[Farm93]

[men\'s volleyball] is a SoCal sport.

Yes, men\'s volleyball is so dominated by SoCal teams that the recent NCAA champs have included BYU (3 times), Hawaii, Lewis and Penn State.  Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne made the final in 2007.  SoCal teams have won only 5 of the last 12 NCAA championships.  Hardly "domination" as I interpret the word.

UCLA has won 19 times.  Sounds like a good run to me.  To put it a different way almost 1/5 of UCLA\'s team titles are in this one sport.

Create an all-star team from the talent within 50 miles of UCLA and I would take my chances.  Is there another NCAA sport with a more clear talent epicenter?  However, even your examples illustrate my original point and that is that this is not like fencing or men\'s gymnastics where the number of programs has dwindled to the point that a few select programs consistently finish in the top 4 or 5.

But I believe you and I agree that fans should enjoy the greatness witnessed on Saturday.   The 1997 team won in a largely empty house in Columbus in front of a crowd that did not care about UCLA or Stanford.  As a fan, this 2010 event was a lot more exciting.  

[Farm93]

[men\'s volleyball] is a SoCal sport.

Yes, men\'s volleyball is so dominated by SoCal teams that the recent NCAA champs have included BYU (3 times), Hawaii, Lewis and Penn State.  Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne made the final in 2007.  SoCal teams have won only 5 of the last 12 NCAA championships.  Hardly "domination" as I interpret the word.

UCLA has won 19 times.  Sounds like a good run to me.  To put it a different way almost 1/5 of UCLA\'s team titles are in this one sport.

Create an all-star team from the talent within 50 miles of UCLA and I would take my chances.  Is there another NCAA sport with a more clear talent epicenter?  However, even your examples illustrate my original point and that is that this is not like fencing or men\'s gymnastics where the number of programs has dwindled to the point that a few select programs consistently finish in the top 4 or 5.

But I believe you and I agree that fans should enjoy the greatness witnessed on Saturday.   The 1997 team won in a largely empty house in Columbus in front of a crowd that did not care about UCLA or Stanford.  As a fan, this 2010 event was a lot more exciting.