The GIST

Everything you need to know about LOVB, PVF, and the evolving volleyball landscape

Before the fun begins, here’s everything you need to know about both leagues, their differences, and the massive growth in the game of volleyball. Bump, set, slay, indeed

January 08, 2025

Everything you need to know about the 2024 AU Pro Volleyball season

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Professional women’s volleyball is having a moment, with three pro leagues swinging into action over the next four months. Up first? AU Pro Volleyball. So today, we’re breaking down everything you need to know before AU takes the court for five weeks of exhilarating play.

September 29, 2024

Teams to watch at the 2023 NCAA national volleyball tournament

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Move aside, Harry Styles — the real serves are coming from the NCAA volleyball court, where 64 teams will battle for the national championship beginning tomorrow and culminating with the title game on Sunday, December 17th.

November 29, 2023

Nebraska women's volleyball played in front of the largest crowd for a women's sporting event

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ICYMI: Nebraska women’s volleyball played in front of a rowdy crowd of 92,003 people on Wednesday, the largest attendance ever for a women’s sporting event.

September 01, 2023

College rapid recaps: You’re hot then you’re cold

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December 06, 2021

College: It’s a call we’ll never get

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The GIST: While we wait for the single-elimination women’s volleyball championship tournament to begin, the college football coaching carousel is serving up all the drama.

December 01, 2021

College: So offended that we had to double check

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The GIST: Break out the tissues, because it was a holiday weekend full of upsets in college sports.

November 29, 2021

College Sports Quick Hits: November 19th, 2021

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College Sports Quick Hits: November 19th, 2021

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November 19, 2021

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #447

Eat chalk: How every No. 1 seed made it to the men’s Final Four

April 01, 2025

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Eat chalk: How every No. 1 seed made it to the men’s Final Four

March Madness, meet April reality check.

Sorry, Cinderella — this year, the men’s March Madness tourney is straight chalk, with all four top seeds advancing to the Final Four after last weekend’s Elite Eight showdowns. But how did we really get here? On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz discuss how the transfer portal and NIL created a Final Four chalkfest. May the best teams win.

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