18 Michigan (2,346). Penn States legendary leader, Russ Rose, won 17 Big Ten titles from 1991-2021, while Mike Hebert also won a combined five Big Ten championships during his tenures at Illinois (1983-95; four titles) and Minnesota (1996-2010; one title). 14 (2,566), followed by No. 0000050309 00000 n It certainly helps the Gophers are one of the top teams in the country year in and year out, but this town is crazy for volleyball and The Pav is certainly one of the best atmospheres in the sport with locals filling it out every match. June 11, 2021 3:40 pm CT. She has set the Badgers to a Big Ten-leading .286 hitting percentage, which ranks eighth nationally. Wisconsin captured the Big Ten Conference's automatic qualification into this year's NCAA Tournament and its fourth consecutive Big Ten Conference title (ninth all-time) with a 3-1 victory at Nebraska on Nov. 25. In 1999 Penn State won the conference's first national championship, and . In the Texas Quadrant, No. Husker Volleyball (@Huskervball) February 24, 2023. 1 WISCONSIN, 3-2. Memorial Stadium seats more than 85,000, so a sizable representation would easily set the record. 0000053556 00000 n No. The duo starts by taking a look at Nebraska's loss in its Big Ten tournament opener (March 2, 2023) and how it impacts the Huskers' postseason hopes. Whats more, four different unranked conference schools have posted a road victory against a top-10 opponent this season, including Indianas win at No. The Hearnes Center was arguably the best place to catch a college volleyball match in 2013 when the Missouri Tigers marched to a 34-0 regular-season record. A total of 33 Big Ten Conference volleyball student-athletes were selected to receive Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA/College Sports Information Directors of America), it was announced Nov. 22. Since 2011 (when Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference), this marks the fourth time there will be two all-Big Ten matches in the regional semifinals. The Badgers already set the NCAA volleyball attendance record in their Kohl Center matchup against Florida earlier this year. The overall NCAA single-match attendance record is 18,755, set last December when Wisconsin defeated Nebraska, 3-2 in the NCAA national championship match at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 88 0 obj <>stream Total Home Att. Live Results. Wisconsin volleyball will be playing its first match in the venue, and tickets are officially sold out. Wisconsin set a pair of attendance records on Sept. 16 when 16,833 fans jammed the Kohl Center for the Badgers five-set thriller against No. Low near 25F. Please check your email for a confirmation. Kentucky has called Memorial Coliseum home since the program began in 1977. Penn State, Michigan State, Illinois, Florida and Stanford closed out the top 10. LINCOLN Nebraska volleyball has landed a player who could help the team this fall. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. . This was the 15th time the Lopers led the country since 1998, but the first since 2013. As part of that agreement, 70+ Big Ten volleyball matches this season appeared worldwide on VolleyballWorld.tv. Ohio State senior defensive specialist Kylie Murr registered her 1,500th career dig in Sundays loss at No. LINCOLN, Neb. They averaged 8,190 fans per match last season and have led the nation in attendance every year since 2013. The Cornhuskers will play Omaha in a regular . The 2022 campaign marks the 49th season of Illinois volleyball with the Illini holding an overall record of . All rights reserved. Once Pinnacle Bank Arena opened in 2013-14 for the basketball teams, Devaney got a facelift to open the 2013 season. In 2018against in-state rival Utah, BYU broke its single-game program attendance record with 5,472 fans. No. <<179AF5BB1014E2458F07CB1C08AB7770>]/Prev 229651>> Memorial Stadium seats more than 85,000, so a sizable representation would easily set the record. No. Minnesota 3,343 6. The largest-ever crowd for an NCAA volleyball match is 18,755 when Nebraska played Wisconsin on Dec. 18, 2021 in the NCAA Final at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 5 Texas (3,873). Its going to be electric., New UW Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin served as honorary team captain for Friday nights game, and fans were encouraged to wear red for a Red Out., Records are meant to be broken. 0 Sunday afternoon marked the end of the regular season for all of the Big Ten wrestling programs around the country, as well as most of the other conferences nationally. 