The bracket will get slightly larger for the men’s volleyball Division I-II NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA Division I Council at its annual fall meeting approved a proposal to expand the NCAA Tournament field from six to seven teams because of the addition of the Big West conference. (more…)
An athletics director who spearheaded NJIT to NCAA Division I status will now help determine what teams make the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA announced that NJIT athletics director Lenny Kaplan was selected as the new East Coast representative for the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball committee. (more…)
An Ohio State associate athletics director who helped select the NCAA Tournament field for the last two years will now be the chairperson of the selection committee.
The NCAA announced on its website during the weekend that Janine Oman was selected to head the NCA Division I-II men’s volleyball committee for the 2017 season. (more…)
Proposed changes to the college men’s volleyball postseason were on the table during the recent NCAA annual summer meetings.
NCAA men’s volleyball committee chairman Ron Shayka said in an interview with Off the Block that the committee made several recommendations at the meeting to improve future NCAA Tournaments and the selection process.
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In the aftermath of a controversial NCAA Tournament selection process, coaches and college men’s volleyball fans for the upcoming seasons will now have the opportunity to view the same data used by the selection committee.
Committee chairman Ron Shayka said in an interview earlier this week with Off the Block that the committee at its annual meeting recommended to make publicly available all the statistical analysis of teams the committee receives from the NCAA.
Stanford is not only getting to host the NCAA Tournament next season, but possibly both play-in matches.
The NCAA men’s volleyball committee at its annual meetings approved a recommendation to keep the play-in matches at the site of the NCAA Tournament, committee chairman Ron Shayka said in an interview with Off the Block on Thursday.
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Erskine isn’t just satisfied with reaching the NCAA Tournament.
Coach Derek Schmitt said in an interview with Off the Block following his team winning the Conference Carolinas championship last week that despite Erskine being significant underdogs he feels the Fleet will be competitive in their upcoming NCAA Tournament match.
Chairman Ron Shayka is the first to admit his fellow selection committee members and him face unprecedented challenges in the sport’s history for the upcoming men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
With a new postseason format, Shayka said in an interview with Off the Block earlier this week that the committee is having to figure out everything from difficult team travel logistics to awarding at-large bids in tight and large field of bubble teams.
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