January 2024 ITA Mens kickoff regionals

[collegetennisisthebest]

Today is draft day.....
schools can choose to go to :
#1 Virginia
#2 Ohio State
#3 Texas
#4 TCU
#5 Kentucky
#6 Michigan
#7 Georgia
#8 South Carolina
#9 Tennessee
#10 Southern Cal
#11 Duke
#12 Harvard
#14 North Carolina
#15 Arizona
#16 Mississippi State

the first 3 picks all bypass the lower 3 seeds. And none of the first 13 teams...choose to go to Arizona
Duke regional fills up first
UTAH goes first and chooses Texas. Michigan is losing their top 3......so Stanford elects to go to Michigan
Texas A&M decides to go to Georgia. Florida State does choose the lowest seed ...Mississippi State
Wake Forest and Florida are the next 2...and they both decide to go to North Carolina
Middle Tennessee chooses to be 2 seed at Duke. Ole Miss and Northwestern are next...they both choose to go to Harvard.
Auburn has the 10th pick....they bypass South Carolina, Tennessee, Southern Cal and Arizona ...and elect to be the 3 seed at Georgia
Cal and NC State have 11th and 13th pick ....they choose to be 3 and 4 seeds at Duke. San Diego is 12...and elect to go to Southern Cal

 

[JLyon]

Guessing coaches feel UGA will not be nearly as strong, must be expecting Quinn and Michelson to both be gone, although they did add USC Transfer Colby

 

[anindit gopalakrishnan]

Yeah no way Quinn or Michelsen stay for another season.

 

[Sureshot]

Puzzled as to why Stanford didn’t choose to go to Mississippi State. Would have allowed them to play outdoors. Or is it they want to prep indoors? No matter, it’ll be a challenge playing Michigan in their fortress where they almost never lose. Even if the top 3 are out, they do have a very deep and skilled roster which can be really tough indoors. I think it’s a miscalculation on Stanford’s part. Ofc this is even assuming they beat the 3 seed

 

[andfor]

Puzzled as to why Stanford didn’t choose to go to Mississippi State....assuming they beat the 3 seed

The last part!

 

[Sureshot]

The last part!

Yes they can be good but they can also be bad as in their losses at Washington and Oregon last year!

 

[TommieF]

I believe I read the mens and women take 60 teams? How do they determine which teams to leave out of the kickoff?

 

[ClarkC]

I believe I read the mens and women take 60 teams? How do they determine which teams to leave out of the kickoff?

They go by year-end ITA computer ranking.

 

[Sureshot]

Lots of eligible teams passed. Why would they not want a shot at playing the Nat Indoors rubbing shoulders with the elite teams? I’d think all coaches would view this as a development opportunity for their players. Could be budget constraints but they could cut some of the travel to other out of conference matches

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Lots of eligible teams passed. Why would they not want a shot at playing the Nat Indoors rubbing shoulders with the elite teams? I’d think all coaches would view this as a development opportunity for their players. Could be budget constraints but they could cut some of the travel to other out of conference matches

Some prefer to set up matches Vs other teams on those weekend, maybe with a better chance to get wins. Like I can see why Drake passed on going to the SEC regional to be mincemeat in Athens. Not sure why Pepperdine and Cornell passed though.

 

[TommieF]

Lots of eligible teams passed. Why would they not want a shot at playing the Nat Indoors rubbing shoulders with the elite teams? I’d think all coaches would view this as a development opportunity for their players. Could be budget constraints but they could cut some of the travel to other out of conference matches

Is there a list of teams that passed? It does seem like a great opportunity.

 

[TommieF]

I'm just being lazy, I know I can look up the year end rankings. Seems like it would be a lot of fun and great competition.

 

[Clemson_tennis]

Here you go

Pepperdine, Cornell, Gonzaga, UAB and Drake passed.