by Bobby Knight | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
I meant to get these projections out sooner but better late than never.Usually you figure that the first 15 to 20 teams will try to find a regional where they think they can win the whole thing but then the rest are making picks off based who else is in the regional so they can try to pick up at least one quality win. By the time you get to the bottom of the barrel you have to what’s left which usually are the toughest spots that everyone else is avoiding.Here are the regional hosts with a notation about whether the matches will be played indoors or outdoors along with who the hosts will have to replace next season:1. Cal (outdoors) – replace #2...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
TCU head coach David Roditi added another title today when he was named captain of the Mexico Davis Cup team. Roditi who just finished his sixth year at the helm of his alma mater played in several Davis Cup ties for Mexico from 1997 to 2000. Roditi’s first tie will take place on July 15-17 when Mexico travels to Peru.Clemson made a coaching change on Tuesday with eight year assistant John Boetsch taking over for Chuck McCuen who had been head coach for the last eight years. McCuen, who went 110-96 in those eight seasons with two NCAA appearances, will remain on as the Director of Tennis Operations.The US Open National Playoffs are well underway with...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
The 2017 Men’s Kick-Off Weekend draft is in the books with the Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Regionals filling up first and the Ohio State and Florida Regionals filing up last.South Florida picked first and choose to go to Florida and then Illinois through a little curve and decided to go to Oklahoma. A few picks later Arkansas and Michigan also choose the Oklahoma Regional which meant it was filled up after just nine picks. The allure of an Oklahoma team that will have to replace its coach and top two players was just too much for teams to pass on.Oklahoma State is expected to return everyone from a top 15 team but that didn’t stop Kentucky,...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 8, 2016 | Blog
We are less than 24 hours away from the men’s draft so I thought I’d try to pick where everyone will go. I did the same thing last year and got some right so we’ll see how I do this year.Usually you figure that the first 15 to 20 teams will try to find a regional where they think they can win the whole thing but then the rest are making picks off based who else is in the regional so they can try to pick up at least one quality win. By the time you get to the bottom of the barrel you have to what’s left which usually are the toughest spots that everyone else is avoiding.Here are the regional hosts with a notation about whether the...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog
It’s draft time!!! This Wednesday afternoon the 2017 ITA Division I Men’s Kick-Off Weekend draft will begin at noon eastern and last until roughly 3 p.m. There will be 15 teams hosting four-team regionals during the Kick-Off Weekend which will take place next January with the winners advancing to the 2017 Men’s National Team Indoors in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Women’s K-O Weekend Draft will take place on Thursday with Yale set to host the 2017 Women’s NTI.The Virginia men and Yale women get an automatic berth as the NTI hosts but everyone else has to earn their spots. The regional hosts and the order of selection are...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog
Summer time means a slew of college guys/gals hit the road to play in Pro Circuit events all across the world so I’ll start doing a weekly recap each Sunday of the top performers. Nick Chappell (TCU ’15) was playing in his first career singles final at the Kiryat Shmona, Israel, F9 Futures but he came up short falling to #638 Edan Leshem 6-3, 6-3. Leshem broke Chappell from 30/40 to go up 3-1 in the first and then held three more times to take the opening set 6-3. Leshem broke Chappell to go up 2-1 in the second on a three-deuce game but Chappell broke back from 15/40 to even it at 2-2. Leshem broke on a one-deuce game to go up 4-3 and then...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog
The final singles rankings were released on Wednesday with NCAA singles champion Danielle Collins finishing the year at No. 1.Cal, Florida, and Ohio State each had five ranked singles players while NCAA Champion Stanford was one of six teams that had four ranked players. There were ten teams that had three ranked players including national runner-up Oklahoma State.There were more juniors ranked in the top 125 than any other class. It was interesting to see 22 freshmen in the top 125 while the guys only had 13 freshmen ranked.I’ll do a comparison of the ITA rankings versus Universal Tennis Ratings in the coming days.Teams with at least 4 ranked...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 2, 2016 | Blog
The final singles rankings were released on Wednesday with NCAA singles champion Mackenzie McDonald finishing the year at No. 1.The NCAA Champion Virginia Cavaliers had all six singles starters ranked in the top 125 while no other team had more than four. There were nine teams that had four ranked starters with another five that had three ranked. I’ll do a comparison of the ITA rankings versus Universal Tennis Ratings in the coming days.Teams with at least 4 ranked playersVirginia (1)#7 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Jr)#15 Ryan Shane (Sr)#34 Collin Altamirano (Soph)#84 Alexander Ritschard (Soph)#110 J.C. Aragone (Jr)#116 Henrik Wiersholm (Soph)UCLA (2)#1...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
I expect this list will start to fill up as we get closer to August. If you know of guys/gals that are transferring send me an email bobbyk@collegetennistoday.com and if you’ve seen it in print put a link as well. I prefer to put only confirmed transfers but if its rumored I could probably make a notation saying its just rumored.To view the google doc on its own page click here
by Bobby Knight | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
The national champion Stanford Cardinal made the jump from No. 15 all the way up to No. 1 after defeating Oklahoma State 4-3 to win the NCAA Championship. Oklahoma State moved up four spots from No. 12 to No. 8 but anyone who saw them play would say without a doubt they were a top 5 team.Cal stayed at No. 2 after a semifinal appearance while Florida, who was No. 1, dropped to No. 3 after losing in the Round of 16 to Stanford. North Carolina fell one spot to No. 4 and Vanderbilt came up one spot to No. 5.There were several teams that made big jumps or falls with Baylor coming up eight spots to No. 32, Rice coming up seven spots to No. 41, and TCU coming up six...
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