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Listen to Off the Block’s interview with outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen about Ohio State playing King in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday and all the national and national awards the senior has won this season. Continue reading “Audio: Ohio State’s Szerszen previews NCAA Tournament play-in match”
Make room for at least one more national award on the college resume for Ohio State outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen.
Off the Block announced Wednesday that a nationwide voting committee for the second consecutive year selected Szerszen as the International Player of the Year. Continue reading “Ohio State outside Szerszen named 2018 International Player of Year”
Off the Block conducted an interview with Janine Oman, NCAA men’s volleyball committee chairperson and Ohio State executive associate athletic director, after the seven-team NCAA Tournament bracket was unveiled on Sunday.
Among the highlights of the NCAA Tournament field included UC Irvine edging out Hawai’i for the final at-large bid and King traveling to Ohio State for the NCAA Tournament play-in match. Continue reading “Q&A with selection committee chairperson Oman about NCAA Tournament bracket, at-large bids”
All the matches are done, and now it’s up left to the NCAA men’s volleyball committee to determine the NCAA Tournament field.
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 selection committee criteria”
The MIVA championship three-peat is complete. Now onto the NCAA championship three-peat thanks to All-MIVA outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen.
Szerszen had a match-high four aces and added 12 kills on a .417 attack percentage to help Ohio State sweep Loyola 25-20, 25-23, 25-19 in the MIVA Tournament finals on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. Continue reading “Szerszen powers Ohio State past Loyola for third straight MIVA title”
Two days until Selection Sunday and bracketology numbers remain close among teams vying for the final spots 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 “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
Five days until Selection Sunday and bracketology numbers remain close among teams vying for the final spots 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 “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
Off the Block each week throughout the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections”
Ohio State outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen is now in a category all by himself throughout the almost 60-year history of the MIVA.
The senior All-American on Wednesday was named the 2018 MIVA Player of the Year to become the first three-time recipient of the award in the conference’s history. Continue reading “Ohio State’s Szerszen makes history with third MIVA Player of Year”
Even with a conference road loss last week, Loyola still was able to move up the RPI rankings.
Loyola surpassed BYU by a ten-thousandth percentage point for the No. 3 spot in the latest RPI rankings that the NCAA released on Monday. Continue reading “Loyola narrowly jumps ahead of BYU in new RPI rankings”
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