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NAIA 2024
Apr 24, 2024 13:14:06 GMT -5
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Post by naiamvbfan on Apr 24, 2024 13:14:06 GMT -5
Heart of America announced addition of Kansas Wesleyan for 24-25 season pushing conference to 11 teams. I would imagine they are trying to pull another school in to get 12 total teams. Conference would then get 2 automatic bids to nationals.
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Post by photogirl on Apr 24, 2024 15:02:34 GMT -5
Pool C Preview- 10:00am CT
3 Seed- Grand View (22-6) Grand View has numerous starters from the 2021 and 2022 national championship teams, so they know what it takes to win it all. They are a very tough serving team with Galili, Annichini and Valdez all have the ability to go on prolonged runs. I was able to watch Grand View 10+ times this season. Setter- 2nd team All Conference- Guilherme Domdei Goedert has the team hitting .320%, good for 4th in the nation. At 5’10”, he is on the small side but plays all the way around. OH- 1st team All Conference- Bayron Valdez Pena is hitting .329% and gets about 22% of the teams attempts. Bayron can be very hot or cold. When on, he is almost unstoppable. OH- Honorable Mention All Conference- After taking a year off, starting OH Leonardo Annichini is hitting .295% and gets about 25x% of the teams attempts MH- Honorable Mention All Conference- Danny Wong is hitting .441% and gets about 12% of the teams attempts. Danny is part of my starting all-star team and is one of the best middles in the nation. MH- Ryan Griffel is hitting .378% and gets about 8% of the teams attempts. Ryan has not played since their April 5th match against William Penn, missing the last three matches. Not sure if he is hurt or if there is another reason he is not playing. I believe OH Lucas Alves Leandro has been filling in at middle. Opp- 1st team All Conference- Lefty Daniel Galili is hitting .289% and gets about 33% of the teams attempts. Like Valdez, he can be very dominate at times. Libero- Dalton Dencklau Grand View has wins over the following tournament teams: Georgetown, Mount Mercy, William Penn (x3) Losses to The Master’s, Georgetown, Mount Mercy
6 Seed- Saint Xavier (21-8) Saint Xavier started the season 0-5 as they started with a killer schedule and were without 6’9” opposite Oskar Krzyzak early and then Shane Ohms. With them both back, they have a very potent offense and could win Pool C. This is a very PIN heavy team. I was able to watch Saint Xavier 10+ times this season. Setter- Cameron Daniels and 2nd team All Conference- Christian Oviedo (they run a 6-2 most of the time) have the team hitting .289%, good for 14th in the nation. OH- CCAC Player of the Year- Jan Lopuch is hitting .354% and gets about 30% of the teams attempts OH- 1st team All Conference- Matt Pennala is hitting .263% and gets about 26% of the teams attempts MH- 2nd team All Conference- Drew Ehlers is hitting.361x% and gets about 11% of the teams attempts MH- Alessandro Giantti is hitting .428% and gets about 7% of the teams attempts *It was hard to figure out the percentage of the team attempts each player got at the Opp position with numerous injuries and running a 6’2. But the Opp position got about 26% of attempts. Opp- Oskar Krzyzak is hitting .273% and gets about 8% of the teams attempts. Oscar missed the first 7 matches of the season and the CCAC tournament. Not sure if he is injured again. Opp- Shane Ohms is hitting .237% and gets about 7% of the teams attempts Opp- Sean Carey is hitting .263% and gets about 11% of the teams attempts Libero- 1st team All Conference- Andres Velez Saint Xavier has wins over the following tournament teams: Jamestown, Georgetown Losses to The Master’s (x2), OUAZ, William Penn, Georgetown, Vanguard
11 Seed- Westcliff (17-7) I was able to watch Westcliff 3 times this season. Setter- Honorable Mention All Conference- Pawel Tuz- has the team hitting .234%, good for 25th in the nation. OH- CalPal Attacker of the Year- Gabriel Pizza is hitting .242% and gets about 36% of the teams attempts. OH- Tom Dempsey is hitting .168% and gets about 13% of the teams attempts. MH- 1st team All Conference- Lisati Valala is hitting .345% and gets about 10% of the teams attempts. MH- Connor McCann is hitting .349% and gets about 12% of the teams attempts. Opp- 2nd team All Conference- Mohamed Ilias Lazaar is hitting .187% and gets about 29% of the teams attempts. 55% of the teams attempts run through 2 players in Pizza and Lazaar. Westcliff has wins over the following tournament teams: None Losses to OUAZ, The Master’s, Vanguard
Prediction- Grand View over Westcliff 3-0 Saint Xavier over Westcliff 3-0 Grand View over Saint Xavier 3-2
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Apr 24, 2024 21:52:01 GMT -5
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Post by volleydude8 on Apr 24, 2024 21:52:01 GMT -5
Heart of America announced addition of Kansas Wesleyan for 24-25 season pushing conference to 11 teams. I would imagine they are trying to pull another school in to get 12 total teams. Conference would then get 2 automatic bids to nationals. Would this increase nationals to 13 teams or take away an at large bid?
