by Bobby Knight | May 17, 2016 | Blog
The regional rounds are over so now we can look forward to Friday’s Round of 16. Before I start in on my match previews I wanted to let everyone see the figures on each team’s top seven singles players.I have them broken down by team, player, winning percentage, Universal Tennis Rating, ITA Ranking, ATP ranking, country, and then broken down by individual position. It’ll probably be easier to view them on the google doc at this link.Here are some highlights from what I found:# of guys with an ITA ranking: 54High UTR: 15.18 – Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State)High ATP Ranking: 420 – Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA)Top Winning % (min 10...
by Bobby Knight | May 16, 2016 | Blog
What a crazy day it was on Sunday with not one, not two, but three regional hosts going down. The day started off in College Station with the resumption of Saturday’s match between Texas A&M and Texas and it finished in Lubbock with SMU kicking the door down and stunning Texas Tech.When the season started if you told me that Texas would be in Tulsa for the NCAA Round of 16 I would have told you to go see a doctor. Well Texas made a believer of me and many today after going into enemy territory and knocking off Texas A&M in a 4-3 thriller.The match originally began on Saturday but after Texas A&M took the doubles point the match was stopped...
by Bobby Knight | May 15, 2016 | Blog
Second Round:[1] Virginia def. [33-48] Penn State 4-1[2] North Carolina def. [17-32] Tulane 4-0[5] Ohio State def. [33-48] Virginia Tech 4-2[7] Georgia def. [33-48] Baylor 4-1[17-32] SMU def. [8] Texas Tech 4-2[9] Florida def. [17-32] South Florida 4-0[13] Cal def. [17-32] Ole Miss 4-0[17-32] Stanford def. [14] Northwestern 4-3[16] Oklahoma State def. [17-32] Arkansas 4-0[17-32] Texas def. [12] Texas A&M 4-3Round of 16 Matches – Tulsa, OK – Friday[5] Ohio State vs. [17-32] Texas – 10am ET[4] TCU vs. [13] Cal – 10am ET[1] Virginia vs. [16] Oklahoma State – 1pm ET[9]...
by Bobby Knight | May 15, 2016 | Blog
It’s hard to believe that going into the fall Matt Roberts only had two returning players from his 2014-15 squad yet here we sit today with Mississippi State heading to the Round of 16 after routing Illinois 4-0.State got off to a quick start in doubles and went up early breaks at No. 2 and No. 3. State’s No. 3 team of Rishab Agarwal and Niclas Braun would win four straight games to go up 5-2 and they’d end up winning 6-3. State’s Trevor Foshey and Luka Sucevic led 4-2 at No. 2 but Illinois’s Alex Jesse and Aiden Jiang would end up breaking back and forcing a tiebreak. Before the tiebreak really got going State’s No. 1 team...
by Bobby Knight | May 14, 2016 | Blog
First Round:[1] Virginia def. Monmouth 4-0[2] North Carolina def. College of Charleston 4-0[5] Ohio State def. Tennessee Tech 4-0[7] Georgia def. South Carolina State 4-0[8] Texas Tech def. New Mexico State 4-0[9] Florida def. North Florida 4-0[13] Cal def. Army 4-0[14] Northwestern def. Valparaiso 4-1[16] Oklahoma State def. Bryant 4-0[17-32] Tulane def. Dartmouth 4-0[17-32] South Florida def. St. John’s 4-0[17-32] Arkansas def. Wichita State 4-2[17-32] Stanford def. Notre Dame 4-1[17-32] SMU def. Washington 5-0[17-32] Ole Miss def. Denver 4-3[33-48] Penn State def. Columbia 4-3[33-48] Baylor def. Florida State 4-3[33-48] Virginia Tech def. Kentucky...
by Bobby Knight | May 14, 2016 | Blog
Final 16 (Tulsa) Host SiteMen’s BracketWomen’s BracketMen’s Regional Host SitesVirginiaOklahoma StateFloridaTexas TechOhio StateTexas A&MCalTCUUCLANorthwesternWake ForestOklahomaGeorgiaUSCIllinoisNorth CarolinaWomen’s Regional Host SitesCalTexas TechDukePepperdineGeorgiaOklahoma StateSouth CarolinaOhio StateNorth CarolinaVirginiaAuburnVanderbiltMiamiMichiganStanfordFlorida First Round Men’s Results#18 Texas 4, #56 Lamar 0 May 13, 2016 at College Station, TX (George P Mitchell Tennis Center)Singles Competition 1. George Goldhoff (UT) def. Michael Feucht (LAMAR) 6-4, 6-32. Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. Nikita Lis (LAMAR)...
by Bobby Knight | May 14, 2016 | Blog
The opening day of the NCAA Tournament is in the books and as you can see from the scores below there were a few surprises. All the top seeds cruised with only Illinois yielding a point while a pair of 33-48 seeds pulled off mild upsets.Friday Finals:[3] UCLA def. Weber State 4-0[4] TCU def. Jackson State 4-0[6] Wake Forest def. Coastal Carolina 4-0[10] USC def. UNLV 4-0[11] Oklahoma def. UT Arlington 4-0[12] Texas A&M def. George Washington 4-0[15] Illinois def. Western Michigan 4-1[17-32] Texas def. Lamar 4-0[17-32] San Diego def. Vanderbilt 4-0[17-32] Michigan def. East Tennessee State 4-3[17-32] Georgia Tech def. UC Santa Barbara 4-1[17-32] Mississippi...
by Bobby Knight | May 13, 2016 | Blog
Here were all my picks listed out for what it’s worth.First Round:[1] Virginia def. Monmouth 4-0[17-32] Columbia def. Penn State 4-0[16] Oklahoma State def. Bryant 4-0[17-32] Arkansas def. Wichita State 4-2[9] Florida def. North Florida 4-0[17-32] South Florida def. St. John’s 4-0[8] Texas Tech def. New Mexico State 4-0[17-32] SMU def. Washington 4-1[5] Ohio State def. Tennessee Tech 4-0[33-48] Virginia Tech def. Kentucky 4-3[12] Texas A&M def. George Washington 4-0[17-32] Texas def. Lamar 4-1[13] Cal def. Army 4-0[17-32] Ole Miss def. Denver 4-3[4] TCU def. Jackson State 4-0[33-48] LSU def. Rice 4-3[3] UCLA def. Weber State 4-0[17-32] San...
by Bobby Knight | May 13, 2016 | Blog
We are less than 24 hours away from the start of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 16 women’s sites will play Friday/Saturday while 7 men’s sites will do the same with the other 9 playing Saturday/Sunday.Here are your live scoring links and daily schedules for all men’s and women’s matchesI did a preview on each men’s regional so here they are again for your viewing pleasure.Virginia/Oklahoma StateTexas Tech/FloridaOhio State/Texas A&MTCU/CalUCLA/NorthwesternWake Forest/OklahomaGeorgia/USCNorth Carolina/IllinoisFill out a bracket for fun – Men/WomenMenInteractive BracketPrintable BracketMaster...
by Bobby Knight | May 12, 2016 | Blog
North Carolina RegionalCone-Kenfield Tennis Center – Chapel Hill, NC[2] North Carolina Tar Heels (25-4) vs. [49-64] College of Charleston Cougars (19-6) – Saturday Noon ET – North Carolina got in as an at-large after falling to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament while Charleston punched its ticket by defeating UNC Wilmington in the finals of the Colonial Conference Tournament. Charleston went 1-5 against ranked opponents with the one win coming over UNC Wilmington. Charleston went 0-2 against ACC opponents falling to Virginia Tech and Clemson by a combined score of 13-1. Charleston has two starters that began their...
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