The postseason is fast approaching and Off the Block has released its first bracketology of the season.
Off the Block each week during the rest of the regular season and throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest projections to the NCAA Tournament.
The field is set for the NCAA Tournament and now its time to fill out a bracket for a chance to win an official NCAA Tournament volleyball from Molten USA.
The annual Off the Block NCAA Men’s Volleyball Postseason Bracket Challenge gives fans the opportunity to predict who will win matches in the four-team NCAA Tournament, along with the three conference tournaments.
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The men’s volleyball selection committee unveiled the four-team NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon — leaving some people surprised with the seeding and at-large selection.
Check out this video breakdown as Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes discusses the tournament field and what factors likely led to some the committee’s decisions. (more…)
It’s Selection Sunday and Off the Block is unveiling its final bracketology projections for the upcoming men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is comprised of four teams. BYU, Loyola and Penn State earned automatic bids to the Final Four after winning their conference tournaments on Saturday, while the lone at-large bid will be announced by the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Committee at 3 p.m. (EST) Sunday as part of Selection Sunday.
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Selection Sunday is here and three tickets have been punched to the four-team NCAA Tournament following Conference Championship Saturday. However, that lone at-large bid remains undecided as the two front-runners UC Irvine and Long Beach State vie to earn the final spot in the Final Four.
Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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The conference tournament semifinals have created mayhem to NCAA Tournament bracketology as three teams could still potentially land the at-large bid heading into Conference Championship Saturday.
The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is comprised of four teams. Automatic bids are awarded to the winners of the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF conference tournaments, and the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Committee chooses one team for an at-large bid.
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Things just become a whole lot more complicated for the men’s volleyball NCAA selection committee after all the conference tournament semifinals results that included Long Beach State beating UC Irvine to advance to the conference championship match.
Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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The near upsets conference tournament quarterfinals during the weekend almost caused upheaval to the bracketology projections. However that overhaul to the projections for the four-team NCAA Tournament can still take place as the conference tournament semifinals begin Wednesday.
The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is comprised of four teams. Automatic bids are awarded to the winners of the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF conference tournaments, and the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Committee chooses one team for an at-large bid.
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It’s one of the busiest times of the year for men’s volleyball NCAA committee members as the conference tournaments are in full swing and Selection Sunday is less than a week away.
Off the Block conducted an interview before the conference tournaments started with Brian Santiago, the chairman of the three-person committee that will decide the NCAA Tournament field. Santiago is in his fourth year on the committee and along with being a committee member is an associate athletics director at BYU.
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