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Apr 24, 2024 22:03:40 GMT -5
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Post by naiamvbfan on Apr 24, 2024 22:03:40 GMT -5
Heart of America announced addition of Kansas Wesleyan for 24-25 season pushing conference to 11 teams. I would imagine they are trying to pull another school in to get 12 total teams. Conference would then get 2 automatic bids to nationals. Would this increase nationals to 13 teams or take away an at large bid? Reduces at large bids but next year will look different. Without confirming I think a conference must have 6 teams to receive 1 automatic bid and 12 increases that to 2. Cal pac and GPAC are losing teams and potentially an automatic bid with that so I’m not sure what number of auto bids/ at large bids looks like for next year
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Post by photogirl on Apr 25, 2024 9:56:01 GMT -5
Pool D Preview- 4:00pm CT
4 Seed- OUAZ (19-6) I was able to watch OUAZ 10+ times (benefits of being on after everybody else is done for the night). Setter- All Conference- Zeo Meyer has the team hitting .317%, good for 5th in the nation. The left-handed Zeo is probably the most “offensive” setter in the nation. Not sure if he has seen a pass that he doesn’t want to hit which makes him very effective in taking blockers with him. He had 221 attacks for the season, which is right in line with their two middles (some of these were not second balls and were when they had him playing in a situational Opposite role). He also has one of the top serves in the nation. OH- All Conference- Emery Outin is hitting .324% and gets about 28% of the teams attempts. Emery is a go to OH. OH- All Conference- Addah Nestor is hitting .335% and gets about 26% of the teams attempts. Nestor is a very hot/cold player. When he is on, he is unstoppable (9 matches hitting over .450%), but he has numerous matches that he just isn’t “on” (6 matches hitting under .111%, including 3 of their losses). MH- Blake Music was receiving about 10% of the teams attempts while hitting .402. Unfortunately, he got hurt in the second to last match of the season and did not play in the GSAC tournament. I don’t expect him to play at nationals. Ben Wilson played but did not have an attack attempt. MH- Horatio Maumasi is hitting .333% and gets about 10% of the teams attempts. With the loss of Music, they are really going to need him to step up. Opp- Caeden Salmen is hitting .323% and gets about 17% of the teams attempts. OUAZ has wins over the following tournament teams: William Penn, Saint Xavier, Westcliff, Vanguard Losses to Jamestown, The Master’s (x2), Vanguard (x2)
5 Seed- William Penn (22-6) William Penn has the talent to win this pool, especially if the trio of Figy, Krause and Papes have good matches. I was able to watch William Penn 10+ times this season. Setter- 2nd team All Conference- Matt Helmick has the team hitting .311%, good for 7th in the nation. At 5’9”, Helmick is often taken out in the front row for blocking when William Penn is serving. OH- 2nd team All Conference- Ike Papes is hitting .250% and gets about 25% of the teams attempts. Ike is not part of the passing rotation most of the time (Landon Krause passes when possible). OH- Devyn Zavala is hitting .236% and gets about 20% of the teams attempts. MH- Heart Middle Blocker of the Year- Charlie Figy is hitting .463% and gets about 13% of the teams attempts. MH- Britten Beallis is hitting .448% and gets about 13% of the teams attempts. Opp- Heart player of the Year- Lefty Landon Krause is hitting .322% and gets about 30% of the teams attempts. Landon was national POY in 2022 and is a high volume player in 2024 after being hurt for parts of 2023. His serving was huge in the Heart semi final win over Park. Libero- Joao Gabriel Filippelli William Penn has wins over the following tournament teams: Saint Xavier, Mount Mercy (x2), Losses to OUAZ, Grand View (x3)
