2015 NCAA Women's Division I
Volleyball Tournament |
2015 Division I Championship |
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| NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournaments
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began December 4, 2015 and concluded on December 19 at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.[1] The tournament field was determined on November 29, 2015. Nebraska swept Texas in the final to claim their fourth national championship.
Qualifying teams
The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualified automatically. Twenty-two conferences held tournaments, while the other ten awarded their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that did not hold tournaments were the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 32 bids were apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall were seeded.
Bracket
The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team, with the exception of Creighton. Due to basketball events already being scheduled in Omaha, the Bluejays had to head to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to play the first and second round.). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2015, those sites were hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, University of Northern Iowa, University of Kentucky, and University of San Diego. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs.[2]
San Diego Regional
| First round
| | | Second round
| | | Regional semifinals
| | | Regional finals
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| 1
| USC
| 3
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| Cleveland State
| 1
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| | 1
| USC
| 3
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| Los Angeles, CA
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| San Diego
| 0
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| Northern Arizona
| 0
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| San Diego
| 3
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| | 1
| USC
| 3
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| | 16
| Creighton
| 1
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| 16
| Creighton
| 3
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| Coastal Carolina
| 1
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| | 16
| Creighton
| 3
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| Chapel Hill, NC
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| North Carolina
| 1
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| North Carolina
| 3
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| UNC Wilmington
| 0
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| | 1
| USC
| 2
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| | 9
| Kansas
| 3
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| 8
| Stanford
| 3
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| New Mexico State
| 0
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| | 8
| Stanford
| 0
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| Stanford, CA
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| Loyola Marymount
| 3
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| Loyola Marymount
| 3
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| Colorado State
| 1
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| Loyola Marymount
| 1
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| | 9
| Kansas
| 3
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| 9
| Kansas
| 3
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| Furman
| 0
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| | 9
| Kansas
| 3
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| Lawrence, KS
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| Missouri
| 0
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| Missouri State
| 1
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| Missouri
| 3
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Des Moines Regional
| First round
| | | Second round
| | | Regional semifinals
| | | Regional finals
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| 2
| Minnesota
| 3
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| Jackson State
| 0
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| | 2
| Minnesota
| 3
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| Minneapolis, MN
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| Marquette
| 0
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| Marquette
| 3
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| Northern Iowa
| 2
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| | 2
| Minnesota
| 3
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| Illinois
| 0
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| 15
| Louisville
| 3
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| Belmont
| 1
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| | 15
| Louisville
| 1
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| Louisville, KY
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| Illinois
| 3
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| Southern Illinois
| 0
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| Illinois
| 3
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| | 2
| Minnesota
| 3
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| Hawaiʻi
| 1
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| 7
| Penn State
| 3
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| Howard
| 0
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| | 7
| Penn State
| 3
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| University Park, PA
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| Dayton
| 1
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| Dayton
| 3
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| Villanova
| 1
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| | 7
| Penn State
| 0
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| Hawaiʻi
| 3
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| 10
| Texas A&M
| 3
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
| 0
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| | 10
| Texas A&M
| 0
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| College Station, TX
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| Hawaiʻi
| 3
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| Hawaiʻi
| 3
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| TCU
| 2
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Austin Regional
| First round
| | | Second round
| | | Regional semifinals
| | | Regional finals
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| 3
| Texas
| 3
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| Fairfield
| 0
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| | 3
| Texas
| 3
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| Austin, TX
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| Purdue
| 1
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| SMU
| 1
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| Purdue
| 3
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| | 3
| Texas
| 3
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| | 14
| UCLA
| 1
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| 14
| UCLA
| 3
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| Lipscomb
| 0
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| | 14
| UCLA
| 3
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| Los Angeles, CA
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| Michigan
| 2
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| Michigan
| 3
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| Santa Clara
| 1
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| | 3
| Texas
| 3
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| | 11
| Florida
| 2
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| 6
| Wisconsin
| 3
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| Oregon
| 1
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| | 6
| Wisconsin
| 3
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| Madison, WI
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| Iowa State
| 0
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| Iowa State
| 3
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| Miami (FL)
| 0
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| | 6
| Wisconsin
| 2
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| | 11
| Florida
| 3
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| 11
| Florida
| 3
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| New Hampshire
| 0
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| | 11
| Florida
| 3
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| Gainesville, FL
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| Florida State
| 1
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| Arizona State
| 0
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| Florida State
| 3
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Lexington Regional
| First round
| | | Second round
| | | Regional semifinals
| | | Regional finals
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| 4
| Nebraska
| 3
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| Harvard
| 1
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| | 4
| Nebraska
| 3
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| Lincoln, NE
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| Wichita State
| 0
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| Wichita State
| 3
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| Kansas State
| 1
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| | 4
| Nebraska
| 3
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| | 13
| BYU
| 0
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| 13
| BYU
| 3
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| Ohio
| 1
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| | 13
| BYU
| 3
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| Provo, UT
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| Western Kentucky
| 0
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| Arizona
| 0
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| Western Kentucky
| 3
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| | 4
| Nebraska
| 3
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| | 5
| Washington
| 1
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| 5
| Washington
| 3
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| Denver
| 0
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| | 5
| Washington
| 3
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| Seattle, WA
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| Michigan State
| 1
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| Michigan State
| 3
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| Arkansas State
| 0
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| | 5
| Washington
| 3
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| | 12
| Ohio State
| 2
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| 12
| Ohio State
| 3
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| Robert Morris
| 0
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| | 12
| Ohio State
| 3
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| Columbus, OH
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| American
| 0
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| Kentucky
| 0
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| American
| 3
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Final Four
| National Semifinals
| | | National Championship
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| 9
| Kansas
| 1
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| 4
| Nebraska
| 3
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| | 4
| Nebraska
| 3
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| | 3
| Texas
| 0
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| 2
| Minnesota
| 1
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| 3
| Texas
| 3
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Final Four All-Tournament Team:
Record by conference
| Conference |
# of Bids |
Record |
Win % |
R32 |
S16 |
E8 |
F4 |
CM |
NC |
| Big Ten |
9 |
21–8 |
.724 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Big 12 |
5 |
10–5 |
.667 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 !– |
| Pac-12 |
7 |
9–7 |
.563 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Southeastern |
4 |
5–4 |
.556 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Big West |
1 |
3–1 |
.750 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| West Coast |
4 |
5–4 |
.556 |
3 |
2 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Big East |
3 |
3–3 |
.500 |
2 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Atlantic 10 |
1 |
1–1 |
.500 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Conference USA |
1 |
1–1 |
.500 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Patriot |
1 |
1–1 |
.500 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Atlantic Coast |
4 |
3–4 |
.429 |
3 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Missouri Valley |
4 |
1–4 |
.200 |
1 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
| Other |
20 |
0–20 |
.000 |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
0 !– |
The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.
Television
All first and second round games were broadcast on local networks or digital feeds [Longhorn Network (Austin), SEC+ (College Station, Gainesville), BYUtv (Provo), ESPN3 (Chapel Hill, Lawrence, Louisville, College Station- non-SEC, Austin- non-Texas, Gainesville- non-SEC), TheW.tv (Provo- non BYU), P12 Digital feeds (Los Angeles, Stanford, Seattle), and Big Ten Digital (Minneapolis, University Park, Madison, Lincoln]. The Regional Finals onward will all be on ESPN Networks. ESPN3 will carry all the Regional Semi's except one game in San Diego which will be shown on ESPNU. ESPNU will carry all the regional finals. ESPN2 will carry the National Semifinals and Final.[3]
References
2015–16 Division I championships |
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