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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With Selection Sunday one month away, the field is beginning to shrink for the lone at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, but the potential battles for Final Four seeding remains tight and intriguing.
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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In a weekend that had everything with four top 10 nationally ranked teams losing, the only thing that became certain this college men’s volleyball season is the uncertainty.
Check out the top five things to take away from this weekend’s action.
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The Midwest and East Coast have the majority of top matches tonight, but the spotlight will be on the West Coast for another match-up between two top-five nationally ranked teams.
No. 1 BYU and No. 4 Long Beach State will play each other in a match that could not only have big implications in the conference standings but in the race for the lone at-large spot to the NCAA Tournament. In addition, out in the MIVA Lindenwood looks to pull another upset this weekend as it plays host to Loyola.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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The playoffs are about a month way but postseason positioning is on the line tonight in college men’s volleyball.
No. 6 Ohio State looks to stay in content for a MIVA regular season championship as travels to play its longtime conference rival Ball State. In addition, No. 1 BYU one day before playing No. 4 Long Beach State looks to avoid a trap game against No. 8 Cal State Northridge.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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Pepperdine and Ohio State were rewarded for their victories against ranked teams last week in the latest national media poll.
Pepperdine after defeating No. 2 UC Irvine jumped up one spot to No. 3, while Ohio State following its sweep against non-conference rival Penn State moved one spot to No. 6 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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The madness of March has spilled over from the basketball court and into college men’s volleyball.
Check out the top five things to take away from this weekend’s action.
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[Editor’s note: Today is a huge day for me. I’m getting married to my longtime girlfriend Ali at 4:30 p.m. in Nashville. Ali and I have dated for almost seven years and are very excited to start the next phase of our lives together. In honor of the almost seven years Ali and I have dated, each of our top five matches today will be summed up in seven words. And yes, this is also a quick way for me to update this blog during the craziness of wedding weekend.]
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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