3/2/04--AVCA Men's College Poll

[lalalaluuuke]

USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll

Poll #8: March 2, 2004

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2004 Record * Last Week
1 UCLA (7) 229 13-3 2
2 Hawai'i (6) 227 11-3 1
3 BYU (2) 211 11-3 4
4 Long Beach State (1) 193 14-4 3
5 Pepperdine 179 10-3 5
6 UC Santa Barbara 155 10-6 7
7 Cal State Northridge 148 11-6 6
8 Ball State 122 12-2 8
9 UC Irvine 104 7-11 9
10 Penn State 100 10-4 10
11 IPFW 85 9-2 11
12 Stanford 56 6-11 12
13 UC San Diego 29 6-11 13
14 Lewis 23 8-7 14
15 Ohio State 21 9-6 NR

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Loyola-Chicago 13, USC 12, Pacific 8, Rutgers-Newark 5

No teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of zero combined point.

Dropped Out: Pacific (15)

* Records as of Feb. 29, 2004

Next Poll: March 9, 2004

[lalalaluuuke]

It is great to see such a balanced top 6-7 teams. It is too bad CSTV or even ESPN couldn't broadcast more of the games. Seems like only the Final Four is the only men's ncaa volleyball on tv--once a year.

[midwestfan]

www.cstv.com/tvschedule.htm?sportSel=VOLLEYBALL+-+ALL&seriesSel=no&schoolSel=no&conferenceSel=no&gameSel=no



CSTV schedule of games.

[lalalaluuuke]

Thanks for the link. I have seen it but thanks anyway. I just mean men's volleyball in general. Seems like I see more Texas Hold 'em on ESPN nowadays than actual sports. Why not volleyball during its season? At least it is a REAL sport.

[midwestfan]

I totally agree! I can't believe some of the "so called sports" that ESPN shows. That's why I don't have cable, it is such a waste.

CSTV may be motivated to show more volleyball, both men's and women's if they felt the volleyball fan base was calling for it by supporting CSTV and their sponsors.

Just a thought.

[lalalaluuuke]

Amen to that. It just sucks cause the only carrier of CSTV in most places is DirectTV which is a fortune. If CSTV could sell memberships to their sites and stream their matches over the net, I bet they could attract a following. I would do it. For volleyball especially, and any other unbroadcasted sport that interested me like track or lacrosse for instance.

[just...theDH]

Where I live, DirecTV is actually cheaper than cable. Imagine that!

[cougarize]

As great as Men's volleyball is, it's not good when ESPN looks at a league with a small handful of teams.