2018 Home Attendance Leaders 2 2018 HOME ATTENDANCE LEADERS LEADING CONFERENCES BY DIVISION Division I Conference Teams Total Home Att. In addition, Purdue outside hitter Eva Hudson was chosen as Freshman of the Year and Wisconsins Kelly Sheffield earned Coach of the Year honors (the lone award that featured separate voting by the conference coaches and a select media panel, both of whom chose Sheffield). The Big Ten Conference is wrapping up the most robust volleyball television package in its history with a record-setting 55 matches on linear television (47 on Big Ten Network, six on ESPN2/ESPNU, two on FS1). N winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. The Big Ten champs haven't won an NCAA title, although the Badgers were runners-up in 2019, 2013 and 2000. 2 seed Minnesota, while in the Wisconsin Quadrant, the host (and top-seeded) Badgers will take on No. One of the more unique features is that the facility has an upper-deck seating area on just one side. %%EOF 1). 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Big Ten programs remain firmly among the NCAA statistical leaders in several categories, most notably blocks, where three of the top four teams are from the Big Ten Maryland leads the nation (3.38/set) with Wisconsin and Penn State in a virtual tie for third (3.10). 0000045805 00000 n Although Hawaii is theone clear exception since it is consistently one of the leaders each year in volleyball attendance. Nebraska will attempt to set the NCAA volleyball attendance record next season when it plays an outdoor match in Memorial Stadium. The official 2022 Women's Volleyball cumulative statistics for Big Ten Conference Skip To Main Content . As the Big Ten Conference does not hold a postseason tournament, the Big Ten champion will receive the conferences automatic qualification into the NCAA Tournament. 8 Minnesota at No. Just four times in first 40 seasons of Big Ten Conference volleyball have co-champions been crowned, and in all four prior cases, Penn State was one of the two schools to share the title. "Big Ten Conference Volleyball Media Days will feature appearances by the head coach and 1-2 student-athletes from all 14 Big Ten Conference volleyball programs," a brief press release from . Feb 28, 2023 12:30 PM EST. There was also live streaming of nearly 50 televised Big Ten Network volleyball matches outside of North America and certain Caribbean islands, as well as worldwide streaming of an additional 28 matches from B1G+ inventory, with those matches airing concurrently on B1G+. Maturi Pavilion better known as The Pav has the classic field-house look with seats stretching more toward outward than upward and a curved ceiling. Hearnes was the home of the mens basketball team until Mizzou Arena opened in 2004. Thursdays winners will return to the court Saturday for the regional finals, as the Big Ten Conference seeks to extend its 15-year streak of sending at least one member institution to the NCAA national semifinals (Final Four). 3 Wisconsin is going in search of its fourth consecutive Big Ten Conference title and ninth all-time, which would place the Badgers in elite company. It was the largest regular-season crowd in NCAA history (the previous record was set earlier this month on Sept. 7 - 15,797 for Nebraska vs. Creighton at Omahas CHI Health Center), as well as the largest NCAA regular-season attendance for a match at a campus facility (13,870 - UCLA at Nebraska on Sept. 13, 2009). Current Big Ten schools have won a total of 12 national championships (10 while competing as a member of the conference). 0000036218 00000 n In 1987, Illinois became the first Big Ten program to make an appearance in the national semifinal. Whats more, the Big Ten has sent two representatives to eight of the past 10 NCAA Final Fours (since 2012). Both missed, so Michigan State won and Nebraska's stay at the Big Ten Tournament was a quick one. Indiana sophomore setter Camryn Haworth was the second consecutive Big Ten student-athlete chosen as the GameChanger/AVCA National Player of the Week, the organization announced Tuesday. Erin Virtue Announced as Michigan Volleyball Coach, Big Ten Places 12 Players on AVCA All-America Teams, Keegan Cook Named Head Volleyball Coach at Minnesota, Big Ten Volleyball NCAA Tournament Central - Dec. 1-3, No. Nebraska is making its NCAA-record 38th regional appearance and 28th in 29 seasons. Copyright 2022 WMTV. 11 Purdue). 