12 Seed- Reinhardt (28-1) Reinhardt is on a 24-match winning streak, but their schedule didn’t have any tournament teams on it, so it is a little hard to tell how good they are. They are very PIN heavy with only 16% of sets going to the middle while hitting under .300% out of the middle. I only watched Reinhardt one time and that was the AAC final. Setter- 1st team All Conference- Bruno Dewes has the team hitting .304%, good for 9th in the nation. OH- AAC Player of the Year- Rodolfo Biegelmeyer is hitting .336% and gets about 28% of the teams attempts. OH- 2nd team All Conference- Jakub Aniolczyk is hitting .333% and gets about 7% of the teams attempts. OH- 2nd team All Conference- Gabriel Gutierrez is hitting .350% and gets about 22% of the teams attempts. MH- 2nd team All Conference- Dalton Fellows is hitting .291% and gets about 8% of the teams attempts. MH- Christian DeLeon is hitting .299% and gets about 8% of the teams attempts. Opp- 1st team All Conference- Victor Pacheco- is hitting .336% and gets about 16% of the teams attempts. Libero- 1st team All Conference- Alex Sanchez Reinhardt has wins over the following tournament teams: None Losses None
Prediction- OUAZ over Reinhardt 3-0 William Penn over Reinhardt 3-0 William Penn over OUAZ 3-0 (OUAZ won the opening match of the season, with Blake Music, on 1/25/224 by the scores of 25-27, 25-19, 25-20 31-29. One of these teams will also end the season against their season opening opponent)
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Post by franknvb on Apr 25, 2024 11:35:38 GMT -5
Photogirl, thanks for the great breakdowns!!!
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Post by nslot on Apr 25, 2024 13:06:50 GMT -5
Would this increase nationals to 13 teams or take away an at large bid? Reduces at large bids but next year will look different. Without confirming I think a conference must have 6 teams to receive 1 automatic bid and 12 increases that to 2. Cal pac and GPAC are losing teams and potentially an automatic bid with that so I’m not sure what number of auto bids/ at large bids looks like for next year So total national bids is a ratio between number of NAIA team with Men's volleyball they want it between 18-22% of total teams. It is important to the NAIA that at large bids be permitted and when they jumped for 8-12 it was mostly to make sure at larges could stay afloat. This year there were 61 NAIA team so 19.6 % of the field makes the national tournament. Next Year for sure we lose Menlo and Vanguard. I think you will continue to see school migrate towards D2 for example Jamestown is set to follow in 2025-2026. Schools that i know of that are adding men's volleyball programs Carolina University Entered the NAIA and had an existing team assume they will join the ACC Oakland City will join the River states - Formally know as the Mid South IUE will join the River states Brewton Parker will Join the ACC St. Thomas Will join the ACC I expect there to be maybe 65 teams next year meaning the 12 teams is still inside an acceptable % of the field 18% Auto bids will change though; ACC - Bluefield, Carolina, St. Andrews, Truett, Rienhardt, Life, Brewton Parker, Warner, Webber, St Thomas (10 teams - 1 Bid) River States- Cumberland, Campbellsville, Georgetown, Midway, Brecisa, Oakland City, Rio, IUE, St. Mary of the Woods (9 teams- 1 Bid) WHAC - Lawerence Tech, Lourdes, Indiana Tech, Goshen, Mount Vernon, Sienna Hieghts, Conerstone, Aquanis, Bethel (9 Teams - 1 Bid) Chicago Land - St. Xaiver, Calumet, Olivet, Judson, Trinity, St Ambrose, Viterbo, Roosevelt (8 teams 1 bid) Great plains- Jamestown, Dordt, Morningside, Ottawa, Central Christian (5 Team 0 bids) Heart - Grandview, Penn, Park, Movalley, Mount Mercy, Mo Bap, UHSP, Clarke, Graceland, Culver-stockton, Kansas Wesleyan( 11 teams -1 Bid) GSAC- OUAZ, Masters, Hope international, Arizona Christian (4 teams 0 Bids) CAL-PAC- UC Merced, Westcliff, BenU, St Katherine, Pacific Union, Simpson, Park Gilbert( 7 teams 1 bid) So as it stand there will be 6 at large bid and 1 host bid. I anticipate you will see major structural change in the Conference. Most likely the GSAC and CAL Pac combine but its to the determine of the CAL PAC as if those confences where combined this year Menlo would have gotten in over any of them. Something also will need to change for the Great plains especially with an emending exist from Jamestown they will be down to 4 and may be force to merge with the Heart cause them to climb to 15 in years to come. I could also see a split in the AAC future. You have 3 NAIA teams in florida with 2 non AAC member in GA (Life and Brewton Parker) if another florida school pulls the trigger it would vastly improve there travel to break away. Leaving the other 5 remaining AAC school looking for 1 more to give them a Bid.
