The 2016 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament was the 47th 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 was played at

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from May 3–7, 2016.

Qualification

With the creation of the separate

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in 2012, combined with the completion of the transition of the last

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men's volleyball programs from Division I and Division II were eligible for this tournament. For the third straight year, a total of 6 teams were invited: * Champions of the following conferences: **

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* Two at-large teams

Tournament bracket

*The six teams were seeded according to the same methods used to seed the teams in previous tournaments; the top two seeds received byes into the Final Four, while the third seed faced the sixth seed in the quarterfinals, and likewise the fourth seed faced the fifth seed. *Two quarterfinal "play-in" matches of the 2016 tournament were held at the Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State University on May 3. (#3 vs. #6 seed; #4 vs. #5 seed) *The semifinals were held in the Rec Hall on May 5. (#1 vs. #4-#5 winner; #2 vs. #3-#6 winner) *The 2016 NCAA Championship match was held in the Rec Hall on May 7

All-Tournament Team

*Jake Arnitz – UCLA * TJ DeFalco – Long Beach State *Miles Johnson – Ohio State (''Most Outstanding Player'') *Jake Langlois – BYU *Blake Leeson – Ohio State * Brenden Sander – BYU *

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– Ohio State

Broadcasts

Penn State's website carried the first round matches with video and no commentary. NCAA.com carried both national semifinals.

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carried the national championship.

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provided national radio coverage of one semifinal and the national championship.

TV/Streaming

*Semifinals
Ralph Bednarcyzk
*Championship:

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Radio

Jarom Jordan

Rob Neilson
(BYU Radio)

References

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