Final Men's Team Rankings

The ITA actually put these final team rankings out last week on May 25th but I didn't make a release because I didn't want it to get lost in the shuffle with the NCAA Tournament still in progress.

The national champion Virginia Cavaliers finished at the top spot while UCLA finished at No. 2 and TCU finished at No. 3. Oklahoma made the biggest jump in the top 10 by rising four spots from No. 10 to No. 6 after making a run to the finals. Cal moved up four spots as well by coming up from No. 13 to No. 9 after making it all the way to the semifinals.

Stanford and SMU had the biggest increases with each coming up eight spots to No. 21 and No. 22 respectively after each made it to the NCAA Round of 16.

McDonald Pulls Off the Double with Redlicki; Austin and Keegan Chomp up the Bears

The 2015-16 season officially came to a close on Sunday afternoon in Tulsa with both doubles finals ending in pretty lopsided matches (Photos Courtesy of Bill Kallenberg/Captured In Action).

Mackenzie McDonald and Danielle Collins Reign Supreme in Singles

UCLA junior Mackenzie McDonald and Virginia senior Danielle Collins both cruised to straight set wins in the finals of the NCAA Singles Championships on an overcast Memorial Day in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Photos Courtesy of Bill Kallenberg/Captured In Action).

McDonald entered the tournament with an ITA ranking of No. 6 and was also the No. 6 seed while Torpegaard came in as the top ranked and top seeded player. McDonald was seeking to become the 12th Bruin in school history to win the NCAA Men's Singles Title while Mikael Torpegaard was trying to become the 2nd Buckeye to achieve the grand feat.

Torpegaard got off to a good start by breaking McDonald on the deciding point to go up 1-0 but McDonald broke back on the deciding point to even it at 1-1. McDonald would hold for 2-1 and then break for 3-1 and then it'd be five straight holds to close out the opening set which went to McDonald by a 6-3 score. McDonald broke Torpegaard to start the second set and then held for 2-0. It would be all holds up until the final game which saw McDonald break Torpegaard on the deciding point to win it 6-3, 6-3.

NCAA Singles/Doubles Finals

Below is Monday's schedule and there will be a live broadcast with announcers that will be available at this link. The non-sound streaming links with live scoring will be active so you can follow those as well.

Women's Final

#2 [2] Danielle Collins (Virginia) def. #1 [1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina) 6-3, 6-2

Men's Finals

#6 [6] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. #1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) 6-3, 6-3

Women's Doubles Finals

#3 [3] Brooke Austin-Kourtney Keegan (Florida) def. #4 [4] Maegan Manasse-Denise Starr (California) 6-2, 6-0

Men's Doubles Finals

#2 [2] Mackenzie McDonald-Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. #8 Arthur Rinderknech-Jackson Withrow (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-1

NCAA Singles/Doubles Semifinals - McDonald Makes Singles & Doubles Final

It'll be an All-American and All-ACC NCAA Women's Singles Final as both of the top seeds, North Carolina's Hayley Carter and Virginia's Danielle Collins, pulled out victories in their semifinal matches.

Hayley Carter (Photo by Bill Kallenberg CapturedInAction.Com)

John Roddick Leaves Oklahoma for.........Central Florida!!

In a stunning development it was announced this evening that John Roddick is stepping down as head coach at University Oklahoma to take over as Director of Tennis and head men's coach at the University of Central Florida. Roddick just finished up his seventh year in Norman after guiding OU to its third consecutive national runner-up finish. Prior to Roddick's arrival in Norman, OU had never made it past the NCAA Round of 16 so the job he did in those seven years was nothing short of phenomenal. If Roddick had stayed at OU for an eighth season he would have most likely had to replace his top two players with Axel Alvarez graduating and Andrew Harris possibly turning pro.

Colette Lewis also conducted an interview with Roddick that talked about his decision to make the move so make sure you check that out at this link.

Central Florida started playing tennis in 1972 at the Division II level and moved up to Division I in the early 80s. UCF has only made it to the NCAA Tournament on three occasions though I expect that to change in the near future.

