We gathered to talk about Tuesday's National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship, which begins Tuesday with the quarterfinals at Walter Pyramid, Long Beach.
Matchups available to watch exclusively on NCAA.com:
11 a.m. Pacific — No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 8 Fort Valley State.
1:30 p.m., University of the Pacific — No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 Penn State.
5 p.m. Pacific — No. 2 Long Beach State vs. No. 7 Belmont Abbey.
7:30 p.m., Pacific — No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Ohio State.
panel:
ariel houlihan Bay to Bay Boys Club director and wife of Stanford University assistant coach Matt Houlihan. Not only is she passionate about her NCAA men's game, she's also one of the funniest, most outspoken social media sensations of hers. Follow her on Instagram (116,000 followers) and on TikTok (114,000 followers) @ariellehoulihan.
Pepperdine coach Jonathan Winder His teams played at Belmont Abbey as well as UCLA and Grand Canyon in the MPSF. Waves was ranked 10th in the last AVCA Top 20. Winder won an NCAA title as a player at Pepperdine University in 2005 and had just completed his second season returning to his alma mater after coaching the women's team at Fresno State.
Loyola Chicago coach John Hawks The Ramblers played UCLA and Ohio State. He was an assistant coach at UCLA for many years and was the 2023 MIVA Coach of the Year. Loyola finished 12th in the rankings this season.
and VolleyballMag Editor lee fienneswogg He is excited to be covering the NCAA men's semifinals and finals for the first time since 2015.