The NCAA Men’s Volleyball tournament is coming soon. The Selection Show is on Sunday, April 21 at 1pm ET and can only be viewed on NCAA.com. The actual tournament is being held in Long Beach, California from April 30-May 4th.
In 2023, the UCLA Bruins defeated Hawai’i to win the program’s 20th national title.ed The win secures as head coach at UC Irvine.John Speraw his fourth national title as a head coach but his first national title at UCLA. He previously won
With the win, the Bruins have 121 NCAA National Championships, second only to Stanford.
Let’s take a quick look at the Top Ten in Men’s Volleyball for 2024.
#1- UCLA again is again at the top spot with a 22-4 overall record. They program averages between 3000 and 4000 fans per home contest. Ethan Champlin leads the Bruins with 209 kills , followed by 200 from Cooper Robinson.
#2-Grand Canyon has a 22-4 record on the season. Camden Gianni has 290 kills and Jackson Hickman follows with 274. These two are also team leaders in blocks. The head Coach is Matt Werle. He was selected to become an assistant coach for this year’s U.S. Men’s Junior National Training Team.
#3- Long Beach State have a 22-3 record and get the luxury of playing the national tourney at home.
#4- UC Irvine- The Anteaters are 18-9 on the year. hey are coached by Michael Brinkley.The libero was member of UCI’s national championship teams in 2012 and 2013, earning NCAA All-Tournament honors in 2013.
#5- Penn State enters with a 21-6 record and the highest seed est of the Mississippi River.The Nittany Lions are undefeated at home. John Kerr leads the squad with 356 kills on the season.
#6- Ohio State – is 20-8 on the year. They have lost to many very good teams such as Penn State, Loyola Chicago, Penn State and Stanford.
#7- BYU- with a 15-8 record they have had the least contests. Earlier in the season at home they split with UCLA. They have good wins over a Top team in Pepperdine. Luke Benson is leader with 308 points.
#8- Hawaii – The Rainbows have a 22-6 record and may have had the toughest schedule by playing the West Coast teams continually. They were second in the national tourney last year.
#9- Pepperdine – is 17-9 on the year and may be the first team left out on selection Sunday and only eight advance.
#10 Stanford- at 19-9 the same can be said for the Cardinals not getting proper due and being left out.
Next; Chicago Loyola, Ball State, George Mason