Three MPSF Teams Punch NCAA MVB Ticket
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UCLA earned an automatic bid, while Pepperdine and USC were chosen as at-large selections to this year's NCAA Tournament field.
Story by: ncaa.com:
This is the first year of the bracket expanding to a 12-team field, including seven automatic qualifiers and five at-large selections.
The NCAA Tournament Championship will begin on Friday, May 1 with regional round matches and continue through the championship on Monday, May 11 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA.
2026 NC men's volleyball championship bracket
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2026 NCAA men's volleyball championship schedule
All times in ET
- Selection release: Sunday, April 26 at 4 p.m. ET on NCAA.com
- Regionals: Friday, May 1 – Saturday, May 2
- Regional round matches | Friday, May 1
- Regional final round matches | Saturday, May 2
- No. 4 Ball State vs. winner of Pepperdine/Fort Valley State | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- No. 1 UCLA vs. winner of UC Irvine/Penn State | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- No. 3 Long Beach State vs. winner of Loyola Chicago/Saint Francis | 9 p.m. | ESPN+
- No. 2 Hawaii vs. winner of Southern California/Belmont Abbey | 10 p.m. | ESPN+
- Semifinals: Saturday, May 9
- Championship match: Monday, May 11 on ESPN2