Can BYU use its home-court advantage to pull off something special at MPSF tournament?
No. 5-seeded Cougars open postseason play Wednesday night against No. 4 seed Stanford.
BYU and UC San Diego compete during an NCAA men’s volleyball game held at the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in Provo on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News BYU will be playing in friendly confines when it looks to win its first MPSF tournament title since 2021 beginning Wednesday at the Smith Fieldhouse.
It marks the first time the Cougars will host the tournament since that same season. The Provo school is hoping for some of that same magic when it takes to the floor this week. BYU head coach Shawn Olmstead was already looking forward to the opportunity to host the league’s tournament a few months ago as he prepared for the season.
“We’re hosting the MPSF tournament,” he said on the “Y’s Guys” show in January. “That’s a big thing we’re talking about, is getting our guys in a position through these matches over the next few months to be ready for that tournament come the end of April. ” The end of April has arrived, and with it the opportunity to do better in the MPSF tournament, the Cougars going one-and-done in three of the last four years.
This year, only eight of the league’s 10 squads will compete in the tournament. The matches begin Wednesday at 11 a. m.