The Lewis and USC match Thursday was one of the highest attended men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament semifinal matches in recent history.
The 4,375 people in attendance to watch the No. 2 seed USC defeat the No. 3 seed Lewis on Thursday was the largest crowd for a men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament semifinal match in four years.
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It’s been four long months, but by the end of the night the NCAA Tournament championship match will be set.
The NCAA Tournament semifinals will take place tonight at the Galen Center as the No. 1 seed UC Irvine will try to avoid the upset against the No. 4 seed Penn State. In addition, the No. 2 seed USC will put its home court advantage to the test as it plays the No. 3 seed Lewis in the other semifinal.
Check out the NCAA Tournament semifinal matches to follow tonight.
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Lewis coach Dan Friend and several Flyer players participated in the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament media day on Wednesday.
The No. 3 seed Lewis will play the No. 2 seed USC in the semifinals on Thursday. Check out the transcript from Lewis’ news conference.
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Almost 24 hours away from the start of the men’s volleyball Final Four and the anticipation continues to grow.
The four-team NCAA Tournament will be played at USC with the No. 1 seed UC Irvine playing the No. 4 seed Penn State in the opening semifinals at 6 p.m. (PST) Thursday. In addition, the host school and No. 2 seed USC will play the No. 3 seed Lewis in the second semifinals match at 8 p.m. (PST) Thursday.
The winners of these two matches will play in the national championship on Saturday. Check out the top five storylines to follow during the NCAA Tournament.
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After four months of regular season matches and conference tournaments, the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is here.
The NCAA announced the four-team tournament field and semifinals pairings Sunday afternoon. Here is an initial look and historical information you need to know heading into the NCAA Tournament semifinals on Thursday at USC.
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The MPSF regular season champions USC are in the NCAA Tournament as the lone at-large.
The NCAA selection committee announced Sunday afternoon that the Trojans after losing in the conference tournament semifinals would receive the only at-large bid to the four-team tournament.
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Selection Sunday is upon us, and Off the Block is releasing its final projections of the NCAA Tournament bracket following the three conference championships matches on Saturday.
Lewis, Penn State and UC Irvine clinched the three automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, while lone at-large bid remains a tight race between three teams.
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Three of the four tickets to the NCAA Tournament have been punched but the one at-large spot remains increasingly tight heading into Selection Sunday.
With Selection Sunday here, Penn State, Lewis and UC Irvine received the three automatic bids. However, a closer look at the criteria used by the selection committee shows that BYU, Stanford and USC all still have case for the lone at-large bid.
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