1971 NCAA men's volleyball tournament

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1971 NCAA men's volleyball tournament
Tournament details

Dates	May 1971
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	UCLA (2nd title)
Runner-up	UC Santa Barbara
Third place	Ball State
Fourth place	Springfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Best player	Kirk Kilgour (UCLA) Tim Bonynge (UCSB)
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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. 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.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	UCLA	3	3	0	9	6	1	6.000	104	62	1.677
2	UC Santa Barbara	3	2	1	6	5	2	2.500	96	74	1.297
3	Ball State	3	1	2	3	2	4	0.500	60	75	0.800
4	Springfield	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	41	90	0.456

Source:

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

Site: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California

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.

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