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...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
Wednesday was ranking release day with the USTA releasing its second top 25 while the ITA released just the women’s team rankings (no men’s team rankings this week due to the NTIs). I’ll start with the ITA rankings which kept Florida at No. 1 after the Gators won their first National Team Indoor Championship since 1999. North Carolina stayed at No. 2 after a runner-up finish at the NTIs while the two semifinalists, Georgia and Ohio State, each moved up three spots to No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. Texas Tech made the biggest jump going from No. 12 to No. 7 after the Red Raiders defeated Vanderbilt and Pepperdine. Michigan and Auburn each...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
For the first time in over a month the ITA released a new set of singles and doubles rankings. Nine of the top ten in the men’s singles rankings stayed the same with Florida sophomore Alfredo Perez the only one able to move into the top 10 at No. 9 while Duke junior Nicolas Alvarez fell out landing at No. 12. The top six in the women’s singles rankings stayed the same though there was some minor shuffling within the six with UNC’s Sara Daavettila and UCLA’s Ena Shibahara moving up one spot each while Vanderbilt’s Astra Sharma fell two spots from No. 2 to No. 4. I have a full breakdown of the singles rankings down below...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog
Wednesday was a busy day for rankings with the USTA releasing its inaugural top 25 while the ITA released its first singles and doubles rankings in over a month in addition to releasing its men’s top 25 (no women’s team rankings this week due to the NTIs). I’ll start off with the ITA top 25 which kept the same teams at one through four (UVA/Wake/Ohio State/Cal) with North Carolina moving up two spots to No. 5. Florida was the biggest mover of the week rising five spots from No. 11 to No. 6 after defeating USC and UCLA over the weekend. Georgia and Texas A&M took the biggest tumbles with each falling five spots. No teams dropped out...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
The February 1st Oracle/ITA Top 25 is out and while there wasn’t much movement in either the men’s or women’s Top 10 there was a lot of movement elsewhere. I’ll start with the men’s rankings which kept Virginia, Wake Forest, Ohio State, Cal, and Georgia in the top 5 with the only movement in the top 10 coming when Northwestern (9) and Texas (10) swapped spots at No. 9 and No. 10. The biggest riser on the men’s side was Baylor with the Bears coming up seven spots from No. 21 to No. 14 after picking up a road win at Texas A&M and then blanking SMU to qualify for the National Team Indoors in Charlottesville. Mississippi...
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