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Off the Block throughout the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament.
The men’s volleyball Division I-II NCAA Tournament is comprised of eight teams. Automatic bids are awarded to the winners of the Big West, ConfCarolinas, EIVA, MIVA, MPSF, NEC and SIAC conference tournaments, and the NCAA men’s volleyball committee selects two teams for at-large bids.
The five-person selection committee meets following all of the conference tournaments to decide the at-large teams and the tournament seeding. The field for the NCAA Tournament is scheduled to be released during Selection Sunday on April 27.
Off the Block is in its 14th season of providing college men’s volleyball bracketology.
NCAA Tournament projections (April 25)
NCAA Tournament play-in match (for No. 7 seed)
Princeton vs. Saint Francis
NCAA Tournament quarterfinals
No. 1 seed Long Beach State vs. No. 8 seed Fort Valley State
No. 2 seed UCLA vs. No. 7 seed Princeton/Saint Francis
No. 3 seed Hawai’i vs. No. 6 seed Mount Olive
No. 4 seed UC Irvine vs. No. 5 seed Loyola
Last four out
USC (20-6)
McKendree (20-8)
Lincoln Memorial (24-1)
BYU (19-10)
Quick breakdown: There have been upsets in the conference tournaments, but nothing that has drastically altered the bracketology. The Big West remains on track to receive both at-large bids. The chances, though, of the Big West becoming the first conference since 2017 to get both at-large bids has less to do with the Big West Tournament results and more to do with the MPSF Tournament. If UCLA wins the MPSF Tournament, there is a clear path for a three-bid Big West.