Stanford Men

Well I wouldn't have imagined this at all. What a win! Basavareddy, Banerjee and Basing with decisive wins after they conceded doubles. Hope they can continue the momentum into the final tomorrow.
 
Scenario that I am pulling for now... Stanford to beat Zona and move up to 17 to keep SC at 16. And looking at matchups they would likely send Stanford to Columbia to face SC. I would be able to attend that one and finally see the mighty Cardinal with my own two eyes in a big game.
 
Clemson_tennis said:
Scenario that I am pulling for now... Stanford to beat Zona and move up to 17 to keep SC at 16. And looking at matchups they would likely send Stanford to Columbia to face SC. I would be able to attend that one and finally see the mighty Cardinal with my own two eyes in a big game.
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Card should be #8 seed, only fair thing to do if NCAA knows what they are doing
 
Painful loss :( match points on several courts and walk away swept. Simply not good enough. Likely the cards last window as well since I doubt B hangs around
 
mikej said:
:) as stanford is down 3-0 and leading on exactly 0 singles courts

but, they're still alive...who knows...
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wow, stanford goes down 4-0

seconds away from going down 5-0 with kang down 3-5 0-15 and returning

probably would've lost 7-0

enjoy traveling to start off NCAAs, Feddie, unlike a Duke team that you out-recruit every single year
 
Sad loss. There were three setters on all courts but one. But none that the Card could pull off. Even the regular season meeting went the same way but Stanford prevailed on three of those singles courts after taking the doubles. It happens but am encouraged they battled against a good team. 1-1 against AZ ain’t bad. The Friend v Banerjee score line was schizophrenic. Not sure what happened there. Also Basing went down meekly after playing a superb match yesterday.

Agree, Basavareddy is probably gone after this season and along with that hopes of being on the shortlist of elite teams.
 
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Trees clawed!!
 
Doubles could do with some tweaking. Basing and Godsick are solid at the top spot having gone 8-2 in their last 10 matches. Basavareddy and Banerjee are 8-1 since early March with their solitary loss to UCLA in a breaker. But #3 doubles has become a bit of an issue where Parikh and Chaudhary who were clutch earlier in the season are 2-4 in their last six. The Card could try Rajesh & Kang who made the final of a 25k recently at 3 doubles.

I didn’t watch the match yesterday but it looks like doubles was really close coming down to the top court where Basing/Godsick lost 10-8 in a breaker.

Overall happy with the effort even though the 4-0 loss is tough to swallow. Looking forward to what NCAAs has in store not only for the Card but also the favorites to win it all. No better time of the year for a college tennis fan!
 
Sureshot said:
Sad loss. There were three setters on all courts but one. But none that the Card could pull off. Even the regular season meeting went the same way but Stanford prevailed on three of those singles courts after taking the doubles. It happens but am encouraged they battled against a good team. 1-1 against AZ ain’t bad. The Friend v Banerjee score line was schizophrenic. Not sure what happened there. Also Basing went down meekly after playing a superb match yesterday.

Agree, Basavareddy is probably gone after this season and along with that hopes of being on the shortlist of elite teams.
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This was not a loss at all but experience gained. Just shows that Stanford can beat this team easily next time. They were dominating on all courts, even the doubles. When 2nd set came around, they were all tired, only reason that they lost and let the opponents come back. So conditioning seem to be the key here. when NCAA comes around, they will be in much better condition
 
Nostradamus said:
This was not a loss at all but experience gained. Just shows that Stanford can beat this team easily next time. They were dominating on all courts, even the doubles. When 2nd set came around, they were all tired, only reason that they lost and let the opponents come back. So conditioning seem to be the key here. when NCAA comes around, they will be in much better condition
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agree, have said for years on this forum that the Stanford conditioning (and player development) programs suck

playing trash like pacific coast doubles I guess doesn't prepare the boys at Stanford for tough 3-setters
 
It will be interesting to see where they send Stanford. If they go to Duke or NC State I might could still go see it. Is an 8 hour round trip worth it to see future ATP Stanford stars @Nostradamus ?

Stanford @ Duke would be fun for this thread

But they’ll probably end up at Harvard if I think about it since SC and Bama will probably be sent to Duke/NC State
 
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Word is Banerjee fell and injured his wrist during his singles match and could not hit his two hander in the deciding set. Not that it matters for the result yesterday but it makes him questionable for the postseason. Fortunately Stanford has enough depth to bring in Rivera at 6 and have everyone move up a slot. Problem is doubles where he and Basavareddy were in a groove. Hope he recovers but such injuries typically take time. He looked to be playing better beating atp 478 Artnak of ASU 2&0.
 
Such a bummer. These are actually freak accidents (banarjee wrist, kyle kang BIKE INJURY....)

