2012 NCAA Men's Tournamenet - Brackets

[Art Rust Jr]

Steve Johnson don't like to lose.

 

[Satsuma Illini]

Gallant effort by Illinois in doubles but USC still takes it

What a great effort! Bounce back in the singles Illinois!

 

[jaggy]

Does Nevolo have a legit shot at winning this?

 

[floridatennisdude]

Looked at the weather in Athens as I had figured excessive heat and humidity could be a big plus for the Gators against the Buckeyes.

High of 79, 40% humidity....crap, Mother Nature isnt a Gator fan today. Was hoping for 90+ and 90% humidity.

 

[TopDawg]

Nevolo breaks Stevie J to start the match

 

[JLyon]

Hope Nevolo is now well versed on the Bathroom break time for men if he has to go.

 

[swanpm20]

Are you guys able to get the live streams to work?

 

[TopDawg]

Are you guys able to get the live streams to work?

Works for me

 

[B1G Tennis]

Are you guys able to get the live streams to work?

The live streams are working fine, though you need to go through Tourney Central or the NCAA Page, not the normal Georgia one. The live scoreboards are not working for me, though (they both froze about an hour ago).

As for the Nevolo-Johnson, I think Dennis is one of the few guys with the game to take down Johnson, but even if he could beat Steve today, i'm not sure his teammates will give him enough time to have a chance. I've seen a little of 2, 3, and 4 and they look pretty outmatched there.

 

[jaggy]

Yes my scores page is frozen also which is mildly annoying.

 

[Satsuma Illini]

The live streams are working fine, though you need to go through Tourney Central or the NCAA Page, not the normal Georgia one. The live scoreboards are not working for me, though (they both froze about an hour ago).

As for the Nevolo-Johnson, I think Dennis is one of the few guys with the game to take down Johnson, but even if he could beat Steve today, i'm not sure his teammates will give him enough time to have a chance. I've seen a little of 2, 3, and 4 and they look pretty outmatched there.

#2Kalmanovich, #5Hoh and #6Gosea playing some good games right now.

 

[TopDawg]

Yes my scores page is frozen also which is mildly annoying.

Download a Google Chrome browser and view them through that - the scores work fine in that browser. Clark gave this tip a week or so ago. You're also able to watch video of 1 court through this browser and another through Internet Explorer.

 

[benxten]

Lol, they would misspell the last name of the lone asian player from USC (it's Nguyen not Nyugen). I believe he clinched the national championship for USC in 2011.

 

[Satsuma Illini]

USC takes 4 first sets so far.

 

[TopDawg]

Duke with 4 1st sets as well with #1 singles still tied at 5.

 

[SoCal10s]

looks like a 'blowout'..

 

[jaggy]

Im on a work PC and they wont let me download much including Chrome

 

[Satsuma Illini]

Yes! Kopinski finally wins a game! Only behind 0-6, 1-3 now!

 

[swanpm20]

The live streams are working fine, though you need to go through Tourney Central or the NCAA Page, not the normal Georgia one. The live scoreboards are not working for me, though (they both froze about an hour ago).

As for the Nevolo-Johnson, I think Dennis is one of the few guys with the game to take down Johnson, but even if he could beat Steve today, i'm not sure his teammates will give him enough time to have a chance. I've seen a little of 2, 3, and 4 and they look pretty outmatched there.

Nice, thanks for the help!

 

[Satsuma Illini]

USC really rolling now. Great team.

 

[TopDawg]

Duke taking care of business in singles as well

 

[Satsuma Illini]

USC leads 3-0, Johnson winning 6-4, 5-2 at #1 as well.

 

[TopDawg]

Can Galeano get Baylor on the board before Duke finishes it. It'll be a race to the finish line

 

[Satsuma Illini]

USC takes it 4-0. Good luck to the Trojans the rest of the way.

 

[TopDawg]

Ole Miss takes dubs point over UCLA

 

[TopDawg]

Ohio State routs Florida in dubs

 

[floridatennisdude]

Ohio State routs Florida in dubs

We have a legit chance at 3 thru 6 with Diep being the wild card. I can't see us getting 1 or 2. If we upset the Bucks, it will have to be 4-3 from the bottom up.

 

[floridatennisdude]

We have a legit chance at 3 thru 6 with Diep being the wild card. I can't see us getting 1 or 2. If we upset the Bucks, it will have to be 4-3 from the bottom up.

And after 1 set...Gators take all on 3-6 and OSU takes 1 &2. Praying for straight set wins on all courts

 

[jaggy]

Lots of updates please as following is a challenge today

 

[B1G Tennis]

It's starting to look like 6 is going to be the deciding match in OSU-Florida.

Rola is about to win on 2. Buchanan is up a set and a break on 1. For Florida, Slilam and Diep are both up a set and a break on 3 & 5. Florida won the first at 4, and they are on serve now. At 6, Florida took the first 7-5, but is now down a break (1-3) and is serving at 15-40.

 

[B1G Tennis]

I think somebody just had to retire on 6 because of injury, but I couldn't tell which one. Anybody see?

 

[B1G Tennis]

I think somebody just had to retire on 6 because of injury, but I couldn't tell which one. Anybody see?

Or not. There was an injury timeout and the scoreboard cleared, but it looks like they are playing again. In other news, Rola won to make it 2-0.

