2015 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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2015 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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2015 Division I Championship
Champions Nebraska (4th title)
Runner-up Texas (5th title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Cook (3rd title)
Most outstanding playerMikaela Foecke (Nebraska)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
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The 2015 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began December 4, 2015 and concluded on December 19 at CenturyLink Center, now known as CHI Health Center, in Omaha, Nebraska. [1] The tournament field was determined on November 29, 2015. Nebraska swept Texas in the final to claim their fourth national championship.

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Qualifying teams

The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualified automatically. Twenty-two conferences held tournaments, while the other ten awarded their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that did not hold tournaments were the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 32 bids were apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall were seeded.

Records

San Diego Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI [2] Record
Cleveland State Horizon Automatic6726-6
Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic8325-4
Colorado State Mountain West Automatic2026-3
16 Creighton Big East Automatic1525-8
Furman SoCon Automatic8421-8
9 Kansas Big 12 At-Large826-2
Loyola Marymount West Coast At-Large2722-8
Missouri SEC At-Large1826-5
Missouri State Missouri Valley Automatic3424-10
New Mexico State WAC Automatic6128-5
North Carolina ACC At-Large2420-9
Northern Arizona Big Sky Automatic3328-4
San Diego West Coast At-Large3021-9
8 Stanford Pac-12 At-Large1222-6
UNC-Wilmington CAA Automatic5824-7
1 USC Pac-12 Automatic/Split330-2
Lexington Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
American Patriot Automatic7727-6
Arizona Pac-12 At-Large4619-13
Arkansas State Sun Belt Automatic1628-1
13 BYU West Coast Automatic1426-3
Denver The Summit League Automatic8727-7
Harvard Ivy League Automatic14415-10
Kansas State Big 12 At-Large5117-11
Kentucky SEC At-Large2121-9
Michigan State Big Ten At-Large5418-13
4 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large426-4
Ohio MAC Automatic5225-7
12 Ohio State Big Ten At-Large1723-9
Robert Morris NEC Automatic20319-12
5 Washington Pac-12 Automatic/Split928-2
Western Kentucky Conference USA Automatic1331-3
Wichita State Missouri Valley At-Large2826-8
Austin Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Arizona State Pac-12 At-Large3919-12
Fairfield MAAC Automatic16421-9
11 Florida SEC At-Large722-6
Florida State ACC At-Large2524-7
Iowa State Big 12 At-Large2318-10
Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic5023-8
Miami (FL) ACC At-Large3821-9
Michigan Big Ten At-Large3119-12
New Hampshire America East Automatic14321-8
Oregon Pac-12 At-Large4816-13
Purdue Big Ten At-Large3522-9
Santa Clara West Coast At-Large3722-8
SMU American Automatic3227-5
3 Texas Big 12 Automatic125-2
14 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large1123-7
6 Wisconsin Big Ten At-Large524-6
Des Moines Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Belmont Ohio Valley Automatic16917-14
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic2226-5
Hawaiʻi Big West Automatic2626-1
Howard MEAC Automatic22818-13
Illinois Big Ten At-Large2919-12
Jackson State SWAC Automatic31015-21
15 Louisville ACC Automatic1924-6
Marquette Big East At-Large3621-11
2 Minnesota Big Ten Automatic226-4
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley At-Large4519-14
7 Penn State Big Ten At-Large1026-5
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley At-Large4023-9
TCU Big 12 At-Large4919-9
10 Texas A&M SEC Automatic623-6
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Southland Automatic6531-4
Villanova Big East At-Large4125-8

Bracket

The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team, with the exception of Creighton. Due to basketball events already being scheduled in Omaha, the Bluejays had to head to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to play the first and second round.). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2015, those sites were hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, University of Northern Iowa, University of Kentucky, and University of San Diego. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs. [3]

