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  • Conference tournament men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Three of the four spots to the NCAA Tournament will be decided by the end of the night.

    Conference Championship Saturday is here as the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF all conclude their conference tournaments with the championship matches tonight. The winners of these three matches will receive automatic bids to the men’s volleyball Final Four, while the final spot, the at-large bid, will be decided Sunday by the selection committee.

    Check out the conference tournament matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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  • Initial look at the Conference Championship Saturday matches

    Six teams are left with a chance to get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament heading into Conference Championship Saturday.

    The conference tournaments conclude with Conference Championship Saturday as the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF all will play their championship matches. Here is the initial look and the historical information to know about every conference tournament title match.
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  • Men’s volleyball bracketology

    The conference tournament semifinals have created mayhem to NCAA Tournament bracketology as three teams could still potentially land the at-large bid heading into Conference Championship Saturday.

    The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is comprised of four teams. Automatic bids are awarded to the winners of the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF conference tournaments, and the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Committee chooses one team for an at-large bid.
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  • Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

    Things just become a whole lot more complicated for the men’s volleyball NCAA selection committee after all the conference tournament semifinals results that included Long Beach State beating UC Irvine to advance to the conference championship match.

    Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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  • Conference tournament semifinals match results

    The college men’s volleyball postseason continued Thursday with the MPSF Tournament and EIVA Tournament semifinal matches. Check out the match results for every Division I-II men’s volleyball team that was in action Thursday and the updated conference tournament brackets.
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  • Conference tournament men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Four more tickets will be punched to Conference Championship Saturday by the end of the night.

    The top-four nationally ranked teams will be on display in Provo, Utah, with both MPSF Tournament semifinal matches, including No. 2 UC Irvine playing No. 3 Long Beach State in match potentially critical to the NCAA Tournament at-large bid. In addition out in the East Coast, Penn State will look to continue its 15-year domination of the conference tournament as the EIVA Tournament begins tonight.

    Check out the conference tournament matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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  • AVCA announces 2013 All-American Teams, Newcomer of the Year

    After both being the nation’s top ranked teams for the majority of the season, BYU and UC Irvine have now picked up the most All-American honors.

    The Cougars and Anteaters were the only teams to have multiple players selected to the first of two All-American teams, which the AVCA released Thursday morning.
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  • Conference tournament semifinals match results

    The college men’s volleyball postseason continued Wednesday with the MIVA Tournament semifinal matches. Check out the match results for every Division I-II men’s volleyball team that was in action Wednesday and the updated conference tournament brackets.
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  • Conference tournament men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    The postseason spotlight is shining bright on the Chicago area tonight as the MIVA Tournament resumes with both semifinal matches.

    The defending-MIVA champions Lewis look to return to the conference championship match and end Grand Canyon’s underdog run as two teams play in their first postseason meeting against each other. In addition, Ball State will try to end a 14-year curse as it plays Loyola in other semifinal match.

    Check out the conference tournament matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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  • Men’s volleyball bracketology

    The near upsets conference tournament quarterfinals during the weekend almost caused upheaval to the bracketology projections. However that overhaul to the projections for the four-team NCAA Tournament can still take place as the conference tournament semifinals begin Wednesday.

    The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is comprised of four teams. Automatic bids are awarded to the winners of the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF conference tournaments, and the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Committee chooses one team for an at-large bid.
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