The postseason has arrived and plenty still needs to be resolved in the bracketology.
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…)
BYU received a big bump in a NCAA Tournament selection committee criteria category entering the postseason.
The Cougars jumped five spots to No. 3 in the new strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. (more…)
Jonathan Bates | Associate Editor
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This will be the final postseason at BYU for assistant coach Jaylen Reyes.
Reyes at the end of the season will leave BYU to become the assistant coach for the Nebraska women’s volleyball team, a position he accepted in March.
Reyes replaces former Long Beach State mens’ volleyball player and assistant coach Tyler Hildebrand, who left the Huskers after being name the director of coaching for United States Beach National Team Program in February.
Reyes played libero at BYU from 2012-2015 and has spent the last three years on staff as an assistant coach. As a player, Reyes ranks as BYU’s all-time rally-scoring era leader in games played (431) and second in career digs (762). Among his coaching accomplishments are three consecutive MPSF regular season championships and two Volley Four appearances and BYU players earning eight All-American selections. He was honored as one of the 30 under 30 recipients from the AVCA last week.
The 2018 BYU men’s volleyball team won the MPSF regular season and will be the No. 1 seed for the upcoming MPSF Tournament.
Check out part one of an interview with Reyes as he discusses fan reaction to his move to Nebraska, how the opportunity to move to Nebraska came about, why he moved to the women’s side, his coaching influences, what he will miss about BYU and what he will miss about men’s volleyball. Part two of this interview will posted Thursday on the Off the Block website.
One point is all that separates BYU, UC Irvine and UCLA in the final media poll of the regular season.
BYU and UC Irvine both received 71 points to finish tied at No. 2, while UCLA maintained its No. 4 ranking with 70 points in the newest Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll that was released on Tuesday. (more…)
BYU and UC Irvine became the biggest beneficiaries of Loyola suffering an upset loss.
The Cougars and Anteaters jumped ahead of the Ramblers in the latest RPI rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. (more…)
Six college men’s volleyball players have earned national awards for being the best at their position. (more…)
Add another national award to the college men’s volleyball career of BYU outside attacker Brenden Sander.
The All-American senior received more than 3,000 championship round votes to win the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Player of the Month for March. (more…)
The regular season is over in the MIVA and MPSF, and the fields are set for two college men’s volleyball conference tournaments.
Both tournaments will begin with the quarterfinals on Saturday. Check out the conference tournament brackets.
To fill out your MIVA Tournament bracket for the Off the Block bracket challenge, click here.
To fill out your MPSF Tournament bracket for the Off the Block bracket challenge, click here.
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)