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great question Calibuck
So this practice you describe has been called stacking and sometimes can offer an underdog team enough advantage to upset a stronger opponent.
The practice violates NCAA sportsmanship codes so NCAA has added some boundaries to protect the integrity of the lineup system.
Each player on a teams roster has a UTR Universal tennis ranking and a wtn (ranking system used by ITA).
I have read that coaches are required to show evidence from team challenge matches to justify their lineup when jumping a player w lower UTR or WTN above a higher UTR.
In dual meets coaches submit lineups in advance and in ita and ncaa tournaments opposing coaches have the right to challenge the submitted lineup. If challenge is successful the lineup is adjusted accordingly.
This seems to offer a better correction for attempts to stack.
I'm glad I re read this because I was gonna be one of "those" people lol . I originally read it saying utr is used by the ncaa.. But they switched to wtn as the official ranking either last year or 2024.
I almost had to become heavily invovled with wtn but I pushed back a little against it.
Bittle being back is huge for Oregon but I still don't expect them to win but clinging to a 63-62 lead with 1:05 left. Oregon just missed big back to back wide open 3s that could put them up 4
Big road game at Marshall out of conference today. I would guess Miami can lose 1 game max in the regular season and then if they lost in the conf tournament to a decent team would still get a bid.
2 regular season losses plus a conf tournament loss would probably be curtains with that terrible SOS and their best win vs Akron at home.
I would really like to see Miami OH go unbeaten then lose in the finals to Akron or Kent State and the MAC get 2 teams. That is what would be best for the conference and the NCAA tournament to have 2 good mid majors in the dance.
Indiana gets a home court BS foul call with 2.8 secs left as Wilkerson was falling down and the defender just backs up and lets him fall and the ref calls a foul with Indiana down 1 with 2.8 left. After 2 made FT's and Wisky with 2 timeouts they throw the ball near half court and instead of calling timeout and still having 2.5 left and 1 more timeout the guy chucks a 50 footer and misses by a mile.
Svennson and Raunio (both on this year's team) each had an assist for Sweden in a 6-1 beat down of Italy.
Earlier against Germany, Raunio had two and Svennson had one. Buckeye Jungaker (also a current student) had a goal. Seems like Buckeyes are pretty key to the Swedish team.
The four Buckeyes playing were shut out in the US-Finland game.
Use of the drones in the downhill is great. It is scary how fast they are going and also gives a better perspective of how intense the course truly is.