0000005639 00000 n Penn State will enter Big Ten play with a perfect 11-0 record, the Nittany Lions best start to a season since 2015 (13-0). The Fighting Illini hold an even 11-11 mark this year a 6-6 record in league play. Should there be a tie for the Big Ten title, tiebreakers will be used only to determine the automatic qualifier (any tied schools will all be declared Big Ten champions). Nebraska volleyball in Memorial Stadium boils down to one thing an attendance record; By Jon Johnston @CornNation Mar 3, 2023, . From every angle, the fans are packed tight to the court and the student section can make opposing teams feel like they're right on top of them. Volleyball Experience. "At Nebraska we're always aiming to dream big and raise the bar, and there can't be a much bigger way to do that than to play a match outdoors in a 90,000-seat football stadium," coach John Cook said. In 2017, the Huskers women's volleyball team pulled in about $3.73 million. MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Theres a new record in town. Matches/ Session 2021 Avg. NU was one of three Big Ten teams in the top five and six in the top eight. For the 16th consecutive season, Big Ten volleyball honored more than 70 Academic All-Big Ten standouts in 2021, as a record-setting 153 volleyball student-athletes were recognized, including a pair of Academic All-America selections in first-team honoree Sydney Hilley (Wisconsin) and second-team choice Diana Brown (Illinois). A few volleyball attendance records will be worth keeping an eye on as ticket sales begin. -- Nebraska will attempt to set the NCAA volleyball attendance record next season when it plays an outdoor match in Memorial Stadium. "At Nebraska we're always aiming to dream big and raise the bar, and there can't be a much bigger way to do that than to play a match outdoors in a 90,000-seat football stadium. 4 seed Penn State. The Rainbow Wahine are a main attraction every year on the island in the Pacific. The Huskers had 155,531 total fans for 19 home matches, an average of 8,186. Nebraska guard Cam Mack declared for the NBA draft three weeks ago but said he'd keep his eligibility. Wisconsin came in at No. Wisconsin holds the record for largest regular-season crowd, drawing 16,833 for its match against Florida in September. The Huskers averaged 8,210 fans per match in 2016 and more than 8,200 again in 2017. Big Ten = 557,000 PAC 12 = 264,000 SEC = 226,000 ACC = 189,000 BIG12 = 181,000 Top 13 schools by attendance per match in 2014 (7 big ten schools in top 13) 1. If there was a prized jewel in the volleyball landscape it would have to be Devaney at Nebraska. (May 29, 2022) - The Rutgers baseball team made history in more way than one early Sunday morning.After starting a game at 11:53 p.m. local time and waiting out a 35-minute lightning delay the Scarlet Knights wasted no time against Indiana, dominating the Hoosiers and ending the game after seven innings in a 14-2, run-rule victory to send RU to the Big Ten Championship Game on . Of the 14 largest NCAA regular-season volleyball crowds, 13 have involved the Cornhuskers. . The 6-foot Hilley currently ranks second nationally with 11.96 assists per set. 0000009864 00000 n Illinois volleyball prepares for a challenging week as the team continues Big Ten play with a match against No. The most recent split championship came in 2017 (Nebraska and Penn State), with the others in 1992 (Illinois and Penn State), 1996 (Michigan State and Penn State) and 1997 (Penn State and Wisconsin). Wisconsin 4,933 4. 10/16: #3 Wisconsin def. ET), with the latter being the final match of the Big Ten regular season. The Big Ten has announced the most robust volleyball television package in its history with a record-setting 55 matches scheduled for linear television coverage (47 on Big Ten Network, six on ESPN2/ESPNU, two on FS1), with the possibility of further broadcasts to be announced at a later date. Wisconsin is also nearly tied with Nebraska for third nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.127), while Michigan is fifth in the land with a .301 hitting percentage. The previous record came almost exactly one year earlier on Nov. 26, 2021, when 375,000 viewers watches Wisconsin defeated Nebraska in Madison. The Big Tens five host schools (top-four seeds) are the most from any conference in the country this season. In addition, Minnesotas Taylor Landfair was named the AVCA North Region Player of the Year and her teammate, Carter Booth, was chosen the AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year. 3 seed Ohio State meets No. 2023 MLB draft rankings 1.0: Which SEC slugger is No. In her first season at the helm of her alma mater following the retirement of legendary Hall of Famer Russ Rose, Schumacher-Cawley has guided the Nittany Lions to a 26-7 record (the programs most wins since 2018) and a fifth-place finish in the Big Ten Conference standings (13-7 record). 