Women's NCAA tourney 2024

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assuming Texas finishes off their 3-1 lead over GT (rain interrupted but now have returned to the courts):

14/16 seeds will have advanced, with the exceptions being:
Miami over UF (poor performance from 4-6 singles today, losing despite winning doubles point and dominating 2-3 singles)
Vandy over Ohio St

conferences in final 16:
ACC (4) - Miami, UVA, UNC, NCSU
SEC (4) - Tenn, Vandy, UGA, A&M
PAC (4) - Stanford, UCLA, USC, Cal
Big 12 (2) - Ok ST, Texas
Big 10 (1) - Mich
WCC (1) - Pepperdine

it's interesting to me that the Ivy League is currently more of a factor on the men's side than the women's side - would think many of these ladies would be just as aware as the men that WTA tour isn't their future and they can parlay their tennis skills into a big name undergrad degree - but doesn't happen as much as on the men's side
 
mikej said:
it's interesting to me that the Ivy League is currently more of a factor on the men's side than the women's side - would think many of these ladies would be just as aware as the men that WTA tour isn't their future and they can parlay their tennis skills into a big name undergrad degree - but doesn't happen as much as on the men's side
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IMO this is 100% fault of coaches
 
Just summarized at The Sabre, also noting next year's conference alignments:

For this year's conference alignment:

ACC 4 (UVA, UNC, NCSU, Miami upsets #14 Florida)
PAC 4 (Stanford, UCLA, Cal, USC)
SEC 4 (Georgia, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Vanderbilt upsets #12 Ohio State)
Big 12 2 (Oklahoma State and Texas)
Big 10 1 (Michigan)
WCC 1 (Pepperdine)

Based on next year's conference alignment:

ACC 6 (add Cal and Stanford from PAC)
SEC 5 (add Texas from Big 12)
Big 10 3 (add USC and UCLA from PAC)
Big 12 1
WCC 1
 
mikej said:
it's interesting to me that the Ivy League is currently more of a factor on the men's side than the women's side - would think many of these ladies would be just as aware as the men that WTA tour isn't their future and they can parlay their tennis skills into a big name undergrad degree - but doesn't happen as much as on the men's side
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I was thinking how the Ivies underachieve. Two years ago, 10 of the 25 girls on the blue chip list went to Ivy schools, making up this year's sophomore class. I think girls are parlaying their tennis status into Ivy admissions, but not much comes of it.

Although, I attended the UVA-Princeton match today, and the 4-0 final does not do justice to how tough it was and how well the Princeton women hit the ball and made some spectacular shots.

I don't think the Ivies schedule well enough to get seeded and to be 100% prepared for the NCAA tournament.
 
ClarkC said:
For this year's conference alignment:
ACC 4 (UVA, UNC, NCSU, Miami upsets #14 Florida)
PAC 4 (Stanford, UCLA, Cal, USC)
SEC 4 (Georgia, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Vanderbilt upsets #12 Ohio State)
Big 12 2 (Oklahoma State and Texas)
Big 10 1 (Michigan)
WCC 1 (Pepperdine)

Based on next year's conference alignment:
ACC 6 (add Cal and Stanford from PAC)
SEC 5 (add Texas from Big 12)
Big 10 3 (add USC and UCLA from PAC)
Big 12 1
WCC 1
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nice, yeah overall the ACC and SEC are increasingly leaving everyone else behind
 
Oklahoma State suffers two injuries, one serious (Lucia Peyre retires at #3 singles in the second game of the Tennessee match with a knee injury). Suddenly their amazing season is in jeopardy due to some terrible luck.
 
Clemson_tennis said:
This would be a disastrous loss for them after an unbeaten year with a chance to play the final 8 at home
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yeah that's as brutal a finish to an otherwise undefeated season as i can recall, men's or women's

undefeated, take the dubs point in rd of 16, hours away from clinching final 8 on home courts...then two disastrous singles courts (would be interesting to hear what the injuries were, odd things like twisted ankles or what? seems too early in either match to have cramped...) and losing an 8-6 3rd set TB...yeesh

perhaps all the more brutal that many of them will have to hang around to wait for individuals, watch the final 8 teams, and wonder what could have been

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mikej said:
yeah that's as brutal a finish to an otherwise undefeated season as i can recall, men's or women's

undefeated, take the dubs point in rd of 16, hours away from clinching final 8 on home courts...then two disastrous singles courts (would be interesting to hear what the injuries were, odd things like twisted ankles or what? seems too early in either match to have cramped...) and losing an 8-6 3rd set TB...yeesh

perhaps all the more brutal that many of them will have to hang around to wait for individuals, watch the final 8 teams, and wonder what could have been

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I'm wondering too what was Carrington's injury... She called for the trainer, but didn't appear to have any obvious injury

