With any NCAA Tournament semifinal there are some stats and trends to know before the match begins — and this year is no exception.
Check out this breakdown of the upcoming NCAA Tournament semifinal matches. (more…)
Category: MIVA
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Video: Announcement of 2016 AVCA National Player of Year
Watch the announcement and reaction of Ohio State outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen winning the 2016 AVCA National Player of the Year on Wednesday night at the NCAA banquet. (more…)
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Ohio State’s Szerszen wins 2016 AVCA National Player of Year
An Ohio State player for the first time in its program’s almost 50-year history is the nation’s best player.
The AVCA announced Wednesday night that Ohio State All-American outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen was selected as the 2016 AVCA National Player of the Year. (more…)
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Video: Ohio State setter Blough discusses upcoming NCAA semifinals
Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes’ interview with Ohio State setter Christy Blough following the team’s practice Wednesday before the NCAA Tournament semifinals. (more…)
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Video: Ohio State NCAA semifinals prematch news conference
Watch the Ohio State news conference as it prepares to play UCLA in the NCAA Tournament semifinals on Thursday. (more…)
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Video: Ohio State NCAA play-in match postmatch news conference
Check out the Ohio State postmatch news conference after it defeated George Mason in the NCAA Tournament play-in match (more…)
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Szerszen leads Ohio State past George Mason in NCAA play-in match
Ohio State All-American outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen made one last case for why he should be the National Player of the Year.
Szerszen finished with a both match-high 20 kills and 16 digs as the No. 3 seed Ohio State rallied from a one-game deficit to beat the No. 6 seed George Mason 22-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-21 in the NCAA Tournament play-in match on Tuesday at Penn State. (more…)
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Video: George Mason vs. Ohio State NCAA play-in match preview
Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes and George Mason coach Jay Hosack from the floor of Rec Hall discuss the upcoming NCAA Tournament play-in match between the No. 3 seed Ohio State and No. 6 seed George Mason. (more…)
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NCAA Tournament inexperience common among teams
Experience at the NCAA Tournament will be hard to come by this year.
The college men’s national championship that starts Tuesday will feature 84.8 percent of players in their first NCAA Tournament — the largest amount since the tournament expanded to six teams in 2014. (more…)
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Freshmen, sophomores dominates AVCA All-American Team list
The underclassmen were well represented on the AVCA All-American list.
The AVCA announced Monday that a combined six freshmen and sophomores were among the players to earn First-Team All-American honors. (more…)