The 2024 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship is December 19-22 in the KFC Yum! Center, in Louisville. Kentucky. The first semifinal is at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPN with first serve for the second 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first match (also on ESPN). The national championship is at 3 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, December 22 on ABC.
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By Cassie Langdon for the NCAA
It’s the most wonderful time of the year …
… it’s time for NCAA Division I women’s volleyball committee to select the 64 teams who will make the field for the 2024 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. The championship bracket will be announced Sunday, December 1.
This year’s championship will take place in Louisville Dec. 19-22 and showcase the last four teams standing.
But to get to those four teams, the 64 teams vying for the title must be selected, either through an automatic qualifier spot from their conference or an at-large selection. That’s where the committee comes in.
Ten individuals make up the committee, led this year by Danielle Josetti, the committee chair and Executive Associate Athletic Director, Compliance, Marketing & Sales at Marquette University.
Josetti and the rest of the committee will look beyond a team’s wins and losses; they will consider the whole picture and use a number of criteria to select and seed teams. This includes:
- Strength of schedule;
- Rating Percentage Index (RPI);
- Head-to-head competition;
- Results versus common opponents;
- KPI;
- Significant wins/losses and location of those contests.
Additionally, the Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee takes input given by the regional advisory committees under their consideration.
Josetti shared more about the selections process and how the committee does its difficult work.
In one sentence, how would you describe the 2024 volleyball season?
This season has been so exciting, but also somewhat unpredictable.
About how many games do you watch a week?
I probably watch 10-15 matches a week right now, but among the full committee, I don’t know the exact number, but it’s very high.
How often does the committee meet to discuss everything going on the Division I volleyball world?
We have been meeting consistently every other week since the season…
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