{"id":589111,"date":"2016-12-15T00:39:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T05:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebloguin.wordpress.com\/?p=589111"},"modified":"2016-12-15T00:39:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T05:39:31","slug":"final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/final-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Four Semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DI tournament has reached the semifinals and play has moved to the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. There are four teams left standing from the original 64 teams which started this journey, and here they are the survivors, by Regional: Nebraska Regional \u2013 #1 Nebraska; Minnesota Regional &#8211; #2 Minnesota; Texas Regional \u2013 #4 Texas; and Wisconsin Regional \u2013 #6 Stanford. Three of the four Regionals held seed while #6 seed Stanford overcame #3 seed Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><b>Semifinal Matches (12\/15\/16)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 2 Minnesota (29-4) versus No. 6 Stanford (25-7) at 7:00 PM ET.<\/li>\n<li>No. 1 Nebraska (31-2) versus No. 4 Texas (26-4) at 9:30 PM ET.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both of these matches are broadcast live on one of the ESPN channels. The finals will be broadcast on Saturday, 12\/17\/16 at 9:00 PM, also on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">LET\u2019S GROW <a>VOLLEYBALL<\/a> !<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-538159 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thebloguin.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/net-set-banner.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"net-set-banner\" width=\"369\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/net-set-banner.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/net-set-banner-555x97.jpg 555w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/net-set-banner-820x143.jpg 820w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/net-set-banner-768x134.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DI tournament has reached the semifinals and play has moved to the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 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