2010 NCAA D1 Tennis Champs team draws posted
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bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Wow! Oklahoma men upset Texas after losing the doubles point. Very impressive.
Tennis_Crazed
Semi-Pro
Double WOW! didn't realize Oklahoma was that solid... Texas is always a threat to take the whole tourney. didn't see that one coming.
No one saw it coming. Texas beat Oklahoma 6-1 in the regular season. At 3/4/6 Texas won in straight sets, and then lost all three of those spots last night in the rematch, even losing 3/4 in straight sets. What a turnaround.
Fedace
Banned
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa......Stanford Women's team takes the Doubles point over Baylor the #1 seed. Now we are Primed for UPSET.........................go stanford.
http://all-access.cbssports.com/pla...ID=3599&DB_OEM_ID=8800&code=ncaa&media=180713
http://all-access.cbssports.com/pla...ID=3599&DB_OEM_ID=8800&code=ncaa&media=180713
At least you have one good team at Standford to cheer. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Any more predictions Fed-Creskin?
Men's USC vs Ohio State going on now. Doubles is tight - 6-6 @ #1 (#2 v #9) to decide it.
#1 singles is going to be a great match-up #9 v #8. Apparently it's hot in Athens today and the rain is gone.
http://www.georgiadogs.com/fls/8800/mtennis_live/xlive.htm
Been waiting for this matchup all tourney. Wish I was there to see it.
K_I
#1 singles is going to be a great match-up #9 v #8. Apparently it's hot in Athens today and the rain is gone.
http://www.georgiadogs.com/fls/8800/mtennis_live/xlive.htm
Been waiting for this matchup all tourney. Wish I was there to see it.
K_I
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Was lucky for SC that Farah closed out #1 when he did. Momentum was starting to shift as OSU was close to winning 2nd set of remaining matches, and taking #5. Not to say that it would be easy to win all those matches - though if Buchanan took 2nd set @ 1 and OSU won 5 it would be a big momentum shift into a dramatic finish.
Amazed at how significant winning the #1 doubles was. Glad to see at least one PAC-10 team in Final Four, K_I
Amazed at how significant winning the #1 doubles was. Glad to see at least one PAC-10 team in Final Four, K_I
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UVA : UCLA going on now. UCLA takes the doubles point, and looked like UVA was gonna roll in singles. Now it looks like after 1st set - UVA takes 3 1st sets and UCLA just pulled off 1st sets @ 3, 5, and 6.
I didn't think it 20 mins ago - looks like UCLA has a shot; it would help if Inbar takes 2nd set @ #4.
I didn't think it 20 mins ago - looks like UCLA has a shot; it would help if Inbar takes 2nd set @ #4.
chrisplchs
Professional
Doubles is THE KEY when top teams play each other. Last year, if USC didn't win the doubles at 3, they would have had no chance against that Ohio State lineup.
UCLA is as talented as advertised and seems to bring it in big matches. Them winning doubles is huge. I am already wrong on one prediction but I don't think I'll be wrong again today.
UCLA is as talented as advertised and seems to bring it in big matches. Them winning doubles is huge. I am already wrong on one prediction but I don't think I'll be wrong again today.
chrisplchs
Professional
one of the top coaches in college tennis that I am good friends with told me that it is all about individual matchups at NCAAs. That is why I have seen some teams drop their 3 or 4 player off the lineup to get a better matchup.
Seguso is a great matchup for UCLA at 5 against Barrick. Barrick likes to come in, serve and volley and Seguso has one of the best returns in college tennis. Matt Brooklyn at 3 is tough for anybody even if you have never seen him play. He was All Pac 10 and played 1 at ASU before they dropped their program and played 1 last year for UCLA. Inbar played 1 at Maryland before he transferred and was respectable 5-5 record against other 1's in ACC dual play.
UCLA should win, unless they pull a Srugo again
Virginia should win, because they are the better team, although they played sub-par in doubles. It won't happen the same way in singles.
They will be worn out by the time they are done, however. That is worrisome, because Ohio State laid down and USC is resting.
socaltennnis
Rookie
LOL. UVa won it.. however; on 2 points before, two UVa guys charged court 6 to jump on their guy when they thought they won; then they realized UCLA had saved the match point. lol.
myservenow
Semi-Pro
^^^Ha Ha!
I kept up with the UVA match today but couldn't tell much from the live stream. Seemed like they struggled in some places in singles, and obviously lost doubles. Not sure if it was the matchup with UCLA, but I think UVA is capable of being beaten. Of course, they pulled out a tough match and that will count for something.
Go Big Orange!