NCAA Singles/Doubles Semifinals

Women's Semifinals (Noon CT) - Live Scoring/Video

#1 [1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina) vs. #8 [8] Sinead Lohan (Miami (FL)
#2 [2] Danielle Collins (Virginia) vs. #6 [7] Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine)

Men's Semifinals (2 p.m. CT) - Live Scoring/Video

#1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) vs. #5 [5] Cameron Norrie (TCU) 

#6 [6] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) vs. #14 [9-16] Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech)

Women's Doubles Semifinals (4 p.m. CT) - Live Scoring/Video

#2 [1] Hayley Carter-Whitney Kay (North Carolina) vs. #4 [4] Maegan Manasse-Denise Starr (California)
#3 [3] Brooke Austin-Kourtney Keegan (Florida) vs. #7 [5-8] Catherine Harrison-Kyle McPhillips (UCLA)

Men's Doubles Semifinals (6 p.m. CT) - Live Scoring/Video

#8 Arthur Rinderknech-Jackson Withrow (Texas A&M) vs. #63 David Biosca-Rogerio Ribeiro (ETSU)
#2 [2] Mackenzie McDonald-Martin Redlicki (UCLA) vs. #15 Alex Lawson-Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame)

NCAA Singles/Doubles Quarterfinals

Ohio State sophomore, and ITA No. 1, Mikael Torpegaard became the first Buckeye since Blaz Rola in 2013 to advance to the NCAA semifinals. Torpegaard booked his spot with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Wake Forest freshman Petros Chrysochos. 

Post-Match Comments from Torp:

On what it’s like to move on to the semifinals as the No. 1 seed...
“It’s a relief. Playing with a target on my back its nice to come out to this match really feeling that I am playing the game I want to. I am taking the initiative in the points, and playing the points in my premises and that’s a great feeling to leave the court with today.” 

On what he takes most from today moving on to semifinals... 

“Right now I have the wind in my back. I started out this tournament struggling a little bit with my serve, but I feel like every match it has just got better and better. I can only hope for the match tomorrow to be even better, because I really need to play my best level of tennis to beat these guys.” 

NCAA Singles/Doubles Round of 16 Results

Mikael Torpegaard, Skander Mansouri, Mackenzie McDonald, and Dominik Koepfer were the guys still playing in both the singles and doubles draw coming into today while Hayley Carter, Danielle Collins, Breunna Addison, Luisa Stefani, and Maegan Manasse were the girls still in both.

Mackenzie McDonald was the only guy to advance to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles while Hayley Carter was the only girl to do it.

According to TRN's projections Mackenzie McDonald has the highest probability (30%) of winning on the men's side followed by Mikael Torpegaard (18%) and Aleks Vukic (13%). Danielle Collins has the highest probability (30%) of winning on the women's side followed by Hayley Carter (20%).

Men’s Round of 16

#1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) def. #39 Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss) 6-4, 6-4

#27 Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) def. #16 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 

#9 [9-16] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia) def. #3 [3] Dominik Koepfer (Tulane) 6-2, 6-1

#5 [5] Cameron Norrie (TCU) def. #47 Dominic Cotrone (South Florida) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

#14 [9-16] Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech) def. #8 [8] Ryan Shane (Virginia) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2

#4 [4] Aleks Vukic (Illinois) def. #28 Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina) 6-4, 6-1

#6 [6] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. #13 [9-16] Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest) 6-1, 6-2

#2 [2] Roberto Cid (South Florida) def. #65 Uros Petronijevic (San Diego) 6-4, 6-3

NCAA Singles/Doubles - Day 2 Results

Men's seeds faired well on Day 2 by going 10-2 with Stanford's Tom Fawcett and Florida State's Benjamin Lock the two seeded losers.

Women's seeds took care of business too by going 9-3 with Georgia's Ellen Perez, Cal's Klara Fabikova, and Michigan's Ronit Yurovsky bowing out.

Men’s Singles Second Round

#1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) def. #29 William Bushamuka (Kentucky) 7-6, 6-3

#39 Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss) def. #15 [9-16] Tom Fawcett (Stanford) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

#16 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) def. #52 Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-2

#27 Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) def. #53 Alfredo Perez (Florida) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(3)

NCAA Singles Championships - Day 1 Results

Tuesday was a pretty good day for the top 16 seeds with 12 of 16 on the men's side advancing to the second round while 14 of 16 on the women's side pulled through.

The biggest men's upset was Georgia Tech's Chris Eubanks, the No. 7 seed, going down to Texas A&M's Shane Vinsant 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

The biggest women's upset was Florida's Brooke Austin, the No. 4 seed, getting beat by Rice's Katherine Ip who had an ITA ranking of No. 104.