5 Ohio State, 3-2 at the Covelli Center. Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin (four times) have each made national championship game appearances. 0000076799 00000 n The Badgers, Penn State and Nebraska are all 8-10 in league play, and a three-way tiebreaker makes things complicated for how seeding for the Big Ten Tournament is determined. Indiana last finished .500 or better in conference play in 2002 (10-10). RYAN SODERLIN/THE WORLD-HERALD . Of the 14 largest NCAA regular-season volleyball crowds, 13 have involved the Cornhuskers. Nebraska leads the country at 8,190 fans per match, just ahead of Wisconsin (7,828), with Minnesota fourth (4,758), Ohio State sixth (3,609) and Michigan State eighth (a record-setting 3,208). On Dec. 3, Wisconsin announced that its match next season with in-state rival Marquette would be played Sept. 13 at the 17,385-seat Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, home of the NBAs Milwaukee Bucks. Sign up for the For The Win newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. "At Nebraska we're always aiming to dream big and raise the bar, and there can't be a much bigger way to do that than to play a match outdoors in a 90,000-seat football stadium . 1 and 13th on the all-time . The . 22 Rutgers wrestling heads to the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, held from March 4-5 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Big Ten has now had multiple AVCA National Player of the Week selections during six of the past seven seasons (all but 2021). 4 PENN STATE, 3-2, No. The second attempt, off the rebound of Shelley's miss, was better Maddie Krull open on the right wing with enough time to get set and shoot just before the buzzer. The attendance record for an NCAA volleyball match is currently 18,755, which was set in 2021. The Big Ten Conference was well-represented among the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) regional awards announced Tuesday, with 32 players from 11 different conference schools earning all-region accolades. 0000006096 00000 n Cook, like all of Nebraskas coaches, is left trying to steer his team forward with no idea about what will happen next with this global pandemic. The Cornhuskers will play Omaha in a regular-season match, preceded by a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney. Wisconsin captured the Big Ten Conferences automatic qualification into this years NCAA Tournament and its fourth consecutive Big Ten Conference title (ninth all-time) with a 3-1 victory at Nebraska on Nov. 25. 24 Marquette, High Point, No. 5. Member of the Ohio State Women's Volleyball team and the Canadian National team. As a D1Softball Preseason D100 selection, Laird continues to steer Missouris ship forward as the teams lead scorer. Wisconsin hit a school-record of 5,980 fans on average in 2017. * As a member of the Big 12. 15 and Illinois moved up to No. As an analyst, I call women's indoor volleyball matches on . Game Attendance Records 6 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS. All told, a nation-best nine Big Ten schools are ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA poll this week. The tournament winner of the conference tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament . The Big Ten has produced multiple volleyball Academic All-Americans in six of the previous seven seasons (all but 2016). Updated: Mar 1, 2023 / 10:50 PM HST. Get your Volleyball TV pass now to watch all the action. Updated: February 5, 2023 . September 16, 2022 6:33 pm CT. The Badgers were looking to break the NCAA regular-season attendance record of 15,797, set at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 7, 2022 when Nebraska beat Creighton, 3-2. trailer The 2022 NCAA Tournament Selection Show will be televised live Sunday (Nov. 27) at 7:30 p.m. (ET) on ESPNU. The Badgers also continue to lead a strong group of six Big Ten Conference schools in the AVCA poll, with five of those squads in the top 11. The last time a volleyball match was played in the Kohl Center was the 1998 NCAA Championship match on December 12. 9 Purdue and No. Last edited on 13 December 2022, at 07:03, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Ten_Conference_volleyball&oldid=1127165057, This page was last edited on 13 December 2022, at 07:03. Results. 