by Bobby Knight | May 14, 2015 | Blog
It was a wild and crazy Thursday with it taking 6+ hours to complete the opening matches due to a series of rain/lightning delays. Both the Oklahoma/UCLA and Georgia/Texas matches started outdoors and were finished indoors due to 3 rain delays and lastly a lightning delay.Before I go through the matches I wanted to thank you guys on twitter for Periscoping some of the key points in the indoor matches where there wasn’t streaming video available. Big shout out to Jeff McMillan and Drew Mastin who both did a great job letting me and many others follow the end of the Oklahoma/UCLA and Georgia/Texas matches. Jeff also had footage of many of the key...
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 2, 2015 | Blog
Texas RegionalCaswell Tennis Center – Austin, TX [9] Texas (19-6) vs. [49-64] Navy (20-10) – Friday 2pm – Navy got the automatic bid with a 4-1 win over Army in the Patriot League Championship while Texas got an at-large after losing a 4-3 nail-biter to #1 Oklahoma in the Big 12 semifinals. Navy faced 4 ranked opponents during the regular season going 0-4 (Fresno St 0-5, San Francisco 2-5, UNC Wilmington 0-7, Old Dominion 1-6)Doubles Records: Texas 11-13, Navy 18-12UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Texas 84, Navy 72FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of May...
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