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Post by photogirl on Apr 25, 2024 13:34:47 GMT -5
Reduces at large bids but next year will look different. Without confirming I think a conference must have 6 teams to receive 1 automatic bid and 12 increases that to 2. Cal pac and GPAC are losing teams and potentially an automatic bid with that so I’m not sure what number of auto bids/ at large bids looks like for next year So total national bids is a ratio between number of NAIA team with Men's volleyball they want it between 18-22% of total teams. It is important to the NAIA that at large bids be permitted and when they jumped for 8-12 it was mostly to make sure at larges could stay afloat. This year there were 61 NAIA team so 19.6 % of the field makes the national tournament. Next Year for sure we lose Menlo and Vanguard. I think you will continue to see school migrate towards D2 for example Jamestown is set to follow in 2025-2026. Schools that i know of that are adding men's volleyball programs Carolina University Entered the NAIA and had an existing team assume they will join the ACC Oakland City will join the River states - Formally know as the Mid South IUE will join the River states Brewton Parker will Join the ACC St. Thomas Will join the ACC I expect there to be maybe 65 teams next year meaning the 12 teams is still inside an acceptable % of the field 18% Auto bids will change though; ACC - Bluefield, Carolina, St. Andrews, Truett, Rienhardt, Life, Brewton Parker, Warner, Webber, St Thomas (10 teams - 1 Bid) River States- Cumberland, Campbellsville, Georgetown, Midway, Brecisa, Oakland City, Rio, IUE, St. Mary of the Woods (9 teams- 1 Bid) WHAC - Lawerence Tech, Lourdes, Indiana Tech, Goshen, Mount Vernon, Sienna Hieghts, Conerstone, Aquanis, Bethel (9 Teams - 1 Bid) Chicago Land - St. Xaiver, Calumet, Olivet, Judson, Trinity, St Ambrose, Viterbo, Roosevelt (8 teams 1 bid) Great plains- Jamestown, Dordt, Morningside, Ottawa, Central Christian (5 Team 0 bids) Heart - Grandview, Penn, Park, Movalley, Mount Mercy, Mo Bap, UHSP, Clarke, Graceland, Culver-stockton, Kansas Wesleyan( 11 teams -1 Bid) GSAC- OUAZ, Masters, Hope international, Arizona Christian (4 teams 0 Bids) CAL-PAC- UC Merced, Westcliff, BenU, St Katherine, Pacific Union, Simpson, Park Gilbert( 7 teams 1 bid) So as it stand there will be 6 at large bid and 1 host bid. I anticipate you will see major structural change in the Conference. Most likely the GSAC and CAL Pac combine but its to the determine of the CAL PAC as if those confences where combined this year Menlo would have gotten in over any of them. Something also will need to change for the Great plains especially with an emending exist from Jamestown they will be down to 4 and may be force to merge with the Heart cause them to climb to 15 in years to come. I could also see a split in the AAC future. You have 3 NAIA teams in florida with 2 non AAC member in GA (Life and Brewton Parker) if another florida school pulls the trigger it would vastly improve there travel to break away. Leaving the other 5 remaining AAC school looking for 1 more to give them a Bid. Great breakdown. I see two things happening. 1. I think the Heart and GPAC combine, but with some stipulation that not everybody, or possibly no one has to travel to Jamestown (almost 6 hours from Morningside, which I believe is the closest school to them). Maybe they even have "tri-matches" like the Mid-South has done and there would be three schools at the site playing around robin. This would cause Jamestown to lose out on the majority of home matches and has them play their "home games" at a neutral site. This would give them 16 teams and 2 bids. Hurts the current GPAC teams but outside of Jamestown, none of them have ever had a chance of making the tournament, so just status quo. 2. I am pretty sure I heard that BenU Mesa is moving to the GSAC. I think I heard it during the GSAC tournament broadcast, but it could have been during a different one. If that is the case, I can't see the Cal-Pac staying together and see all of those members moving to the GSAC, giving them 11 teams (Arizona, SoCal and NoCal regions), but still only 1 bid. Hurts the current Cal-Pac teams the same way as the GPAC teams mentioned above. Maybe the NAIA removes the extra bid for having 12+ teams and allows more room for At-Large. I agree that every conference champion (assuming a minimum size) should get an auto bid but I don't ever agree with 2 (benefited Campbellsville during their semi final run in 2022). If the teams in your conference are good enough, the second best will/should still get an at-large.
