2015 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament
 |
|
| Sport | College indoor volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| No. of teams | 6 (as of 2014) |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Ohio State 2 (3) |
| TV partner(s) | ESPNU |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship was, before 2012, the only tournament that determined the NCAA championship of American college men's volleyball. It remains the NCAA's top-level men's volleyball championship, following the 2012 establishment of a Division III championship.
In the past, schools from the Pacific Coast region have dominated this sport, in particular UCLA with coach Al Scates leading the program to 19 NCAA titles(more than any other coach). However, in recent years midwest teams have made their presence know in men's volleyball, winning 5 of the last 10 national championships. Ohio State leads the midwest in national championships, with 3 total national championships including the last two.
Before the 2011–12 school year (2012 championship), men's volleyball did not have an official divisional structure; even now, that structure is truncated. The National Collegiate Championship remains as the NCAA's top-level championship, but Division III members now have their own championship, officially known as the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship.
With the introduction of an official Division III championship, schools in that division are no longer eligible for the National Collegiate Championship. The last exception was Rutgers–Newark, whose men's volleyball program had been a grandfathered scholarship program, and could compete for the National Collegiate Championship through 2014. Rutgers–Newark completed a transition to Division III men's volleyball at the end of that season, and joined the D-III Continental Volleyball Conference effective with the 2015 season.
There are three general regions for men's volleyball: "West", "Midwest", and "East". The three major conferences that currently represent these regions are the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA), and Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA). After the creation of the D-III national championship, the only other conference whose members are eligible to compete for the National Collegiate Championship is Conference Carolinas, a Division II league. Members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), a separate athletics governing body whose members are primarily smaller institutions, regularly play matches against NCAA teams.
...
Wikipedia