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Check out Off the Block’s interview with Ron Shayka, the NCAA men’s volleyball committee chairman and George Mason associate athletics director, as he discusses the recent NCAA annual meeting, possible changes to the upcoming NCAA Tournament and the coaching change at George Mason. Continue reading “Audio: Committee chair Shayka discusses future NCAA Tourney structure”
Teams making the NCAA Tournament will have more time to travel and prepare for their opening match starting in 2016.
A proposal to move Selection Sunday one week earlier was approved at the NCAA Division I Championship Sports/Management Cabinet recent fall meeting. Continue reading “Extra week added to NCAA Tournament beginning in 2016”
The selection committee criteria used to determine the NCAA Tournament field will get a significant tweak for the upcoming season.
The NCAA Division I Championships Sports/Management Cabinet at its annual fall meeting approved a proposal to include the Rating Percentage Index as part of the men’s volleyball selection committee criteria. Continue reading “RPI added to selection committee criteria for 2015 NCAA Tournament”
Check out Off the Block’s interview with NCAA men’s volleyball committee chairman Ron Shayka as he discusses the NCAA championship match between Loyola and Stanford and how successful he has viewed this year’s tournament. Continue reading “Video: Committee chairman Shayka discusses success of NCAA Tournament”
The NCAA Tournament selection committee isn’t backing down from its decision to give Lewis an at-large bid.
Selection committee chairman Ron Shayka said in an exclusive interview with Off the Block on Monday that Lewis became the first non-West Coast school in 20 years to earn an at-large bid in part because of it’s difficult non-conference schedule.
Continue reading “Q&A with selection committee chairman Shayka about at-large bid controversy”
All the conference tournament matches are completed and now it’s time to wait for Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament field to be revealed.
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 “Bracketology: Team comparisons using NCAA selection committee criteria”
Determining the at-large bids and seeding for the NCAA Tournament isn’t as simple as it may appear from the outside for the selection committee members.
Committee chairman Ron Shayka said in an interview with Off the Block on Friday that the selection committee is having to examine the context of each team’s statistics as it works to determine field for the six-team NCAA Tournament.
Continue reading “Q&A with NCAA Tournament selection committee chairman Ron Shayka”
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.
Continue reading “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. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons using NCAA selection committee criteria”
The postseason is here, but there is still a lot left to be decided in the race for the at-large bids and seeding for 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”
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