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Post by photogirl on Apr 25, 2024 13:41:58 GMT -5
Photogirl, thanks for the great breakdowns!!! I enjoyed doing them and glad you liked them. My love for NAIA volleyball is real. I am very interested in hearing everyone's opinion on who is going to win the various matches during pool play, who wins their pools and who makes it to (and wins) the finals. You already know my pool play predictions and here are the rest. Semi Final (after watching Grand View vs The Master's the first weekend of the season, I predicted them as a national final but I am going away from that, but just slightly. Still wouldn't surprise me) The Master's over William Penn 3-0 Vanguard over Grand View 3-2 Finals The Master's over Vanguard 3-0
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NAIA 2024
Apr 25, 2024 14:05:07 GMT -5
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Post by Volleyfan024 on Apr 25, 2024 14:05:07 GMT -5
So total national bids is a ratio between number of NAIA team with Men's volleyball they want it between 18-22% of total teams. It is important to the NAIA that at large bids be permitted and when they jumped for 8-12 it was mostly to make sure at larges could stay afloat. This year there were 61 NAIA team so 19.6 % of the field makes the national tournament. Next Year for sure we lose Menlo and Vanguard. I think you will continue to see school migrate towards D2 for example Jamestown is set to follow in 2025-2026. Schools that i know of that are adding men's volleyball programs Carolina University Entered the NAIA and had an existing team assume they will join the ACC Oakland City will join the River states - Formally know as the Mid South IUE will join the River states Brewton Parker will Join the ACC St. Thomas Will join the ACC I expect there to be maybe 65 teams next year meaning the 12 teams is still inside an acceptable % of the field 18% Auto bids will change though; ACC - Bluefield, Carolina, St. Andrews, Truett, Rienhardt, Life, Brewton Parker, Warner, Webber, St Thomas (10 teams - 1 Bid) River States- Cumberland, Campbellsville, Georgetown, Midway, Brecisa, Oakland City, Rio, IUE, St. Mary of the Woods (9 teams- 1 Bid) WHAC - Lawerence Tech, Lourdes, Indiana Tech, Goshen, Mount Vernon, Sienna Hieghts, Conerstone, Aquanis, Bethel (9 Teams - 1 Bid) Chicago Land - St. Xaiver, Calumet, Olivet, Judson, Trinity, St Ambrose, Viterbo, Roosevelt (8 teams 1 bid) Great plains- Jamestown, Dordt, Morningside, Ottawa, Central Christian (5 Team 0 bids) Heart - Grandview, Penn, Park, Movalley, Mount Mercy, Mo Bap, UHSP, Clarke, Graceland, Culver-stockton, Kansas Wesleyan( 11 teams -1 Bid) GSAC- OUAZ, Masters, Hope international, Arizona Christian (4 teams 0 Bids) CAL-PAC- UC Merced, Westcliff, BenU, St Katherine, Pacific Union, Simpson, Park Gilbert( 7 teams 1 bid) So as it stand there will be 6 at large bid and 1 host bid. I anticipate you will see major structural change in the Conference. Most likely the GSAC and CAL Pac combine but its to the determine of the CAL PAC as if those confences where combined this year Menlo would have gotten in over any of them. Something also will need to change for the Great plains especially with an emending exist from Jamestown they will be down to 4 and may be force to merge with the Heart cause them to climb to 15 in years to come. I could also see a split in the AAC future. You have 3 NAIA teams in florida with 2 non AAC member in GA (Life and Brewton Parker) if another florida school pulls the trigger it would vastly improve there travel to break away. Leaving the other 5 remaining AAC school looking for 1 more to give them a Bid. Great breakdown. I see two things happening. 1. I think the Heart and GPAC combine, but with some stipulation that not everybody, or possibly no one has to travel to Jamestown (almost 6 hours from Morningside, which I believe is the closest school to them). Maybe they even have "tri-matches" like the Mid-South has done and there would be three schools at the site playing around robin. This would cause Jamestown to lose out on the majority of home matches and has them play their "home games" at a neutral site. This would give them 16 teams and 2 bids. Hurts the current GPAC teams but outside of Jamestown, none of them have ever had a chance of making the tournament, so just status quo. 2. I am pretty sure I heard that BenU Mesa is moving to