Canine schools well-represented in 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament
Canine schools are well represented in the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
Here at Dog O’Day we track how the canine schools (defined as either those schools with canine mascots or vet med programs) do each week during the college football season, and occasionally other sports as well. Many canine schools made the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, so of course we’re going to track that as well.
Because volleyball is awesome, of course. And dogs can play it (see for Air Bud Spikes Back for proof). Now, dogs probably shouldn’t play indoor volleyball, since it moves so much faster and the ball is much harder, but in a casual sand volleyball match, that should be fine.
Like the NCAA Basketball Tournaments, 64 teams begin the single-elimination tournament until only two remain in the championship match.
Anyway, back to the women’s Division I bracket of the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament…
The Pac-12 Conference’s No. 9 Washington Huskies will host the Winthrop Eagles on Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. PT. Dubs’ team went 24-6 during the regular season.
The No. 10 Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference are also playing in Seattle, facing the South Carolina Gamecocks of the SEC on Friday, December 6 at 5 p.m. PT. CSU has gone 29-1 so far this season.
The winners of those matchups will meet in the second round on Saturday, December 7 at 5 p.m. PT.
The No. 14 Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference will host the Horizon League’s Wright State Raiders on Friday, December 6 at 6 p.m CT in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Uga’s Georgia Bulldogs will face the Cal Poly Mustangs of the Big Sky Conference on Friday, December 6 at 4:30 p.m. PT in Palo Alto, California.
The Big Ten’s Illinois Fighting Illini will face the Pac-12’s Utah Utes in Provo, Utah, on Friday, December 6 at 4 p.m. MT.
The SEC’s Missouri Tigers face the Northern Iowa Panthers of the Missouri Valley Conference on Friday, December 6 at 4:30 p.m. CT in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Pac-12’s Washington State Cougars face the No. 20 San Diego Toreros of the Big West Conference on Friday, December 6 at 6:30 p.m. PT in Hawaii. Wazzu is currently No. 23 in the nation and has a 23-9 record.
On Thursday, December 5, Reveille the Collie’s No. 25 Texas A&M Aggies will welcome the St John’s Red Storm of the Big East to SEC country and College Station at 6:30 p.m. CT. The Aggies are 21-7.
The Big Ten’s No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers host the Missouri Valley’s Illinois State Redbirds on Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m. CT in Madison. Wisconsin is 22-6.
The Big Ten’s No. 7 Minnesota Golden Gophers will host the Fairfield Stags of the MAAC in Minneapolis on Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m. ET. The Gophers are currently 23-5 for the season.
Also in Minneapolis are the Big 12 Conference’s Iowa State Cyclones, who will face the Big East’s Creighton Bluejays on Friday, December 6 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The winners of those matches will face off in the second round on Saturday, December 7, at 7 p.m. CT.
The SEC’s Florida Gators (Holland the Pup‘s favorite team) will host the Alabama State Hornets on Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m. ET. Florida is currently ranked No. 12 and has a 25-4 record.
The Samford Bulldogs will face the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Louisville Cardinals on Thursday, December 5 at 5 p.m. ET in Kentucky.
Finally, the Albany Great Danes will face the Big 12’s Texas Longhorns in Austin on Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m. CT.
The Final Four and championship will be held at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 19-21, with the championship match beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Next. Dogs take the field on Senior Day at Michigan State. dark
Good luck to all the canine schools involved!