Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria

It’s Conference Championship Saturday and there is a lot on the line with the bracketology numbers extremely close.

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”

Ball State, LBSU, Loyola middles named National Blocker of Year finalists

A nationwide voting committee selected Loyola middle attacker Jeff Jendryk, Long Beach State middle attacker Amir Lugo-Rodriguez and Ball State middle attacker Matt Walsh as finalists for the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Blocker of the Year.

The Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Blocker of the Year is an annual award that started in 2011 and recognizes the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball player with the best front-row defense performance during the regular season. Continue reading “Ball State, LBSU, Loyola middles named National Blocker of Year finalists”