Top-ranked Pittsburgh didn’t need five sets to beat No 3 Louisville this time.
No, the Panthers won in four and clinched at least a tie for the ACC title.
BYU, which fell out of the AVCA top 25 last week, upset No. 10 Kansas, also in four.
A bunch of other teams needed five on Wednesday.
Reverse sweeps in this season of reverse sweeps?
No. 6 Stanford pulled it off at No. 19 Georgia Tech.
No. 11 Purdue did it at No. 14 Oregon.
In the Big Sky quarterfinals, top-seeded Northern Colorado avoided a monumental upset to eighth-seeded Montana State when the Bears rallied from being down 0-2.
They weren’t reverse sweeps, but:
South Carolina scored one of the big upsets of the day when the Gamecocks beat No. 16 Florida in five sets for the second time this season;
Wisconsin, tied with Stanford in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, beat visiting Ohio State in five;
No. 15 Utah had to win in five at Iowa State;
AVCA No. 16 Baylor needed five sets to win at Cincinnati;
And in the Big East Championship, Villanova upset UConn in five.
In the Mountain West, sixth-seeded Boise State upset No. 3 Utah State, but then said it will forfeit its semifinal match to second-seeded San Jose State on Friday. More on that follows.
Happy Thanksgiving as we bring you this all-NCAA edition of Volleyball Today:
NCAA volleyball Thursday, Friday
There are two matches on Thanksgiving Day as the Big Sky continues in Sacramento with semifinals as top-seededNorthern Colorado plays fourth-seeded Weber State and second-seeded Idaho State plays No. 3 Sacramento.
Friday, the match of the day has No. 1 Nebraska (28-1, 18-0) at No. 4 Penn State (28-2, 18-1) in a match that will decide the Big Ten title. It’s the only time these powers play this regular season. Even with a loss, Nebraska is all but assured of being the No. 1 or 2 team in the NCAA Tournament. Penn State likely needs a victory to become a top-four seed.
Also in the Big Ten, Purdue is at Washington, Oregon is at UCLA, Ohio State is at AVCA No. 15 Minnesota, No. 20 USC is home for Iowa, Illinois is at Indiana, Northwestern is at Michigan and Maryland is at Rutgers.
The ACC wraps up its regular season with a flourish as Louisville tries to bounce back at Stanford, which has positioned itself to claim a top-four seed with a victory. Pittsburgh, also all but assured a top-four seed, is home for Georgia Tech, No. 9 SMU is home for NC State,…
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