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Yall want to get updates on my 4.0 singles league too? Won 4&2 last night after facing a 2-4, 0-40 hole. Get some.
Yall want to get updates on my 4.0 singles league too? Won 4&2 last night after facing a 2-4, 0-40 hole. Get some.
Yall want to get updates on my 4.0 singles league too? Won 4&2 last night after facing a 2-4, 0-40 hole. Get some.
I think the head coach is, by far, the most important variable in college sports. After that I think the next most important variable is facilities, and then it's a mixture of location, history, and academics. The head coach and facilities combination allows for excellence in recruiting, which is the lifeblood of college sports. This is why if you put a bad coach in charge of UNC basketball (Doherty) they go 8-20, or in charge of UK basketball they get routed by Gardner-Webb and go to the NIT (Gillispie), or you put a great coach in charge of Butler (Stevens) and they go to back-to-back NCAA final games. In tennis, Boland took over a terrible UVA program and made them in to the top program in college tennis (they have won 3 of the past 4 national championships). Roddick did something similar at OU, taking a mediocre program and making them elite, with 3 straight NCAA final match appearances. I think a "top job" in college tennis is one with support of the administration, great facilities, and a top coach - both UCF and Wake have that right now.
Eh, I think you're overstating facilities importance. Look at UNC. They don't have a top 5 coach on the men's side and their facilities are nothing special. But they still get good players because of the prestige of the school, etc.
Thanks for the updates - keep 'em coming!
Ho lost 6-1, 7-6 today.
Eh, I think you're overstating facilities importance. Look at UNC. They don't have a top 5 coach on the men's side and their facilities are nothing special. But they still get good players because of the prestige of the school, etc.
The 2017 ITA Indoor site draft took place today. Wake will host GA State, Auburn, and Nebraska, which is a pretty favorable collection of teams. The head coach at GA State is Brett Ross, who played at Wake and was an assistant coach at Wake prior to going to GA State. He has done well there, and if Bresky were to leave I would think Ross would be an excellent option. Here are all the pods for the tourney http://www.itatennis.com/Events/Kick-OffWeekend/2017_Mens_Kickoff_Draft_Breakdown.htm
The UNC outdoor courts are nice with the adequate seating for fans to see the courts easily, at least on part of their courts.
But the UNC courts and seating are dated. The courts were built with only 12 feet dividing the courts. The standard is now 24 feet, which is what Wake has. With dividers. This means that balls from side courts don't interfere with play, ever. UNC's courts cannot claim this advantage and will have to be completely redone to bring them up to date.
And soon Wake will have more than adequate and very good seating in back of the courts for its fans to have great view of all the courts, 1 through 6. The new seating should be built in time for the WS Open.
I think because of the new and up to date facilities, both courts and seating, Wake will host the NCAA's in 2018, HB2 willing.
A few updates:
Today was the first round of the futures pro tourney at Wake. Uspensky won his first match in 3 sets. Uspensky and Jon Ho both won doubles matches. Max Kan and Ho play singles tomorrow.
I've read rumors that head assistant Jeremy Feldman is going to be the head coach at UNCC. I've also read that Eric Rutledge is transferring to Rice.
IMissRandolph; Dennis and Johnny both have tough singles matches tomorrow. I expect to see Skander and Petros to start showing up in Futures draws next week or the week after. Unfortunately said:I wasn't overly surprised about Rutledge. It seemed to me that he may not have fit in that well with the team.
I saw the speculation about Feldman in the comments section of an article by Bobby Knight (college tennis blogger).
Alex Lazarov lost in the semis in Bulgaria last week but picked up another 6 ATP points. He should be in the 900s next Monday when the new rankings are out. It looks like he is taking the week off from the ATP tour.
This week, as Rafi mentioned above, the US Futures is on Wake's campus. Great opportunity for WFU to give WCs to our players.
Dennis won in 3 sets yesterday vs a Brit who was a former #1 at UAB. Jon Ho won 6-1 in the 3rd today against Korey Lovett a top player at Alabama. Former Deac, David Hopkins, who appears to be back playing some, lost 7-6, 6-2 to a rising soph from UGA, and Max Kan lost 0 and 3 to Eric Quigley a former #1 player from Kentucky.
Dennis and Johnny both have tough singles matches tomorrow. I expect to see Skander and Petros to start showing up in Futures draws next week or the week after. Unfortunately, I also read that Eric Rutledge has transferred to Rice. Somewhat surprised, but it's possible that he knew from talking to Tony and Jeremy that he wasn't going to be in the top 6 next year. Still I hate to lose him, b/c I thought he had potential to play 6 next year and depth is key. That 6 spot now looks like Gadjiev or Kan, unless we sign someone else.
I have not seen or read anything about Jeremy going to UNCC. I would be surprised about this, but it is certainly possible. Rafi, can you post a link to where you saw that?
It's official that Feldman has been hired as the UNCC coach http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewA...93&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211024888&DB_OEM_ID=23200