Division I Men's Team Indoors

[db379]

Originally Posted by mikej

"stands a very good chance against" and saying that rola is going to be tough is a lot different from saying my team "would win at" (with no qualifiers mind you) all but one position in a team match...honestly i continue to have a hard time believing that you and fedace have stanford degrees, you really don't hold up against the stanford grads i've met in terms of high-level thinking

(i'm aware none of us on here care to really post our info and verify our credentials, so fair enough if your comeback is that i'm not this or that either)

yep, i've been 2/2 so far betting against buchanan...if i go 2/3 i'll survive, that's a pretty good batting percentage

You really are a funny one... I certainly don't have a hard time believing you don't have a degree from Stanford or any other top school. Enough said.

[Jakes On A Plane]

Originally Posted by Fedace

Max at #3 is a tough match. Alex will have to play his best tennis to pull that out. Otherwise #1 and #2 and 5 and 6 and doubles favor Stanford. So this is a breeze if they meet. I also like our chances against USC as well though this will be a tougher matchup.

I mean, with how bad Alex is playing, you're probably right about Max having a better chance in the match. If you think the overall match is going to be a breeze, you're dreaming.

[ClarkC]

I have never been convinced that Maxime Tabatruong was the caliber of player who should be in the top half of the lineup at a top 10 school. If Nick Meister were healthy, Tabatruong would not be in the top half for UCLA. In terms of overall tennis talent, I cannot see Max and Alex Clayton being in the same league. In terms of their present form, who knows what would happen if they played. Clayton lost to lower players than Max a week or so ago.

[Fedace]

Alex looking to regain his old form once again. I am sure he will be back to his old self by the time ITA indoor starts. I don't see how Stanford could lose once this happens. We have the best player in NCAA. and Alex himself almost won the NCAA championships only to fall short to Somdev in the semis. and Hirschman is now serving bombs. and Kandath at #6 is unbeatable.
and doubles,,probably best teams in NCAA.

[Jakes On A Plane]

Even your cohorts on here believe Kandath to be the weakest and most vulnerable player in your lineup. His one win in dual matches so far has been against Sac. St. He couldn't even come through against Santa Clara and Nebraska. That's sooooooooo dominating!!!

How is the dubs team of Clayton/Kelly the best #2 dubs team in the NCAA?

[ClarkC]

Originally Posted by Jakes On A Plane

Even your cohorts on here believe Kandath to be the weakest and most vulnerable player in your lineup. His one win in dual matches so far has been against Sac. St. He couldn't even come through against Santa Clara and Nebraska. That's sooooooooo dominating!!!

How is the dubs team of Clayton/Kelly the best #2 dubs team in the NCAA?

It might be best to leave the troll alone. He enjoys negative attention. It is a psychological perversion that deserves our pity. Just wait until Stanford actually plays in the team indoors against someone good.

[db379]

Originally Posted by Fedace

and Hirschman is now serving bombs. and Kandath at #6 is unbeatable.
and doubles,,probably best teams in NCAA.

Originally Posted by Jakes On A Plane

Even your cohorts on here believe Kandath to be the weakest and most vulnerable player in your lineup. His one win in dual matches so far has been against Sac. St. He couldn't even come through against Santa Clara and Nebraska. That's sooooooooo dominating!!!

As far as I'm concerned, Kandath is certainly not unbeatable, even at #6. He's actually a huge deception... He could be a good bottom half player, but he seem to be mentally too weak. So yeah, we'll give Kandath's point to pretty much anyone I suppose.

[Fedace]

These Texas Tech team doesnt' look too bad. Team Brazil made Cal bears look pretty bad in the regionals.

ITA Kick-Off Weekend - 2nd Round

#15 Texas Tech 4, #19 California 1

Doubles - Order of Finish: 1, 2,

1. Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia (TT) def. Ben McLachlan and Pedro Zerbini (CAL), 8-3

2. Vitor Manzini/Gonzalo Escobar (TT) def. #13 Nick Andrews/Chris Konigsfeldt (CAL), 8-5

3. David Gonzalez/Raphael Pfister (TT) vs. Bozhidar Katsarov/Sky Lovill (CAL), 7-4 - susp.

Singles - Order of Finish: 2, 6, 1, 3

1. #20 Gonzalo Escobar (TT) def. Pedro Zerbini (CAL), 6-1, 6-3

2. Raony Carvalho (TT) def. #50 Chris Konigsfeldt (CAL), 6-3, 6-0

3. #59 Rafael Garcia (TT) def. Carlos Cueto (CAL), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

4. Vitor Manzini (TT) vs. Nick Andrews (CAL), 5-7, 7-5, 33 - susp.

5. Gabriel Wanderley (TT) vs. Ben McLachan (CAL), 6-7, 6-4, 2-1 - susp.

6. Bozhidar Katsarov (CAL) def. Raphael Pfister (TT), 7-6, 6-1

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by Fedace

These Texas Tech team doesnt' look too bad. Team Brazil made Cal bears look pretty bad in the regionals.