3 OHIO STATE def. Feb 2021 - Present2 years 1 month. The old feel of the gym and the stands being built on top of the court makes this one of the best atmospheres. The class includes: [2] 14 Kentucky and Campbell. The largest-ever crowd for an NCAA volleyball match is 18,755 when Nebraska played Wisconsin on Dec. 18 . OMAHA, Neb. Attendance is based on the average per game over the last five seasons, followed up by % capacity, followed by last year's ranking. Five Big Ten Conference programs rank among the top 10 nationally in attendance this season, with Nebraska . PISCATAWAY, N.J. - No. Penn States Katie Schumacher-Cawley is the lone first-year head coach to lead her school into this years NCAA regionals. 0000003143 00000 n 5 Nebraska. That Nov. 25 match between Wisconsin and Nebraska in Lincoln also smashed the Big Ten Network viewership record for volleyball, with 587,000 viewers tuning in for the top-five showdown at a sold-out Bob Devaney Sports Center. It hosted the 1999 NCAA women's volleyball national championship and, as . The championship match was played in front of an NCAA record crowd of 18,755. . Wisconsin volleyball set a new NCAA record during its match against No. 1988-1990 - Starting Setter and Team Captain, The Ohio State University (OSU's 1st Big Ten Championship Team, 1989 / All-American, 1990) For the 16th consecutive season, Big Ten volleyball honored more than 70 Academic All-Big Ten standouts in 2021, as a record-setting 153 volleyball student-athletes were recognized, including a pair of Academic All-America selections in first-team honoree Sydney Hilley (Wisconsin) and second-team choice Diana Brown (Illinois). NO. Matches/ Session 2018 Avg. Women's Volleyball Record Booiks. The Badgers had a clear edge in . Constructed in 1929, Rec Hall is one of the oldest buildings in college volleyball and has continued to pack the stands with Nittany Lions fans every year making it one of the loudest venues, as well. In 2022, the Big Ten Conference featured the most robust regular-season volleyball television package in its history with a record-setting 55 matches on linear television (47 on Big Ten Network, six on ESPN2/ESPNU, two on FS1). UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State (16-0, 8-0 B1G) heads to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships. ET), as well as a Saturday night doubleheader when the Badgers visit OSU (7 p.m. 7 Pepperdine . In 1987, Illinois became the first Big Ten program to make an appearance in the national semifinal. That number would have been good enough for 13 th place on Sports Business Journal's basketball list, ahead of women's hoops programs at Oklahoma ($3.7 million), Duke ($3.6 million), SMU ($3.549 million) and Missouri ($3.541 . The Big Ten Network broadcasted the match, and announced that it was the most-watched volleyball game across all networks this season. Wisconsin and Florida made it to five sets, but Florida ended up pulling out the win. Virtual recruiting in all Division I and II collegiate sports will last at least two more months. - CFN Preview 2019: Team Previews, Rankings, Features. The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference held March 8-11, 2023, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. . 0000003030 00000 n The Cornhuskers have won five national titles and sold out an NCAA-record 303 consecutive regular-season matches. Women's college volleyball has never been more popular, especially across the Midwest. All told, no fewer than 11 Big Ten regular-season volleyball matches drew audiences of greater than 200,000 viewers, including season highs on FS1 (246,000 for the Sept. 7 Nebraska-Creighton match) and ESPN (244,000 for the Oct. 16 Michigan-Wisconsin contest). 3 and earning first-place votes, leading a group of six Big Ten Conference schools in the latest American Volleyball Coaches (AVCA) Top 25 poll. The 2023 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represents the University of Hawaii at Mnoa (UH) in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. Hawaii 6,357 3. The Big Ten has produced multiple volleyball Academic All-Americans in six of the previous seven seasons (All but 2016). 130 Ball State 9067.80 40.30% 127 129 Coastal Carolina 10306.60 68.71% 130 Wisconsin sets NCAA regular season volleyball attendance record, Madison company takes SNLs potty humor in stride, Police search underway in Madison after domestic dispute, Police identify suspect in east Madison homicide, Verona and Oregon punch their ticket to Championship Saturday, Edey, Big Ten champ No. Already this season (even before this weeks matches), there have been 15 top-10 contests to feature at least one Big Ten team, with seven of those coming in conference play. In addition, all non-televised Big Ten volleyball home matches were broadcast live on B1G+, the Big Ten Networks subscription streaming service (bigtenplus.com). 