by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
Rain is in the forecast in many parts of the country so matches are being cancelled or being moved indoors. Here is my preview of the bigger matches on Sunday (Texas A&M/Tulsa already cancelled due to rain).#23 Vanderbilt (8-2) at #25 Harvard (8-2)- 12pm est – Harvard Twitter & Video – Both teams have beaten Minnesota over the last 2 days with Vandy squeaking out a 4-3 win on Friday while Harvard throttled the Gophers pretty good on Saturday by a 5-2. Vandy is 7-2 in doubles while Harvard is 8-2 so it should be a pretty exciting start to the the match. I could see Harvard winning the match despite...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
I knew it’d be hard for today’s matches to follow up those from Friday but while a few of them came up short in the drama department the one that didn’t was the “Big Slam” in Berkeley as Stanford pulled out a classic 4-3 win over rival Cal. Cal jumped out to the early lead by taking the doubles point with a 7-5 win at #3 doubles in the clinching match. Stanford welcomed freshman David Hsu back into the singles lineup at 5 which shifted Nolan Paige to 6 while Cal made a switch at 5 and 6 and moved Greg Bayane up from 6 to 5 and dropped Wikberg from 5 to 6. After dropping the doubles point the momentum shifted...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 21, 2015 | Blog
Friday was an entertaining start to the weekend and I expect that Saturday should more of the same. Let’s take a look at the highlighted matches on Saturday.The number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of the current date so Notre Dame’s Quentin Monaghan has a 14.28 UTR as of today 2/21. For more details about UTR check out theirwebsite. #17 Notre Dame (6-1) at #9 Ohio State (10-3) – 12pm est – Live Scoring & Streaming – Ohio State goes for #200 in a row at home (according to my records) though it won’t be easy as Notre Dame...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 21, 2015 | Blog
What a start to the weekend it was with 2 thrillers taking place 100 miles apart as Texas A&M took out the new #1 Oklahoma 4-3 in College Station while Texas’s Lloyd Glasspool refused to lay down as Texas knocked off North Carolina 4-3 in Austin. We’ll start off in College Station where #1 Oklahoma came to town expecting to waltz all over Texas A&M but the Aggies had other plans as they took the all important doubles point and were then able to pick up 3 1st sets and ultimately pulled off the stunner when freshman Arthur Rinderknech came back from a set down to knock off Oklahoma freshman Spencer Papa 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 at the #4 spot....
by Bobby Knight | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog
It’s the weekend after the National Indoors and the start of the outdoor season though play in many parts of the country will still be indoors. Below are some of the bigger matches taking place this weekend with my thoughts on who I like in each one. #23 Vanderbilt (7-2) vs. #34 Minnesota (7-1) (@Harvard) – 1pm est – Vandy Twitter & Video – Vanderbilt has been involved in more close matches than just about anyone in the country with 5 of the Dores 9 matches finishing with a 4-3 final with Vandy winning 3 of those 5. This will be the 4th Big 10 school that Vandy has faced in the last month with...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
For the past 66 years Montgomery, Alabama has hosted college tennis action at its Blue Gray Tennis Classic and this year will be no different with the 2015 edition getting started on Friday and running through Sunday. The tournament started off as an individual tournament and was changed to the team format in 1984 at the request of Jack Bushman who is known as Montgomery’s Mr. Tennis. Until 2010 it was just a men’s tournament with the women being added to the fold starting in 2011. For more about the history of this event you can click the link here.Boise State is back as the 2-time defending champion on the men’s side while Alabama is...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog
It was pretty easy picking the 2 through 6 spots but picking #1 was a little tougher. None of the matches at #1 singles finished during the semifinals and finals so at most my selection would only have 2 results and that’s if his first two matches actually finished. I went with Hanfmann because he was undefeated even though it appeared he was headed towards a loss against Wayne Montgomery. Each player had to play in at least 3 matches to qualify and to make the All Tournament Team each player’s team had to at least advance to the quarterfinals (similar to the ITA’s rules for its All Tournament Team). FYI, DNF = Did Not...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog
It definitely wasn’t a surprise to see Oklahoma and USC as 1 and 2 in each of the rankings after this past weekend. The coaches placement of Baylor at #3, Georgia #4, and Virginia #5 was more in line with my thinking with Baylor coming pretty darn close to beating Oklahoma in the semis. The ITA has 2 Ivy League schools (Columbia #11/Harvard #25) in the Top 25 for what has to be the first time in quite a while. UCLA managed to hold firm at #12 despite going 1-2 over the weekend.The coaches have Mississippi State and Oklahoma State almost 10 spots higher than the ITA.ITA Write-UpCollege Tennis Online Write-Up
by Bobby Knight | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog
Last May at the NCAA Championship Final versus USC , Oklahoma won the doubles point but then couldn’t follow up in singles. Today they won the doubles point and then stepped up its game even more during singles play in route to a 4-2 win over #1 USC which gave the Sooner program its 1st ever National Team Indoor Championship. Things didn’t start out looking great for Oklahoma as it looked like USC was going to run them off the court by taking commanding leads on all 3 doubles courts. While USC’s #2 doubles tandem of Max De Vroome and Eric Johnson would cruise to a 6-1 win, the other 2 USC teams wouldn’t be able to close out...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog
Monday’s National Team Indoors Championship will be a rematch from last year’s NCAA Championship (box score below) as #1 USC takes on #2 Oklahoma. USC has only dropped 2 points so far this tournament while Oklahoma has dropped just 4 points (2 doubles & 2 singles) so both teams are accustomed to not only winning but winning fairly comfortably. USC will be making its 4th straight appearance in the finals and 10th overall after winning in 2012 and finishing as the runner up in 2013 and 2014. Oklahoma will be making its 1st appearance in the finals.Oklahoma has won the last 2 matches despite dropping the doubles point but I...
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