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  • Off the Block announces 2012 Men’s Volleyball Reporter All-American Team

    Eight college journalists were selected to the inaugural Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Reporter All-American Team.

    The Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Reporter All-American Team recognizes the season’s top men’s volleyball reporters from college newspapers around the nation.
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  • Winners announced for EIVA, MIVA, MPSF Reporters of the Year

    Daily Bruin reporter Chris Kalra, The Ball State Daily News reporter Andrew Mishler and The Daily Collegian reporter John Stuetz were selected as the 2012 Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Conference Reporters of the Year.

    The Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Conference Reporters of the Year recognizes the best college newspaper reporters in the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF.
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  • Men’s volleyball bracketology

    The regular season is over and race for a spot in the NCAA Tournament remains as open as at the start of the season.

    With the Selection Sunday less than two weeks away, Off the Block released its latest projected NCAA Tournament bracket on Monday.
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  • Off the Block, Kill on Two launch new postseason bracket challenge

    Volleyball fans can now fill out their brackets in the Kill on Two/Off the Block NCAA Men’s Volleyball Postseason Bracket Challenge for a chance to potentially see the United States or Canada clinch an Olympic berth.

    The Kill on Two/Off the Block NCAA Men’s Volleyball Postseason Bracket Challenge is a new contest that gives fans the opportunity to predict who will win matches in the upcoming MPSF, MIVA and EIVA conference tournaments and the four-team NCAA Tournament.
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  • Winner, finalists announced for Best Men’s Volleyball Online Coverage of the Year

    The Ball State Daily News is the winner of the second-annual Off the Block Best Men’s Volleyball Online Coverage of the Year.

    Off the Block conducted a season-long analysis of the online coverage for NCAA men’s volleyball on college newspaper websites from around the nation.
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  • The top 5 men’s volleyball stories of the week

    It’s your top five men’s volleyball story list, but with a twist.

    Every Sunday during the men’s volleyball season Off the Block will post the top five best men’s volleyball stories of the week from around the nation. The list, though, is based more on how well the reporter wrote and covered the story rather than just what happened on the court.
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  • Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

    Best of luck to the three-person NCAA Tournament selection committee trying to figure out this year’s field — it’s that close.

    With the regular season over and the conference tournaments about to start, the race for the lone at-large bid and seeding for the NCAA Tournament remains tight among the nation’s top teams. In addition, a closer look at the criteria used by the selection committee shows because of the close race the conference tournament matches could have an increased significance in determining this year’s at-large bid.
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  • Initial look at the MIVA and MPSF quarterfinal matches

    It took the final day of a four-month regular season to settle all the seeds, but the NCAA men’s volleyball postseason is finally upon us.

    The MIVA and MPSF will begin their conference tournaments with the quarterfinals this weekend. Here is the initial look and the historical information to know about every conference tournament quarterfinals match before you fill out your bracket.
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  • Men’s volleyball match results from Saturday

    Check out the match results for every Division I-II men’s volleyball team that was in action Saturday. (more…)

  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    The final day of the regular season is here and there are still so many seeds undecided for the conference tournaments.

    Five MPSF teams enter today with a chance to claim at least a share of the MPSF regular season championship. In addition, No. 9 Lewis looks to get a share of the MIVA regular season title, while Grand Canyon and IPFW are both fighting for a home match in the MIVA Tournament.

    Check out the top five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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