Singles will continue today with second round action while doubles gets started today with first round matches.

Guess Hoo Won It Again

The Virginia dynasty picked up another passenger today as the Cavaliers repeated as the NCAA Men's Tennis National Champions with a 4-1 win over No. 10 Oklahoma.

Taylor Davidson Clinches Stanford's 18th National Championship

Stanford junior Taylor Davidson clinched national title No. 18 for the Cardinal with a dramatic win over Vladica Babic in the deciding match at No. 2 singles. There was a huge orange-clad crowd of over 1600 on hand cheering every point but it wasn't enough to push Oklahoma State over the top.

The Clincher (Photo By Bill Kallenberg - CapturedInAction.com)

NCAA Championship Preview - Virginia/Oklahoma

[1] Virginia Cavaliers (29-4) vs. [11] Oklahoma Sooners (20-10) - Tuesday 6pm CT - Well here we are again with the same matchup as last year though for most of the regular season it didn't look like it would end up that way. Virginia had some ups and downs and had its ACC regular season and postseason winning streaks get snapped while Oklahoma lost 10, yes 10, matches and went out in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Both teams have hit their peak this week with the return of a pair of starters that missed most of the year with regular season injuries. Andrew Harris (knee/groin) is anchoring the OU lineup which has let everyone else slide down a spot while Alex Ritschard (shoulder) has helped strengthen the middle of the UVA lineup. 

These two actually met just a little over two months ago on these same courts in Tulsa with Virginia winning 4-3 though the match wasn't as close as the score. Aragone clinched at 4-1 but they played the remaining matches out with OU winning both. All six singles matches will be different this time due to Harris and Ritschard re-entering the lineup. 

Virginia won last year's final 4-1 in a match where Virginia was in control just about the entire time. There will be one rematch from that one with J.C. Aragone and Florin Bragusi matched up at No. 5 this year after playing at No. 6 last year. 

Rematch Time - Virginia/Oklahoma To Meet Once Again For The National Championship

It was an interesting day at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa with rain forcing one of the two semifinal matches indoors. Virginia had little trouble dispatching Cal in the indoor semifinal while Oklahoma won a 4-3 thriller in the nightcap which was played outdoors.

Sooners Win (Photo By Ty Russell - SoonerSports)

The Oklahoma/Georgia match was originally scheduled to start at 4 p.m. central time but due to periodic showers it was put on hold while Virginia and Cal went indoors with a 5:25 p.m. central start. The reason Virginia and Cal couldn't start until 5:25 was because the second women's semifinal didn't finish until 4:20 and neither Virginia or Cal had been able to hit since the morning so they needed an hour to get warmed up. Since Virginia was the highest remaining seed they were given the earlier start time which meant Oklahoma and Georgia had the chance to go outdoors if it dried up. The official starting time of 7 p.m. wasn't announced until close to 6 p.m. so a lot of the local OU fans probably didn't get the memo because the crowds weren't anywhere near what I thought they would be. Coincidentally the paid attendance of 1197 was actually the best this week but many of those fans came for the Oklahoma State women's match at 10 a.m. and were long gone by the time the men's matches started.

Orange Power - Oklahoma State Stuns #1 Cal 4-3

What has already been a great story has now morphed into something on a mythical level after the local favorite Oklahoma State Cowgirls stunned top ranked California 4-3. The Cowgirls started the match off the same way they have started all but one of them off and that was with the doubles point in their back pocket. OSU won the doubles point for the 31st time in 32 matches after picking up a 6-0 win at No. 3 and a 6-2 win at No. 2.

NCAA Semifinal Preview - Virginia/Cal & Georgia/Oklahoma

[1] Virginia Cavaliers (28-4) vs. [13] Cal Bears (21-6) - Monday 4pm CT - Virginia advanced to its seventh straight NCAA semifinals with a 4-0 shellacking of Florida while Cal advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1991 after winning a 4-3 thriller over Ohio State. These teams last met in the quarterfinals of the 2014 National Team Indoors in Houston though only a handful of guys were on those teams. Cal has been the cinderella story on the men's side after taking out the No. 4 and No. 5 while Virginia played its best tennis yesterday in its match against Florida. If Virginia plays like it did in that match there isn't anyone that's going to beat them in these next two days.  

