Officials for the National Invitational Volleyball Championship have announced the 32 teams (20 Automatic Qualifiers and 12 At Large) and first-round details for the 2017 postseason tournament, which has been revived after its six-year run from 1989-1995.
The 32-team field features 17 programs with 18 or more wins and five schools that finished first in regular-season conference play (Albany, North Texas, Sacramento State, Stephen F. Austin, and Maryland Eastern Shore). Additionally, six schools in the field are ranked or receiving votes in the latest Volleyball Magazine Mid-Major poll with No. 12 North Texas, No. 16 UC Irvine, No. 20 SMU, No. 23 Sacramento State, No. 24 Rice, and Texas State (RV). In all, 23 conferences will be represented with both the Big 12 and American featuring three teams each. The Sun Belt, Mountain West, SEC, Horizon, and C-USA will each have two schools competing. The SWAC, America East, MAC, Big South, Patriot, Missouri Valley, Summit, West Coast, Big Sky, Ohio Valley, Southland, ACC, Colonial, Big West, Southern, and MEAC with one. “You can already feel the enthusiasm and desire within the rosters and coaching staffs of these 32 programs,” said NIVC event director Sean Hardy. “As college basketball has come to appreciate over time with the WNIT and NIT, so much can be accomplished when deserving teams get to continue their schedule and build a framework for success next season.” Tournament Field AQ = Automatic Qualifier School Record Conference AQ Alabama A&M 14-19 SWAC AQ Albany 11-14 America East Arkansas State 20-11 Sun Belt Boise State 17-13 Mountain West AQ Bowling Green 17-11 Mid-American AQ Campbell 20-11 Big South Colgate 18-10 Patriot AQ Georgia 19-10 SEC Green Bay 15-15 Horizon AQ Illinois State 20-11 Missouri Valley IUPUI 16-14 Horizon AQ North Texas 28-3 C-USA Ole Miss 17-14 SEC AQ Oral Roberts 15-13 Summit AQ Pacific 15-13 West Coast Rice 21-8 C-USA AQ Sacramento State 26-9 Big Sky AQ SIUE 23-6 Ohio Valley SMU 20-9 American AQ Stephen F. Austin 26-7 Southland AQ Syracuse 19-12 ACC TCU 11-16 Big 12 AQ Temple 17-9 American AQ Texas State 24-9 Sun Belt Texas Tech 15-13 Big 12 AQ Towson 26-5 Colonial AQ UC Irvine 21-7 Big West UCF 17-13 American UNC Greensboro 19-11 Southern AQ UMES 27-8 MEAC AQ West Virginia 16-12 Big 12 AQ Wyoming 17-13 Mountain West Round One Tuesday, Nov. 28 At Pacific Sacramento State vs. UC Irvine, 7:30 p.m. ET Boise State vs. Pacific, 10 p.m. ET At Georgia UNC Greensboro vs. UCF, 4 p.m. ET Alabama A&M vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. ET At West Virginia Campbell vs. Temple, 4:30 p.m. ET UMES vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 29 At Ole Miss Arkansas State vs. SIUE, 4 p.m. ET Stephen F. Austin vs. Ole Miss, 7 p.m. ET Thursday, Nov. 30 At North Texas Wyoming vs. TCU, 5 p.m. ET Oral Roberts vs. North Texas, 8 p.m. ET At Green Bay IUPUI vs. Illinois State, 4:30 p.m. ET Bowling Green vs. Green Bay, 7 p.m. ET At Texas State Texas Tech vs. SMU, 5 p.m. ET Rice vs. Texas State, 7:30 p.m. ET At Colgate Albany vs. Syracuse, 4:30 p.m. ET Towson vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. ET |
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