Category: Division I-II

  • And for Off the Block podcast: Top of the Class regional semifinals breakdown

    In this podcast episode, Vinnie Lopes, Jonathan Bates and Brandon Johnson breakdown the regional semifinal matches in the Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament.

    Fan voting decides which college men’s volleyball senior advances to the next round. Polls close at 10 p.m. (CST) Friday. To cast your ballot, click here.

  • Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament: Second Round voting results

    The voting for the second round of the 2020 Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament is over, and only one top seed has advanced to the round of 16. In fact, only three top-four seeds have advanced to the round of the sixteen – the same amount of double-digit seeds to advance to the regional semifinals.

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  • Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament: Second Round voting

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    Off the Block selected the top seniors in college men’s volleyball and seeded them into a bracket, and it is up to the fans to determine who should win the 2020 Top of the Class Tournament.

    The Top of the Class Tournament is a bracket-style, five-round event pairing the best seniors from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams against each other. The senior in each match-up who had the best college career as decided by the fans will advance to the next round. (more…)

  • Top of the Class Tournament first round voting results

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    The final day of the first round of voting in the 2020 Off the Block Top of the Class tournament is complete, and second day has provided quite a few more upsets than the first day of voting. The Carlos Moreno and Yuval Katz regions combined for one upset whereas the TJ DeFalco and Tom Bonynge regions combined for seven upsets. The biggest upset was No. 16 seed Blake Reardon of Ball State defeating No. 1 seed Ryan Coenen of Lewis. Check out the full first round voting results from the TJ DeFalco and Tom Bonynge regions below.

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  • Olympic men’s volleyball tournament, rest of summer games postponed amid coronavirus

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    The U.S. Men’s National Team will need to wait at least one more year before making its run at an Olympic gold medal.

    The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that it postponed the 2020 games in Tokyo because of the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)

  • Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament: First Round voting

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    Off the Block selected the top seniors in college men’s volleyball and seeded them into a bracket, and it is up to the fans to determine who should win the 2020 Top of the Class Tournament.

    The Top of the Class Tournament is a bracket-style, five-round event pairing the best seniors from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams against each other. The senior in each match-up who had the best college career as decided by the fans will advance to the next round. (more…)

  • Top of the Class Tournament first round voting results

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    Day one of the first round voting in in the 2020 Off the Block Top of the Class tournament is now closed. The only upset in the first day of voting was No. 10 seed Connor Walbrecht, UC San Diego defeating No. 7 Matt Szews, Ball State. Check out the first round results from the Carlos Moreno and Yuval Katz regions below.

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  • Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament: First Round voting

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    Off the Block selected the top seniors in college men’s volleyball and seeded them into a bracket, and it is up to the fans to determine who should win the 2020 Top of the Class Tournament.

    The Top of the Class Tournament is a bracket-style, five-round event pairing the best seniors from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams against each other. The senior in each match-up who had the best college career as decided by the fans will advance to the next round. (more…)

  • And for Off the Block podcast: Top of the Class Tournament opening round breakdown

    In this week’s podcast episode, Vinnie Lopes, Jonathan Bates and Brandon Johnson breakdown the opening round matches in the Carlos Moreno Region and Yuval Katz Region for the Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament.

    Fan voting decides which college men’s volleyball senior advances to the next round. Polls close at 10 p.m. (CST) Monday. To cast your ballot, click here.

  • Seeding, bracket announced for 2020 Top of the Class Tournament

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    The bracket has been finalized in the tournament to decided which senior had the best college men’s volleyball career.

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