It took the final hours of a four-month regular season to determine all the seeds, but the NCAA men’s volleyball postseason is finally here.
The MIVA and MPSF will begin their conference tournaments with the quarterfinals this weekend. Here is the initial look and the historical information to know about every conference tournament quarterfinals match before you fill out your bracket.
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The end of the regular season is here and the finale has the potential for plenty of drama.
No. 2 UC Irvine and Penn State will met in a possible preview to the Final Four, while Cal State Northridge and Hawai’i continue their push to clinch the final berth in the MPSF Tournament. In addition, Pfeiffer will attempt to repeat as conference champions as it plays Limestone in the Conference Carolinas Tournament championship match.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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Ball State extended its winning streak to a historic milestone and clinched a home match for the conference tournament as it defeated No. 6 Lewis 25-18, 24-26, 25-18, 25-15 on Thursday in Muncie.
With this victory, Ball State is now on an 11-match winning streak — tying the program’s longest winning streak in more than 20 years. In addition, the Cardinals have clinched the No. 4 seed for the MIVA Tournament and still controls their own fate for the No. 3 seed.
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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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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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.
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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BYU won the MPSF regular season title, but that’s about the only thing that’s been decided for conference tournament seeding with the regular season coming to an end.
Several teams will play in critical matches to determine the conference brackets highlighted by No. 4 Long Beach State traveling to play No. 5 Pepperdine. In addition, No. 1 BYU will return play No. 3 UCLA on the one-year anniversary of the servegate controversy.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight
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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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