At the end of sesion 8 on October 9th, we will know who is in the National Championship bracket and who plays in the Holyoke Invitational.

The Top 8 teams play in the National Championship while the next 8 play in the Holyoke Invite (Holyoke, MA is the home if the International Volleyball Hall of Fame).

Selection of Teams

Top 8 is determined in this manner:

 - Conference Winners (2)

 - Conference Tournament Winners (2)

 - WGM Cup Winner (1)

 - If a team wins more than one of the above, note that there will be no automatic bids to 2nd place team in any of the above competitions.

 - 3 (or more) wild card teams with the next best overall record (overall match win pct, set win pct, points for/against pct.)

Seeding of Teams

 - Teams in each competition are seeded based on overall record then tiebreakers as needed (overall match win pct, set win pct, points for/against pct.)

Format

 - Single elimination.  

 - All matches neutral court

Who is In?

 - Baton Rouge (Western Conference Champion)

 - Quincy (Eastern Conference Champion)

Who is knocking at the door?

 - St. Charles, Sheboygan, and Carlsbad.  If they win their conference/WGM cup match they are in.   

 - Sheboygan and Carlsbad should be in based on record.  Likely St. Charles too. 

Who else is in the hunt?

 - many teams on the bubble.  

 - see the updated OVERALL standings page for a listing.  It has just been created:

https://www.olmec.org/tmvl/standings.php?type=O

I'll let the smart people tell us who they think will be in or out.  I'm just kicking off the thread.  

Season 2 National Champions: Teutopolis (Mike Cabral)

Season 2 Holyoke Champions: New Orleans (Kevin Martin)

Side note: The aforementioned Mr. Cabral and Mr. Martin will play a BIG MATCH this weekend (Teutopolis @ New Orleans). Winner makes a good case for a top 8 spot one would think...