by Bobby Knight | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog
It was a great Easter weekend of Pac-12 men’s tennis with several close dramatic matches and important results for NCAA tournament positioning. By the end of the weekend there would be three teams very pleased with their performance, two with a neutral performance and four teams who had negative weekends. Best WeekendsUCLA: The Bruins had one of the most impressive weekends in the entire country. It began on Friday when UCLA matched up with #3 Stanford in a highly anticipated rematch from early February when Stanford pulled out a tight 4-3 match. The Bruins had two things going for them heading into the match; this time around the match was at...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog
Texas A&M and Mississippi State remain atop the men’s conference standings with 6-0 records after each posted a pair of wins last weekend. Both teams will get serious tests this weekend as they both face a couple of top 25 teams on the road. A&M will visit Vanderbilt and Kentucky while Mississippi State will visit Georgia and Tennessee. While those are the marquee conference matchups there is one huge non-conference matchup this week when Florida visits #1 Wake Forest. The Deacs lost their first match of the year Sunday to Florida State but rebounded Wednesday to take down #5 North Carolina and will be ready for the Gators. Full match previews...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog
We start the weekend off on Thursday with a bang with two huge match-ups; North Carolina at Wake Forest and Florida State at Duke. North Carolina lost to a hot Georgia Tech last weekend but held on to the No. 1 ranking but will be severely tested in Winston Salem against a very strong Wake Forest squad. Florida State knocked off No. 14 Wake Forest last weekend and this weekend faces No. 4 Duke and No. 18 Virginia.NC State checked in at No. 42 in this weeks rankings and hits the road to take on Clemson on Friday and then Va. Tech in Blacksburg on Saturday.BC has had a good couple of weeks and is rewarded by entering the ITA rankings at No. 50 which is no small...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 28, 2018 | Blog
I have to apologize to the ladies for the delay in getting the weekend roundup out for them. When I started this I had no idea the amount of time it was going to consume (praise Bobby for all he does and has done in the past) on top of the time I am putting into the CollegeTennisRanks.com site. I also didnt want to short change the coverage so it took a little extra time to get it together. Ill have to keep up as the weekend progresses moving forward to keep up. Anyhow, on to the deetsSouth Carolina continued its dominance in the SEC winning at Auburn and Alabama and moving to 8-0 in conference play with 6 of those victories on the road. With the Gamecocks...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 28, 2018 | Blog
Big 12 conference play draws nearIt is the last week of non-conference play for the six Big XII teams. All six teams are currently riding win streaks, with no one hotter than TCU. Having won 6 straight matches, they find themselves the highest ranked Big XII team, coming in at #8. They have the weekend off and wont play until April 3rd against UT Arlington.Baylor and Oklahoma are on a two match winning streak, with Oklahoma surviving a 4-3 win earlier this week against Fresno State. Both teams will look to continue the winning streaks this Thursday against their last non-conference opponents. Baylor plays Incarnate Word in a double header at home. Oklahoma is...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 26, 2018 | Blog
Im going to change the format up a little this week and give a few highlights from the weekend along with any quotes I may have been able to get from coaches. I’ll then follow it up with a recap for each team so you can either read it all or scroll straight to your team. The two teams with the toughest schedule this past weekend were Tennessee and Mississippi State with each facing a pair of top 25 teams with Tennessee getting the harder draw of #6 Texas A&M at home and #14 Georgia on the road. Tennessee earned a split of those two matches coming up with a huge 4-3 road win on Sunday at Georgia. Meanwhile Mississippi State faced #19 Vanderbilt...
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