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 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
TCU RegionalBayard H. Friedman Tennis Center – Fort Worth, TX[5] TCU (21-7) vs. [49-64] Marist (15-7) – Friday 6pm – #6 TCU got in as an at-large after falling to #2 Baylor 4-3 in the Big 12 Semifinals while Marist is back in the NCAAs for the 3rd year in a row after beating Monmouth 4-2 in the MAAC Championship. Doubles Records: TCU 14-11, Marist 13-6UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: TCU 84, Marist 71FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of May 1st. For more details about UTR check out their website. The UTR Power 6 is the combined UTRs of the starting...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog
Championship Sunday is here and 2 of the 3 will be available over the air with Fox Sports 2 televising the Big 12 Championship LIVE and ESPN3 covering the ACC Championship (weather permitting). The Virginia/Wake Forest match gets underway at 10am so it should be over by the time Oklahoma and Baylor tie it on for a 4th time. Illinois also has a live stream of the Big 10 Championship although they don’t have sound and the picture is just so-so. #1 Oklahoma (23-2) at #2 Baylor (21-4) – 1pm est – This will be the 4th match of the year between these 2 with Oklahoma having won the first 3. I’d expect nothing more than epic fight...
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