by Bobby Knight | May 11, 2015 | Blog
We are just a few days away from the start of the Round of 16 in hopefully sunny Waco so let’s start peeling the layers away and breaking down each match. [1] Oklahoma (26-2) vs. [16] UCLA (17-9) – 10am est – Oklahoma is coming off a 4-0 win over New Mexico State and a 4-1 win over Northwestern while UCLA steamrolled both Florida Gulf Coast and Texas Tech 4-0. Even though Oklahoma won both matches comfortably the one area they didn’t look as good in was doubles. OU dropped the point to Northwestern for the 2nd time this year and even New Mexico State challenged OU by winning at #2 doubles before OU clinched at #3 by a tight 8-6...
by Bobby Knight | May 10, 2015 | Blog
After a wild and crazy first round of the NCAA Tournament, we had a more tame second round with 9 of the 16 matches being shutouts. 14 of the top 16 seeds advanced with Columbia and South Florida pulling off the mild upsets. #17 Columbia punched its second ever ticket to the Round of 16 with a 4-1 win over #14 Ole Miss. Columbia took the doubles point with wins at 2 and 3 but Ole Miss would take four opening sets in singles. Ole Miss’s Nik Scholtz would even the match at 1-1 with a straight set win over Winston Lin at #1 but Columbia’s Ashok Narayana and Shawn Hadavi would close out their respective matches in straight sets at 3 and 5 to put...
by Bobby Knight | May 8, 2015 | Blog
I’m obviously making the assumption that my first round picks will be correct so based off those picks this is how I have the 2nd round playing out. The doubles records and stats are as of Thursday so if the guys win or lose a match on Friday the numbers would change. Oklahoma RegionalHeadington Family Tennis Center – Norman, OK[1] Oklahoma (25-2) vs. [17-32] Northwestern (21-9) – 2pm est – This will be the second time this season that these two have met with Oklahoma winning 4-1 during the Kickoff Weekend in a match that was surprisingly close. Regular Season Meeting#2 Oklahoma 4, #28 Northwestern 1Jan 25, 2015...
by Bobby Knight | May 1, 2015 | Blog
NCAA Interactive Bracket & Printable Bracket – all times EST.Oklahoma RegionalHeadington Family Tennis Center – Norman, OK[1] Oklahoma (24-2) vs. [49-64] New Mexico State (11-13) – Friday 5pm – Not a whole lot of analysis needed for this one with the #1 team in the country playing the WAC champs who come in with a losing record. This will be Oklahoma’s 27th match this year but only the 2nd against an unranked opponent – Purdue was the other.Doubles Records: Oklahoma 14-12, New Mexico State 11-11UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Oklahoma 86, New Mexico State 73FYI, the number beside the...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 25, 2015 | Blog
Another action packed day of college tennis is in the books and it was the ACC giving us the 2 best matches of the day as Georgia Tech and North Carolina both pulled out 4-3 thrillers. I’m big fan of the schools that take the time to put an audio or video interview out on twitter shortly after the match finished. TCU has done a great job all year getting a 30-second interview with David Roditi out on twitter and the last few days Georgia Tech has done the same with Kenny Thorne. It’s always better to hear the comments from someone as opposed to reading them. I’m also a fan of school’s posting video clips of match...
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