Volleyball Today: NCAA first-round schedule; NIVC field, info; another coach fired

After the 64-team NCAA Tournament field was revealed, the NIVC 29-team bracket bracket was announced. All the info follows.

The NCAA tourney schedule is set and we’ll list the first-round matches.

The coaching carousel, which is likely to build up some speed now that the regular season is finished, spun at UCF.

Later Monday we will have our final VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the season. Our same pollsters will be voting on our NCAA Division I All-American team that will post on December 24, two days after the championship match.

NCAA tourney first round

There are 18 matches Thursday. They are not starting early in the day, nor are they spread out. We recommend multiple viewing devices, since every match will be shown only on ESPN+. ESPN will also have its whiparound show, The Fifth Set, which may be the best way for many viewers to keep up.

All times are Eastern:

3:30 — Loyola Chicago vs. BYU
4:30 — Western Kentucky vs. Minnesota
5 — UT Arlington vs. USC
5 — Texas State vs. Missouri
5:30 — Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech
5:30 — Ole Miss vs. Florida State
5:30 — South Carolina vs. Dayton
6:30 — Purdue vs. Western Michigan
6:30 — FGCU vs. Marquette
7 — Hawai’i vs. TCU
7:30 — Cleveland State vs. Kentucky
7:30 — Texas vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
8 — South Dakota vs. Creigton
8 — Wichita State vs. SMU
8 — Wisconsin vs. Fairfield
8 — Wofford vs. Baylor
9:30 — High Point vs. Oregon
9:30 — Utah vs. College of Charleston

There are 14 more first-round matches Friday:

4 — UTEP vs. Oklahoma
4 — Illinois vs. UNI
5 — North Carolina vs. Yale
5 — Florida vs. NC State
5:30 — South Dakota State vs. Miami
6:30 — Texas A&M vs. Colorado State
7 — Louisville vs. Chicago State
7 — Pittsburgh vs. Morehead State
7:30 — Penn State vs. Delaware State
7:30 –Washington vs. LMU
7:30 — Kansas vs. Colgate
8 — Nebraska vs. Florida A&M
8:30 — Arizona State vs. New Hampshire
10 — Stanford vs. Sacramento State

NIVC field includes Arizona, Virginia

Here’s the list of teams:

App State (18-9), Sun Belt
Arizona (20-9), Big 12
Arkansas State (26-5), Sun Belt
Binghamton (19-10), America East
Bowling Green (21-9), Mid-American
DePaul (19-13), Big East
East Carolina (18-9), American
Georgia Southern (21-6), Sun Belt
Idaho State (21-9), Big Sky
Jackson State (19-11), SWAC
Lindenwood (23-10), Ohio Valley
Mercer (26-6), Southern (AQ)
North Carolina A&T (17-10), CAA
Northern Colorado (25-7), Big Sky
Omaha (16-12),…