For the first time in almost a month, there is not a unanimous No. 1 in the national rankings.
BYU following in its loss to No. 3 UCLA on Saturday remained in atop the new men’s volleyball national media poll released Tuesday but it lost a first-place vote to Long Beach State.
Check out this week’s top 10 men’s volleyball media poll and the video breakdown of my ballot with explanations on why I ranked each team where I did.
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It’s the final week of the regular season and the race for the lone at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament along with seeding for the tournament remains as tight as ever.
Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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It was another weekend of upsets as two top-five nationally ranked teams lost and several college men’s volleyball teams improved their seeds for the upcoming conference tournaments.
Check out the top five things to take away from this weekend’s action.
BYU won the MPSF regular season title, but that’s about the only thing that’s been decided for conference tournament seeding with the regular season coming to an end.
Several teams will play in critical matches to determine the conference brackets highlighted by No. 4 Long Beach State traveling to play No. 5 Pepperdine. In addition, No. 1 BYU will return play No. 3 UCLA on the one-year anniversary of the servegate controversy.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight
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With the calendars turned to April, it not only means the conference tournaments ready to begin but college men’s volleyball coaches beginning to create their schedules for next season.
There are multiple factors that go into a coach creating their schedule and at times several factors that are out of a coach’s control. However, there are just some non-conference matches that volleyball fans are craving to get scheduled.
Check out the top 10 non-conference matches that would make for intriguing match-ups if they can get scheduled for the 2014 season.
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A weekend of upsets has changed the field dynamic and made things much closer for the selection committee to decide the lone at-large bid and seeding for the upcoming NCAA Tournament in May.
Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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The West Coast became even more dominate than usual in the national media poll this week.
A season-high nine MPSF teams were ranked in the top 10 of the new national media poll that was released Tuesday.
Check out this week’s top 10 men’s volleyball media poll and the video breakdown of my ballot with explanations on why I ranked each team where I did.
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UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw addressed the media on Tuesday for the first time since being named the U.S. Men’s National Team coach for the 2016 Olympics.
Check out the news conference as Speraw discusses his plans for the national team, why he took the position and his decision to coach the United States while also keeping his job at UCLA.
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