For the sixth time in the past eight seasons, the Penn State Nittany Lions are national champions. Scary thing is, the magical run might just be beginning.

Penn State will take on Stanford in the national semifinals Thursday night. Before the game’s two most successful programs meet, Mike Wolf previews the matchup.

Despite NCAA loses this past weekend, Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio State and Big Ten champ Wisconsin, once again, affirm why the Big Ten is the best conference in the nation.

When the calendar hits December, the Big Ten asserts itself in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament. Mike Wolf previews the upcoming regional matches.

The NCAA tourney field is set, and BTN play-by-play man Mike Wolf previews the six teams’ draws and offers his bold predictions.

Two matches remain in the regular season, and barring an epic letdown, Wisconsin will be the 2014 Big Ten champions.

This is not a year for parity in the Big Ten, and the league may only get six teams in the NCAA tournament after having eight a year ago.

The Badgers are in control of their Big Ten Volleyball title hopes. Who will challenge Wisconsin going forward? Find out inside!

One week into the second half of the Big Ten conference schedule, and there are very few matches left that will affect the title race. Find out why inside.

We’ve reached the midway point. After five weeks of Big Ten play, the standings have started to shake out, as the more experienced squads have risen to the top.

The week ahead has a plethora of excellent matchups that could reshape the Big Ten standings. Four of those matches air on BTN, beginning Tuesday night. So, let’s get to it.

Is this the year? Is this finally the year that after all the talk of parity, that one of the non-traditional power programs claims the Big Ten title? Get Mike Wolf’s take inside!

After the second week of Big Ten play, a week headlined by Nebraska downing Penn State, it sure looks like the standings will be constantly shifting.

The opening week of Big Ten volleyball didn’t yield any upsets, but that could change in the second week, which is highlight by No. 3 Penn State at No. 8 Nebraska.

Welcome back! After nine months of waiting and a lengthy but necessary non-conference season, Big Ten volleyball is set take over our lives for the next two months.

Mike Wolf previews the upcoming 2014 Big Ten volleyball season.

If there was a collective statement set out to be made by the Big Ten coaches and players coming into this year’s NCAA Tournament, then the nation is listening after Thursday night. For the first time in history, two Big Ten women’s volleyball teams will play for the NCAA national title.

An unprecedented seven Big Ten teams entered last weekend with dreams of reaching the Final Four. After the last whistle Saturday night, two still remained, as Penn State and Wisconsin advanced to Seattle for the national semifinals.

Coaches, players and fans can all agree that the Big Ten represents the best caliber of volleyball in all the nation. The conference proved that on Sunday, as an unprecedented seven teams reached regional play, setting a new NCAA record.

After an unpredictable year that saw possibly the strongest collection of teams in conference history, the postseason has finally arrived. The Big Ten tied a conference record on Sunday when, for the fifth time in league history, eight teams were selected to the NCAA Volleyball Championship.

The final week of the Big Ten season is upon us, and Penn State has once again claimed at least a share of the Big Ten title. The rest of the conference’s teams, they have secured their plans for the postseason, with the exception of Northwestern.

Two weeks remain in the regular season. Arms are tired, players are sick, teams know each other’s tendencies, and the tournament is on the horizon. The Big Ten title appears to be undecided until the conference’s final weekend and barring shocking upsets, which have been prevalent this season, November 30 should be the long-awaited matchup volleyball fans have been clamoring for.

Penn State may have taken charge of the Big Ten race in recent weeks, but Nebraska made it known this past weekend that the conference crown would not be decided without a fight.

Unpredictable has been the word most commonly uttered to describe this year’s Big Ten women’s volleyball season. Until the past few weeks, there was a genuine sentiment that any team had a chance to pull off a win, regardless of the matchup. However, as so often has been the case in this conference over the past decade, Penn State has asserted itself and begun to separate from the rest of the pack.

Through 10 matches of the Big Ten season, the nation’s deepest and most decorated conference has lived up to its billing. Upsets have been plentiful, top 15 matchups are the norm and contenders have emerged from the pack. The standings have rarely looked the same on any given week, and early-season surprises have struggled to endure the grind of the league.