S4E13: May Madness, Touch-Gate, Final Four Predictions

About this episode

The episode discusses the chaos of the NCAA men’s volleyball tournament quarterfinals, including replay controversies and predictions for the Final Four.

The NCAA men’s volleyball tournament delivers a chaos filled quarterfinal weekend where matches swing on stoppages, challenges, and pure nerve. We break down the biggest replay controversies, talk about how momentum collapses after an overturned finish, then lock in our completely split Final Four champion picks. • Tournament expansion paying off with high drama matchups • Penn State vs Irvine fifth set chaos and long stoppages • Cameron Kosty blood delay and the legendary ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Matthew Houlihan, Arielle Houlihan, Chad Gordon

Topics covered

• NCAA volleyball
• Final Four predictions
• replay controversies
• momentum shifts
• tournament expansion
• match analysis

Keywords

• NCAA
• volleyball
• Final Four
• replay
• Cameron Kosty
• Penn State
• Irvine
• tournament expansion
• chaos
• momentum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penn State, Irvine

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