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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. Continue reading “NCAA Tournament field expands to seven teams for 2018 season”
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. Continue reading “NJIT athletics director named to NCAA men’s volleyball committee”
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. Continue reading “Ohio State’s Oman named new chairperson of NCAA selection committee”
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.
Continue reading “Q&A with committee chairman Shayka on changes to NCAA Tournament”
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.
Continue reading “Committee to make NCAA Tournament selection process more transparent”
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.
Continue reading “Committee recommends playing 2015 NCAA play-in matches at Stanford”
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.
Continue reading “Q&A with Erskine coach Schmitt about upcoming NCAA Tournament”
Days away from the start of the postseason and the field is even tighter for a possible at-large bid to the 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. Continue reading “NCAA Tournament Projections: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
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.
Continue reading “Q&A with NCAA Tournament selection committee chairman Ron Shayka”
With Selection Sunday almost a month away, the races for the at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding is getting tighter but the teams on the bubble still in contention remains unprecedentedly large.
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. Continue reading “NCAA Tournament Projections: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
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