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May 3, 2012August 13, 2014

NCAA Tournament men’s volleyball semifinal matches to follow tonight

It’s been four long months, but by the end of the night the NCAA Tournament championship match will be set.

The NCAA Tournament semifinals will take place tonight at the Galen Center as the No. 1 seed UC Irvine will try to avoid the upset against the No. 4 seed Penn State. In addition, the No. 2 seed USC will put its home court advantage to the test as it plays the No. 3 seed Lewis in the other semifinal.

Check out the NCAA Tournament semifinal matches to follow tonight.
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May 2, 2012August 13, 2014

Q&A with UC Irvine at the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament

UC Irvine coach John Speraw and several Anteater players participated in the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament media day on Wednesday.

The No. 1 seed UC Irvine will play the No. 4 seed Penn State in the semifinals on Thursday. Check out the transcript from UC Irvine’s news conference.
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May 2, 2012August 13, 2014

Top 5 storylines to follow during the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament

Almost 24 hours away from the start of the men’s volleyball Final Four and the anticipation continues to grow.

The four-team NCAA Tournament will be played at USC with the No. 1 seed UC Irvine playing the No. 4 seed Penn State in the opening semifinals at 6 p.m. (PST) Thursday. In addition, the host school and No. 2 seed USC will play the No. 3 seed Lewis in the second semifinals match at 8 p.m. (PST) Thursday.

The winners of these two matches will play in the national championship on Saturday. Check out the top five storylines to follow during the NCAA Tournament.
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April 30, 2012August 13, 2014

Initial look at NCAA Tournament semifinals matches

After four months of regular season matches and conference tournaments, the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is here.

The NCAA announced the four-team tournament field and semifinals pairings Sunday afternoon. Here is an initial look and historical information you need to know heading into the NCAA Tournament semifinals on Thursday at USC.
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April 29, 2012August 13, 2014

USC earns at-large bid, NCAA Tournament field announced

The MPSF regular season champions USC are in the NCAA Tournament as the lone at-large.

The NCAA selection committee announced Sunday afternoon that the Trojans after losing in the conference tournament semifinals would receive the only at-large bid to the four-team tournament.
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April 29, 2012April 29, 2012

The final men’s volleyball bracketology

Selection Sunday is upon us, and Off the Block is releasing its final projections of the NCAA Tournament bracket following the three conference championships matches on Saturday.

Lewis, Penn State and UC Irvine clinched the three automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, while lone at-large bid remains a tight race between three teams.
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April 29, 2012April 29, 2012

Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

Three of the four tickets to the NCAA Tournament have been punched but the one at-large spot remains increasingly tight heading into Selection Sunday.

With Selection Sunday here, Penn State, Lewis and UC Irvine received the three automatic bids. However, a closer look at the criteria used by the selection committee shows that BYU, Stanford and USC all still have case for the lone at-large bid.
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April 29, 2012June 13, 2012

UC Irvine makes another comeback, clinches spot in NCAA Tourney

The Anteaters for the second time in the last three days overcame a two-game deficit and have now secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

UC Irvine rallied to defeat Stanford 20-25, 25-27, 25-21, 25-21, 15-12 in the MPSF Tournament championship match on Saturday in Los Angeles to earn the conference’s automatic bid to the Final Four.
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April 28, 2012June 13, 2012

Conference tournament men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

Three spots in the four-team NCAA Tournament will be set by the end of the night.

It’s Championship Saturday in college men’s volleyball as EIVA, MIVA and MPSF Tournament championship matches will be played tonight — and each match-up could get more intriguing as the night progresses.

Check out the conference tournament matches to follow tonight from around the nation.
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April 27, 2012April 27, 2012

Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

The conference tournament championship matches are set and Final Four picture is slowly starting to become clearer – but not by much.

With Selection Sunday looming, UC Irvine and Stanford’s victories in the MPSF Tournaments have given them a leg-up in the race to get a spot in the NCAA Tournament. However, a closer look at the criteria used by the selection committee shows nothing in the field is decided going into championship Saturday.
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