Winners and losers from the first weekend of the NCAA volleyball tournament

The NCAA Volleyball Tournament began last week. The 41st installment of the event has been a success. Teams took the floor across eight different arenas and played 48 matches. This weekend, the third round kicks off.

The first weekend of the NCAA volleyball tournament was very competitive. The tournament is trying to gain popularity. The NCAA might want to look into introducing parity in order to increase the popularity of this tournament. It's also important to have more people watching the games. This year, 42 of 48 matches were won by the favorites.

The first weekend of the NCAA volleyball tournament was played on ESPN+. The first two rounds were played there, but the third round will be played either on ABC or ESPN2. The visibility of volleyball is low on the internet. The third-round games will air on either ABC and ESPN. They will also air in the United States on Thursday.

The Big Ten won the tournament. The conference has six teams, which is second to the Pac-12. LSU from the SEC got a nod despite its last ranked win coming in September. Big League teams such as Illinois and Northwestern had a ranked victory in October. Purdue was the only Big 10 team to get eliminated in the Round of 32 by No. 1 seed Louisville. Minnesota and Ohio St. are playing each other at Noon ET, Thursday on ESPN2 and Wisconsin is playing against Penn St at 6:00 p.m. ET on TV. Nebraska is facing Oregon at 11 a.M. on Thursday.

The SEC has seven teams in the tournament, but it has just Florida and Kentucky left in it. The Big 12 has five teams, and it won't have two teams left after the Round of 32. Texas and Baylor are playing each other on Thursday. Texas came close to winning the championship in 2020, while Baylor is looking for its first national championship. They play each others at 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU.