Chairman Ron Shayka is the first to admit his fellow selection committee members and him face unprecedented challenges in the sport’s history for the upcoming men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
With a new postseason format, Shayka said in an interview with Off the Block earlier this week that the committee is having to figure out everything from difficult team travel logistics to awarding at-large bids in tight and large field of bubble teams.
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Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Wednesday. (more…)
It’s less than four weeks until Selection Sunday and the races for seeding and at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament have gotten even tighter.
Off the Block each week during the rest of the regular season and throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest projections to the NCAA Tournament.
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So much for the amount teams on the at-large bubble shrinking with less than a month before Selection Sunday.
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…)
Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Tuesday. (more…)
Stanford is continuing to peak at the right time in the season and is climbing in the national media poll.
The Cardinal jumped two spots to its highest ranking of the season at No. 3 in the new Volleyball Magazine Poll released Tuesday.
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A freshman who helped his team clinch a share of a conference regular season championship is now picking up a national weekly award.
Off the Block announced Monday that Loyola middle attacker Owen McAndrews was selected as the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week.
Two teams clinching the top seeds for their upcoming conference tournaments and an All-American having more than 30 kills in a comeback victory highlighted the weekend.
Check out the top five things to take away from the weekend in college men’s volleyball.