Stanford Men

anindit gopalakrishnan said:
Card at #33. Feel like they are better than that.
On the flip side, they should have plenty of good matches to improve
#9 Arizona, #13 USD, #23 ASU, #29 UCLA - If they can win these they'll be in the top 16 for sure.
Really sad to see USC down at #40 though, but if they aren't going to have Dostanic they are definitely a very weak team. Anyone know the latest on that?
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Think that's a tough path. They would do well to win some but to win all especially when AZ, USD, UCLA, USC and ASU are all away matches is a bit much. Also, with Basavareddy being spelled (for whatever reason), who knows if he'll be playing every one of them.

As for Dostanic, someone mentioned in the Indoor Nats thread that Dostanic had left the team. But in an interview, Brett Masi said he was rehabbing an injury and would be ready for conference play. He remains on the roster if that means anything. I guess we'll know soon enough.
 
Interesting. Wonder if San Diego recruits to that strength. Would be smart for a coach to do that. I know there are definitely ones who recruit big hitters for fast courts.
 
Damn, 4-0 San Diego but very entertaining matches across the board and Samir had a MP/served for it on 2. I watched almost the entirety of Nishes's match. I really did not like the USD #1. Complains to the ump on every ball, hinderance grunts on big points, over the top fist bumping on inconsequential unforced errors. Is about as much of a pusher as you can be at this level, I truly could not believe I was watching a Line 1 singles match at times with how little initiative he takes on most points. His big scalps have been at home on these sandpaper USD courts. When they played at Cal, Ryder Jackson beat him in 3 sets. I am very curious to see his results away from home.

Ah, I was optimistic in the offseason but I guess reality has set in - this Card team is not going past the Ro16 yet again in the NCAAs.
 
Tarvet is very good at what he does. He’s beaten the cream of college tennis. Sure he’s not gonna win a congeniality contest but he’s gotta be a strong contender for the contest in Oklahoma this May.
 
Sureshot said:
Tarvet is very good at what he does. He’s beaten the cream of college tennis. Sure he’s not gonna win a congeniality contest but he’s gotta be a strong contender for the contest in Oklahoma this May.
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Nishesh was just coming off injury and was no where near his best form.. and yet he took Tarvet to tiebreaker. if Basavareddy was 100 % ,, he would have won 7-5 7-5
 
Nostradamus said:
Nishesh was just coming off injury and was no where near his best form.. and yet he took Tarvet to tiebreaker. if Basavareddy was 100 % ,, he would have won 7-5 7-5
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This is comical and bordering on the insane. So far removed from reality. Stanford is a poor team as their loss to a woeful Michigan team proves. They can beat or be competitive with other woeful teams like the Sacramentos and Cals of this world but they are nowhere near the top twenty teams and will get manhandled by every one of them. To rational Card fans that’s the painful reality. Today, Basavareddy was up against it but there’s no excuse for Basing and Rivera to go down meekly in straight sets. I didn’t watch the livestreams so only going by the score lines but it reads real ugly.
 
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Sureshot said:
This is comical and bordering on the insane. So far removed from reality. Stanford is a poor team as their loss to a woeful Michigan team proves. They can beat or be competitive with other woeful teams like the Sacramentos and Cals of this world but they are nowhere near the top twenty teams and will get manhandled by every one of them. To rational Card fans that’s the painful reality. Today, Basavareddy was up against it but there’s no excuse for Basing and Rivera to go down meekly in straight sets. I didn’t watch the livestreams so only going by the score lines but it reads real ugly.
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do you deny that Nishesh had been injured for last several weeks ?? Also that michigan loss was cause they didnt' have Basavareddy and they played indoors in hostile away situations.
 
Nostradamus said:
do you deny that Nishesh had been injured for last several weeks ?? Also that michigan loss was cause they didnt' have Basavareddy and they played indoors in hostile away situations.
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If Basavareddy is injured he shouldn't be taking the court. As I said I didn't watch the match so can't deny or confirm his physical condition.

I appreciate and welcome that you are a diehard Tree. I look forward to your posts in this thread with the recaps and highlight pics after each match. But being over the top on everything and failing to recognize real problems with this team puts a blot on your credibility. Hope you take this in the right spirit.

For me the problems are (1) doubles, (2) Basing is not delivering against good teams (after being one of the best players in college tennis last year), (3) Kang isn't able to finish which is shocking given his weapons.

Stanford is reduced to being a one man army and as goes Basavareddy so do they.
 
Sureshot said:
If Basavareddy is injured he shouldn't be taking the court. As I said I didn't watch the match so can't deny or confirm his physical condition.

I appreciate and welcome that you are a diehard Tree. I look forward to your posts in this thread with the recaps and highlight pics after each match. But being over the top on everything and failing to recognize real problems with this team puts a blot on your credibility. Hope you take this in the right spirit.

For me the problems are (1) doubles, (2) Basing is not delivering against good teams (after being one of the best players in college tennis last year), (3) Kang isn't able to finish which is shocking given his weapons.

