Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes is joined by his 8-month-old daughter Ady who helps her dad breakdown the top college men’s volleyball matches tonight. Plus, she predicts the match winners. (more…)
Category: MPSF
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Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections
The postseason one week away and the race for a spot in the NCAA Tournament field remains extremely tight — excluding undefeated No. 1 Long Beach State.
Off the Block each week during the rest of the regular season and throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. (more…)
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Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria
The final week of the regular season is here from several conferences and there remains plenty of uncertainty 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…)
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Voting underway for OTB/Springbak National Player of Month championship round
Six players based on your votes have an opportunity to win a college men’s volleyball national award for their outstanding performances in February. (more…)
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Video: BYU serve too much for Pepperdine, wins MPSF regular season title
No. 2/2 BYU didn’t leave any doubt who was the best team in the MPSF during the regular season.
BYU hit .400 and finished with a season-high 11 aces it swept No. 4/5 Pepperdine 25-20, 25-17, 25-14 on Thursday in Malibu, California, to clinch the MPSF regular season title and home court advantage throughout the conference tournament. (more…)
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Video: BYU setter Durkin discusses keys to sweeping No. 4/5 Pepperdine
Watch Off the Block associate editor Jonathan Bates’ postmatch interview with setter Leo Durkin after No. 2/2 BYU swept No. 4/5 Pepperdine on Thursday to win the 2018 MPSF regular season championship. (more…)
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Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight
Photo courtesy of BYU athletics and Jaren Wilkey. Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)
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UC Irvine surges to No. 3 in new strength of schedule rankings
Playing undefeated Long Beach State does wonders for a team’s strength of schedule.
UC Irvine following its two weekend losses to Long Beach State jumped eight spots to No. 3 in the new strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. (more…)
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OTB, Springbak release new college men’s volleyball national media poll
Big changes have hit the national rankings after six of the top-10 ranked teams lost last week.
Eight teams moved spots in the newest Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll that was released on Tuesday. (more…)
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Loyola narrowly jumps ahead of BYU in new RPI rankings
Photo courtesy of Loyola athletics. Even with a conference road loss last week, Loyola still was able to move up the RPI rankings.
Loyola surpassed BYU by a ten-thousandth percentage point for the No. 3 spot in the latest RPI rankings that the NCAA released on Monday. (more…)