by Bobby Knight | May 13, 2017 | Blog
The opening day of the NCAA Tournament brought us a few good matches but for the most part it was blowout city as 23 of the 32 matches ended in 4-0 shutouts. All regional hosts won their matches 4-0, which was expected, but I was surprised that only one No. 3 seed was able to get past a No. 2 seed. #42 Louisville was the No. 3 seed that pulled off the upset as the Cards knocked off #28 UCF in the lone 4-3 match of the day. UCF jumped out to the early 1-0 lead by claiming the doubles point with a 7-5 win at No. 2 and a 7-6(5) win in the decider at No. 3. Louisville came back strong in singles and picked five opening sets and both Parker Wynn and Clement...
by Bobby Knight | May 12, 2017 | Blog
The 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tournament gets underway on Friday morning at 10 a.m. eastern and I’ve got all the numbers and interesting facts that you’ll need to get you through the weekend. Past history tells us that it’s an all but certain guarantee that at least one men’s and one women’s seed will get knocked out this weekend. Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1999 (18 years) there have been 47 men’s seeds that have been knocked out early which is an average of 2.6 per year. The women’s side hasn’t been quite as bad with 34 knocked out early which equates to 1.8 per year. There...
by Bobby Knight | May 10, 2017 | Blog
Former Virginia Tech Hokie Sebastien Jacques is making his way across the country, by foot, after not being able to walk across a room just a few years ago. Jacques played at Virginia Tech from 2007 to 2010 but during his senior year he had to quit playing due to a lack of energy. After graduating with a degree in marketing he returned home to Magog, Canada, and after seeing several doctor he was eventually diagnosed with a pineal cystic tumor in his brain which was the cause of the energy drain. The doctors in Canada determined the procedure was too risky and the health care system wouldn’t cover the cost so Jacques ended up raising $80000 and had the...
by Bobby Knight | May 10, 2017 | Blog
Georgia Tech junior Chris Eubanks accepted a main draw wild card into the BB&T Atlanta Open, which is an ATP 250 event, with his opening round match scheduled for Tuesday, July 25. Eubanks has played in the main draw of the Atlanta event two years in a row though he had to go through qualies last year to do so. Eubanks has been ranked in the ITA Top 10 all year and was recently named the ACC Men’s Player of the Year for the second year in a row. For more information see the release from the BB&T Atlanta Open. The NCAA Division II Men’s Round of 16 got underway today in Altamonte Springs, Florida, with #1 West Florida, #2 Barry, #3...
by Bobby Knight | May 9, 2017 | Blog
The number of head coaching jobs at Power 5 schools is now up to six after LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced on Monday that men’s head coach Jeff Brown was resigning after 20 years. Brown won just over 60 percent of the 517 matches he coached and was an even .500 against SEC competition. Brown’s LSU teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament 17 times however this year the Tigers fell well short after going 10-17 overall and just 3-9 in the SEC. Brown’s best seasons in Baton Rouge came in his first two seasons when he led the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA semifinals. Alleva called the resignation a “mutual...
by Bobby Knight | May 8, 2017 | Blog
Tuesday Championship Men – [2] Virginia vs. [9] North Carolina – 4 p.m. ET – Virginia 4-2Women – [1] Florida vs. [7] Stanford – 8 p.m. ET – Florida 4-1 Men’s Monday Schedule – Semifinals[2] Virginia vs. [3] Ohio State – 10 a.m. ET – McWhorter – Virginia 4-2[9] North Carolina vs. [13] Georgia – 10 a.m. ET – Henry Feild – North Carolina 4-3 Women’s Monday Schedule – Semifinals[3] Ohio State vs. [7] Stanford – 2 p.m. ET – McWhorter – Stanford 4-3[1] Florida vs. [4] Vanderbilt- 2 p.m. ET – Henry Feild – Florida...
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