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TopDawg

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
USC has picked up some commitments lately:

Logan Smith - 13.73 UTR/TRN Blue Chip - was #1 in 2012/13
Jake Devine - 13.51 UTR/TRN Not Rated - was #3 in 2014
Kalman Boyd - 13.49 UTR/TRN Blue Chip #5
Jack Jaede - 13.18 UTR/Australia/ITF Jr High of 600

Here's who they have coming back:
Max De Vroome - 14.17
Nick Crystal - 14.01
Connor Farren - 13.89
Thibaut Forget - 13.42
Rob Bellamy - 13.16

Here's who is leaving:
Yannick Hanfmann
Roberto Quiroz
Eric Johnson
Jonny Wang
 
CaliDawg

CaliDawg

Rookie
TopDawg said:
USC has picked up some commitments lately:

Logan Smith - 13.73 UTR/TRN Blue Chip - was #1 in 2012/13
Jake Devine - 13.51 UTR/TRN Not Rated - was #3 in 2014
Kalman Boyd - 13.49 UTR/TRN Blue Chip #5
Jack Jaede - 13.18 UTR/Australia/ITF Jr High of 600

Here's who they have coming back:
Max De Vroome - 14.17
Nick Crystal - 14.01
Connor Farren - 13.89
Thibaut Forget - 13.42
Rob Bellamy - 13.16

Here's who is leaving:
Yannick Hanfmann
Roberto Quiroz
Eric Johnson
Jonny Wang
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That's a lot of firepower graduating. Wonder who will play #1. No obvious candidates for that top spot.
 
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norcaltennisnut

Rookie
USC will have some issues next year IMHO. It's extremely hard to replace your top 4 no matter who they have coming in next year. Thank God we still have Cal underachieving like they always do.
 
TopDawg

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Didn't know if anyone else noticed this but near the end of last season Oregon kicked Kevin Farin off the team - he played 8 matches at #1 and 4 matches at #2. I just read about it after I saw that he wasn't on the roster for next season.
 
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Clemson_tennis

Legend
Nostradamus said:
probably Loyola came in highly motivated and believing in themselves. and USC probably took them lightly. it happens.
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Yeah partially and maybe under the new format things like this are more bound to happen. But still tennis isn't like other sports. In football and basketball it doesn't matter at all how badly a superior team beats an inferior opponent, it doesn't say anything about the team moving forward. But in tennis is does matter more.
 
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
Clemson_tennis said:
Yeah partially and maybe under the new format things like this are more bound to happen. But still tennis isn't like other sports. In football and basketball it doesn't matter at all how badly a superior team beats an inferior opponent, it doesn't say anything about the team moving forward. But in tennis is does matter more.
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Yes, these No ad scoring, super tiebreaker and 1 set only for doubles became a great equalizer. so it brings the inferior teams closer to top teams. maybe NCAA and ITA wanted it that way ..LOL. but then it doesn't help the Top guys to get ready for the ATP tour. so College becomes even worse training ground for soon to turn professional or wanna be professionals.
 
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ClarkC

Hall of Fame
I believe Pepperdine had to go to a third set in the last match on court to beat Loyola Marymount 4-3 the other day, IIRC.
 
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Clemson_tennis

Legend
It's kinda weird that now it's the Pac 12 that is not playing out matches. UCLA beat Washington really quickly yesterday and they still abandoned all remaining matches. Last year the SEC did this but now they are playing everything out and the Pac 12 isn't. I wonder why
 
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epaige

Rookie
Clemson_tennis said:
It's kinda weird that now it's the Pac 12 that is not playing out matches. UCLA beat Washington really quickly yesterday and they still abandoned all remaining matches. Last year the SEC did this but now they are playing everything out and the Pac 12 isn't. I wonder why
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One of the big problems with college tennis is that committees and head coaches labor tirelessly for change, e.g., clinch/clinch, no-ad and 6-game doubles sets. Eventually change comes through and then, guess what, head coaches decide to play the match with different rules. (It's OK to do this. In the ITA rules it says that if coaches want to play with a different format and they agree, so be it.) What this does, though, is to simply confuse everyone and make college tennis look unprofessional. I think one of the reasons coaches play matches out is to cement first- and second-team all-conference selection. Maybe, too, it's to get NCAA tournament selection.
 
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Clemson_tennis

Legend
epaige said:
One of the big problems with college tennis is that committees and head coaches labor tirelessly for change, e.g., clinch/clinch, no-ad and 6-game doubles sets. Eventually change comes through and then, guess what, head coaches decide to play the match with different rules. (It's OK to do this. In the ITA rules it says that if coaches want to play with a different format and they agree, so be it.) What this does, though, is to simply confuse everyone and make college tennis look unprofessional. I think one of the reasons coaches play matches out is to cement first- and second-team all-conference selection. Maybe, too, it's to get NCAA tournament selection.
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Yeah I agree. I am glad the SEC is playing out matches now. I never liked when they wold stop at 4 no matter what. But now the Pac 12 is doing just that and it seems less necessary for the Pac 12 since they play fewer conference matches so the schedule is not as hectic. It specifically hurts Noaki Takeda of Arizona who is a very good player but he is always right on the cusp on qualifying for the individual tournament because he never gets to finish his close matches against the top guys in the Pac 12 due to the rest of his team losing so quickly.
 
