by Bobby Knight | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
The opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament brought us several close matches along with a handful of upsets. Since the tournament was expanded to 64 teams in 1999, there has always been at least 1 regional host that has failed to advance and this year saw 3 come up short. Arizona, ranked No. 18, went to Kentucky and won what was expected to be, and was, the tightest regional. The Wildcats won a hotly contested battle in the first round over No. 46 Michigan. Arizona dropped the doubles point but won four of six singles matches with Gustaf Strom winning the final match left on court at No. 1 singles 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. In the second round, Arizona won the battle of...
by Bobby Knight | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
The NCAA released the team brackets on Monday evening and on Tuesday the singles/doubles selections were made available with the actual bracket not set to come out until the end of the team event. All of this year’s women’s regionals run on Friday and Saturday while the men are split between Friday/Saturday and Saturday/Sunday. All of the dual-site hosts have women on Friday/Saturday and men on Saturday/Sunday. There are 7 schools that will host both the men and women with those being Baylor, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, UCF, and Virginia. I’ll have my NCAA Tournament page up and running (see menu) and I plan on keeping it updated...
by Bobby Knight | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Monday, May 3NCAA Division I Women’s Team Selections – 6:00 pm ET – NCAA StreamNCAA Division 1 Men’s Team Selections – 6:30 pm ET – NCAA Stream Tuesday, May 4NCAA D1 Men/Women Singles/Doubles Selections – 6:00 pm ET – MEN/WOMENNCAA Division II Men’s Team Selections – 8:00 pm ET – Selection Show/ReleaseNCAA Division II Women’s Team Selections – 8:30 pm ET – Selection Show/Release
by Bobby Knight | May 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today is the final day of the regular season with all conference tournament action wrapping up in the next few hours. Below is your schedule of the day. MEN A10: #1 VCU vs. #3 Richmond (10:00 am) – Live Scoring/ESPN3MIAA/GAC: #1M Washburn vs. #2M Northwest Missouri State (10:00 am) – Live Scoring/VideoBigSky: #S1 Northern Arizona vs. #S2 Idaho State (11:00 am) – Live ScoringCACC: #2 Chestnut Hill at #1 Concordia (11:00 am) – VideoBIG10: 1E Ohio State vs. 1W Illinois (12:00 pm) – Live Scoring/VideoColonial: #1 UNC Wilmington vs. #3 William & Mary (1:00 pm) – Live ScoringGLVC: #1E Indianapolis vs. #1W Southwest Baptist (1:00 pm) – VideoBigWest: #1 Cal Poly...
by Bobby Knight | May 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today is the final Saturday of the regular season with conference tournaments in the final and semifinal stages. Below is a list of what’s on tap for today along with any live scoring/video links. All times listed are eastern. MEN (Matches in Bold are Finals):PBC: #1 Columbus State vs. #2 Lander (9:00 am) – Live ScoringA10: #1 VCU vs. #4 Davidson (10:00 am) – Live Scoring/VideoA10: #2 Dayton vs. #3 Richmond (10:30 am) – Live Scoring/VideoB10: 1E Ohio State vs. 2W Northwestern (11:00 am) – Live ScoringBigSky: #N1 Idaho vs. #S2 Idaho State (11:00 am) – Live ScoringBigSky: #S1 Northern Arizona vs. #N2 Portland State (11:00 am)...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I had a little extra time on my hands this week so I just finished up my D2 conference tournament central pages so make sure you check those out – MEN & WOMEN.
by Bobby Knight | Apr 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Conference tournament season is here with 5 underway on the women’s side and 4 on the men’s side. There are 3 conferences that will not hold tournaments this year due to COVID cutbacks so the regular season champions in the Mid-American (MAC), Mountain West, and West Coast (WCC) will earn the league’s automatic birth into the NCAA Championships. Several other conferences have cutback the number of schools that will be participating in its tournaments with the Big South, Big Sky, Horizon, MEAC, Ohio Valley, and Southern just inviting the top 4. The ASUN will be spread over this weekend and next with the quarterfinal rounds being played this...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
The 2021 ITA Kickoff Weekend got fired up on Friday with each of the 4 hosts in action advancing into the regional final. I still don’t quite have the time to get into any kind of detail on each match but I have put together a daily schedule of the matches along with live scoring/video links. The 7 regional winners on the men’s side will head to Champaign in 3 weeks (Feb 12-14) where Illinois awaits as the host while on the women’s side the regional winners head to Stillwater in 2 weeks (Feb 5-7) with Oklahoma State set to host. There are several places that will keep you informed on what is happening throughout the weekend. Cracked Racquets...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 13, 2020 | Blog
The craziness of the last few days finally culminated on Thursday with the inevitable announcement from the NCAA confirming what we all knew was coming – the 2020 spring season and subsequent NCAA Championships were officially cancelled. The coronavirus, which has been sweeping the planet over the last several months, finally started to ramp up in the United States and after the number of cases spiked up conferences and schools started to pull the plug on fans attending events and then ultimately calling everything off. Was the quick decision to cancel the season too rash? Only time will tell but it was a move that the NCAA and each school/conference...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 18, 2020 | Blog
USC may have been the top ranked team in the country headed into the 2020 ITA Men’s National Team Indoor Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, but most thought the winner would come from the top half of a draw which was loaded full of stalwarts such as Ohio State, North Carolina, and Texas. However when the ice had thawed in chilly Madison it was the No. 2 seeded Trojans that were hoisting the hardware after claiming their first indoor title since 2012, fourth overall, with an authoritative 4-1 win over the No. 4 seed North Carolina. Just one day earlier USC was on the ropes and getting a standing ten count after dropping the doubles point and five first...
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