It will be left to the fans to decide which current senior had the best college men’s volleyball career.
The 64-player field was unveiled Friday for the inaugural Off the Block Top of the Class Tournament with the tournament winner being decided through online voting on the Off the Block website. (more…)
The Off the Block/Frisco Mo All-Independent Teams Awards will be presented in the upcoming weeks to recognize the best individual performances among players on the teams without a conference affiliation in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
Check out the offensive and defensive statistical leaders for the independent teams during the 2020 season (more…)
Off the Block on select nights will provide the archived game footage from a college men’s volleyball match.
The match shown Thursday will be Ohio State versus Grand Canyon from the 2017 season.
Check back at 9:15 p.m. (CST) Thursday for the start of the video stream. In addition, as you watching you can engage with Off the Block and the volleyball community via social media by using the hashtag #WatchPartyMVB. (more…)
Off the Block on select nights will provide the archived game footage from a college men’s volleyball match.
The match shown Wednesday will be Penn State versus IPFW from the 1992 season.
Check back at 9:15 p.m. (CST) Wednesday for the start of the video stream. In addition, as you watching you can engage with Off the Block and the volleyball community via social media by using the hashtag #WatchPartyMVB.
College men’s volleyball honors recognizing the nation’s best performances will still be presented this season
Off the Block announced Wednesday that it will present its annual end of season national awards despite the 2020 season being cut short because of the coronavirus outbreak. (more…)
Off the Block on select nights will provide the archived game footage from a college men’s volleyball match.
The match shown Tuesday will be Ball State versus George Mason from the 2001 season.
Check back at 9:15 p.m. (CST) Thursday for the start of the video stream. In addition, as you watching you can engage with Off the Block and the volleyball community via social media by using the hashtag #WatchPartyMVB. (more…)
Off the Block on select nights will provide the archived game footage from a selected college men’s volleyball match.
The match shown Monday will be Charleston versus Princeton from the 2018 season.
Check back at 9:15 p.m. (CST) Monday for the start of the video stream. In addition, as you watching you can engage with Off the Block and the volleyball community via social media by using the hashtag #MVBwatchparty
Off the Block mic’d up King coach Ryan Booher during his team’s recent opening-game loss to Mount Olive. Check out this inside look at Booher’s in-match coaching and commentary. (more…)
Jonathan Bates | Associate Editor
Yesterday the Big West Conference announced they were cancelling spring competition and championships, which affected No. 2 Hawai’i among other teams. Additionally, the NCAA announced they were cancelling the men’s volleyball championship which was scheduled to be hosted by George Mason in May. Hawai’i was a favorite to make the finals of that tournament, so naturally the four Rainbow Warrior seniors were disappointed when they got news their season was over. The team returned to Manoa today, and a news conference was held upon their return.
Listen to the four seniors (middle attacker Patrick Gasman, opposite Rado Parapunov, outside attacker Colton Cowell, and outside attacker James Anastassiades) and coach Charlie Wade react to their season being cut short. Mahalo nui loa to special correspondent Tiff Wells for recording and sending us the video.
Jonathan Bates | Off the Block Associate Editor
It’s easy to focus on the disappointments that today brought with the suspension of at least three conference’s men’s volleyball seasons and the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament. It’s also easy to feel upset that your team won’t win the NCAA tournament this year. The coaches will move on eventually, but our heart goes out to the class of 2020 whose senior season was cut short. Below is a list of 136 seniors and graduate students who have toiled for their respective programs. To them, many of them all-conference or even All-Americans, we salute them and thank them for all of the memories. Special thanks to Pepperdine coach David Hunt for the idea to honor the great group of kids who lost out what should have been a special season.
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