Anyways looks like they're being sent to OSU's quarter, so another Ro16 exit at best it is
 
mikej said:
agree, have said for years on this forum that the Stanford conditioning (and player development) programs suck

playing trash like pacific coast doubles I guess doesn't prepare the boys at Stanford for tough 3-setters
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University of San Francisco is dropping their tennis teams. That will force some creativity on the Stanford schedulers.
 
anindit gopalakrishnan said:
Huh, now we’re projected to play Texas, who I think we match up a lot better against. Gotta get past Texas a&m ofc
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Do they really? I don’t think there’s a hole in the Texas lineup. They are way tougher than an AZ. Would really like to see the Card play at Harvard and then Columbia where they would stand even odds. But probably won’t happen given their seeding.
 
Sureshot said:
OSU made the final last year. Even if they choke, which is debatable, they only do so in the final.
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There hasn’t been a single year where I’ve thought OSU had the best outdoor team heading into NCAAs - and again this year I doubt whether they’re better than a healthy Texas, maybe even with them

To me being a clear favorite is required to choke, so I don’t really consider them to have done that either - sure, they haven’t succeeding in peaking at the right time and emerging through a tough 3-4 equivalent teams, something that UVA sometimes excels at for example, but not soaring at the right time isn’t really a ‘choke’
 
Damn actually I just checked Texas' roster again and it would take a monumental choke for our guys to beat em
It's tough bc I feel like we have a decent chance outside of the top 4 but aside from getting a lucky injury or something we don't have a realistic shot against those guys
So it all comes down to where we get placed in the bracket, and agreed, would be awesome if we're sent to Columbia
 
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Nostradamus said:
Yes but that was in perfect conditions No wind No real heat. OSU guys can't handle the wind, they make ton of unforced errors and when forced to play long points all the time, they get tired and they just stop
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You left out "and it was also cloudy so the sun was not in their eyes, along with low humidity allowing for prime conditions for their power game styles". What were the chances of that happening in May in Orlando, 2 days in a row?

Temps were in the high 80 low 90's last year during the finals.
 
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Ah, we've been getting some insane wind in NorCal this year (20+ mph winds) and I'm normally a bit wary of the conditions excuse since both players have to play through the same ones...but it's truly a different game with 20+ mph winds I think
 
Yeah I have seen some people saying they are glad to be out of Lake Nona because of all the rain issues there. Clearly they don't follow the WCWS (softball), because every year they have that in OKC in late May, there are always several days with rain, thunderstorm and even tornado issues.
 
Clemson_tennis said:
Yeah I have seen some people saying they are glad to be out of Lake Nona because of all the rain issues there. Clearly they don't follow the WCWS (softball), because every year they have that in OKC in late May, there are always several days with rain, thunderstorm and even tornado issues.
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I think rain is a variable almost anywhere by virtue of holding the tournament in mid-May. But having been to all three NCAA championships at Lake Nona, I would not be in favor of making it a permanent site for two reasons: 1. The normal weather patterns in Orlando in mid-May involve much higher heat/humidity than just about any alternative location (which penalizes teams that play half their spring schedule indoors), and 2. I don't think Lake Nona has earned it- after three years, scoreboards still don't work, they have had power outages two out of three years (in clear weather), virtually no shade anywhere, no video stream if a match moves indoors, and a long list of issues (like a sink hole opening up) that were foreseeable if anyone cared to look. It's almost like the USTA takes the event for granted. Attendance appeared to be much better this last event, but I suspect a lot of it had to do with the D2 and D3 tournaments going on at the same site. I don't think there's a single/neutral, permanent site that won't invite legitimate criticism, but putting it back in Athens (or Winston Salem) makes more sense to me than Lake Nona (and I have a house an hour north of Orlando). Reflecting back on the UGA/Harvard match that felt more like a Davis Cup tie, you can at least assume that Athens would do a great job like they did for years. But if there's ever going to be a permanent site, Hawkeye technology should be a prerequisite. The ideal would be an actual neutral site like the CWS has, but I can't think of one.
 
Stanford men head to Norman, OK. Will play SMU. OU plays UT-Arlington.
Hope they bring their fitness and their game. Doesn't seem like OU has any big wins this year. lost to FSU (#22). home court will help them, but on paper I'm thinking the Card is better.
 
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Posted this in the main thread but I like our chances here since the goal is Stillwater. Those OU wins were earlier in the season and they seemed to have cooled down a bit since then.

Tbh, I'm quite scared of SMU, since Nishesh has already been routined twice by Svajda jr twice. If they drop the doubles point and Nishesh goes down quick + Samir is still injured, that's an awful lot of pressure on a bunch of freshman to win out or face a first round defeat.

Dream scenario for me is Georgia upsets Wake and we get Stanford vs Georgia at the farm.
 
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