Cal and Oklahoma Win Thrillers While Virginia and Georgia Roll

Sunday was unbelievable day to be in Tulsa with two heart-pounding 4-3 thrillers with the Cal and Ohio State match coming down to a third set tiebreak to decide the winner. The crowds were a little light around noon central but by 1 p.m. the stands were filling up and by the time the Cal/Ohio State match came to a conclusion it was standing room only. The actual paid attendance was just over 1100 but by the time you added in coaches, players, volunteers, and media you probably had close to 1400 people crammed in there which made for a great environment.

NCAA Quarterfinals Preview - Virginia/Florida, Ohio State/Cal, UNC/UGA, Oklahoma/UCLA

[1] Virginia Cavaliers (27-4) vs. [9] Florida Gators (21-6) - Noon CT - Virginia moved into the quarterfinals after pulling out a hard fought 4-2 win over Oklahoma State while Florida's bottom of the lineup help propel them to a 4-0 win over SMU. Virginia won the regular season meeting in Gainesville 5-2 and it looks like the top three spots in the lineup will all be rematches. Virginia is trying to make it back to the NCAA semifinals for the seventh year in a row while Florida last made the semis in 2005. Florida has won its last nine matches while Virginia has won its last three. 

Doubles Records: Virginia 27-4, Florida 22-5

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 86, Florida 84

Cowboys Prod The Buckeyes & Cal Rides Out The Wave

The Cinderella team of this year's NCAA Tournament kept its magic going on Saturday as the local team, Oklahoma State, stunned No. 4 Ohio State 4-2 in front of a large pro-Cowboys crowd in Tulsa. 

Vanderbilt Vanquishes Virginia & Stanford Out Muscles Michigan

One half of the women's semifinals are set after both Vanderbilt and Stanford came through their respective quarterfinal matches against Virginia and Michigan.

While the scores of the two matches look fairly similar in reality they didn't have much in common. Vanderbilt absolutely crushed Virginia in doubles winning at both No. 2 and No. 3 by 6-0 scores. The match at No. 2 finished in 24 minutes while the match at No. 3 took 26 minutes.

Georgia Rallies Past USC, Oklahoma Whips Wake, UCLA Tops Stanford, Florida and North Carolina Roll

After a great first half of the day in Tulsa we were treated to a gem in the evening as Georgia and USC went toe-to-toe for the better part of three hours. USC came into the round of 16 with the worst doubles winning percentage (.409) out of the teams still left in the field but that didn't stop them from getting off to a quick start against Georgia.

USC's No. 1 team of Nick Crystal and Laurens Verboven opened the match by holding on the deciding point to take a 1-0 lead and then they'd break Austin Smith to go up 2-0. Crystal held for 3-0 before Ben Wagland finally put Georgia on the board with a hold for 1-3. Verboven held on the deciding point for 4-1 and then USC broke Austin Smith on the deciding point to go up 5-1. Crystal went up 40-15 on his next service game but had to hit a service winner on the deciding point to win it 6-1.

Ohio State Outlasts Texas & Virginia Holds Off Oklahoma State

I think we now know that nothing is going to be easy for anyone in this year's NCAA Tournament as evidenced by yesterday's women's matches and today's first three men's matches.

Ohio State and Texas were supposed to start at 9 a.m. this morning but due to the wet courts outside they got put on hold and stayed on hold for a while. It seemed like the plan was to have them play indoors after the conclusion of the TCU/Cal match but the decision was made to move them outdoors so at 12:12 p.m. central time doubles finally begin under grey skies.

Cal Wins A 4-3 Thriller To Kick Off Friday's Schedule

Well that didn't take long - we already have our first upset of the day as No. 13 California withstood a late rally by TCU to hold on for a 4-3 win. The match was supposed to be played outdoors but it had to be played indoors since the courts were still wet from yesterday's rain plus there was still a light mist in the air up until about 10:30 a.m.

Cal dropped the doubles point in the regular season meeting but then took over in singles and won 4-2; today Cal got off to the quick start in doubles by going up early breaks on a few courts but closing them out wouldn't be easy.