Stanford is reduced to being a one man army and as goes Basavareddy so do they.
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I'd add that if a player plays injured in his normal position, it's still up to those players in this case 2-6 to get their W's. As a matter of fact, playing your top player in his #1 slot should ensure the roster strength #'s 2-6.

4-0 is decisive and can not be excused away.
 
Not surprised that Nishesh lost at doubles again, this time at #2. I watched these match highlights from a couple weeks ago and couldn't believe how low his doubles level is (net positioning, movement, etc.):

Not taking anything away from his singles, but Stanford is having/will have a tough time winning the dubs point against competent teams.
 
GO CARD, looks like they are the #1 seed in pacific coast doubles this weekend and blowing guys away in the way to the quarterfinals. Let's go
 
Sureshot said:
And they lose. Your timing is immaculate! I looked it up. This is some USTA tournament. LOL!
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Yea i know. but you didn't see what happened and what caused the loss... I did. I explain why they lost to this substandard pepperdine duo. They won the 1st set Easy and was cruising in the 2nd set up a break but then weird thing happened. There was easy floating overhead in the middle, and both sameer and Neel was on the move because this was 3rd lob they were retreiving due to some good defense by pepperdine duo on the baseline. but still fairly easy overhead in the middle and they crashed into each other and neel hurt his elbow. and they went on to lose that game and they were never the same after that....
See, even in the best of the best D1 tennis,, communicating for the middle ball matters great deal.

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Now coming up UNLV and USC to feast on ,,, looking at the rest of the scheudule,, Card could go on the win streak all the way to Ojai, this could be tremendous momentum to win the Ojai tournament and NCAA tournament as well, back to back. GO CARD

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Nostradamus said:
Yea i know. but you didn't see what happened and what caused the loss... I did. I explain why they lost to this substandard pepperdine duo. They won the 1st set Easy and was cruising in the 2nd set up a break but then weird thing happened. There was easy floating overhead in the middle, and both sameer and Neel was on the move because this was 3rd lob they were retreiving due to some good defense by pepperdine duo on the baseline. but still fairly easy overhead in the middle and they crashed into each other and neel hurt his elbow. and they went on to lose that game and they were never the same after that....
See, even in the best of the best D1 tennis,, communicating for the middle ball matters great deal.

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If true it’s unfortunate but losing to Pepperdine is no great shakes. And what of the other Stanford pairings, especially Basing/Godsick who are now the #1 doubles team for the Card? How good is this tournament really if you and I can sign up to play in it?!
 
Nostradamus said:
Now coming up UNLV and USC to feast on ,,, looking at the rest of the scheudule,, Card could go on the win streak all the way to Ojai, this could be tremendous momentum to win the Ojai tournament and NCAA tournament as well, back to back. GO CARD

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This is a glass 100% full take on your part. I don’t see Stanford beating Arizona, ASU, USC in the Pac 12. UCLA could also be tough with Nanda back for the Bruins. I fancy their chances against Washington, Oregon, Utah, Cal but wouldn’t bet big bucks on them winning all these matches. Problem is they can’t win doubles. And I am finding it challenging to pick four singles win from the Card lineup. I mean apart from Basavareddy, no one inspires any confidence. Time to give Kolasinski a shot at 6. He’s been crushing his opponents every time he’s stepped on court.
 
Sureshot said:
This is a glass 100% full take on your part. I don’t see Stanford beating Arizona, ASU, USC in the Pac 12. UCLA could also be tough with Nanda back for the Bruins. I fancy their chances against Washington, Oregon, Utah, Cal but wouldn’t bet big bucks on them winning all these matches. Problem is they can’t win doubles. And I am finding it challenging to pick four singles win from the Card lineup. I mean apart from Basavareddy, no one inspires any confidence. Time to give Kolasinski a shot at 6. He’s been crushing his opponents every time he’s stepped on court.
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you are looking at the ranking,, don't look at the ranking... Stanford right now should be ranked #8 or around there. They are that good. Look i know and have better idea to judge talent than 99% of the so called experts,, trust me , i know what i am talking about.
 
Sureshot said:
How good is this tournament really if you and I can sign up to play in it?!
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The tournament has a very rich history going back to before Open tennis and was once an important event but was never a 'college tournament'. A lot of tennis' great names can be found on the list of former champs. These days it's not that big of a deal and if college players do play, they're usually from California schools if it fits into their schedules. Losing in the quarters of this tournament now is nothing to put on your CV.
 
JW10S said:
The tournament has a very rich history going back to before Open tennis and was once an important event but was never a 'college tournament'. A lot of tennis' great names can be found on the list of former champs. These days it's not that big of a deal and if college players do play, they're usually from California schools if it fits into their schedules. Losing in the quarters of this tournament now is nothing to put on your CV.
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Appreciate the context. I only ask because upon checking the records of some of the entrants they seem to be 35+ adult USTA league players and with none too impressive records at that. I occasionally play in the adult leagues and dare say could be competitive with some of these guys. So beating such folks along the way should give no D1 players any bragging rights. Also I think it’s a sheer waste of time when all the other programs are playing tournaments like the one ASU is hosting this weekend.
 
