Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes breakdown the upcoming NCAA Tournament play-in match between the No. 4 seed Long Beach State vs. No. 5 seed Erskine. (more…)
Category: Division I-II
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NCAA Tournament inexperience common among teams
Experience at the NCAA Tournament will be hard to come by this year.
The college men’s national championship that starts Tuesday will feature 84.8 percent of players in their first NCAA Tournament — the largest amount since the tournament expanded to six teams in 2014. (more…)
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Freshmen, sophomores dominates AVCA All-American Team list
The underclassmen were well represented on the AVCA All-American list.
The AVCA announced Monday that a combined six freshmen and sophomores were among the players to earn First-Team All-American honors. (more…)
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Recap: 2016 college men’s volleyball national award winners
The award season for Off the Block has come and gone.
Check out all the individuals to win the 2016 college men’s volleyball national awards presented by Off the Block. (more…)
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Audio: George Mason’s Edgley discusses upcoming NCAA Tourney
Listen to Off the Block’s interview with George Mason middle attacker Dom Edgley as he discusses everything from the Patriots preparing for their first NCAA Tournament in almost 30 years to his thoughts on conference championships swag. (more…)
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Audio: UCLA middle Stahl discusses upcoming NCAA Tourney
Check out Off the Block’s interview with UCLA all-conference middle attacker Mitch Stahl as he discusses the preparing for his first NCAA Tournament and overcoming a mid-season injury.. (more…)
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Winners announced for 2016 EIVA, MIVA, MPSF Reporter of Year
Four college student-journalists received a national award for their college men’s volleyball coverage this season.
Off the Block announced Sunday that The Daily Collegian reporter Giana Han, Daily Bruin editor Tanner Walters, The Ball State Daily News reporter Elizabeth Wyman and New University editor Brendan Yu were selected as the 2016 Off the Block Men’s Volleyball Conference Reporters of the Year. (more…)
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Audio: George Mason coach Hosack discusses upcoming NCAA Tourney
Listen to Off the Block’s interview with George Mason coach Jay Hosack as he discusses making the NCAA Tournament in his first year as the team’s head coach and getting his players ready for the play-in match in the midst of their final exams. (more…)
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Audio: LBSU’s Gregory discusses prepping for NCAA Tourney
Listen to Off the Block’s interview with Long Beach State middle attacker Taylor Gregory as he discusses the 49ers earning the final at-large berth to NCAA Tournament, being a team leader and practicing for its upcoming play-in match. (more…)
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Stanford middle Kaminski wins 2016 Ryan Millar Award
Stanford middle attacker Conrad Kaminski after spending the majority of the season among the nation’s leaders in both offensive and defensive categories is now the recipient for one of the newest college men’s volleyball national awards.
Off the Block announced Friday that a nationwide voting committee selected Kaminski as the inaugural winner of the Ryan Miller Award. (more…)