Last week was pretty uneventful in college volleyball, but don’t worry, the craziness is BACK. There were plenty of big matchups to choose from this week, so I obviously had to leave some out. One, in particular, is happening on Wednesday evening — a rematch between Texas and Iowa State. If you don’t remember, Iowa State is the only team to have taken down Texas this season. It was a very unexpected upset, so you won’t want to miss the rematch.
Aside from that, I have three matchups going down this weekend that you should keep your eyes on.
No. 21 Rice vs No. 22 Western Kentucky | Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. ET on C-USA Live stream or Facebook Live
So here are two teams you don’t typically see on my games of the week, but this is certainly a must-watch game. Here is why: We are getting really close to selections.
Rice is 22-2 this season, with no bad losses. Their two losses on the season came to Oregon, who I just moved into my Power 10 rankings, and Baylor. They have wins over Houston, then-No. 17 Creighton, and LSU. Western Kentucky is ranked just one spot below them in the AVCA poll. They too have just two losses on the season to Louisville and Texas A&M. They have wins over Tennessee and Miami.
Either way, this matchup should have implications on selections. Rice, or maybe WKU, could be teams on the verge of hosting in the tournament. This outcome will likely have some big seeding implications for the tournament, especially now that the top 32 schools are seeded by the Selection Committee. Don’t miss this one!
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No. 5 Louisville vs No. 13 Georgia Tech | Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. ET on ACCNX
Our first must-watch matchup of the week features an ACC battle on Georgia Tech’s home court. I will be live on-site — so if you can’t watch the game, I will be live-blogging the match, right here on NCAA.com. Louisville ranks No. 5 in the AVCA, but they are the No. 2 team in the Selection Committee’s latest top 10, right below Texas. There is a big difference between Texas and Louisville the rest of the way though — the Cards have two more big challenges on their schedule, and Texas has a fairly easy rest of the way. So that means Louisville could either move down, with losses, or in my eyes, take over the No. 1 spot and maybe even fight for the No. 1 seed in…
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