In this edition of Volleyball Today, we’ve got the Patriot League Championship beginning Tuesday, the AVCA poll, an NCAA RPI update with implications, the passing of Matt McShane, a firing, a statue for WKU’s Travis Hudson and info on the Laguna Beach Open:
NCAA volleyball Tuesday
Postseason is upon us.
The Patriot League conference tournament gets underway when sixth-seeded Lehigh goes to No. 3 American and No. 5 Loyola Maryland is at No. 4 Army West Point. The semifinals are Friday at Colgate with the highest advancing seed playing second-seeded Bucknell and the other winner facing No. 1 Colgate.
There are four matches in The Summit League, where South Dakota State (14-1) holds a one-game lead on Omaha (13-2). South Dakota State is at South Dakota, while Omaha goes to Kansas City. Denver is at Oral Roberts and North Dakota is at North Dakota State as the regular-season concludes. The conference tournament starts Sunday in Kansas City.
The Ohio Valley Conference has a similar situation. Southeast Missouri (12-3) holds a one-game lead on Lindenwood (12-4) and is up two games on Little Rock (11-5). Southeast Missouri is home for SIUE, Lindenwood is at Little Rock, Morehead State goes to Southern Indiana, Tennessee State is at Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Tech is at UT Martin.
The same teams face off Wednesday and the conference tourney begins Sunday.
In the Missouri Valley, Murray State is at Belmont and UIC is at Valparaiso.
The Mountain West has third-place Fresno State (11-5) at San Jose State (12-5). Idle Colorado State leads at 12-4.
There were two SWAC matches Monday as Texas Southern swept Grambling and Alabama State did the same to Southern.
AVCA top 25
Much like the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, there was little movement at the top of the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll. The top 10 spots stayed the same with the first change coming at No. 11, where Kansas moved up a spot. No one dropped out.
Click here for the complete AVCA top 25.
NCAA RPI through Sunday
The computer rankings are not the be-all end-all when it comes to the NCAA Tournament bracket, but it gives a pretty good idea of how the field of 64 will look. What matters most are the top four seeds (if they win their first two matches they get to play at home for the third and fourth rounds), the top 16 (you get to host the first two rounds), and then the teams in the…
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