Off the Block

Category: Bracketology

  • OTB, Springbak launch Conference Carolinas bracket challenge

    The time has come to fill out your Conference Carolinas Tournament bracket for a chance to win a $50 gift card and a prize-pack from Springbak, Inc.

    The Conference Carolinas Tournament bracket is part of the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Postseason Bracket Challenge. Off the Block announced during the weekend it will reward a gift card to an eatery of your choice and the prize-pack to the participant of the annual bracket challenge who can correctly predicts all match results from the four conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament. (more…)

  • BYU maintains No. 1 ranking in new RPI

    It may not be the top seed and have home court advantage throughout the MPSF Tournament, but BYU will enter the postseason atop the RPI rankings.

    The Cougars for the second consecutive finished at No. 1 in the latest RPI rankings that the NCAA released on Monday. (more…)

  • Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections

    It’s the final week of the regular season and that doesn’t necessarily mean things are stable in the bracketology.

    Off the Block each week during the rest of the regular season and throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. (more…)

  • Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria

    The postseason is a week away and every match becomes increasingly critical in the college men’s volleyball 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. (more…)

  • UC Irvine keeps moving up in strength of schedule rankings

    UC Irvine is continuing to make its case for a possible NCAA Tournament at-large bid, especially in the strength of schedule criteria category.

    The Anteaters following another victory versus a top-10 nationally ranked team during the weekend jumped one spot to No. 6 in the latest strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. (more…)

  • BYU surpasses Ohio State for top spot in RPI rankings

    Sometimes doing nothing — or simply not losing — can benefit a team in the RPI.

    BYU following its bye week jumped one spot and ahead of Ohio State to earn the No. 1 ranking in the latest RPI rankings that were released Monday. (more…)

  • Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections

    The gap has shrunken and plenty has changed, and still can change, in college men’s volleyball bracketology.

    Off the Block each week during the rest of the regular season and throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. (more…)

  • Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria

    There are not many matches left for the selection committee in less than a month determines the NCAA Tournament.

    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. (more…)

  • Long Beach State climbs into strength of schedule top 10

    Two matches against BYU can do wonders for a strength of schedule rankings.

    Long Beach State after splitting a two-match weekend series against BYU jumped 11 spots to No. 9 in the latest strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. (more…)

  • BYU stays ahead of Long Beach State in new RPI rankings

    All the drama from the series between No. 1/2 Long Beach State and No. 3/3 BYU this weekend resulted in nothing changing in the RPI.

    The Cougars after splitting the two-match series remained at No. 2 and one spot ahead of the 49ers in the latest RPI rankings that were released Monday. (more…)