by Bobby Knight | May 13, 2015 | Blog
[2] Baylor (23-5) vs. [17-32] #18 South Florida (21-6) – Thursday 8pm – Baylor is coming off shutout wins over Bryant and #29 LSU while South Florida blanked #63 Boise State and #15 Virginia Tech. This is South Florida’s first ever trip to the Round of 16 while Baylor is back for the 14th consecutive year. Doubles Records: Baylor 25-2, South Florida 22-5UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Baylor 86, South Florida 82The UTR Power 6 is the combined UTRs of the starting 6 (rounded to a whole #). An individual win/loss to anyone with a UTR difference of 1.0 or greater would be considered an upset. FYI, the number beside...
by Bobby Knight | May 12, 2015 | Blog
[3] Virginia (25-3) vs. [17-32] Columbia (16-5) – Thursday 5pm – Virginia is coming off shutouts over St. John’s and Minnesota while Columbia beat both Georgia Tech and Ole Miss by the same 4-1 score. Columbia went 0-4 this year against top 10 opponents though they were respectable in each loss (UGA 3-4, Texas 1-4, Oklahoma 2-4, USC 0-4). Doubles Records: Virginia 25-3, Columbia 15-6UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 87, Columbia 82The UTR Power 6 is the combined UTRs of the starting 6 (rounded to a whole #). An individual win/loss to anyone with a UTR difference of 1.0 or greater would be...
by Bobby Knight | May 12, 2015 | Blog
[4] Illinois (27-4) vs. [13] North Carolina (23-10) – Thursday 1pm – Illinois is coming off a 4-0 win over Green Bay and a 4-2 squeaker over #33 Drake while North Carolina blanked William & Mary and then won fairly comfortably over #20 Mississippi State 4-1. North Carolina welcomed Esben Hess-Olesen back to the singles lineup at #6 after he missed all but a handful of matches with injury troubles. Illinois won the regular season meeting 4-3 in a match that North Carolina played without its #2 Ronnie Schneider though Hess-Olesen was in at #3 so the bottom half of the lineup stayed the same. The only singles rematches will come at...
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...
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