Ohio State Men's Tennis (2014/2019/2024 ITA Indoor National Champs, 17 Straight B1G Titles)

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Sunday’s match with tsun will decide the B1G east champions, the team is going to be hungry after they lost 3-4 up north.
Buckeyes hold a head to head win vs. Illinois so it appears ....
The conference tournament champion will receive the auto bid to the ncaa.
Big ten decision to forbid its teams from playing outside the conference has not helped the Buckeyes in the Ita computer rankings .
the Bucks Now sit outside the top 25.
Will be interesting to see how the ncaa will seed and award the 16 initial round host sites to teams.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Sunday’s match with tsun will decide the B1G east champions, the team is going to be hungry after they lost 3-4 up north.
Buckeyes hold a head to head win vs. Illinois so it appears ....
The conference tournament champion will receive the auto bid to the ncaa.
Big ten decision to forbid its teams from playing outside the conference has not helped the Buckeyes in the Ita computer rankings .
the Bucks Now sit outside the top 25.
Will be interesting to see how the ncaa will seed and award the 16 initial round host sites to teams.

Just sayin': This time around the Buckeyes need to win the (all important) doubles point.

 

[LitlBuck]

Big ten decision to forbid its teams from playing outside the conference has not helped the Buckeyes in the Ita computer rankings .

Kevin Warren

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[ScriptOhio]

There's still some hope, but the Buckeyes need to win 3 of the remaining 4 matches.

Updates:

 

[ScriptOhio]

3. Trotter tied 6-1, 2-6, 5-5*
5. Tracy tied 4-6, 7-5, 1-1

Now the Buckeyes need to win both of these.

Update:







It's all up to Tracy now.

 

[ScriptOhio]

This is for all the marbles:

 

[ScriptOhio]

What a comeback!!!

Tracy Wins: 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Buckeyes beat scUM 4-3.

scUM still SUCKS!!!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Incredible hard-fought effort today but Michigan comes up short 4-3

It was a very close match, they came up about this much short (again):

 

[gracelhink]

What a crazy and Wild match, all kinds of momentum shifts with some young Bucks rising to the challenge and contributing for a big team win and B1G east co championship.
I commented to a fan after Seelig got a win to make it 1-1 and a shift of mo, that Bucks could still very easily lose this match 6-1,
Can’t say enough for Big game James Trotter who was extremely sharp in a third set tie breaker.
Sophomore Cannon K brought out the fire power in the third set. So after his match he removed his shirt, and showed off his guns even though they Couldn't be confused for Cannons.
I marveled at the gutsy effort from true Freshman JJ Tracey, down a break in the second and another in the third, he battled cramps but raised his game at critical moments and gave the fans a performance to remember. Love how he kicked in a level of consistency that a big lefty from TSUN could not handle.
Bucks will get some rest, await the seed decisions for the Big ten tourney at Nebraska in two weeks.
Then with some adjustments look toward possible host site for the NCAAs in May.
Go Bucks!

 

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Twitter is all over the discrepancy and inadequacy with the ita ranking system.
yes we can blame the big ten but when an undefeated player the caliber of Kingsley doesn't make the ita top 125 something is terribly wrong...
Not going to be pretty for ita team selection and seeding either.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[ScriptOhio]

Bucks will get some rest, await the seed decisions for the Big ten tourney at Nebraska in two weeks.
Then with some adjustments look toward possible host site for the NCAAs in May.
Go Bucks!

2021 NCAA spring championships selection show schedule

• Division I men's tennis: 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 3 | NCAA.com stream

Just sayin': There was a NCAA proposal this last February that this year all the Super Regionals will be in Orlando too:

Championship format. The committee is proposing to move the super-regional round of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships from campus sites to Orlando, Florida, which is the final site for the 2021 championships.

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/tennis/d1/Feb2021D1XTE_Report.pdf

 

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B1G tournament draw was posted and Bucks captured #1 seed in east division, tsun will potentially face #1 seed Illinois in the lower bracket semifinal.