The 2018 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament was the 49th annual tournament to determine the national champion of

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Division I and Division II men's collegiate

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. The single-elimination tournament began on April 26 with a play-in match, with the remainder of the tournament hosted by

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from May 1–5 at Pauley Pavilion in

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. Long Beach State became the Champions for the second time in school history with a 5-set victory over UCLA.

Qualification

With the addition of the

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, which began sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2018 season, to the ranks of automatic qualifying conferences, the tournament expanded from six teams to seven. Since the 2015 season, the first after the completion of the transition of the last

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institution competing at the National Collegiate level, Rutgers–Newark, to Division III volleyball, only

men's volleyball programs from Division I and Division II have been eligible for this tournament. Five automatic bids are given to the five conference postseason tournament winners. The two remaining teams are given at-large bids by the NCAA men's volleyball tournament Committee.

Bids

Tournament bracket

* The seven teams were seeded according to the same methods used to seed the teams in previous tournaments. As in recent tournaments, the top two seeds will receive byes into the semifinals.NCAA Men's Volleyball Committee announces championship selections
''NCAA.com'', April 22, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018 * The bottom two seeds contested a "play-in" match on April 26 at the 6 seed's home court. * Two quarterfinal matches were held at Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA on May 1. (#4 vs. play-in winner; #3 vs. #5 seed) * The semifinals were held at Pauley Pavilion on May 3. (#1 vs. #4–play-in winner; #2 vs. #3–#5 winner) * The 2018 NCAA Championship match was held at Pauley Pavilion on May 5.

Schedule and results

All-Tournament Team

*T.J DeFalco – Long Beach State *Kyle Ensing – Long Beach State *Daenan Gyimah – UCLA *Jake Hanes – Ohio State *Micah Ma'a – UCLA *Nicolas Szerszen – Ohio State *Josh Tuaniga – Long Beach State (''Most Outstanding Player'')

References

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