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

Not quite a whitewash but a 6-1 victory over the 11th ranked Illini is quite an impressive Easter effort.
ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Men's Tennis

Ohio State University vs University of Illinois
4/12/2009 at Urbana, Ill.
(Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex)
FINAL
University of Illinois 1 Ohio State University 6
#1 SINGLES: #4 Bryan Koniecko (OSU), def. #79 Marc Spicijaric, 6-4, 6-1.
#2 SINGLES: #8 Steven Moneke (OSU) def. #42 Roy Kalmanovich, 7-6, 0-6, 12-10.
#3 SINGLES: #39 Dennis Nevolo, (Illinois) def. #18 Justin Kronauge (OSU) 6-4, 2-6, 11-9.
#4 SINGLES: #91 Balazs Novak, (OSU) def, Waylon Chin, 6-1, 6-1.
#5 SINGLES; Chase Buchanan, (OSU) def. Abe Souza, 6-1, 6-4.
#6 SINGLES: #100 Matt Allare, (OSU) def. Brian Livingston, 7-5, 2-6, 10-4


#1 DOUBLES:#39 Justin Kronauge/Steven Moneke, Ohio State def. #49 Marek Czerwinski/Marc Spicijaric, 8-5.
#2 DOUBLES: #18 Dennis Nevolo/Ruan Roelofse, Illinois def. Matt Allare/Chase Buchanan, 8-7.
#3 DOUBLES: Bryan Koniecko/Shuhei Uzawa, Ohio State University def.Waylon Chin/Roy Kalmanovich, 8-0.

University of Illinois 18-6, 7-1; National ranking #11,
Ohio State University 25-1, 8-0; National ranking #3

 
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The following excerpt is from the official site's report of the victory over Illinois.

On a windy afternoon, the No. 3 Ohio State men?s tennis team moved into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten with a 6-1 victory over No. 11 Illinois Sunday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Urbana, Ill. The Buckeyes have now won 17-consecutive matches and finish their road schedule with a perfect 12-0 record.

Ohio State (25-1; 8-0 Big Ten) is now 31-54-1 against Illinois (18-6; 7-1 Big Ten). However, under current head coach [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057607"]Ty Tucker[/URL], the Buckeyes have won four-consecutive matches against the Illini, winning eight of the last nine meetings.

?Anytime you get a win against Illinois, especially in tough conditions with 20 mph winds, it?s great,? Tucker said. ?It was a good effort by our guys today.?

Highlighting the competition was senior tri-captain [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87783&SPID=10415&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057568"]Steven Moneke[/URL] tying for the No. 1 spot in the program?s all-time wins list with former Buckeye Vince Ng (1993-03) with 132-career victories. Moneke, ranked eighth in the latest ITA polls, defeated No. 42 Kalmanovich in a third-set super tiebreaker 7-6 (7-3), 0-6, 1-0 (12-10), at No. 2 singles. Moneke improves to 31-4 overall and 9-1 at No. 2 singles. . .

The Buckeyes return to Columbus to finish out the 2008-09 regular season with three home matches next weekend. Ohio State welcomes Northwestern at 3 p.m. April 17 followed by a doubleheader beginning at noon April 19 against Wisconsin and Wright State.
MTEN: No. 3 Buckeyes Stay at the Top of the Big Ten With a 6-1 Victory against No. 11 Illinois - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
 
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Outstanding news for the (25-1) tOSU men's squad, after a successful week they have jumped to 2nd place in the most recent ITA rankings.
This is a strong position to earn a 2 or 3 seed for the ITA team tournament.
The victory over Illinois was a critical factor in jumping Mississippi and putting further distance over "the field."
TOSU has no chance of catching #1 Virginia before the tourney, as the Cavs have completed their season at 26-0.