19 Michigan (2,309). The university described it in a release as a celebration of the impact of volleyball on the state of Nebraska, and it will feature an exhibition matchup between in-state Division II programs and a performance from a national recording artist who is yet to be determined. Both figures led the nation its the seventh straight time Nebraska has done that. 0000045682 00000 n Asher Low. The Big Ten conference recorded the best win/loss record in the first two rounds, going 11-1 in matches played and advancing 5 of 6 teams to the Sweet 16. . The 2023 class will be the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. In addition, four different unranked conference schools posted a road victory against a top-10 opponent this season. This past season, the average attendance for the women's team was more than 2,900 . The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor will be honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. Wisconsin extended its current winning streak to 20 matches with last weeks victories over Quinnipiac and TCU to open this years NCAA Tournament. It would be cool to see college volleyball expand on this trend, perhaps as other teams attempt to chase the record that the Huskers are likely to break this fall. Its difficult to fill up more than 13,000 seats for a regular season volleyball match, but the Tigers still managed to pack in more than 7,000 fans twice during that season. In 2018, 7,476 fans watched and arguably helped Hawaii upset Cal Poly in a raucous environment. 57 0 obj <> endobj 73 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<5280AE8999B60D4A9FE9FD91FDEEB029><6701AA39E8454F8AA4CB6FAD6DBC052C>]/Index[57 35]/Info 56 0 R/Length 92/Prev 223053/Root 58 0 R/Size 92/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Big Ten volleyball honored more than 70 Academic All-Big Ten standouts in 2021, as a record-setting 153 volleyball student-athletes were recognized . And then the Big Ten is the Big Ten; great teams every weekend." . Haworth is the third Hoosier to earn AVCA National Player of the Week honors and the first since Nov. 9, 1998, when Ryann Connors was chosen. Of the eight Sweet 16 matches in this years NCAA Tournament, two will be all-Big Ten Conference affairs. The Matadors compete as members of the Big West Conference and were picked the finish sixth in the . 5 Nebraska and No. 3 seed Ohio State faces No. Michigan: 25-23, 25-15, 26-24. Now for No. With Wisconsins Nov. 25 victory over Nebraska, Badgers head coach Kelly Sheffield secured his fifth Big Ten Conference title, moving into a second-place tie for most career conference championships by one coach in Big Ten history. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's gymnastics team won its second-consecutive Big Ten regular-season . 5 Ohio State last weekend. There are few parallels to draw between Rhule's first seasons at Temple and Baylor . 2009-present - Lead Volleyball Color Analyst, The Big Ten Network. Only twice has a school captured four Big Ten volleyball championships in a row, and both times it was Penn State (eight from 2003-10 and four from 1996-99), which also has a conference-best 17 titles all-time (the most recent coming in 2017). Low near 25F. NO. Hilley becomes the first three-time Big Ten Setter of the Year since the award was begun in 2012. Minnesota is in the Sweet 16 for the 20th time in program history and 13th time in 14 years. No. 0000009696 00000 n The Big Ten has produced multiple volleyball Academic All-Americans in six of the previous seven seasons (All but 2016). Since 1985, when double round-robin play was introduced Whats more, the Big Ten has sent two representatives to eight of the past 10 NCAA Final Fours (since 2012). 0000001680 00000 n The Kohl Center seats more than 17,000 fans for mens and womens basketball. In addition, of the 10 televised Big Ten volleyball matches to draw at least 200,000 viewers this season, seven were broadcast live on Big Ten Network. Indiana picked up a historic victory on Sunday in Columbus, defeating No. startxref Outside of a tie for the Big Ten title (and the NCAA automatic qualification), all other ties in the Big Ten standings are not broken. The five-time national champion Nebraska volleyball team plans to add another accolade to its collection in the form of the sports NCAA attendance record this fall, and that plan involves jumping on the outdoor sports trend. Big Ten volleyball is made up of the women's volleyball programs from the Big Ten's 14 member universities.