MIVA Tournament: Possible seeding scenarios, postseason berths

There is still a lot of tournament seeding left to be decided in the final days of the regular season for the oldest conference in college men’s volleyball.

The format for the eight-team MIVA Tournament features the top-four teams earning home court for the quarterfinals. The top seed team following the quarterfinals earns the right to host both semifinals and the finals.

The winner of the MIVA Tournament will receive the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.

Check out the current standings and the possible seeding scenarios for the MIVA teams.

MIVA standings

Team	MIVA	Overall	MB
y-1. Ball State	11-3	18-9	—
y-2. Loyola	11-4	17-9	-0.5
y-3. Ohio State	10-5	17-8	-1.5
x-T-4. McKendree	8-6	14-9	-3
x-T-4. Lewis	8-6	15-12	-3
x-6. Lindenwood	7-7	12-11	-4
x-7. Purdue Fort Wayne	6-8	12-11	-5
8. Queens	2-12	9-17	-9
9. Quincy	1-13	5-17	-10

LEGEND
z — Clinched regular season title and home court through the MIVA Tournament finals
y — Clinched home court through the MIVA Tournament quarterfinals
x — Clinched MIVA Tournament berth

Ball State (18-9, 11-3 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: vs. Quincy on Thursday; vs. McKendree on Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 1 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 3 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win or Loyola loss … Can clinch the No. 2 seed with an Ohio State loss.

Loyola (17-9, 11-4 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: vs. Lewis on Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 1 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 2 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win and two Ball State losses.

Ohio State (17-8, 10-5 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: vs. McKendree on Thursday
Highest seed possibility: No. 2 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 4 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 2 seed with a win and two Ball State losses … Can clinch the No. 3 seed with a win or a McKendree loss and two Lewis wins

McKendree (14-9, 8-6 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: at Ohio State on Thursday; at Ball State on Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 3 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 7 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 3 seed with two wins, a Lewis loss and it beats Ohio State in four games (or wins in five games with a point differential for the match of at least 12 point) … Can clinch the No. 4 seed with two wins and a Lewis loss or with one win and two Lewis losses … Can clinch the No. 5 seed with a win or with a Lindenwood loss and a Purdue Fort Wayne loss … Can clinch the No. 6 seed with a Purdue Fort Wayne loss or with two Lindenwood losses.

Lewis (15-12, 8-6 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: at Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday; at Loyola on Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 4 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 7 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 4 seed with two wins; or with a win and a McKendree loss; or with two McKendree losses, a Lindenwood loss and a Purdue Fort Wayne loss … Can clinch the No. 5 seed with a win; or with two McKendree losses and a Purdue Fort Wayne loss; or with a Lindenwood loss and a Purdue Fort Wayne loss … Can clinch the No. 6 seed with a Lindenwood loss or with a Purdue Fort Wayne loss.

Lindenwood (12-11, 7-7 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: at Queens on Thursday and Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 4 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 7 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 4 seed with two wins, two Lewis losses and two McKendree losses … Can clinch the No. 5 seed with two wins and McKendree or Lewis losing twice … Can clinch the No. 6 seed with two wins; or with one win, a Purdue Fort Wayne loss, a McKendree win and a Lewis win; or with two Purdue Fort Wayne losses.

Purdue Fort Wayne (12-11, 6-8 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: vs. Lewis on Thursday; vs. Quincy on Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 4 seed
Lowest seed possibility: No. 7 seed
Scenarios: Can clinch the No. 4 seed with two wins, two McKendree losses, two Lewis losses and a Lindenwood loss .. Can clinch the No. 5 seed with two wins, two McKendree losses and a Lindenwood loss or with two wins, a Lindenwood loss, two Lewis losses and it sweeps Lewis (or beats Lewis in four games and wins point differential tiebreaker) … Can clinch the No. 6 seed with two wins and two McKendree losses; or with two wins and two Lindenwood losses; or with two wins, a McKendree win, two Lindenwood wins and it sweeps Lewis (or beats Lewis in four games and wins point differential tiebreaker); or with two wins and two Lindenwood losses.

Queens (9-17, 2-12 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: vs. Lindenwood on Thursday and Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 8 seed
Lowest seed possibility: Fails to qualify
Scenarios: Can cinch the No. 8 seed with a win or with a Quincy loss.

Quincy (5-17, 1-13 MIVA)
Remaining MIVA regular season matches: at Ball State on Thursday; at Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday
Highest seed possibility: No. 8 seed
Lowest seed possibility: Fails to qualify
Scenarios: Can cinch the No. 8 seed with two wins and two Queens losses.