I kept up with the UVA match today but couldn't tell much from the live stream. Seemed like they struggled in some places in singles, and obviously lost doubles. Not sure if it was the matchup with UCLA, but I think UVA is capable of being beaten. Of course, they pulled out a tough match and that will count for something.
Go Big Orange!
Fedace
Banned
WOW,,, OSU over-rated or what ????:???:
Julen Uriguen hit a winner down the line and the UVa players charged the court. Tabatruong announced that he had called it out, and the umpire did not reverse the call, so it went to deuce.
I guess that is what you mean by "UCLA had saved the match point."
Fedace
Banned
This Uriguen fellow is a very talented player from what i have heard. He is supposed to be the future of Virginia tennis...
Fedace
Banned
Dawggs got lucky and they faced Oklahoma which is a mediocre team. Next team in the Semis will be very difficult if not impossible..
I think SC is better than most realize. Tomorrow will be tough against UVA. I still like SC vs Tenn in the title match-up.
K_I
Fedace
Banned
I know and Justin Kronage has not developed into a great player that he was suppose to develop into. I blame Ty for that.
That being the case what to you blame on coach Whit?
Fedace
Banned
I say Coach Whit has developed Klahn and Thacher into the top NCAA players in the country. and perhaps, one of the top Pros in the ATP,,,,,Time will tell..
I say Coach Whit has developed Klahn and Thacher into the top NCAA players in the country. and perhaps, one of the top Pros in the ATP,,,,,Time will tell..
Oh please......what about Bruch and Clayton and the lack of titles? On the other hand you are right, "only time will tell" if Klahn and Thacher will burn out like the other future Grand Slam champions. That said don't take my words to hard. I don't wish that on them and hope Clayton can find his way. Better luck next year Feddie.
TourTenor
Professional
... don't put them into your avatar or once again you may end up with more uninspired or injury-prone players like Clayton and Brush.I say Coach Whit has developed Klahn and Thacher into the top NCAA players in the country. and perhaps, one of the top Pros in the ATP,,,,,Time will tell..
Joeyg
Semi-Pro
I didn't mean you, TourTenor. I value your comments (and wholeheartedly agree with them).
I say Coach Whit has developed Klahn and Thacher into the top NCAA players in the country. and perhaps, one of the top Pros in the ATP,,,,,Time will tell..
Yes, they were virtual unknowns, and not highly recruited, when they arrived! Did nothing in juniors, but now they are suddenly good!
tennismom42
Semi-Pro
VIDEO? Live cam?
Ugh! I can't find a Live-Cam? Is there a live-cam? If so, please post the link. Quick, I want to watch what's left of today's match.
Ugh! I can't find a Live-Cam? Is there a live-cam? If so, please post the link. Quick, I want to watch what's left of today's match.
Go to the Scoreboard page for the main courts (Henry Feild Courts).
At the bottom of the page is a Live Video Streaming link.
The Scoreboard Java Applet takes a while to load. Be patient. When the scores come up, you can see the link at the bottom.
UT live blog has faster scores posted than the scoreboard.
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/052410aad.html
GO VOLS!!!!!!!
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/052410aad.html
GO VOLS!!!!!!!
USC advances to the finals 4-2 over UVA.
Early on it looked like VA was going to run singles 2 -> 5. Fortunately D. Nguyen took 1st set @ #4 into a long tiebreak (curious what actual score was - just saw he won last 2 points), and Johnson took 2nd set @ #2.
VA played a real tough match. I can see why they were highly ranked.
Early on it looked like VA was going to run singles 2 -> 5. Fortunately D. Nguyen took 1st set @ #4 into a long tiebreak (curious what actual score was - just saw he won last 2 points), and Johnson took 2nd set @ #2.
VA played a real tough match. I can see why they were highly ranked.
justacityboy
Rookie
Quick question Clark, why did Singer not play in the team tourney? If he wasn't injured I think it's an awfully tough move to sit a senior who has been in the top 6 all year.
He had a hurt foot. Doubles does not have too much running, but playing singles as a baseliner with a hurt foot would be asking too much. He still did quite well in doubles at #3, but the top two teams kept losing close matches.
I believe the tiebreaker score was 11-9 for Nguyen.
Houston Barrick won 10-8 in his second set tiebreak, and the tiebreaker to decide #1 singles went overtime as well, but don't know the score.
justacityboy
Rookie
thanks. tough luck for the hoos. One of these days the chips will fall right for Boland and co.
chrisplchs
Professional
I've asked former UVA players and they are still amazed they haven't won it yet. The best chance they had was 2008 where the line up was Somdev, Huey, Dom, Sanam, Shabaz, Teddy Angelinos. Sub in a great doubles player in Barrick for Teddy and that team is nasty.
