Off the Block

Category: Division I-II

  • Top 10 non-conference matches to hope get scheduled for 2014

    With the calendars turned to April, it not only means the conference tournaments ready to begin but college men’s volleyball coaches beginning to create their schedules for next season.

    There are multiple factors that go into a coach creating their schedule and at times several factors that are out of a coach’s control. However, there are just some non-conference matches that volleyball fans are craving to get scheduled.

    Check out the top 10 non-conference matches that would make for intriguing match-ups if they can get scheduled for the 2014 season.
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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…)

  • Men’s volleyball bracketology

    Two weeks before the conference tournaments begin and the race for the lone at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament continues to get tougher to call in the latest Off the Block weekly bracketology.
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  • Men’s volleyball match results from Tuesday

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

  • Former IPFW assistant Schmidlin hired as Lees-McRae head coach

    Lees-McRae will have a permanent head coach as it begins postseason play this weekend.

    After having its head coach leave in the middle of the season, Lees-McRae on Tuesday officially named former Cardinal Stritch head coach and IPFW assistant coach Dave Schmidlin as the team’s new head coach.
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  • My men’s volleyball media poll ballot

    UCLA was able to defeat UC Irvine during the weekend but wasn’t able to bypass the Anteaters in the polls.

    UCLA following its four-game upset victory jumped one spot to No. 3 and finished one vote behind No. 2 UC Irvine in the newest national media poll released Tuesday.

    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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  • Breakdown of conference tournament seeding scenarios

    Less than two weeks before the conference tournaments start for automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, and plenty of uncertainty remains with potential seeding for the tournaments.

    Check out this breakdown of each team’s conference tournament seeding scenario entering this week’s matches.
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  • Off the Block unveils new national Server of the Year award

    A new national award will be introduced this season to recognize the best college men’s volleyball server in the country.

    Off the Block announced Monday that at the end of this regular season it will present the inaugural national Server of the Year award to honor the top NCAA Division I-II player from behind the service line this year.
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  • Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

    A weekend of upsets has changed the field dynamic and made things much closer for the selection committee to decide the lone at-large bid and seeding for the upcoming NCAA Tournament in May.

    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 a holiday weekend that featured everything in college men’s volleyball from the top seeds for conference tournaments being decided to multiple nationally ranked teams losing.

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