 

[cmgoods81]

I hope this is clear

1st Singles - Court 1
Scholtz (Miss)
15 6
Thompson (UCLA) *
15 5
2nd Singles - Court 2
M. Thiemann (Miss)
15 3 1
Meister (UCLA) *
15 6 0
3rd Singles - Court 3
Lutjen (Miss)
0 4 0
Novikov (UCLA) *
30 6 1
4th Singles - Court 4
Kallberg (Miss)
30 2 3
Giron (UCLA) *
15 6 3
5th Singles - Court 5
Backstrom (Miss)
0 1 2
Puget (UCLA) *
40 6 5
6th Singles - Court 6
C. Thiemann (Miss)
0 4 3
Mkrtchian (UCLA) *
0 6 2

 

[floridatennisdude]

Diep wins at 5, 2-1 OSU

The above comments freaked me out. Alford's knee has been an issue.

 

[cmgoods81]

1st Singles - Court 1
Van Overbeek (Fla) *
0 3 2
Buchanan (OSU)
0 6 5
2nd Singles - Court 2
Carleton (Fla)
4 1
Rola (OSU) *
6A 6 6
3rd Singles - Court 3
Slilam (Fla) *
40 6 4
Kobelt (OSU)
0 2 4
4th Singles - Court 4
Newman (Fla)
15 6 2
Van Engelen (OSU) *
40 4 2
5th Singles - Court 5
Diep (Fla)
0 6 6
McCarthy (OSU)
0 4 2
6th Singles - Court 6
Alford (Fla)
0 7 1
Smith (OSU) *
0 5 4

 

[TopDawg]

Sliliam just got broke serving for the match - now 5-5 in the 2nd with Sliliam up a set.

 

[B1G Tennis]

#6 for Florida can barely move. It's very sad to watch. At this point, I think he is only fighting long enough to get Slilam to go out with a win.

 

[jaggy]

#6 for Florida can barely move. It's very sad to watch. At this point, I think he is only fighting long enough to get Slilam to go out with a win.

This is not a joke as i wouldnt be funny about it but I actually was blaming my stream, he looks terrible. He should quit.

 

[jaggy]

This is freakin ridiculous, end this

 

[TopDawg]

UCLA dropping the hammer on Ole Miss in singles - Bruins already took #4 & #5 and lead 6-4 5-2 at #3. Mkrtchian up 6-4 5-5 at 6 so that would be the clincher if he can take it in straights

 

[B1G Tennis]

That's officially match, as Smith won 5-7, 6-1, 6-0. The Florida coaches should have stopped that one much earlier. Alford was literally unable to move. By the en, he was serving it underhand and Smith would angle it for an easy winner. I could understand keeping it going long enough to gave Nassam a chance to win at 3, but after he dropped that set, all they were doing was allowing their player to torture himself.

 

[jaggy]

That's officially match, as Smith won 5-7, 6-1, 6-0. The Florida coaches should have stopped that one much earlier. Alford was literally unable to move. By the en, he was serving it underhand and Smith would angle it for an easy winner. I could understand keeping it going long enough to gave Nassam a chance to win at 3, but after he dropped that set, all they were doing was allowing their player to torture himself.

Yes, that was allowing a well beaten boxer to stay in the ring long after he was finished. Shame on them.

 

[cmgoods81]

I don't know, maybe he just didn't want to give up. I probably would have done the same thing.

 

[TopDawg]

Man the instant the match ends they flip the scoreboard to the next one. I looked away for a second one that OSU/UF match and came back and it already has UK/Stanford up.

 

[jaggy]

I don't know, maybe he just didn't want to give up. I probably would have done the same thing.

And so would I which is why the coach needs to.

 

[TopDawg]

Chris Thiemann takes the 2nd set at #6 to push that one to a 3rd. Other 2 courts tight in the 2nd. Ole Miss has to take them all to win - too tall a task in my book

 

[cmgoods81]

He wasn't moving around too much so he wasn't really in any more danger of making it worse. So I guess I don't really see what the problem is as long as the player wants to keep going.

 

[Art Rust Jr]

He wasn't moving around too much so he wasn't really in any more danger of making it worse. So I guess I don't really see what the problem is as long as the player wants to keep going.

Yeah, no idea what his injury was, but if he's not doing more damage, there's always a one in a million chance that the other guy rolls his ankle, or something.

 

[TopDawg]

Marcel Thiemann has taken the 2nd set and evened up the match with Meister and Nik Scholtz is about to send his match to a 3rd set with Thompson. UVA/Cal gonna have to wait a little bit.

 

[B1G Tennis]

Yeah, no idea what his injury was, but if he's not doing more damage, there's always a one in a million chance that the other guy rolls his ankle, or something.

It was something with his knee. I'm all for playing out injuries, but when you cannot move your legs and you are wincing while walking towards your missed first serves, it is time to quit.

Again, for the people that didn't see it, Alford wasn't a functional tennis player. He quite literally didn't win a point in the third. Smith was acing him nearly every point, and most of his returns were "winners" (used facetiously because they were shots a 3.0 player could have hit them). If you saw a few points, I feel like you'd realize this shouldn't even be a debate.

In other news, UCLA just broke to go up 4-2 at #6. Ole Miss is back against the wall, but it didn't bother them last time.