On paper, that team is unbeatable but after talking to some people in college tennis, the difference was Flores coming back to UGA after taking the fall off to try the circuit.
UVA next year returns, Shabaz, Sanam, Jarmere (assuming he stays), Courtney (who I view as almost unbeatable at 3 or 4), Urigen. Another solid team that could win it all, depending on how they come back.
On paper, that team is unbeatable but after talking to some people in college tennis, the difference was Flores coming back to UGA after taking the fall off to try the circuit.
UVA next year returns, Shabaz, Sanam, Jarmere (assuming he stays), Courtney (who I view as almost unbeatable at 3 or 4), Urigen. Another solid team that could win it all, depending on how they come back.
I don't see Jarmere Jenkins turning pro. I also don't think there will be any big surprises a la Devin Britton around the country this year. I cannot see anyone turning pro early. The only possibility is a top international recruit who comes in at an advanced age and does not want to play college tennis until age 24 before trying the pro circuit.
The only player who fits that bill is Henrique Cunha of Duke (and Brazil), who is a 21 year old freshman. But I think he will play a second year. Honestly, UVa might need to be challenged again by Duke next year, because the ACC has been too much of a lull in between the ITA National Team Indoors and the NCAA tournament every year. We try to schedule Baylor. Texas, Notre Dame, and Illinois every year, but the latter two have fallen off a bit lately, and all four of these matches are well before the NCAAs each spring. The Illinois and Notre Dame matches are always early and indoors.
We are not being tested often enough outdoors in the heat prior to the NCAAs each year. The Pac-10 and SEC teams test each other pretty often throughout the season. The ACC had a stretch a couple of years ago where Florida State, Miami, and UNC were all really good, but the last couple of years have seen a lot of good but not great ACC teams. Typically, the second best ACC team is about the #16 seed.
Sometimes we UVa fans think it is great that UNC or Duke or FSU is graduating some great player, but that might be shortsighted on our part.
chrisplchs
Professional
Cunha is not 21. He just turned 20. He is very likely to go pro as many pros think he isn't really tested in college but he tried the circuit for an year already and only got to mid 600s.
As for Jenkins, people are not worrying about him going pro. There are other factors with him.
Duke is going to be better next year. Arnould just never improved and virtually stayed the same from the time he was Les Petit As winner. Saba and Mengel are good players who are likely to crack the lineup somewhere. Duke would have been great this year also except admissions got in the way of two freshmen who are also top 50 players from entering Duke.
FSU is likely to drop off with Aubone and Vahid graduating. They had a pretty nasty top 4 for a while but could not really do a whole lot with it. Miami has dropped a lot and doesn't show much signs of getting better. UNC is interesting as they lose Donato and Crone. They have good talent but mentally, some of their players are extremely weak.
The problem with ACC being consistently good as that there really is no history with ACC Men's tennis. There have been some good team but no NCAA champions, not even a finalist. Virginia has been the only team semifinalists and even that has been recent.
As for Jenkins, people are not worrying about him going pro. There are other factors with him.
Duke is going to be better next year. Arnould just never improved and virtually stayed the same from the time he was Les Petit As winner. Saba and Mengel are good players who are likely to crack the lineup somewhere. Duke would have been great this year also except admissions got in the way of two freshmen who are also top 50 players from entering Duke.
FSU is likely to drop off with Aubone and Vahid graduating. They had a pretty nasty top 4 for a while but could not really do a whole lot with it. Miami has dropped a lot and doesn't show much signs of getting better. UNC is interesting as they lose Donato and Crone. They have good talent but mentally, some of their players are extremely weak.
The problem with ACC being consistently good as that there really is no history with ACC Men's tennis. There have been some good team but no NCAA champions, not even a finalist. Virginia has been the only team semifinalists and even that has been recent.
UT beats UGA 4-2 in the face of a hostile home crowd. They have to be a heavy favorite against USC tomorrow. They will have a home type crowd in Athens.
About the singles I have to disagree. If UT's Rhyne Williams wins the NCAA singlesor is runner-up it would not shock me if he went pro. He has won a Futures title or two while in high school. Also if Tennys Sandgren did not join the team mid-year he is another who if he has a successful summer could go pro as well.
UVA had just as good a shot as anybody in the final four to win it this year. USC was just better on this day. I didn't see today's match but I watched Sunday's singles vs UCLA in Athens. Sunday- Shabaz looked unbeatable, Singh was up and down, Jenkins could not finish off points at the net, and the #6 guy was in the zone in his third set and probably would have beat anyone on that day. Today Shabaz loses, Jenkins wins, and the #6 guy loses in straight sets.
Should be a good final tomorrow night.
Should be a good final tomorrow night.