West Coast Ace

West Coast Ace

G.O.A.T.
Anyone going to the Cal - UCLA mens match tomorrow? Does it really start at 3PM? Why that late on a Saturday? Parking options? South of Wilshire, feed the meter and walk?
 
TopDawg

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
West Coast Ace said:
Anyone going to the Cal - UCLA mens match tomorrow? Does it really start at 3PM? Why that late on a Saturday? Parking options? South of Wilshire, feed the meter and walk?
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There is a parking garage right off Westwood as you enter on the south end of campus - was free for me when I was there in January.
 
Zacenroe86

Zacenroe86

Rookie
I have a feeling they take UCLA out as well. Lose doubles point at one and two. Lose one, lose at 4, win at 2,3,5,6. 4-3 Trojans
 
Joeyg

Joeyg

Semi-Pro
How can Standford only be #5 when they are the favorite to win the NCAA's (according to Nostradamus)???
 
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Clemson_tennis

Legend
Not a good weekend for Oregon and Utah. Two teams that will probably be in the NCAA bubble zone at the end of the year. Utah had been playing well but a pretty bad loss to New Mexico. And Oregon losing to Minnesota isn't much better.
 
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Clemson_tennis

Legend
Crushing loss for Oregon vs Cal. Laurent just couldn't get the job done vs Lakat. Lakat has become one of the most clutch players in the country.

For Oregon this hurts. They are program that has been on the ride but keep falling short in the attempt to get the big win. Beating Cal would have got their ranking close to the hosting range.
 
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JW10S

Hall of Fame
Draw for the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai is out ( www.ojaitourney.org ). Seeds are; #1 UCLA, #2 Cal, #3 USC, #4 Oregon, #5 Stanford, #6 Utah, #7 Washington, #8 Arizona. UCLA & Cal get byes into the semis. And for the 1st time the women are using a team format for their championships as well, Stanford is #1 and Cal #2,
 
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
JW10S said:
Draw for the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai is out ( www.ojaitourney.org ). Seeds are; #1 UCLA, #2 Cal, #3 USC, #4 Oregon, #5 Stanford, #6 Utah, #7 Washington, #8 Arizona. UCLA & Cal get byes into the semis. And for the 1st time the women are using a team format for their championships as well, Stanford is #1 and Cal #2,
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Stanford seeded behind Oregon ? what kind of travesty is this ?
 
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JW10S

Hall of Fame
Looking forward to seeing the UCLA/USC final tomorrow. Ojai is this quaint, beautiful, idealic little town that turns raucous when the PAC 12 finals are played. It's standing room only and a lot of fun for the players and the fans.
 
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
JW10S said:
Looking forward to seeing the UCLA/USC final tomorrow. Ojai is this quaint, beautiful, idealic little town that turns raucous when the PAC 12 finals are played. It's standing room only and a lot of fun for the players and the fans.
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http://www.ojaitourney.org/

WOW, what a match by Brandon Holt........ this guy hit some amazing forehands to beat Brymer and win Pac-12 for USC. Why was Brymer hitting to his forehand in that 3rd set ?????????????? Stupid coaching ,, perhaps
 
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Clemson_tennis

Legend
Arizona looks improved this year. They are soundly being lower caliber teams rather than struggling with them and also gave Oklahoma a good match. They are probably still bottom of the Pac 12, but could be a tough out this year than they have been in previous seasons.
 
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
JW10S said:
Looking forward to seeing the UCLA/USC final tomorrow. Ojai is this quaint, beautiful, idealic little town that turns raucous when the PAC 12 finals are played. It's standing room only and a lot of fun for the players and the fans.
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Is USC and UCLA too scared to make the trip this weekend ? can't say I blame them after seeing these two future ATP superstars. They will be waiting for them at the Farm.

Geller_Fawcett.jpg
 
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
With this win, surely the Cardinal will claim the #1 spot in NCAA and will be favored to win the ITA indoors in few weeks.

No. 10 Stanford 6, No. 5 USC 1

DOUBLES
1) Holt/Smith (USC) d. Genender/Kumar (STAN) 6-4
2) Fawcett/Geller (STAN) d. Jaede/Verboven (USC) 7-5
3) Timothy Sah/Wilczynski (STAN) d. Smith/Smolicki (USC) 7-6 (6)
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

SINGLES
1) No. 101 Tom Fawcett (STAN) d. No. 13 Brandon Holt (USC) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
2) Axel Geller (STAN) d. No. 49 Logan Smith (USC) 6-4, 7-5
3) Sameer Kumar (STAN) d. Laurens Verboven (USC) 6-3, 6-3
4) David Wilczynski (STAN) d. Jack Jaede (USC) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
5) Eric Fomba (STAN) d. Thibault Forget (USC) 7-5, 7-6 (5)
6) Jake DeVine (USC) d. William Genesen (STAN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1, 5, 6, 4
 
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