by Bobby Knight | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
In terms of rankings today’s TCU win over Illinois was an upset, but I don’t think too many would call it completely unexpected with Illinois playing its 3rd Top 20 opponent on the road in as many days. I’m guessing the Illini’s energy tank was much closer to E than it was to F while TCU was likely beyond ecstatic having the chance to host a top 5 team on its home courts. TCU did play on Sunday against Michigan and while the score-lines today were a little closer they really wasn’t much of a difference. They are both listed below so you can take a look at them. TCU took the doubles point without too much resistance by...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
The beat goes on for #4 Illinois as the Illini rolled into College Station today and rolled out several hours later with a 4-2 win over #9 Texas A&M. Illinois was without its #1 Farris Gosea for the 2nd day in a row but just as they did against Texas the rest of the guys rallied and got it done. The day didn’t start off too well for Illinois as Texas A&M rolled at 1 and 2 doubles winning both courts by a 6-2 score. Interesting comment below from Dancer about him feeling they played better doubles today than yesterday despite winning yesterday and losing today.Both teams slightly altered their singles lineups by switching 5 and 6 but...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
Another day brings another big match for Illinois as the Illini will try to make it 2 Top 10 wins in as many days after making the 100 mile trek from Austin to College Station. What’s still unknown is whether we’ll see the Illini’s #1 Farris Gosea but I’d have to say that I would be more than surprised if he was available for action today. For Texas A&M to take this one they’ll need to play much better than they did on Friday night against a Vanderbilt team that was down its #1 while for Illinois to take it they’ll need to play with the same urgency and tenacity that they played with yesterday against Texas. The...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
Saturday was a great day for college tennis with the 2 biggest matches of the day broadcasted on TV with The Longhorn Network showing Texas/Illinois while the Pac 12 Network showed USC/UCLA. The only thing that kind of stunk a bit was the fact that the 2 matches were being played simultaneously so while I did switch back and forth a bit I primarily stayed with the Texas/Illinois match because of how close it was throughout. When the starting lineups were posted 30 minutes before the start of the Texas/Illinois match I had to do a double take because I didn’t see Farris Gosea’s name anywhere. I was hoping the guys on the Longhorn Network would...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 14, 2015 | Blog
They’ll be 3 really good ones on Saturday with LA, Chicago, and Austin the places to be. What’s so great is that 2 of these 3 will be on TV with the Pac 12 Network carrying the singles portion of the USC/UCLA match and with the Longhorn Network carrying the Illinois/Texas match in its entirety.It’ll be interesting to see if USC can snap out of its recent funk or if UCLA can ride the comeback of Gage Brymer to an upset win. It’ll be interesting to see how Illinois looks after a 2 week layoff and whether they’ll switch up 1 and 2 singles in an attempt to sweep the top 2 spots. It will also will be interesting to...
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