by Bobby Knight | May 30, 2015 | Blog
I looked over 1-10 a few days ago so today I’ll look at the teams that finished the year ranked between 11-15.The new recruits section is from tennisrecruiting.net and from school releases so its possible some of those guys may not end up where they are currently showing. Several teams will probably have some guys coming in from outside the U.S. so we probably won’t know any names until the schools put out a release or we see the name on the roster in August/January. BC=Blue Chip, 5*=5 star, etc.I’m sure we’ll also see some guys transfer as we do every year. We probably won’t know those until they show up on a new roster in the...
by Bobby Knight | May 29, 2015 | Blog
The books have been closed on the 2014-15 season though technically we still have one more set of singles/doubles rankings to tackle when they come out next Wednesday.Virginia won its 2nd NCAA Championship in the last 3 years while Oklahoma won its 1st National Team Indoor Championship and finished as NCAA Runner-Up for the 2nd year in a row. Each of the 3 “Grand Slams” had a different champion in both singles and doubles so the wealth was spread out evenly this year.Team Events:2015 NCAA Champions (Waco) – Virginia2015 National Indoor Champions (Chicago) – Oklahoma Individual Events:NCAA (Waco)Singles – Ryan...
by Bobby Knight | May 28, 2015 | Blog
Well its time to put the 2014-15 season in the rear-view mirror and start looking ahead to next year. There are 4 teams (TCU/USC/Texas/Duke) in the final top 10 that will have to replace 4 starters so those teams could face an uphill climb next year to return to the top 10.The new recruits section is from tennisrecruiting.net so its possible some of those guys may not end up where they are currently showing. Several teams will probably have some guys coming in from outside the U.S. so we probably won’t know any names until the schools put out a release or we see the name on the roster in August/January.I’m sure we’ll also see some guys...
by Bobby Knight | May 26, 2015 | Blog
Virginia and Vanderbilt finished atop the men’s and women’s rankings after each won the NCAA National Championship. Oklahoma finished #2 after holding down the top spot virtually the entire season.TCU and Illinois swapped spots at 4 and 6 after the Illini went out in the Round of 16 while TCU made it all the way to the semifinals. Columbia and South Florida moved into the top 16 which will give them both a chance to host a regional for next year’s National Team Indoors (assuming they put in a bid and it meets the qualifications). The regionals take place during the ITA Kickoff Weekend on January 22-24 and the participants for...
by Bobby Knight | May 25, 2015 | Blog
Congrats to Virginia’s Ryan Shane for coming from behind to beat Wake Forest’s Noah Rubin to win the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship. Shane would probably admit that things didn’t look particularly good when he trailed 6-3, 5-3 but he stayed the course and pulled away in the 3rd set for the 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 win. Rubin came out quick and opened up a 5-0 lead in the 1st set but Shane wouldn’t give the set away as he held for 5-1, broke for 5-2, and held once more for 5-3. Rubin then served out the set after a multi-deuce game to take the opening set 6-3. Side Note: After Shane broke Rubin’s 5-1 service game the rain and...
by Bobby Knight | May 25, 2015 | Blog
Throughout the slower summer months I’m going to try and do a weekly post on Sundays highlighting the performance of current college guys as well as recent grads out on the ATP Pro Tour. I’m sure I’ll miss some because there are a ton of guys out there playing but I should be able to hit on the guys that do well (quarters-finals)May 18-24:#242 Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12) won a $15K Future in Daegu, Korea – it was Nguyen’s 7th career pro title.#789 Sadio Doumbia (UGA ’12) won a $10K Future in Annaba, Algeria – it was Doumbia’s 1st career pro title.#298 Marek Michalicki (Wisc ’11) won a $10K Future in...
by Bobby Knight | May 23, 2015 | Blog
NCAA Interactive Bracket & Printable BracketMaster Lineups Facts & FiguresDoubles RecordsNational Title Contenders – positives/negatives/commentsPast NCAA Tournament HistoryBobby’s bracketPreviews:1st round regionals – VT/BU, USC/Duke, OSU/aTm, UVA/Miss, UNC/ILL, TCU/WF,TX/UGA, OU/UCLA 2nd round regionals – AllRound of 16 previews – OU/UCLA & UGA/TX, TCU/WF & ILL/UNC, UVA/COL & aTm/OSU, USC/Duke & Baylor/USFBaylor’s NCAA Championship Hub PageOutdoor Live...
by Bobby Knight | May 22, 2015 | Blog
I added the results to the tab at the top plus the singles result are on the right side of the page too – doubles results are down near the bottom.SINGLESChampionship – May 25th – 12pm central#8 [8] Ryan Shane (VIrginia) def. #6 [7] Noah Rubin (Wake Forest) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1Semifinal Results – May 24th #6 [7] Noah Rubin(Wake Forest) def. #19 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia) 6-4, 6-4#8 [8] Ryan Shane (Virginia) def. #9 [9-16] Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) 6-4, 6-1Noah Rubin, Wake ForestOn the match results”I thought I was very focused throughout. I thought I stepped up when I needed to. I was patient, I knew that my...
by Bobby Knight | May 19, 2015 | Blog
For the 2nd time in the last 3 years the Virginia Cavaliers are the National Champions after Brian Boland’s team knocked off #1 Oklahoma 4-1 on a pleasant sunny afternoon in Waco.The Wahoos came out of the gates ready to go as both its #1 and #2 doubles teams broke serve to go up 2-0. The below clip shows Ryan Shane and Luca Corinteli breaking the Andrew Harris serve from 15-40 and this came a game after Shane fought off 2 break points on his opening service game.After Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger broke to go up 2-0 at #2, Styslinger would fall behind 0-40 on his service game. Spencer Papa and Dane Webb had their best chance to...
by Bobby Knight | May 19, 2015 | Blog
It’s all come down to this ladies and gentlemen – #1 Oklahoma takes on #3 Virginia for the 2015 Men’s NCAA National Championship. Oklahoma is making its 2nd ever appearance in the finals after falling to USC 4-2 last year. Virginia is back in the finals for the 4th time in 5 years with the Cavaliers winning in its last appearance in 2013 over UCLA in a memorable 4-3 match.[1] Oklahoma (30-2) vs. [3] Virginia (28-3) – Tuesday 1pm – Oklahoma is coming off a 4-3 win over #6 TCU Virginia beat #2 Baylor 4-2. Oklahoma won the regular season meeting in Norman 4-3 but it was close, close match that had several 3rd sets –...
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