the GSAC. I think I heard it during the GSAC tournament broadcast, but it could have been during a different one. If that is the case, I can't see the Cal-Pac staying together and see all of those members moving to the GSAC, giving them 11 teams (Arizona, SoCal and NoCal regions), but still only 1 bid. Hurts the current Cal-Pac teams the same way as the GPAC teams mentioned above. Maybe the NAIA removes the extra bid for having 12+ teams and allows more room for At-Large. I agree that every conference champion (assuming a minimum size) should get an auto bid but I don't ever agree with 2 (benefited Campbellsville during their semi final run in 2022). If the teams in your conference are good enough, the second best will/should still get an at-large. On one of the Jared breakdown videos I believe he said that BenU and St. Katherine’s are joking the GSAC
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NAIA 2024
Apr 25, 2024 15:14:51 GMT -5
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Post by MVBFAN on Apr 25, 2024 15:14:51 GMT -5
Jamestown leaves NAIA after this year I believe
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Post by photogirl on Apr 25, 2024 15:37:34 GMT -5
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Post by tstokke on Apr 25, 2024 16:37:30 GMT -5
Jamestown will not be in the GPAC next year. I believe *very quickly* after they announced they were going D2 the GPAC took that as their conference resignation letter. Jamestown will be in the North Star next year, at least for women's volleyball. Maybe the men will get one more year, but I doubt it. The North Star is lacking several sports that UJ offers, so it'll be interesting seeing how it works out.
This is an issue for women's volleyball, and other sports as well, but the North Star conference has it's own issues, with most of the teams going elsewhere.
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Post by fandad on Apr 25, 2024 17:13:37 GMT -5
Great breakdown. I see two things happening. 1. I think the Heart and GPAC combine, but with some stipulation that not everybody, or possibly no one has to travel to Jamestown (almost 6 hours from Morningside, which I believe is the closest school to them). Maybe they even have "tri-matches" like the Mid-South has done and there would be three schools at the site playing around robin. This would cause Jamestown to lose out on the majority of home matches and has them play their "home games" at a neutral site. This would give them 16 teams and 2 bids. Hurts the current GPAC teams but outside of Jamestown, none of them have ever had a chance of making the tournament, so just status quo. 2. I am pretty sure I heard that BenU Mesa is moving to the GSAC. I think I heard it during the GSAC tournament broadcast, but it could have been during a different one. If that is the case, I can't see the Cal-Pac staying together and see all of those members moving to the GSAC, giving them 11 teams (Arizona, SoCal and NoCal regions), but still only 1 bid. Hurts the current Cal-Pac teams the same way as the GPAC teams mentioned above. Maybe the NAIA removes the extra bid for having 12+ teams and allows more room for At-Large. I agree that every conference champion (assuming a minimum size) should get an auto bid but I don't ever agree with 2 (benefited Campbellsville during their semi final run in 2022). If the teams in your conference are good enough, the second best will/should still get an at-large. On one of the Jared breakdown videos I believe he said that BenU and St. Katherine’s are joking the GSAC Actually, Ben U Mesa, Park-Gilbert, and USK are leaving the CalPac for the GSAC next year. UC Merced is also planning to move to D2 in 2025-2026. Among other CalPac schools, Providence Christian (Pasadena) has announced it's adding men's volleyball in 2024-2025, and the rumor is that Soka U (Alisa Viejo) will also add for next year (although it seems like they would have announced that already if they plan to start in 2024-2025). Unless Soka adds, it seems like a possibility the GSAC and CalPac will join forces until they get enough schools adding to sustain a conference of 6 teams or more. Walla Walla University in Washington also announced they are adding in 2024-2025. They are part of the Cascade Collegiate Conference of the NAIA. They're pretty isolated up there. There's a remote possibility they join the CalPac, but seems unlikely.
