by Bobby Knight | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
The ITA released its second set of computerized team rankings today and we now have a new mens No. 1 with Ohio State taking over the top spot while Virginia drops to No. 2. Wake Forest stayed at No. 3, Oklahoma moved up one spot to No. 4, and Oklahoma State moved up three spots to No. 5. This set of rankings used each team’s five best wins and all losses so even though Virginia had the head-to-head victory Ohio State’s body of work at this point in the season was just a little bit better. Further down below I’ll show my subscribers how each team’s ranking was calculated so if you haven’t subscribed yet now is just as good a time...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
North Carolina and Baylor each picked up wins on Monday afternoon with North Carolina getting it done on the road while Baylor won at home. North Carolina went to Nashville and took out Vanderbilt 6-1 despite playing without its No. 1 Ronnie Schneider. UNC took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 and then the Heels took three of five opening sets at Vandy’s five court indoor facility. William Blumberg, Robert Kelly, and Bo Boyden won in straight sets at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5 while Vanderbilt picked up a straight set win from Cameron Klinger at No. 2. In the final two courts to finish North Carolina’s Jack Murray won in three sets at...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
Second-ranked Ohio State played its first outdoor match of the year this afternoon at No. 10 Florida and despite dropping the doubles point the Buckeyes would come back strong in singles to win it 4-1. Florida’s Josh Wardell and Chase Perez-Blanco dropped the opening game of their match at No. 3 but they’d win the next five and eventually close it out 6-2. Ohio State’s Hugo Di Feo and Martin Joyce served for the match at No. 2 up 5-4 but Florida’s Maxx Lipman and Elliott Orkin broke Joyce from 15/40 to even it at 5-all. Over at No. 1, Florida’s Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen jumped out to a 2-0 lead but Ohio State’s...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog
The 69th Blue Gray Tennis Classic came to an end on Saturday with the Rice men and Auburn women capturing titles by winning three matches in a 30-hour window. Rice started the day on Friday with a 4-0 win over Boise State and then Rice and Virginia Tech met in the semifinals with the doubles point played on Friday while singles was played Saturday morning. Rice only dropped two points in doubles and then the Owls won 9 of 11 sets in singles with David Warren clinching the 4-0 win. In Saturday afternoon’s championship match, Rice took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 but then the teams split first sets in singles. South Carolina picked up...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 25, 2017 | Blog
For the second day in a row USC got pushed on its home courts but just as they did yesterday against Cal Poly they fought back and came away with a 4-3 win over Stanford. Stanford jumped out to the early 1-0 lead in this non-conference matchup after taking the doubles point but USC came back with wins from Brandon Holt, Jack Jaede, and Riley Smith to go in front 3-1. Stanford sophomore Sameer Kumar trimmed the deficit to 3-2 with a three set win at No. 2 but USC sophomore Logan Smith clinched the match with a three set win at No. 3. #12 USC 4, #35 Stanford 3February 24, 2017 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)Doubles competition(1) #29 Holt/R. Smith...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
The ITA announced the Men’s National Team Indoors All-Tournament team on Thursday with Virginia filling four of the six singles spots and two of three doubles teams. Ohio State junior Mikael Torpegaard was named the tournament MVP after going 4-0 in singles at No. 1 with wins over Oklahoma’s Andrew Harris, Oklahoma State’s Julian Cash, Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos, and Virginia’s Collin Altamirano. No other player went 4-0 in singles although Virginia’s Collin Altamirano and JC Aragone pulled off the feet in doubles.NTI All-Tournament Team Singles1. Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State) 4-02. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia)...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
The #1 Florida Gators kept up their winning ways, after winning their seventh ITA National Team Indoors Championship, with a 4-2 win over #6 Oklahoma State. A key to the Cowgirls strategy is claiming the doubles point which they won with an upset on court No. 3. In singles on court No. 1, Viktoriya Lushkova retired halfway through her second set and Ingrid Neel continued her strong play from Indoors with a win on court No. 2 to give UF a 3-0 lead. Aliona Bolsova earned the biggest upset of the night giving OSU their first singles point on court No. 3. Brooke Austin would provide the clincher for the Gators on court No. 5 with a 3-set win.No. 1 Florida 4, No. 6...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
The USTA released its top 25 on Wednesday with both the Virginia men and Florida women unanimous No. 1s. Ohio State and Wake Forest were unanimous No. 2 and No. 3 on the men’s side while North Carolina and Cal were No. 4 and No. 5. The women’s top three stayed the same while Stanford and Georgia swapped spots at No. 4 and No. 5. Texas made the biggest jump on the men’s side rising five spots to No. 9 while Northwestern took the biggest plunge falling seven spots to No. 13. There wasn’t a whole lot of movement on the women’s side with UCLA and Baylor each rising three spots to No. 14 and No. 19 respectively while no one...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
As I mentioned yesterday in my men’s recap this set of rankings is the first set of computerized team rankings after having a ranking committee make all the selections up until now. The computer ranks teams based off their four best wins with all losses also included in the equation. The teams that racked up a lot of wins with very few losses were rewarded while the ones that haven’t played much were penalized. If you team is lower than expected be patient; if your team is higher than expected don’t become overly confident. With each passing week more best wins are added to the equation so as that number increases the rankings...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
The ITA released its first set of computerized team rankings today and as expected there was a lot of movement with many relative unknowns making big moves. Up until this point the rankings have been done by a ranking committee with each member able to use logic and reason when filling out a ballot but when the computers take over it’s strictly math. In this week’s rankings the computer ranked teams based off their four best wins with all losses also included in the equation. The teams that had racked up a lot of wins with very few losses were rewarded while the ones that haven’t played much were penalized. With each passing week more best...
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