It’s been a chaotic last two days for coach Mark Pavlik and his Penn State team.
Within a span of 24 hours the team went from winning its NCAA-record 16th consecutive conference championship on its home court to having to travel across the country for a NCAA Tournament match on Tuesday.
The NCAA Tournament brackets can now be filled out for a chance to win $50 and $25 Starbucks gift cards.
Off the Block announced at the start of the postseason it would reward the $50 gift card to any participant of its annual bracket challenge who can successfully predict every match result from the four conference tournaments and the six-team NCAA Tournament.
Four months of non-stop college men’s volleyball from across the nation has all led up to the start of the NCAA Tournament.
Here is the initial look and the historical information to know about the NCAA Tournament play-in matches. (more…)
Scheduling big non-conference matches can play a big role when it comes to Selection Sunday.
Lewis coach Dan Friend said in an interview with Off the Block on Sunday that his team was able to receive the at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its quality of non-conference victories.
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The numbers and trends make every NCAA Tournament interesting, but this upcoming NCAA Tournament significantly stands out.
Check out the six historical trends and stats to know heading into the upcoming NCAA Tournament this week in Chicago. (more…)
Selection Sunday came and went leaving several surprised and the six-team field for the NCAA Tournament.
Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes breakdown the NCAA Tournament field, how Lewis earned an at-large bid over Pepperdine and what that decision means for college men’s volleyball. (more…)
Lewis coach Dan Friend told his players Sunday morning that they had at best a slim chance to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Slim, though, was just enough to get the Flyers into the six-team tournament. (more…)
All the matches are over and the final Off the Block bracketology is out just hours before Selection Sunday.
Off the Block has released its latest projection of the NCAA Tournament field that the selection committee will announce at 11 a.m. (EST) Sunday.
All the conference tournament matches are completed and now it’s time to wait for Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament field to be revealed.
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.
The top-seeds entering Conference Championship Saturday were the big winners as Penn State, Loyola and BYU all ended the night winning conference titles and a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes breakdown the three conference tournament championship matches and what to take away entering Selection Sunday. (more…)