It's Golden Set Season!!! We had some of the most thrilling volleyball of the year this week, in Champions League, CEV Cup, Italy, Poland, and more - and Everett and Rob are back to break it all down as always on the 81 square meters of the best volleyball coverage on the internet!

This week in volleyball had a little bit of everything - a 17 minute delay in a fifth set in a Champions League match, a potential season defining red card, illnesses sweeping through and taking out teams' starting lineups...and more!  Everett and Rob break it all down on this week's 9x9.

Is Perugia actually the best team in the world?? Is the Pro Volleyball Federation as REAL as they market themselves out to be?? Everett and Rob answer these questions and more around the volleyball world on this week's 9x9!

We start the show with big news about this summer's VNL schedule and a major coaching shakeup - then we dive into week 6 of men's and women's Champions League and which 11 teams on each side survived to play for the title!  All that and more, including some North American news, on this week's 9x9 with Everett and Rob!

LOTS of volleyball happened in the two weeks since last episode - but don't worry, Everett and Rob are here for you, starting with men's and women's Champions League previews for the final week of pool play, plus Italy, Poland, Turkiye, some American news, and more!

It's the first episode of the new year - and it was a BANGER of a day of volleyball, with three of the men's Coppa Italia quarterfinals going on at the same time!  Everett and Rob react to the games and unveil the Volleyball Source community's mid-season all stars for EIGHT different European leagues on this week's 9x9.

It's the last week of volleyball of the year, and the traditional Boxing Day full of volleyball in Italy did not disappoint - Everett and Rob unveil their mid-season awards and all star teams for the SuperLega, react to the Coppa Italia fields on the men's and women's sides, and recap week 4 of men's Champions League on the last episode of The 9x9 of 2023!

Two big championships were decided in women's volleyball this week - one was epic, the other was brutally lopsided - Everett and Rob break down which was which, and send you all off into a merry volleyball Christmas on this week's 9x9!

It's a big milestone for the podcast this week, as we celebrate our 100th episode!!  Everett and Rob have plenty to talk about, including the 2024 VNL schedule, the always useless Club World Championship, a lot of chaos in the American volleyball market, and much more!

Before we get into the huge week of volleyball that was, we start with sharing our love and condolences to the families and community of Thompson Rivers University men's volleyball, who lost a teammate and saw two others left in critical condition after a terrible car crash in British Columbia this week.

Then, Everett and Rob take you around the world of volleyball, including a preview of this week's men's Club World Championship and catching up on the women's NCAA Tournament.