San Diego Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
1USC3
 Cleveland State 1
1USC3
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego 0
 Northern Arizona 0
 San Diego3
1USC3
16 Creighton 1
16Creighton3
 Coastal Carolina 1
16Creighton3
Chapel Hill, NC
North Carolina 1
 North Carolina3
 UNC Wilmington 0
1 USC 2
9 Kansas3
8Stanford 3
 New Mexico State 0
8 Stanford 0
Stanford, CA
Loyola Marymount3
 Loyola Marymount3
 Colorado State 1
Loyola Marymount 1
9Kansas3
9Kansas3
 Furman 0
9Kansas3
Lawrence, KS
Missouri 0
 Missouri State 1
 Missouri3

Lexington Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
4Nebraska3
 Harvard 1
4Nebraska3
Lincoln, NE
Wichita State 0
 Wichita State3
 Kansas State 1
4Nebraska3
13 BYU 0
13BYU3
 Ohio 1
13BYU3
Provo, UT
Western Kentucky 0
 Arizona 0
 Western Kentucky3
4Nebraska3
5 Washington 1
5Washington3
 Denver 0
5Washington3
Seattle, WA
Michigan State 1
 Michigan State3
 Arkansas State 0
5Washington3
12 Ohio State 2
12Ohio State3
 Robert Morris 0
12Ohio State3
Columbus, OH
American 0
 Kentucky 0
 American3

Austin Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
3Texas3
 Fairfield 0
3Texas3
Austin, TX
Purdue 1
 SMU 1
 Purdue3
3Texas3
14 UCLA 1
14UCLA3
 Lipscomb 0
14UCLA3
Los Angeles, CA
Michigan 2
 Michigan3
 Santa Clara 1
3Texas3
11 Florida 2
6Wisconsin3
 Oregon 1
6Wisconsin3
Madison, WI
Iowa State 0
 Iowa State3
 Miami (FL) 0
6 Wisconsin 2
11Florida3
11Florida3
 New Hampshire 0
11Florida3
Gainesville, FL
Florida State 1
 Arizona State 0
 Florida State3

Des Moines Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
2Minnesota3
 Jackson State 0
2Minnesota3
Minneapolis, MN
Marquette 0
 Marquette3
 Northern Iowa 2
2Minnesota3
Illinois 0
15Louisville3
 Belmont 1
15 Louisville 1
Louisville, KY
Illinois3
 Southern Illinois 0
 Illinois3
2Minnesota3
Hawaiʻi 1
7Penn State3
 Howard 0
7Penn State3
University Park, PA
Dayton 1
 Dayton3
 Villanova 1
7 Penn State 0
Hawaiʻi3
10Texas A&M3
 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
10 Texas A&M 0
College Station, TX
Hawaiʻi3
 Hawaiʻi3
 TCU 2

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship
      
9 Kansas 1
4 Nebraska3
4 Nebraska3
3 Texas 0
2 Minnesota 1
3 Texas3

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %R32S16E8F4CMNC
Big Ten 921–8.724962211
Big 12 510–5.66732221
Pac-12 79–7.563432
Southeastern 45–4.556311
Big West 13–1.750111
West Coast 45–4.55632
Big East 33–3.50021
Atlantic 10 11–1.5001
Conference USA 11–1.5001
Patriot 11–1.5001
Atlantic Coast 43–4.4293
Missouri Valley 41–4.2001
Other200–20.000

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

Television

All first and second-round games were broadcast on local networks or digital feeds [Longhorn Network (Austin), SEC+ (College Station, Gainesville), BYUtv (Provo), ESPN3 (Chapel Hill, Lawrence, Louisville, College Station- non-SEC, Austin- non-Texas, Gainesville- non-SEC), TheW.tv (Provo- non BYU), P12 Digital feeds (Los Angeles, Stanford, Seattle), and Big Ten Digital (Minneapolis, University Park, Madison, Lincoln]. The Regional Finals onward will all be on ESPN Networks. ESPN3 will carry all the Regional Semis except one game in San Diego which will be shown on ESPNU. ESPNU will carry all the regional finals. ESPN2 will carry the National Semifinals and Final. [4]

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