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  • Conference Championship Saturday matches to follow tonight

    The NCAA Tournament field will become a whole lot clearer at the conclusion of Conference Championship Saturday.

    Three of the six spots in the NCAA Tournament will be decided tonight as the MIVA, EIVA and MPSF all have play conference tournament championship matches. With underdog teams like Lewis and Princeton also eyeing a chance to win and crash the NCAA Tournament, each conference title match will have significant affect on Selection Sunday.

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  • Initial look at the Conference Championship Saturday matches

    The match-ups for Conference Championship Saturday are set as six teams still control their own fate for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

    The conference tournaments will continue with the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF championship matches on Saturday. Here is the initial look and the historical information to know about every conference tournament championship match.

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  • NCAA Tournament Projections: Latest college men’s volleyball bracketology

    Days before Selection Sunday and the race for the at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding remains just as chaotic.

    Off the Block throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest projections to the NCAA Tournament.

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  • Bracketology: Team comparisons using NCAA selection committee criteria

    Only three matches remain before Selection Sunday but there remains an incredibly tight race for the at-large that the NCAA Tournament selection committee will have to sort out.

    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.

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  • Conference tournament semifinal matches to follow tonight

    Four matches tonight will go a long way to determine the NCAA Tournament field as the conference tournament resume in the MPSF and EIVA.

    Pepperdine and Stanford in a match-up between two of the top-five ranked teams in the nation highlight the slate of conference tournament semifinal matches. In addition, out in the East Coast it will be an All-Ivy League battle in the EIVA Tournament semifinals as Princeton and Harvard play each other.

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  • Initial look at the conference tournament semifinal matches

    The conference tournament quarterfinals have wrapped-up and only 12 teams remain in control their own fate to reach the NCAA Tournament.

    The postseason continue later this week with the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF Tournament semifinal matches. Check out the initial look and the historical stats to know about every conference tournament semifinal match.

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  • NCAA Tournament Projections: Latest college men’s volleyball bracketology

    One week away from Selection Sunday and there is now more clarity to the at-large race but it’s still incredibly tight.

    Off the Block throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest projections to the NCAA Tournament.

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  • Bracketology: Team comparisons using NCAA selection committee criteria

    The opening round of the conference tournaments has dramatically changed the at-large bid and seeding races for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

    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…)

  • Video: Reaction, analysis to MPSF Tournament quarterfinals

    The opening round of the MPSF Tournament had everything from two epic fifth game matches to a team resounding emphatically to a late-season slide.

    Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes breakdown the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals and what to expect in the conference tournament semifinals on Thursday. (more…)

  • Conference tournament quarterfinal matches to follow tonight

    The most chaotic day of the postseason has arrived as five conference tournament quarterfinal matches take place tonight.

    BYU playing host to USC in a match with significant ramifications to the NCAA Tournament seeding and at-large bid races highlights the four MPSF Tournament quarterfinal matches. In addition, IPFW and Ohio State meet in the final MIVA Tournament quarterfinals match.

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