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Dostanic got routined in this first round of IW qualies by Summit Nagal. Hope that means he's healthy enough to play on Sunday, been looking forward to his matchup with Nishesh for a while and I think I'll b able to attend this match in person. Also agreed that doubles is a huge concern for card. I thought it wasn't since they were competitive with the Texas dubs teams but turns out those teams are also bad LOL
 
There ends his pro exploration at least for now (presumably). Great to have him back in college tennis. Although to be fair to him, having IW qualies be his first competition on his injury comeback is tough. Let's hope he can give Basavareddy a good match even though I'll be rooting for the Card.
 
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There ends his pro exploration at least for now (presumably). Great to have him back in college tennis. Although to be fair to him, having IW qualies be his first competition on his injury comeback is tough. Let's hope he can give Basavareddy a good match even though I'll be rooting for the Card.
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Our championship starts this weekend, we are going to destroy these guys
 
I can't remember the last time Stanford men won 4-0 against USC. Great win, but how low has USC dropped? This team used to dominate for over a decade, and now they are only the shadow of what they used to be.
 
damn the pac 12 is really going to go out with a whimper. Historically this could be a top 5 marquee matchup, now it's relegated to a mid-off.
 
Can’t believe how weak USC is. But credit to the Card for taking care of business at their end. Two sweeps this weekend and winnable matches coming up against Oregon and Washington. Hopefully they fare better than they did last season when they lost both those contests.
 
#41 is misprint, it really is supposed to be #4


#41 Stanford 4, #32 USC 0

DOUBLES
1) Basing/Godsick (STAN) d. Makk/Weststrate (USC), 6-2
2) Banerjee/Basavareddy (STAN) led Rubell/Vallabhaneni (USC), 4-3 uf
3) Aryan Chaudhary/Harsh Hemang Parikh (STAN) d. Iakubenko/Lee (USC), 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 1

SINGLES
1) #31 Nishesh Basavareddy (STAN) d. #50 Peter Makk (USC), 6-0, 6-4
2) #43 Samir Banerjee (STAN) d. #102 Lodewijk Weststrate, 7-6 (7), 6-4
3) Max Basing (STAN) led Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC), 6-4, 4-5 uf
4) Kyle Kang (STAN) vs. Karl Lee (USC), 2-6, 6-3, 4-4 uf
5) Nico Godsick (STAN) led Samuel Rubell (USC), 7-6 (3), 3-2 uf
6) #81 Neel Rajesh (STAN) d. Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC), 6-0, 6-3
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2


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Nostradamus said:
#41 is misprint, it really is supposed to be #4


#41 Stanford 4, #32 USC 0

DOUBLES
1) Basing/Godsick (STAN) d. Makk/Weststrate (USC), 6-2
2) Banerjee/Basavareddy (STAN) led Rubell/Vallabhaneni (USC), 4-3 uf
3) Aryan Chaudhary/Harsh Hemang Parikh (STAN) d. Iakubenko/Lee (USC), 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 1

SINGLES
1) #31 Nishesh Basavareddy (STAN) d. #50 Peter Makk (USC), 6-0, 6-4
2) #43 Samir Banerjee (STAN) d. #102 Lodewijk Weststrate, 7-6 (7), 6-4
3) Max Basing (STAN) led Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC), 6-4, 4-5 uf
4) Kyle Kang (STAN) vs. Karl Lee (USC), 2-6, 6-3, 4-4 uf
5) Nico Godsick (STAN) led Samuel Rubell (USC), 7-6 (3), 3-2 uf
6) #81 Neel Rajesh (STAN) d. Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC), 6-0, 6-3
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2


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Quite rare to see a bagel in dubs. Chaudhary and Parikh have been solid at #3 dubs for the Card with a 5-2 record including a 4-6 loss to TCU at line 2. Dubs could get more competitive if Basing & Godsick can keep their recent momentum going. And Basavareddy/Banerjee can have their moments too. Curious to see how the Card do in conference play against the better teams like Arizona and ASU.
 
If you look at their WTN, you might not be too far off. Either due to scheduling, or not winning against top teams or both, you earn #41. I suspect they will get back to around 25. Any higher and my guess is they will have to flat our finish the season from here undefeated. Some of the ranking insiders may may be able to narrow down where they can finish from here, but hosting a region looks to be greater than a longshot.
Nostradamus said:
#41 is misprint, it really is supposed to be #4


#41 Stanford 4, #32 USC 0
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Anyone know why this thread doesn't show up in the forum listing anymore? Anyways, card up to 30 in the rankings. Since im a delusional fan, I still believe in top 16 (y)
 
collegetennisisthebest said:
Has Stefan Dostanic left the Southern Cal team. Dostanic played a match in the BNP Paribas Open last week.
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He seems to be rehabbing an injury. Or at least was before his Indian Wells appearance. In his absence Makk is forced to play at the top and tbh he’s not cut out for it. He has been a very good #2 over the years.
 
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