Women's Round of 16 - Upsets Rule The Day

Projected Lineups

Round of 16 Schedule - Tulsa, OK - Thursday
[3] North Carolina vs. [14] Virginia - 10am ET/9am CT - UVA 4-2
[6] Vanderbilt vs. [11] Auburn  - 10am ET/9am CT - Vanderbilt 4-0
[7] Miami vs. [10] Michigan - 1pm ET/Noon CT - Michigan 4-3
[2] Florida vs. [15] Stanford - 1pm ET/Noon CT - Stanford 4-3
[1] California vs. [16] Texas Tech - 5pm ET/4pm CT - Cal 4-0
[8] Pepperdine vs. [17-32] Texas - 5pm ET/4pm CT - Pepperdine 4-0
[5] Georgia vs. [12] Oklahoma State - 8pm ET/7pm CT - Oklahoma State 4-0
[4] Ohio State vs. [17-32] Georgia Tech - 8pm ET/7pm CT - Live Scoring - Ohio State 4-2

Links to Note:
Host Site
Live Scoring/Video
Live Scoring/Video (Stillwater)

NCAA Round of 16 Previews - UCLA/Stanford, Wake/Oklahoma, Georgia/USC, UNC/Miss St

[3] UCLA Bruins (24-2) vs. [17-32] Stanford Cardinal (15-10)  - Friday 8pm ET - UCLA booked its spot in the Sweet 16 after shutting out both Weber State and San Diego while Stanford knocked off Notre Dame 4-1 and Northwestern 4-3. UCLA is the only team to make the Sweet 16 every year since the tournament was expanded to 64 teams in 1999 while Stanford is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012. This will be the fourth meeting of the year with UCLA taking the previous three. 

Interesting notes: Stanford won the doubles point in each of those three previous matches yet UCLA came back and won each time. UCLA will have played the exact same singles lineup in all four matches while Tom Fawcett is the only Stanford player to have stayed in the same spot all year. Michael Genender started the year at #6 singles but has worked his way up to #2. 

NCAA Round of 16 Previews - Virginia/Oklahoma State, Florida/SMU, Ohio State/Texas, TCU/Cal

[1] Virginia Cavaliers (26-4) vs. [16] Oklahoma State Cowboys (20-7) - 1pm ET - Virginia advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 4-0 win over Monmouth and a 4-1 win over Penn State while Oklahoma State beat Bryant and Arkansas 4-0. Oklahoma State will only be playing 75 miles from its Stillwater campus so it should have a good amount of fan support but it'll take a Herculean effort to get past Virginia. 

Doubles Records: Virginia 26-4, Oklahoma State 18-8

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 86, Oklahoma State 82

FloSports and ITA Partnership, Tulsa Weather, Michigan Appeal Denied, Who Plays Good Doubles

This morning it was announced that FloSports and the ITA have entered into a five-year agreement where FloSports will provide live streaming for up to 15 ITA events per year including all ITA National Championships (Men's and Women's All-American, Men's and Women's D1 and D3 National Team Indoors) in a paid subscription model.  This is going to be nice for all the events where streaming wasn't available but it'll be interesting to see what changes on the events where streaming was provided for free. Here is the full release from the ITA that you can read at your convenience.

NCAA Women's Round of 16 - By The Numbers

Yesterday I gave you all the men's numbers now today let's go through the women's numbers.

I have them broken down by team, player, winning percentage, Universal Tennis Rating, ITA Ranking, country, and then broken down by individual position. It'll probably be easier to view them on the google doc at this link.

NCAA Men's Round of 16 - By The Numbers (Whole Lot Of Them)

The regional rounds are over so now we can look forward to Friday's Round of 16. Before I start in on my match previews I wanted to let everyone see the figures on each team's top seven singles players.

I have them broken down by team, player, winning percentage, Universal Tennis Rating, ITA Ranking, ATP ranking, country, and then broken down by individual position. It'll probably be easier to view them on the google doc at this link.

Chaotic Sunday - SMU, Texas, and Stanford Pull Off Upsets

What a crazy day it was on Sunday with not one, not two, but three regional hosts going down. The day started off in College Station with the resumption of Saturday's match between Texas A&M and Texas and it finished in Lubbock with SMU kicking the door down and stunning Texas Tech.

When the season started if you told me that Texas would be in Tulsa for the NCAA Round of 16 I would have told you to go see a doctor. Well Texas made a believer of me and many today after going into enemy territory and knocking off Texas A&M in a 4-3 thriller.

The match originally began on Saturday but after Texas A&M took the doubles point the match was stopped early in singles due to rain. Play resumed Sunday morning at 11am central and within a matter of minutes Texas had five first sets in the bag after Rodrigo Banzer, Adrian Ortiz, and George Goldhoff closed out sets on 4, 2, and 1.