Almost has to wonder a little: did the pressure get to them? Novak at 6 lost for the first time all year, tight sets throughout.... A coach of a team that was eliminated on Friday told me that kind of pressure could easily get to them (hosting, undefeated, first ever title)

Speaking of the tournament, I did talk to a few coaches of top 20 teams and they didn't think there is a clear favorite in the remaining field. The weather looks wet for Thursday and parts of Friday. This could impact teams if the matches are indoors (benefit Michigan/UVA; hinder UCLA/Pepp/Stanford/TAMU)
 
mikej said:
yeah that's as brutal a finish to an otherwise undefeated season as i can recall, men's or women's

undefeated, take the dubs point in rd of 16, hours away from clinching final 8 on home courts...then two disastrous singles courts (would be interesting to hear what the injuries were, odd things like twisted ankles or what? seems too early in either match to have cramped...) and losing an 8-6 3rd set TB...yeesh

perhaps all the more brutal that many of them will have to hang around to wait for individuals, watch the final 8 teams, and wonder what could have been

sports...
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Peyre was holding her knee and screaming in the second game at #3. Injury at #4 just led to hobbling around, finished the match but with no real hope.
 
ClarkC said:
Peyre was holding her knee and screaming in the second game at #3. Injury at #4 just led to hobbling around, finished the match but with no real hope.
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Wild - serious leg injuries are mighty rare in tennis - twice in one season to a group of singles starters is probably unusual - twice in a match, bonkers
 
TAMU women must have had injury issues mid season? They started out ranked top 5 high, ended up seeded 13 for NCAAs, but have handled the 4 and 5 seeds handily. Or was it simply a tough schedule and some close losses they maybe could have won?
 
bluetrain4 said:
TAMU women must have had injury issues mid season? They started out ranked top 5 high, ended up seeded 13 for NCAAs, but have handled the 4 and 5 seeds handily. Or was it simply a tough schedule and some close losses they maybe could have won?
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adding Branstine at end of season helped them have a superstar #1/2 punch
 
Clemson_tennis said:
Tennessee dream run continues. Big guts from Cabezas
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Kudos to the Lady Vols. Watched an interview of Coach Ojeda on CR and was mighty impressed by her approach and ideas for the program. A final four while flying under the radar is icing on the cake. I hope they become a staple elite program. Also three of the final four belonging to the SEC is a subtle reminder of the shift in balance of power away from the ACC in women’s tennis.
 
Sureshot said:
Also three of the final four belonging to the SEC is a subtle reminder of the shift in balance of power away from the ACC in women’s tennis.
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I'm not sure how much that is the case, rather it should be that the SEC is having a great NCAA tournament this year. IMO, the ACC had one/two amazing year due to the tremendous influx of talent at programs that are not traditional tennis powerhouses (e.g. NC State)
 
Sureshot said:
Kudos to the Lady Vols. Watched an interview of Coach Ojeda on CR and was mighty impressed by her approach and ideas for the program. A final four while flying under the radar is icing on the cake. I hope they become a staple elite program. Also three of the final four belonging to the SEC is a subtle reminder of the shift in balance of power away from the ACC in women’s tennis.
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agree Tenn seems to have found a winner in Ojeda
 
Sureshot said:
Kudos to the Lady Vols. Watched an interview of Coach Ojeda on CR and was mighty impressed by her approach and ideas for the program. A final four while flying under the radar is icing on the cake. I hope they become a staple elite program. Also three of the final four belonging to the SEC is a subtle reminder of the shift in balance of power away from the ACC in women’s tennis.
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yea i guess. but then at #1 deciding match, UCLA choked big time. you have the NCAA champion from 2023 playing for you at #1 singles to decide wether you go on or not,,, normally you would think you got a good shot.......... But then defending champ chokes in the 3rd set and makes ton of unforced errors from the Backhand side,, it was like watching 4.0 backhand or something. It was hillarious....
 
Momentum with Texas A&M on all remaining courts, and a 3-1 lead.

I don't pay for ESPN+, so let me say that these are the worst LiveStats ever, and I have seen some bad ones in college tennis.
 
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Momentum with Texas A&M on all remaining courts, and a 3-1 lead.

I don't pay for ESPN+, so let me say that these are the worst LiveStats ever, and I have seen some bad ones in college tennis.
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It's no better on ESPN+. I mean, for $10/month, how hard is it to keep score?
 
TAMU wins the women's title. Doubles point and off to a fast start in singles. THEN, Georgia started turning around a lot of matches, winning some second sets or narrowing TAMU set leads, maybe looking like they could make it match - especially when they briefly tied it at 1-1. But, then TAMU essentially turned around Georgia's turnaround.
 
Does anybody know the serve win percentage in D1 women's tennis? It feels sub-60% watching these matches.
 
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How much more generous is college tennis than pro tennis when it comes to unforced errors? I'm pretty sure I'm watching a lot more than what's on the stat sheet.
 
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