Dates | May 2001 |
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Teams | 4 |
Champions | BYU (2nd title) |
Runners-up | UCLA (22nd title match) |
Matches played | 3 |
Attendance | 9,009 (3,003 per match) |
Best player | Mike Wall (BYU) |
← 2000 2002 → |
The 2001 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 32nd annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at The Pyramid in Long Beach, California during May 2001. [1]
BYU defeated UCLA in the final match, 3–0 (30–26, 30–26, 32–30), to win their second national title. The Cougars (23–4) were coached by Carl McGown.
BYU's Mike Wall was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Wall, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.
Team | Appearance | Previous |
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BYU | 2nd | 1999 |
Ohio State | 13th | 2000 |
Penn State | 16th | 2000 |
UCLA | 23rd | 2000 |
The rules were modified this year so that teams needed to score 30 points, rather than 15, to win each individual set. However, teams still needed to win three sets, of five, to win each match.
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
– | UCLA (3) | 30 | 30 | 22 | 30 | ||||||||||||
– | Ohio State (1) | 21 | 20 | 30 | 24 | ||||||||||||
– | UCLA (0) | 26 | 26 | 30 | |||||||||||||
– | BYU (3) | 30 | 30 | 32 | |||||||||||||
– | BYU (3) | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | ||||||||||||
– | Penn State (1) | 28 | 30 | 28 | 26 |
The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event that leads to the championship in women's volleyball from teams in Division I contested by the NCAA each winter since 1981. Texas won the most recent tournament, defeating Louisville 3–0 at CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
The 1970 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
The 1974 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Robertson Gymnasium in Santa Barbara, California. The previous tournament format of round robin play for seeding followed by a single-elimination tournament was dropped in favor of going directly to a single-elimination bracket. The tournament field remained fixed at 4 teams.
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