1971 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1971 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the second annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.[1] Like the previous year, the format of this championship consisted of a preliminary, four-team round robin to determine seeding for a subsequent single-elimination tournament.
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| Dates | May 1971 |
|---|---|
| Teams | 4 |
| Champions | UCLA (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | UC Santa Barbara |
| Third place | Ball State |
| Fourth place | Springfield |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Best player | Kirk Kilgour (UCLA) Tim Bonynge (UCSB) |
← 1970 1972 → | |
UCLA defeated UC Santa Barbara, 3–0 (15–6, 17–15, 17–15), in the championship match to win their second consecutive national title. UCLA's Kirk Kilgour and UC Santa Barbara's Tim Bonynge were named the Most Outstanding Players of the tournament.
Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from the University Division, or the College Division) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.
| Team | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Ball State | 2nd | 1970 |
| Springfield | 1st | Never |
| UCLA | 2nd | 1970 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 2nd | 1970 |
Round robin
| Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
| 1 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 104 | 62 | 1.677 |
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 96 | 74 | 1.297 |
| 3 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 60 | 75 | 0.800 |
| 4 | Springfield | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 41 | 90 | 0.456 |
| May 1971 | UCLA | '2'–0 | Springfield | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| (15–3, 15–4) | ||||
| May 1971 | Ball State | 0–'2' | UC Santa Barbara | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| (3–15, 8–15) | ||||
| May 1971 | Ball State | 0–'2' | UCLA | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| (7–15, 12–15) | ||||
| May 1971 | Springfield | 0–'2' | UC Santa Barbara | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| (7–15, 12–15) | ||||
| May 1971 | UCLA | '2'–1 | UC Santa Barbara | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| (15–11, 14–16, 15–9) | ||||
| May 1971 | Ball State | '2'–0 | Springfield | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| (15–3, 15–12) | ||||
Bracket
| Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA (3) | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Springfield (0) | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA (3) | 15 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara (0) | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara (3) | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State (1) | 12 | 15 | 8 | 9 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State (2) | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Springfield (0) | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
All tournament team
- Kirk Kilgour, UCLA (Co-Most Outstanding Player)
- Tom Bonynge, UC Santa Barbara (Co-Most Outstanding Player)
- Ed Machado, UCLA
- Dale Flannery, Ball State
- Jorn Oulie, UC Santa Barbara
- Larry Griebenow, UCLA
References
- "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 22, 2015.