BYU has won the national attendance battle for the 2012 NCAA men’s volleyball season.
The Cougars ended the season averaging a nation-best 3,192 people per home match — the only Division I-II men’s volleyball team in the nation to average more than 3,000 people in attendance per match.
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It’s been four long months, but by the end of the night the NCAA Tournament championship match will be set.
The NCAA Tournament semifinals will take place tonight at the Galen Center as the No. 1 seed UC Irvine will try to avoid the upset against the No. 4 seed Penn State. In addition, the No. 2 seed USC will put its home court advantage to the test as it plays the No. 3 seed Lewis in the other semifinal.
Check out the NCAA Tournament semifinal matches to follow tonight.
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Lewis coach Dan Friend and several Flyer players participated in the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament media day on Wednesday.
The No. 3 seed Lewis will play the No. 2 seed USC in the semifinals on Thursday. Check out the transcript from Lewis’ news conference.
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Almost 24 hours away from the start of the men’s volleyball Final Four and the anticipation continues to grow.
The four-team NCAA Tournament will be played at USC with the No. 1 seed UC Irvine playing the No. 4 seed Penn State in the opening semifinals at 6 p.m. (PST) Thursday. In addition, the host school and No. 2 seed USC will play the No. 3 seed Lewis in the second semifinals match at 8 p.m. (PST) Thursday.
The winners of these two matches will play in the national championship on Saturday. Check out the top five storylines to follow during the NCAA Tournament.
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Volleyball fans can now fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets and win a chance to potentially see the United States clinch an Olympic berth.
The Kill on Two/Off the Block NCAA Men’s Volleyball Postseason Bracket Challenge is a new contest that gives fans the opportunity to predict who will win matches in the MPSF, MIVA and EIVA conference tournaments and the four-team NCAA Tournament.
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After four months of regular season matches and conference tournaments, the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is here.
The NCAA announced the four-team tournament field and semifinals pairings Sunday afternoon. Here is an initial look and historical information you need to know heading into the NCAA Tournament semifinals on Thursday at USC.
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The MPSF regular season champions USC are in the NCAA Tournament as the lone at-large.
The NCAA selection committee announced Sunday afternoon that the Trojans after losing in the conference tournament semifinals would receive the only at-large bid to the four-team tournament.
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Lewis big blocks lifted the program from the NCAA death bed and back to the NCAA Tournament.
Lewis had a season-high 20 blocks as it rallied to defeat Ohio State 20-25, 25-17, 22-25, 27-25, 15-10 in the MIVA Tournament championship match on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. The victory clinches the Flyers first appearance in the Final Four since the program received the men’s volleyball version of the NCAA death penalty less than 10 years ago.
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Check out the match results for every Division I-II conference championship match on Saturday. In addition, get instant updates from matches in progress and comment on tonight’s action via the Off the Block in-match ticker below. (more…)
Three spots in the four-team NCAA Tournament will be set by the end of the night.
It’s Championship Saturday in college men’s volleyball as EIVA, MIVA and MPSF Tournament championship matches will be played tonight — and each match-up could get more intriguing as the night progresses.
Check out the conference tournament matches to follow tonight from around the nation.
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