournament at-large bid, according to the latest Off the Block bracketology.

Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”