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Post by heyyouguuuuys on Apr 26, 2024 8:03:41 GMT -5
Reduces at large bids but next year will look different. Without confirming I think a conference must have 6 teams to receive 1 automatic bid and 12 increases that to 2. Cal pac and GPAC are losing teams and potentially an automatic bid with that so I’m not sure what number of auto bids/ at large bids looks like for next year So total national bids is a ratio between number of NAIA team with Men's volleyball they want it between 18-22% of total teams. It is important to the NAIA that at large bids be permitted and when they jumped for 8-12 it was mostly to make sure at larges could stay afloat. This year there were 61 NAIA team so 19.6 % of the field makes the national tournament. Next Year for sure we lose Menlo and Vanguard. I think you will continue to see school migrate towards D2 for example Jamestown is set to follow in 2025-2026. Schools that i know of that are adding men's volleyball programs Carolina University Entered the NAIA and had an existing team assume they will join the ACC Oakland City will join the River states - Formally know as the Mid South IUE will join the River states Brewton Parker will Join the ACC St. Thomas Will join the ACC I expect there to be maybe 65 teams next year meaning the 12 teams is still inside an acceptable % of the field 18% Auto bids will change though; ACC - Bluefield, Carolina, St. Andrews, Truett, Rienhardt, Life, Brewton Parker, Warner, Webber, St Thomas (10 teams - 1 Bid) River States- Cumberland, Campbellsville, Georgetown, Midway, Brecisa, Oakland City, Rio, IUE, St. Mary of the Woods (9 teams- 1 Bid) WHAC - Lawerence Tech, Lourdes, Indiana Tech, Goshen, Mount Vernon, Sienna Hieghts, Conerstone, Aquanis, Bethel (9 Teams - 1 Bid) Chicago Land - St. Xaiver, Calumet, Olivet, Judson, Trinity, St Ambrose, Viterbo, Roosevelt (8 teams 1 bid) Great plains- Jamestown, Dordt, Morningside, Ottawa, Central Christian (5 Team 0 bids) Heart - Grandview, Penn, Park, Movalley, Mount Mercy, Mo Bap, UHSP, Clarke, Graceland, Culver-stockton, Kansas Wesleyan( 11 teams -1 Bid) GSAC- OUAZ, Masters, Hope international, Arizona Christian (4 teams 0 Bids) CAL-PAC- UC Merced, Westcliff, BenU, St Katherine, Pacific Union, Simpson, Park Gilbert( 7 teams 1 bid) So as it stand there will be 6 at large bid and 1 host bid. I anticipate you will see major structural change in the Conference. Most likely the GSAC and CAL Pac combine but its to the determine of the CAL PAC as if those confences where combined this year Menlo would have gotten in over any of them. Something also will need to change for the Great plains especially with an emending exist from Jamestown they will be down to 4 and may be force to merge with the Heart cause them to climb to 15 in years to come. I could also see a split in the AAC future. You have 3 NAIA teams in florida with 2 non AAC member in GA (Life and Brewton Parker) if another florida school pulls the trigger it would vastly improve there travel to break away. Leaving the other 5 remaining AAC school looking for 1 more to give them a Bid. Talladega is also applying joining the AAC, at least temporarily while they finalize a D2 transition, giving them 11 possible if all 4 teams get accepted.
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