The 2023 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 52nd edition of the NCAA men's volleyball tournament, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I and Division II men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single-elimination tournament began with three opening rounds matches. The entire tournament was hosted by the George Mason University from April 30 to May 6, 2023, at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.
All opening round matches were streamed on ESPN+. The semifinals were live on NCAA.com. ESPN2 has the National Championship on May 6 with ESPN+ simulcasting it. ESPN3 carried a Spanish language broadcast of the Championship for the first time in the Men's Tourney history.
The UCLA Bruins defeated Hawai'i to win the program's 20th national title. The win secured John Speraw his fourth national title as a head coach but his first national title at UCLA. He previously won 3 as head coach at UC Irvine. With the win, the Bruins have 121 NCAA National Championships, second only to Stanford.
Bids The tournament field was announced on NCAA.com Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 1 p.m. EDT. School Conference Record Berth Source Hawai'i Big West 28–2 Tournament champion King Conference Carolinas 16–15 Tournament champion Penn State EIVA 26–3 Tournament champion Ohio State MIVA 22–9 Tournament champion UCLA MPSF 29–2 Tournament champion Long Beach State Big West 20–4 At-large Grand Canyon MPSF 20–7 At-large
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Schedule and results All times Eastern. MatchTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReferees Opening Round – Sunday, April 30 1 6:00 p.m. Ohio State vs. King3–0(25–20, 25–16, 36–34)1,910Rob Espero & Jay HosackRon Pelham, Devonie McLarty, Chad Zimmerman Quarterfinals – Tuesday, May 2 2 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. Grand Canyon 3–1(22–25, 25–17, 25–22, 25–23)2,139Rob Espero & Jay HosackDevonie McLarty, Ron Pelham, Chad Zimmerman 3 7:30 p.m. Penn State vs. Ohio State3–1(25–22, 24–26, 25–13, 26–24)Chad Zimmerman, Devonie McLarty, Ron Pelham Semifinals – Thursday, May 4 4 5:00 p.m. UCLA vs. Long Beach State 3–0(25–16, 25–14, 25–19)3,782Lincoln Rose & Jay HosackChad Zimmerman, Ron Pelham, Devonie McLarty 5 7:30 p.m. Hawai'i vs. Penn State 3–2(25–20, 25–23, 16–25, 23–25, 15–10)Devonie McLarty, Chad Zimmerman, Ron Pelham Championship – Saturday, May 6 6 5:00 p.m. UCLA vs. Hawai'i 3–1(28–26, 31–33, 25–21, 25–21)6,942Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett (ESPN2) Rigoberto Plascencia & Alex Pombo (ESPN3 SAP) Ron Pelham, Devonie McLarty, Chad Zimmerman
All Tournament Team Jakob Thelle, Hawai’i Brett Wildman, Penn State Mason Briggs, Long Beach State Dimitrios Mouchlias, Hawai’i Ido David, UCLA Troy Gooch, UCLA Alex Knight, UCLA (Most Outstanding Player)
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