by Bobby Knight | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog
Twelve automatic bids went out last week on the women’s side, eleven conference tournaments and the Ivy League, with the top seed winning seven conference tournaments and the two seed winning the other four. Below are last week’s big winners and further below are the teams that were last week’s biggest losers. Vanderbilt – the Commodores won the SEC Championship for the second year in a row, third time in the last four years, with a 4-0 win over the second seed Florida. VU junior Fernanda Contreras clinched the match with a dominating 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2. The top seeds defeated Texas A&M 4-1 in the quarterfinals and Ole...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
By now most of you have probably heard that the Arkansas women played Tennessee State 6 times yesterday to get their record up to .500 so they could qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Since I tweeted about this on @college10sranks I’ve been swarmed with replies and messages. Let me start by saying the point of this post is to propose a solution, not whine about something without offering a solution. I am also not into character assassinations or defamation in any way unless warranted and with the full story. Since all this happened I reached out to Coach Monroe and AD Phillips at Tennessee State and they were kind enough to call me back and...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
The ACC men’s tennis regular season wrapped up this past weekend and it settled the final seeding for the ACC tournament that will get started on Wednesday in Cary, NC. Before I get into breaking down the tournament I want to recap the season for each ACC team. How the 2018 regular season wound up, what went well and what didn’t? Obviously for many of these teams the real season judgement will come in the conference and NCAA tournament but for now I will look back and grade each team based on the regular season alone. Let’s start this comprehensive look at the ACC season from the top and work our way down to the bottom.(1) Wake Forest...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
Ten automatic bids went out last week on the men’s side, nine conference tournaments and the Ivy League, with the top seed winning just four conference tournaments, the two seed winning three, and the three seed winning two. Below are last week’s big winners and further below are the teams that were last week’s biggest losers. Tulane – the Green Wave captured its first American Athletic Conference Championship, and first conference championship since 2005, with a 4-3 win over four-time defending champion South Florida. Tulane sophomore Tim Ruetzel clinched the title with a 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 win at No. 6. For the first time,...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 22, 2018 | Blog
Saturday was moving day with some teams moving into conference finals, and/or wrapping up regular season play with a huge win, while others moved off the bubble and into an early offseason after a tough loss. Let’s start off with conference tournament action in the American Athletic Conference. A week ago the four-time reigning AAC Champion South Florida Bulls looked like a team that was ready to call it a season after losing six of seven and heading into the regular season finale against UCF with just a 7-15 record. But somehow the Bulls have caught fire and after taking it to UCF in the War on I-4 they’ve now found themselves in a fifth straight...
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