April 14, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Team Rankings

Men?s National Team Rankings Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
April 14, 2009

Rank . . Avg. . . School. . . . . . . . . . . . . LW (4.07.09)
1. . . . . 77.95. . University of Virginia. . . 1
2. . . . .74.85. . Ohio State University. . . 3
3. . . . 74.33. . .Univ. of Mississippi. . . . . .2
4. . . . 70.11. . University of Georgia. . . .5
5. . . . 67.88. . Baylor University. . . . . . .7
6. . . . 67.1. . . University of Tennessee. 4
7. . . . 66.5. . . Univ. of Southern Cal. . . .6
8. . . . 64.63. . Stanford University. . . . .8
9. . . . 63.31. . .UCLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
10. . . 58.13. . .University of Florida. . . .10
11. . . 55.32. . .University of Illinois. . . . 11
 
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gracelhink;1449570; said:
Outstanding news for the (25-1) tOSU men's squad, after a successful week they have jumped to 2nd place in the most recent ITA rankings.
This is a strong position to earn a 2 or 3 seed for the ITA team tournament.
The victory over Illinois was a critical factor in jumping Mississippi and putting further distance over "the field."
TOSU has no chance of catching #1 Virginia before the tourney, as the Cavs have completed their season at 26-0.

April 14, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Team Rankings
Excellent News! However, I don't understand how they how they calculate the average and what it exactly means.
 
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gracelhink;1449570; said:
Outstanding news for the (25-1) tOSU men's squad, after a successful week they have jumped to 2nd place in the most recent ITA rankings.
This is a strong position to earn a 2 or 3 seed for the ITA team tournament.
The victory over Illinois was a critical factor in jumping Mississippi and putting further distance over "the field."
TOSU has no chance of catching #1 Virginia before the tourney, as the Cavs have completed their season at 26-0.

April 14, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Team Rankings

:banger:
 
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LitlBuck;1449581; said:
I don't understand how they how they calculate the average and what it exactly means.

Sorry, Litl, can't help you with that, it has left me scratching my head many times.
The ranking averages are computerized, but the criteria for awarding team points are not listed on the website.

Here are the individual single's rankings just released.
April 14, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Singles Rankings

Brian Koniecko up to #3.
Steven Moneke at #9
Justin Kronauge #23
Balazs Novak up to #71
Shuhei Uzawa at #97
Matt Allare drops to #107 (Dropped 7 places in spite of going undefeated last week and the last 3 months.)

ITA also released the rankings of doubles teams:
Moneke and Kronauge at #22.
Moneke and Novak at #48.
Kronauge and Allare at #85

April 14, 2009 - ITA DI Men's Doubles Rankings
 
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Basically as each week goes by the computer looks at quality wins and adds a win for each week, and by the NCAA's it us up the best 9 quality wins. Losses are also counted, but quality wins is the supposedly the most defining factor.
 
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After reading that, it seems highly possible that Ohio State might be ranked number one by the voters at the end of the season since UVA has no more matches and Ohio State can only improve themselves by beating teams. However, I guess it doesn't really matter because the computers will determine the final rankings for the NCAA.
 
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bigballin2987;1449608; said:
Basically as each week goes by the computer looks at quality wins and adds a win for each week, and by the NCAA's it us up the best 9 quality wins. Losses are also counted, but quality wins is the supposedly the most defining factor.

Thank you agent 87 for that super secret info and a big clue to the mystery that has confused and befuddled this board for months!
(Especially since the ITA does not want to reveal their formula to the press, general public or average internet fan). :biggrin:

So far the 9 best quality wins for the Bucks are:
#5 Baylor,
#9 Ucla
#11 Illinois
#12 Kentucky
#13 Texas A& M
#17 Pepperdine (X2)
#20 Wake Forest
#21 Univ. Washington
or #27 Va Tech if the 2nd win over Pepperdine doesn't count.
 
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LitlBuck;1449767; said:
After reading that, it seems highly possible that Ohio State might be ranked number one by the voters at the end of the season since UVA has no more matches and Ohio State can only improve themselves by beating teams. However, I guess it doesn't really matter because the computers will determine the final rankings for the NCAA.

Unfortunately tOSU won't get any more quality wins against its 3 scheduled opponents.
By contrast the U of Virginia has no losses and slightly better quality wins.
UVA wins against:
#4 Georgia.
#6 Tennessee
#9 UCLA
#11 Illinois
#12 Kentucky
#14 Texas
#16 Florida State
#19 Boise State
#20 Wake Forest.
 
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