AVCA Showcase teams set for Omaha
By Cindy Luis
Runza® Restaurants has signed an agreement to become the title sponsor of the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s College Volleyball Showcase
Teams are Nebraska, Texas, USC and Stanford.
the event will return to Qwest Center Omaha in 2008, for the first of a new three-year contract through 2010.
Tickets to the event will go on sale to the general public this Saturday, May 31 exclusively through Qwest Center Omaha and Ticketmaster. All-session ticket prices are $39 and $32.
For the first time, the Showcase will be played in a Conference Challenge format. The Conference Challenge will feature four of the elite teams in the country, in a showdown of schools from two of the top conferences in the NCAA, the Big 12 and Pac-10. Under the Conference Challenge format, each school will play the two teams from the other conference, and not play the other school from its own league.
The 2008 Runza/AVCA College Volleyball Showcase will begin on Friday, August 29 with Nebraska going up against Stanford at 7 p.m. CDT, andTexas squaring off against USC at 9:30. On Sunday, August 31, Texas will tangle with Stanford at 12:30 p.m. CDT , and Nebraska will face off with USC at 3,. Tickets for the 2008 Runza/AVCA College Volleyball Showcase will go on sale to the general public this Saturday, May 31 at noon CDT, exclusively through Qwest Center Omaha and Ticketmaster. All four matches will be shown live on CBS College Sports Network.
Contact Qwest Center Omaha by telephone at (402) 341-1500, or on the Web at www.qwestcenteromaha.com.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
So does this mean that the event has now become a private affair between the Pac-10 and the Big 12? Or will the AVCA condescend to having the other conferences involved? Or, since Nebraska is hosting until 2010 and, I assume, is going to get an automatic invite each year, does that mean it’s going to be the Big-12 vs another conference?
It’s a cute idea but I already miss the old format. The AVCA Showcase used to be a gathering of several of the best teams in the nation (If I were Penn State I’d be pissed off about the change in format )not some meaningless pissing contest between conferences.
May 31st, 2008 at 10:56 am
On top of that, twice in three years, Omaha will be hosting the women’s championship. Don’t blame the NCAA if they can pack 17,000 in there. Where are the best volleyball fans when their team isn’t in the top tier? Really appreciate the Bulletin for posting volleyball news.
May 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pm
A very good question. But there was heavy discussion a while back from the NCAA types ;to either make Nebraska the permanent site for women’s volleyball final four, like Omaha hosts the CWS. Or to have Nebraska and Hawaii alternate as final four sites.
with the price of air fare, Hawaii’s going to be a tough sell now.
May 31st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
you’re welcome. I’m trying to stay on top of things. thank you for reading.
June 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
UH and Penn State in 2005 AVCA and then in Rainbow Classic that year. This year Penn State in Hawaii. Shouldn’t the AVCA people rename it the AVCA/Nebraska Invitational, which is what its turning into anyway. Maybe the Final Four should be renamed too, like the Nebraska Four. Nebraska won’t have to travel for 1st game or last game of year if they win the championship every year. I’m wondering how Nebraska will fair this year.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:29 am
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Yeah, thats a good idea, what you are doing here.
Good day.