One week remains in the regular season and the weekend offered little clarity to some conference tournament races.
Check out the five things to take away from this weekend in college men’s volleyball.
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Category: MPSF
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Quick hits: 5 things to take away from the weekend in college men’s volleyball
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Video: Pepperdine coach Dunphy reacts to win vs. No. 8 USC
Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy had one big concern following his team’s five-game conference victory: getting his players healthy in time for the postseason.
With potential All-American opposite Parker Kalmbach out of the line up because of an injury, No. 3 Pepperdine defeated No. 8 USC on Saturday in Malibu, Calif., to keep its second-place lead in the MPSF.
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Video: Pepperdine survives USC upset bid, wins in 5 games
Middle attacker Matt Tarantino led all players with a season-high 11 blocks as No. 3 Pepperdine defeated No. 8 USC 25-18, 21-25, 25-19, 14-25, 15-11 on Saturday in Malibu, Calif., to move a step closer in clinching a home playoff match.
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Top 5 college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight
The push for the postseason is in full force throughout every conference.
No. 9 UCLA and No. 10 Hawai’i both play in critical conference matches as they try to lock-up the final spot in the MPSF Tournament. In addition, No. 3 Pepperdine has a chance clinch a conference tournament home match as it plays host to No. 8 USC.
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Top 5 college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight
The postseason is getting even closer and several matches tonight will go a long way to determine the conference tournament seeding.
No. 10 Hawai’i will try to pull off the upset and move a step closer to reaching the postseason as it plays host No. 2 BYU. In addition, Penn State and Harvard will meet with first place in the EIVA on the line.
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Q&A with NCAA Tournament selection committee chairman Ron Shayka
Chairman Ron Shayka is the first to admit his fellow selection committee members and him face unprecedented challenges in the sport’s history for the upcoming men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
With a new postseason format, Shayka said in an interview with Off the Block earlier this week that the committee is having to figure out everything from difficult team travel logistics to awarding at-large bids in tight and large field of bubble teams.
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NCAA Tournament Projections: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria
So much for the amount teams on the at-large bubble shrinking with less than a month before Selection Sunday.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. (more…)
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Quick hits: 5 things to take away from the weekend in college men’s volleyball
Two teams clinching the top seeds for their upcoming conference tournaments and an All-American having more than 30 kills in a comeback victory highlighted the weekend.
Check out the top five things to take away from the weekend in college men’s volleyball.