Category: Division I-II

  • Breakdown of conference tournament seeding scenarios

    The brackets for the upcoming conference tournaments became a little bit clearer following Wednesday’s matches but there is still a lot to be decided entering the final days of the regular season.

    Check out this updated breakdown of each team’s conference tournament seeding scenarios.
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  • Men’s volleyball match results from Wednesday

    Check out the match results for every Division I-II men’s volleyball team that was in action Wednesday. (more…)

  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    It’s the final Wednesday of the regular season, and it’s so big it warrants a top-five match breakdown.

    No. 3 UCLA will try to clinch a home match in the MPSF Tournament and remain in contention for the only at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as it plays No. 5 Pepperdine. In addition, the Conference Tournament resumes tonight with both semifinal matches.

    Check out this special Wednesday edition of the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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  • Men’s volleyball bracketology

    It’s the final week of the regular season, and if the latest bracketology projection is any indication the race for the NCAA Tournament at-large bid and seeding will remain tight entering the postseason.
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  • My men’s volleyball media poll ballot

    For the first time in almost a month, there is not a unanimous No. 1 in the national rankings.

    BYU following in its loss to No. 3 UCLA on Saturday remained in atop the new men’s volleyball national media poll released Tuesday but it lost a first-place vote to Long Beach State.

    Check out this week’s top 10 men’s volleyball media poll and the video breakdown of my ballot with explanations on why I ranked each team where I did.
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  • ESPN to not televise NCAA Tournament semifinals this season

    For the second consecutive year, the college men’s volleyball national semifinal matches will not be nationally televised.

    The NCAA released its schedule for the upcoming NCAA Tournament revealing that both semifinal matches will not air on ESPN and only will be streamed online live at ncaa.com.
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  • Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

    It’s the final week of the regular season and the race for the lone at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament along with seeding for the tournament remains as tight as ever.

    Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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  • Quick hits: 5 things to take away from this weekend’s matches

    It was another weekend of upsets as two top-five nationally ranked teams lost and several college men’s volleyball teams improved their seeds for the upcoming conference tournaments.

    Check out the top five things to take away from this weekend’s action.

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  • The top 5 men’s volleyball stories of the week

    It’s your top five men’s volleyball story list, but with a twist.

    Every Sunday during the men’s volleyball regular season, Off the Block will post the top five best men’s volleyball stories of the week from around the nation. The list, though, is based more on how well the reporter wrote and covered the story rather than just what happened on the court.
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  • Breakdown of conference tournament seeding scenarios

    One week before the conference tournaments begin for automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament and a majority of the tournament seeds remain undecided.

    Check out this breakdown of each team’s conference tournament seeding scenario entering this week’s matches.
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