Sunday Score Update

Second Round:
[1] Virginia def. [33-48] Penn State 4-1
[2] North Carolina def. [17-32] Tulane 4-0
[5] Ohio State def. [33-48] Virginia Tech 4-2
[7] Georgia def. [33-48] Baylor 4-1
[17-32] SMU def. [8] Texas Tech 4-2
[9] Florida def. [17-32] South Florida 4-0
[13] Cal def. [17-32] Ole Miss 4-0
[17-32] Stanford def. [14] Northwestern 4-3
[16] Oklahoma State def. [17-32] Arkansas 4-0
[17-32] Texas def. [12] Texas A&M 4-3

Saturday Recap: Mississippi State Routs Illinois, Wake Holds Off Michigan, USC Pulls Away From Ga Tech, & More

It's hard to believe that going into the fall Matt Roberts only had two returning players from his 2014-15 squad yet here we sit today with Mississippi State heading to the Round of 16 after routing Illinois 4-0.

State got off to a quick start in doubles and went up early breaks at No. 2 and No. 3. State's No. 3 team of Rishab Agarwal and Niclas Braun would win four straight games to go up 5-2 and they'd end up winning 6-3. State's Trevor Foshey and Luka Sucevic led 4-2 at No. 2 but Illinois's Alex Jesse and Aiden Jiang would end up breaking back and forcing a tiebreak. Before the tiebreak really got going State's No. 1 team of Mate Cutura and Vaughn Hunter would break serve to win 7-5 and clinch the doubles point. It was the first time since mid-February that State had won the doubles point in back-to-back matches.

Saturday Score Update

First Round:
[1] Virginia def. Monmouth 4-0
[2] North Carolina def. College of Charleston 4-0
[5] Ohio State def. Tennessee Tech 4-0
[7] Georgia def. South Carolina State 4-0
[8] Texas Tech def. New Mexico State 4-0
[9] Florida def. North Florida 4-0
[13] Cal def. Army 4-0

Friday Men's Recap - LSU and Oregon Pull Off Seeding Upsets

The opening day of the NCAA Tournament is in the books and as you can see from the scores below there were a few surprises. All the top seeds cruised with only Illinois yielding a point while a pair of 33-48 seeds pulled off mild upsets.

Friday Finals:
[3] UCLA def. Weber State 4-0
[4] TCU def. Jackson State 4-0
[6] Wake Forest def. Coastal Carolina 4-0
[10] USC def. UNLV 4-0
[11] Oklahoma def. UT Arlington 4-0
[12] Texas A&M def. George Washington 4-0
[15] Illinois def. Western Michigan 4-1
[17-32] Texas def. Lamar 4-0
[17-32] San Diego def. Vanderbilt 4-0
[17-32] Michigan def. East Tennessee State 4-3
[17-32] Georgia Tech def. UC Santa Barbara 4-1
[17-32] Mississippi State def. Memphis 4-1
[33-48] LSU def. Rice 4-3
[33-48] Oregon def. Tulsa 4-1

Bobby's Bracket

Here were all my picks listed out for what it's worth.

First Round:
[1] Virginia def. Monmouth 4-0
[17-32] Columbia def. Penn State 4-0
[16] Oklahoma State def. Bryant 4-0
[17-32] Arkansas def. Wichita State 4-2

NCAA Men's Tournament Facts & Figures

We are less than 24 hours away from the start of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. All 16 women's sites will play Friday/Saturday while 7 men's sites will do the same with the other 9 playing Saturday/Sunday.

Here are your live scoring links and daily schedules for all men's and women's matches

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: North Carolina & Illinois Regionals

North Carolina Regional
Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center - Chapel Hill, NC

[2] North Carolina Tar Heels (25-4) vs. [49-64] College of Charleston Cougars (19-6) - Saturday Noon ET - North Carolina got in as an at-large after falling to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament while Charleston punched its ticket by defeating UNC Wilmington in the finals of the Colonial Conference Tournament. Charleston went 1-5 against ranked opponents with the one win coming over UNC Wilmington. Charleston went 0-2 against ACC opponents falling to Virginia Tech and Clemson by a combined score of 13-1. Charleston has two starters that began their collegiate careers elsewhere with Juan Estevarena transferring in from Mississippi State while Garrett Gordon transferred in from Georgia Tech. 