ITA Kick-Off Weekend - 2nd Round

wow,Cal got a good spanking from al those foreign players of TT...I thought Zerbini was supposed to be on his way to the pros ... no match for team Brazil

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by SoCal10s

wow,Cal got a good spanking from al those foreign players of TT...I thought Zerbini was supposed to be on his way to the pros ... no match for team Brazil

Raony Carvalho is a personal pupil of Guga Kuerten. He used to hit with Guga when he was a child. I read this somewhere..... Chris Konigsfelt ate a bagel in 2nd set.

[Tennis Dunce]

Which one of you poisoned the Arizona team!? Huh...come on now...

[mikej]

my main man feddie:

any score predictions for tomorrow? i myself am not so sure who i have winning this match - if i had the chance to bet after the dubs pt i'd take whoever wins that - meaning i don't see either team running away with the singles

i think thacher's match could well be the big one in singles - and i'm not so sure i have him winning that one

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by mikej

my main man feddie:

any score predictions for tomorrow? i myself am not so sure who i have winning this match - if i had the chance to bet after the dubs pt i'd take whoever wins that - meaning i don't see either team running away with the singles

i think thacher's match could well be the big one in singles - and i'm not so sure i have him winning that one

Stanford will win the doubles and #1 singles, #2 singles and 5, 6 singles. so it won't be all that close in the end.

[mikej]

i have seen with my own eyes a fedace prediction that is fairly within reason, i thought this day would never come

don't give up on your boy clayton so fast now, he may just surprise you with a clutch win tomorrow

[ClarkC]

The best chances for dual match upsets tend to come when a lower-ranked team has different strong positions than the higher ranked team. Texas Tech seems strongest at the same positions as Stanford (top of the singles and doubles) and weakest at the same positions as Stanford (e.g. #6 singles). So, it strikes me as a match where Texas Tech is close, but not quite good enough, at a lot of positions.

[mikej]

Just witnessed a very interesting moment at the start of the #1 dubs match, will be interested to see if anyone saw more than I did and can clarify.

I tuned in during the first game, Thacher serving at Ad out, and all 4 players standing on the same side of the court while the coaches were having a discussion with the chair umpire and an additional roaming referee. I assume by standing on the same side of the court as Thacher, who was bouncing the ball around ready to keep serving, the TT players were maintaining they had gotten the break already. After about 3 minutes, the umpires ordered the TT players back to their side and declared "second serve." Thacher, who had to be a bit out of rhythm after this delay, missed his second serve for the opening break.

I can't for the world of me think of a situation where Thacher would not have been given a first serve after such a delay, especially since it seems Stanford must have won whatever argument was going on.

Anyway, a puzzler....

[mikej]

also TT's #3 dubs looks horrid...some good play from Stanford, and maybe just a bad day for these guys, but I hope for TT's sake they're better at singles than doubles...

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by mikej

Just witnessed a very interesting moment at the start of the #1 dubs match, will be interested to see if anyone saw more than I did and can clarify.

I tuned in during the first game, Thacher serving at Ad out, and all 4 players standing on the same side of the court while the coaches were having a discussion with the chair umpire and an additional roaming referee. I assume by standing on the same side of the court as Thacher, who was bouncing the ball around ready to keep serving, the TT players were maintaining they had gotten the break already. After about 3 minutes, the umpires ordered the TT players back to their side and declared "second serve." Thacher, who had to be a bit out of rhythm after this delay, missed his second serve for the opening break.

I can't for the world of me think of a situation where Thacher would not have been given a first serve after such a delay, especially since it seems Stanford must have won whatever argument was going on.

Anyway, a puzzler....

These players from TT are bunch of Thugs, nothing more. They make JP Mcenroe look like the sportsman of the year. Unless they learn better discipline and respect for their opponents, they will never reach top 20 in NCAA.

[mikej]

Originally Posted by Fedace

Unless they learn better discipline and respect for their opponents, they will never reach top 20 in NCAA.

like i've pointed out, they weren't the most admirable team i've seen in terms of attitude and racquet abuse...however, i'm pretty sure they've already reached top 20, unless i misread their current ranking

[DownTheLine]

Who won between TT and Stanford?