by Bobby Knight | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog
It was pretty easy picking the 2 through 6 spots but picking #1 was a little tougher. None of the matches at #1 singles finished during the semifinals and finals so at most my selection would only have 2 results and that’s if his first two matches actually finished. I went with Hanfmann because he was undefeated even though it appeared he was headed towards a loss against Wayne Montgomery. Each player had to play in at least 3 matches to qualify and to make the All Tournament Team each player’s team had to at least advance to the quarterfinals (similar to the ITA’s rules for its All Tournament Team). FYI, DNF = Did Not...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog
Last May at the NCAA Championship Final versus USC , Oklahoma won the doubles point but then couldn’t follow up in singles. Today they won the doubles point and then stepped up its game even more during singles play in route to a 4-2 win over #1 USC which gave the Sooner program its 1st ever National Team Indoor Championship. Things didn’t start out looking great for Oklahoma as it looked like USC was going to run them off the court by taking commanding leads on all 3 doubles courts. While USC’s #2 doubles tandem of Max De Vroome and Eric Johnson would cruise to a 6-1 win, the other 2 USC teams wouldn’t be able to close out...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog
Monday’s National Team Indoors Championship will be a rematch from last year’s NCAA Championship (box score below) as #1 USC takes on #2 Oklahoma. USC has only dropped 2 points so far this tournament while Oklahoma has dropped just 4 points (2 doubles & 2 singles) so both teams are accustomed to not only winning but winning fairly comfortably. USC will be making its 4th straight appearance in the finals and 10th overall after winning in 2012 and finishing as the runner up in 2013 and 2014. Oklahoma will be making its 1st appearance in the finals.Oklahoma has won the last 2 matches despite dropping the doubles point but I...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 15, 2015 | Blog
A great start to the day in Chicago as Oklahoma comes back from getting shellacked in doubles to win 4 singles matches and knock off fellow Big 12 member Baylor 4-2. Baylor looked as fired up today as it did yesterday and it showed during the doubles point but once singles got underway that emotion started to fade as Oklahoma really established itself on the top 4 courts. Oklahoma took the opening set on 1, 2, 3, and 4 while Baylor was able to pick up opening sets at 5 and 6. Tony Lupieri was one of yesterday’s heroes for Baylor but he just didn’t seem to have the same giddy-up in his step today and Dane Webb really pushed him all over the court in...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 15, 2015 | Blog
We almost got the top 4 seeds into the semifinals but the #11 seeded Baylor Bears decided they wanted to crash the party so instead we have #1 USC, #2 Oklahoma, #4 Georgia, and #11 Baylor each playing for a spot in Monday’s Championship.[2] Oklahoma vs. [11] Baylor – 12pm cst – It’ll be a Big 12 battle as Oklahoma (8-0) takes on Baylor (6-1) in what will likely be the 1st of 3 meeting this year. Last year they played each other 3 times and each finished with a 4-3 score with Oklahoma winning twice and Baylor once so I’d say we’re heading towards another 4-3 final. Baylor has been better at...
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