Doubles Records: North Carolina 22-7, College of Charleston 15-9

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: North Carolina 84, College of Charleston 75

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: Georgia & USC Regionals

Georgia Regional
Dan Magill Tennis Complex - Athens, GA

[7] Georgia Bulldogs (20-4) vs. [49-64] South Carolina State Bulldogs (12-8) - Saturday 1pm ET - Georgia was awarded an at-large berth after falling to Florida in the finals of the SEC Tournament while South Carolina State got the MEAC's automatic berth for the eighth year in a row after defeating Florida A&M in the finals. SCSU played five teams that were ranked during the season and went 0-5 while being outscored 32-1. SCSU will be making its 14th all-time appearance at the NCAAs with a record of 0-13. 

Doubles Records: Georgia 16-7, South Carolina State 10-10

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Georgia 84, South Carolina State 74

NCAA D1 Bracket Challenge

Fill out your men's bracket and see how you do against the field - all just for fun so enjoy it!

2016 NCAA D1 Men's Championships
2016 NCAA D1 Women's Championships

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: Wake Forest & Oklahoma Regionals

Wake Forest Regional
Wake Forest Tennis Complex - Winston-Salem, NC

[6] Wake Forest Demon Deacons (29-5) vs. [49-64] Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (21-3) - Friday 3pm ET - Wake Forest earned the ACC's automatic berth after defeating No. 1 Virginia in the finals of the conference tournament while Coastal Carolina won the Big South's automatic berth after defeating Presbyterian 4-3. CCU only faced one ranked team this season with Duke shutting them out 4-0. 

Doubles Records: Wake Forest 27-6, Coastal Carolina 15-9

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Wake Forest 84, Coastal Carolina 75

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: UCLA & Northwestern Regionals

UCLA Regional
Sunset Canyon Recreation Center - Los Angeles, CA

[3] UCLA Bruins (22-2) vs. [49-64] Weber State Wildcats (14-7) - Friday 1pm PT - Both schools earned their conference's automatic berth after UCLA defeated Cal in the finals of the Pac-12 Tournament while Weber State punched its first ticket since 1992 with a win over Idaho in the finals of the Big Sky Tournament. Weber State went 0-3 against teams that were ranked at some point during the season the Wildcats losing to BYU, Utah, and UC Irvine by a combined score of 18-2. 

Note: These matches will be played at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, which is on the campus of UCLA, instead of the Los Angeles Tennis Center due to construction of the new football and basketball training facilities.

Doubles Records: UCLA 18-6, Weber State 13-8

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: UCLA 85, Weber State 72

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: TCU & Cal Regionals

TCU Regional
Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center - Fort Worth, TX

[4] TCU Horned Frogs (24-3) vs. [49-64] Jackson State Tigers (6-18) - Friday 1pm CT - The only similarity between these two is that they both earned their leagues automatic berth with TCU defeating Texas Tech to win the Big 12 while Jackson State beat Alabama State to win the SWAC. TCU was one of the best teams in the country this year while Jackson State lost three times as many matches as they won. Jackson State won three matches in the SWAC, beat a D2 school, and beat a NAIA school twice while going 0-7 against ranked opponents. To make matters even worse Jackson State's post season roster does not include their usual No. 3 and No. 4 singles players, Miguel Martin Gomez and Stylianos Gkontsaris.  

Doubles Records: TCU 19-8, Jackson State 5-16

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: TCU 85, Jackson State 65

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: Ohio State & Texas A&M Regionals

Ohio State Regional
Stickney Tennis Center (Varsity Courts) - Columbus, OH

[5] Ohio State Buckeyes (30-2) vs. [49-64] Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (15-6) - Saturday 1pm ET - Ohio State earned the Big Ten's automatic berth after defeating Illinois in the finals of the conference tournament while Tennessee Tech earned the Ohio Valley's automatic berth after knocking off Eastern Kentucky in the finals. TTU will be playing without its No. 2 singles player, Alex Arovin, who was defaulted in the finals of the conference tournament so I'm guessing whatever he did must have carried at least a two-match suspension - rough way to end your collegiate career. 

