Episode 313, College Volleyball Weekly, Men’s Top 20, 2026 NCAA Closeout Episdoe, 05-26-2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the NCAA Championship match and the implications of player transfers in college volleyball.

After taking a much needed week off the Coaches' Panel of Nickie Sanlin of McKendree, Jay Hosack of George Mason, Brad Rosstratter of UC San Diego, Theo Edwards of CSUN and Dan Friend of Lewis (for a brief moment) jump into this mega-closeout episode to talk about the NCAA Championship match crowing the University of Hawaii as the 2026 National Champions. Along with that a lot of news of top names turning pro before the completion of their collegiate careers as well as athletes changing teams. With that, we move into the effects of "The Portal." As always, we end with a fan favorite, "Jay's Hot Takes!" NOTE: A special thank you to all of you who have followed the podcast during the 2026 NCAA Men's Volleyball season. We truly and deeply appreciate all your support, comments, messages and friendly conversations with those of you who have contacted us or said, "Hello," to us! We may do some special topics over the summer, or even track our USA Men's teams!

People in this episode

Hosts: Nickie Sanlin, Jay Hosack, Brad Rosstratter, Theo Edwards, Dan Friend

Topics covered

• NCAA Championship
• Men's Volleyball
• College Volleyball
• Player Transfers
• The Portal
• Hot Takes

Keywords

• NCAA
• Men's Volleyball
• University of Hawaii
• The Portal
• Player Transfers
• Championship
• Hot Takes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Hawaii

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