by Bobby Knight | Mar 29, 2015 | Blog
Sunday should be a fabulous day of tennis with 4 matches taking place between top 15 teams with Champaign, Charlottesville, College Station, and Norman the hot places to be. 3 of the 4 will take place outdoors with only the Ohio State/Illinois match likely headed indoors due to crummy weather.I see at least 1 lower ranked team winning but I definitely wouldn’t call it an upset. Check out the stats and projected lineups and see if you can figure out who wins each match.#11 Ohio State (16-6) at #3 Illinois (16-3) – 1pm est – This will be the 2nd meeting of the year between these two with Illinois taking the first one 4-2 in the...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 29, 2015 | Blog
Going into today’s match against #12 Wake Forest, NC State had played in 11 matches that finished with a 4-3 score with the Pack on the losing end in 7 of those 11 matches. It was just last weekend that NC State had #16 Virginia Tech on the ropes but the Pack couldn’t slam the door shut and watched as the Hokies #5 rallied from 5-2 down in the 3rd to win.Today NC State finally broke through as they upset Wake Forest 4-3. The Wolfpack took the doubles point with wins at 2 and 3 and then picked up singles wins from Simon Norenius, Austin Powell, and Beck Bond at 2, 3, and 4 to seal the deal. The match was played indoors at NC...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 28, 2015 | Blog
There aren’t any top 20 match-ups on the schedule today but there are a few that should be good.#60 Dartmouth plays its 5th match in the last 7 days against #32 Florida State. Will the Big Green have enough left to challenge the Noles or does FSU lean on them and push them back on the their way to Hanover?#12 Wake Forest goes to Raleigh to face #38 NC State – the Wolfpack has lost 3 straight and 4 of the last 5 matches by a 4-3 score. Is today the day the Pack has the 4 in front of its name or does Wake take it to them?#20 Florida goes to the plains to face #45 Auburn – does Auburn have enough depth to challenge the Gators or will...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 28, 2015 | Blog
Oklahoma got pushed by TCU in singles but ultimately the Sooners had too much depth and outlasted TCU 4-1. After OU took the doubles point they picked up 4 1st sets and ended up getting wins from Andrew Harris, Alex Ghilea, and Spencer Papa at 1, 4, and 5. TCU’s lone point came from freshman Guillermo Nunez as he hammered Dane Webb 6-3, 6-2 at #3. The 2 remaining matches were abandoned with each early in the 3rd set. Oklahoma recap”It was a good match, head coach John Roddick said. “TCU played very well and they played hard. We got a pretty good lead on them and they forced us into third sets. Our guys competed...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog
While some conferences are already half way through their schedules others are just beginning. Both the Big 12 and Pac 12 kickoff conference play on Friday while the ACC, SEC, and Big 10 are nearing or have already passed its half way point. Below are the 4 biggest matches of the day so make sure you keep an eye on these.#14 North Carolina (14-6) at #8 Virginia (12-3) – 3pm est – North Carolina’s biggest problem this year has been fielding a healthy starting 6 and there’s a chance that its best 6 players may be on the court on Friday. UNC’s #1 Brayden Schnur has now missed the last 5 matches but the Tar Heels hope...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog
We are coming up one the 1 year anniversary of one of the odder things that has happened in college tennis in the last several years.Last year on March 28th, Illinois and Penn State played an exhausting dual match in State College that lasted just under 6 hours (4 indoor courts) and ended with the Illini coming out on top thanks to Julian Childers coming back from a set down to win in 3. After the match each coach praised the other team and talked about how great a match it was – I mean why wouldn’t they after spending almost 6 hours together. So why is all this so strange? It’s strange because 5 days later the Big 10 overturned the...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog
Wednesday was a rough day to be a top 20 team on the road as both #13 Ole Miss and #19 Northwestern got upset.In Houston, Rice picked up its 1st win over a top 20 opponent since 2009 when the Owls stunned Northwestern 4-1. Rice took the doubles and then picked up singles wins from Srikar Alla, Max Andrews and David Warren at 1, 2, and 5. Northwestern’s Logan Staggs won at #4 singles in a losing effort and Konrad Zieba made his season debut at #3 singles for the Cats and led when the match was halted. Rice recap”All through the season, we have always stressed the importance of building the energy and putting up a fight no matter the...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog
All the spring break tournaments are wrapped up and now its time for everybody to get into the meat of their conference schedules. Below are some of the matches that I’ll be keeping an eye on – the ones in bold are the ones I plan on previewing. 3/25 (Wednesday)#13 Ole Miss at #34 Mississippi State – 4pm est/3pm cst3/27 (Friday)#14 North Carolina at #8 Virginia#11 Ohio State at #19 Northwestern#10 TCU at #1 Oklahoma#7 Texas at #22 Oklahoma State#17 Vanderbilt at #5 Georgia3/28 (Saturday)#12 Wake Forest at #38 NC State3/29 (Sunday)#4 Duke at #8 Virginia#14 North Carolina at #16 Virginia Tech#11 Ohio State at #3 Illinois (I’m going...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog
#36 SMU opened up its new outdoor facility tonight but #60 Dartmouth spoiled the party with a 4-1 upset win. The Big Green was playing the middle match of a 5 game road trip and after losing to both TCU and Oklahoma State it definitely was a welcome win.Dartmouth came out and won a tight doubles point by winning 7-5 at both 1 and 3 while SMU took #2 doubles 6-4. In singles, Dartmouth took the opening set on 5 of 6 courts and was able to pick up wins from Brendan Tannenbaum, Dovydas Sakinis, and Ciro Riccardi. At the time of the clinch Dartmouth’s Max Schmidt was a game away up 5-2 in the 3rd. Turpin Stadium at SMU Tennis...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog
Oklahoma stays at #1 in the ITA Men’s rankings for the 4th week in a row and for the 5th time in the last 6 weeks. The USC women are the new #1 in the Women’s rankings for the 1st time since 2003 after defeating both Cal and Stanford last weekend. Below I’ll breakdown the Top 10 on the men’s side looking at the 6 best wins that were used in the rankings this week along with other quality ranked wins that could potentially fit in down the road. You’ll notice some of the quality wins are ranked higher than a top 6 win and that is because I used the new ranking so that you can see what changes will be made...
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