Doubles Records: Ohio State 28-4, Tennessee Tech 11-10

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Ohio State 85, Tennessee Tech 74

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: Florida & Texas Tech Regionals

Florida Regional
Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex (Linder Stadium) - Gainesville, FL

[9] Florida Gators (18-6) vs. [49-64] North Florida Ospreys (11-11) - Saturday Noon ET - The Florida regional is the only regional that had all four teams get in after winning their conference tournament. Florida got the SEC's automatic bid after beating Georgia in the finals of the SEC Tournament while North Florida earned its first-ever NCAA berth after defeating USC-Upstate in the finals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Florida has won the doubles point nine straight times (7 of 9 opponents ranked inside top 50) and in fact they've only dropped three individual doubles matches in that nine-match span. UNF has won the doubles point in 12 of its last 13 matches though none of those opponents were ranked inside the top 50. 

Doubles Records: Florida 19-5, North Florida 14-6

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Florida 84, North Florida 78

NCAA First/Second Round Previews: Virginia & Oklahoma State Regionals

Virginia Regional
Snyder Tennis Center - Charlottesville, VA

[1] Virginia (24-4) vs. [49-64] Monmouth (11-9) - Saturday Noon ET - Virginia is the No. 1 overall seed though it got in as an at-large after losing to Wake Forest in the finals of the ACC Championship. Monmouth earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth after coming back from 3-0 down to beat Quinnipiac in the finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). 

Doubles Records: Virginia 24-4, Monmouth 11-8

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 86, Monmouth 72

Pre-NCAA Tournament Rankings Released

The final set of rankings that was used to determine the NCAA field for both teams and individuals was released on Thursday. There weren't many differences from what I projected on Monday with the men's at-large cut-off falling at No. 42 while the women's at-large cut-off was No. 43. The Alabama men missed the field by .08 while the Fresno State women missed the field .23.

The men's singles at-large cut-off was No. 56 since there were eight automatic qualifiers that were ranked below that number.  No. 57 Strong Kirchheimer is listed as the first alternate though past experience tells us that at least three or four alternates (if not more) will make it in due to people dropping out due to injury or fatigue.

Welcome Back Arizona State's Men's Tennis

Finally some good news on the men's tennis front - Arizona State is bringing back its men's tennis program .

Here is the full release from ASU which you can also read below and here was the video of the press conference.

2016 NCAA Men's Team Selections

NCAA Men's Field

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Master Lineups - seems to cut-off after Tulsa - others listed below

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2016 NCAA Women's Team Selections

NCAA Women's Field

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Final Women's Ranking Projections & Potential NCAA Selections & Seeds

64 teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament with that number comprised of 32 automatic qualifiers and 32 at-large bids (the AQs are at the bottom of the link). The at-large cut-off for the women's field ended up at 43 since there were 11 conference champions that were ranked in the top 43.

Final Men's Ranking Projections & Potential NCAA Selections

Well it has been one heck of a regular season but we are now officially headed to the postseason. The final regular season rankings were run twice to account for all the weekend's results and this set of rankings will be used to determine the NCAA Tournament field.

64 teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament with that number comprised of 31 automatic qualifiers and 33 at-large bids (the AQs are at the bottom of the link). The at-large cut-off for the men's field ended up at 42 since there were 9 conference champions that were ranked in the top 42. 

TCU Tops Texas Tech To Win the Big 12, Ohio State Is The King of the B1G, & More Conference Tournament Winners

Championship Sunday delivered some great matches throughout the country but the highest profile match took place in Stillwater as Texas Tech met TCU in the finals of the Big 12 Championships. The teams were regular season co-champs but Texas Tech got the No. 1 seed due to its win over TCU in the regular season.

Texas Tech won the doubles point in the regular season meeting and they'd do it again today after picking up a 7-5 win at No. 1 and a 6-4 win at No. 2.

MVC Finals: Wichita State Wins An Epic 4-3 Thriller

I thought I had seen it all after witnessing last year's 4-3 thriller but I think today's finish may have taken the cake. This was the sixth year in a row that Wichita State and Drake had met in the finals of the Missouri Valley Championships with Drake having won four of the last five. The weather in Wichita was definitely not ideal with match time temperatures right at 50 degrees, gray skies, and a stiff wind that was just under 20 miles per hour.

Wichita State came out fired up in doubles and would grab its first lead when Sergio de Vilchez and Eddie Stoica broke Calum MacGeoch to go up 3-1 at No. 3. Wichita State's No. 2 team of Miroslav Herzan and Haru Inoue would take their first lead when they broke Ben Lott to go up 4-2. Then seconds later Wichita State would go up a break at No. 1 when Jocelyn Devilliers and Tin Ostojic broke Bayo Philips to go up 3-2.