There's something undeniably perpetual about the state of the Ohio State men's tennis team. Just don't bring it up to coach Ty Tucker.
As he prepares the Buckeyes to play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend, Tucker doesn't want to hear about their 126-match home winning streak.
"I've never even said anything about it, and I get mad at everything about it because it seems to be in every lead of every article that's written on our team," Tucker said. "We never talk about it as a team. I don't know what the streak is, and I don't care too much about the streak, to be honest."
Yet it does speak to the consistency and depth of the program that Tucker, who played for the Buckeyes in the 1990s, has built in his 12 seasons.
"The streak does say that we take every team seriously," Tucker said. "When I played tennis, I liked to be known as a guy who never lost to anybody that I was better than.
"And that's the kind of tennis we try to teach, in which we give each of our guys a base where they can all make 30 or 40 balls in a row on any point, because you're going to be sick sometimes, you're not going to feel great sometimes. But if you can put the ball in the court, you're always going to be able to beat the guys you're supposed to beat."
His players buy into not only his attitude about the streak, but also his attitude in general.
"We just don't ever want to lose, and it doesn't matter if we're playing at home or in Japan," junior All-American Chase Buchanan said. "We just come out every day and put our best effort forth."
Freshman Blaz Rola agreed.
"I think it's because of attitude," Rola said. "Every day of the week coach (Tucker) brings 110 percent of the energy, and that's what keeps us going."
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