Division I-II - Off the Block

Grand Canyon eliminates nationally ranked men’s volleyball program

A program that reached the NCAA Tournament twice in the last three years is no more.

The national championship hopes for Long Beach State and UCLA remain alive and well.

Both Long Beach State and UCLA earned the two at-large bids to complete the nine-team NCAA Tournament field that was announced Sunday afternoon. Continue reading “UCLA, Long Beach State earn at-lare bids to NCAA Tournament”

Check out all the ways to follow the live coverage of Selection Sunday and the unveiling of the 2025 men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament bracket. Continue reading “Live coverage: NCAA Tournament men’s volleyball Selection Show”

Selection Sunday has arrived and with it Off the Block’s final bracketology projections to the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “Bracketology: Off the Block’s Selection Sunday NCAA Tournament projections”

Off the Block 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 positioning. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons for NCAA Tournament at-large bids, seeding”

Check out the final scores from matches that took place on Saturday involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams. To view the updated college men’s volleyball standings, click here. Continue reading “College men’s volleyball postseason match results from Saturday”

Check out the Penn State postmatch news conference after the team swept Princeton in the EIVA Tournament finals to advance to the NCAA Tournament. Video courtesy of the EIVA and EIVA SID Gordon Brunskill. Continue reading “Video: Penn State EIVA finals postmatch news conference”

The Ramblers left no doubt that they will be in the NCAA Tournament.

Loyola committed three attack errors the entire match and hit .487 as it swept Ohio State 25-10, 25-17, 25-21 in the MIVA Tournament finals on Saturday in Chicago. Continue reading “Loyola offense overpowers Ohio State in MIVA finals sweep”

Fear the glasses – they are now coming to the NCAA Tournament.

Outside attacker Billy Wieberg donning his signature eye glasses had a match-high 15 kills on a .400 attack percentage as Daemen defeated Saint Francis 25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22 on Saturday in the NEC Tournament finals. Continue reading “Daemen knocks off Saint Francis, becomes first NEC team to make NCAA Tournament”

Make it back-to-back for Belmont Abbey – and all it took was doing something no other ConfCarolinas team had done all season.

Belmont Abbey won its second consecutive conference championship and ended Mount Olive’s run at an undefeated ConfCarolinas season as the Crusaders swept the Trojans 25-18, 25-23, 25-22 on Saturday in Bristol, Tennessee. Continue reading “Belmont Abbey knocks off undefeated Mount Olive to win ConfCarolinas championship”