This week our coaching panel of Brad Rostratter of UCSD, Dan Friend of Lewis, Jay Hosack of George Mason and Theo Edwards of CSUN along with host, Rob-on-the-Mic, discuss the following news items of the week: Allowance of “The Double” from VolleyballMag.com The AVCA Preseason Pol, going to a Top 20 for the first time (hence the name change on the show to CVW MT20) 10 Loyola splitting the matches vs. No. 3 Hawaii (Lukas Anderson serving sub 5th set at 12-8, between OC boys (Jake Read, Cole Schlobel), Ramblers went on a 8-1 run to win the match. However, this episode was more a “freeform discussion” with topics of the experienced referee crew at the Santa Barbara Tournament spearheaded by Rick Olmstead, Tony Chan and John Park. Jay also brought to light the wonderful community work that Rick is doing with the homeless com. As always we talk about the Coaches’ thoughts on the competition we saw in an action-packed Week 1 of the 2024 NCAA D1-2 Men’s Volleyball season. From there we hit the top performers in the CVW crew’s eyes, then pick their wisdom in “Whatcha Watchin’” in Week 2 of the Men’s season.