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

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Recap of the 2012 B1G champions over TSUN from the official site.

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Before honoring Chase Buchanan and Steven Williams on senior day, the No. 3 Ohio State men?s tennis team captured its seventh-consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season title with a 6-1 victory over No. 21 Michigan (16-6, 9-2) Sunday afternoon at the outdoor Varsity Tennis Courts.
Connor Smith?s 6-2, 6-2 win over Alex Buzzi sealed Ohio State?s 29th win (29-2, 11-0 Big Ten) of the season and 146th-consecutive victory in Columbus. Smith improved to 26-6 overall, including 15-4 record at the No. 6 position.
?We?re very fortunate to be on the run that we?ve been on these last seven years,? said Ty Tucker, Ohio State head coach. ?We couldn?t have done it without the support of the fans and the tremendous work put in by our team, especially seniors Chase [Buchanan] and Steven [Williams].?
In addition to winning its seventh-consecutive conference championship, the win vs. the Wolverines was Ohio State?s 90th-consecutive against Big Ten opponents.
The Buckeye duo of Peter Kobelt and Smith handed Buzzi and Barrett Franks an 8-4 loss on court two to begin the afternoon. Winners of eight consecutive matches, Kobelt and Smith have amassed 24 victories on the season.
The No. 1 pair of Buchanan and Blaz Rola beat No. 22 Evan King and Shaun Bernstein 8-3 to earn the doubles point for the Buckeyes. With the victory, Buchanan and Rola improve to 28-3 overall, including a 19-3 mark at No. 1 doubles.

At No. 3 doubles, No. 34 Devin McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen collected their team-high 30th win after beating Michael Zhu and Alex Petrone 8-4.

Kobelt, ranked 67th-nationally, put Ohio State up 2-0 after only surrendering one point to Shaun Bernstein, winning 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. He moved to 9-1 in the Big Ten and 22-10 overall.
McCarthy lifted the Buckeyes to a 3-0 advantage after posting a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Franks. The win was McCarthy?s 26th of the season (26-6) and 15th at the fifth position (15-2). Smith sealed the win shortly after.
In remaining singles play, Van Engelen was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Michael Zhu, earning his 25th victory of the season. Buchanan, ranked No. 12, beat Petrone 6-3, 6-2 on court two in his final regular-season collegiate match, giving him a 36-1 record vs. Big Ten competition. The New Albany, Ohio, native currently boasts a 101-23 singles record in his career, including 45 wins vs. ranked opponents.
Rola was the final Buckeye to finish, falling to King, who is ranked eighth nationally, 6-3, 6-3. The Buckeye sophomore finished the regular-season 29-5 overall with a 12-4 record vs. ranked opponents.
Ohio State will be back in action April 26-29 as it heads to Evanston, Ill., for the 2012 Big Ten Tournament. . . .
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The B1G conference released the draw for the Conference tournament to be held this weekend at Northwestern.
The 2012 Buckeye squad will be seeking to win their 7th consecutive Big Ten tournament after winning their 7th straight Big Ten regular season championship.
Probably the first paragraph is all that is really relevant for determining the eventual B1G tournament championship. :biggrin:
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The Big Ten Conference announced the seedings and pairings for the 2012 Men?s Tennis Tournament on Sunday, with conference champion Ohio State taking the No. 1 seed. The top-seeded Buckeyes closed the regular season with an 11-0 record in Big Ten play and 29-2 overall mark. Ohio State receives a bye into the quarterfinals. . . .

The tournament is scheduled to begin on Thursday, with first-round matches taking place at 9:30 a.m. CT at Northwestern?s Vandy Christie Tennis Center. Friday?s quarterfinal matches begin at 9:30 a.m., while Saturday will showcase the tournament semifinals starting at 9:30 a.m. Sunday?s championship match is scheduled for Noon.
BTN will air the championship match on Thursday, May 10, at 6 p.m. ET.
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Buckeye's first match will be Friday 10:30 am et. vs. winner of Nebraska and Wisconsin.

The Tournament bracket is found Here

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The 2012 B1G conference men's tennis standings after the regular season was complete.

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.......................Big Ten.............Overall
Team................Record....Pct.....Record...Pct.
Ohio State,,,,,,,,,,11-0....1.000......29-2....935
Michigan.............9-2.....818.......16-6....727
Illinois.............8-3.....727.......14-7....667
Minnesota............8-3.....727.......13-6....684
Indiana..............7-4.....636.......21-8....724
Northwestern.........7-4.....636.......14-9....609
Michigan State.......6-5.....545.......17-10...630
Wisconsin............4-7.....364.......12-11...522
Nebraska.............3-8.....273.......10-14...417
Purdue...............2-9.....182.......10-15...400
Penn State...........1-10....091.......11-13...458
Iowa.................0-11....000........1-21...045
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The suspense of the ITA computer rankings will be revealed tomorrow when the new rankings are released.
The gap between #2, 3, and 4 in the last ITA rankings was razor thin, with #5 UCLA lurking. The final rankings next Tuesday will determine the seeding in the NCAA team tournament in May, but for practical purposes this weeks rankings probably won't change much next week.
Most teams and conferences have completed their tournaments and schedules this weekend. The Big Ten tournament will finish next Sunday, but most opportunities to accumulate computer points are pretty well over.
USC and their all world lineup seem to be locks for the #1 seed in the tournament. #2 and #3 seeds are prized by contenders for the crown, they would avoid meeting USC until the finals.
The most recent significant events for the new rankings tomorrow:

* #5 UCLA upset #1 USC.
This will not cause USC to drop from #1 but will certainly increase the computer strength of UCLA.

* #4 UGA won the SEC Tournament championship,
and along the way to the title, Georgia collected major computer points with wins over #17 Auburn, #9 Miss. State, and #6 Kentucky. They will certainly jump tOSU in points and maybe Virginia also.

* #2 U Virginia won the ACC tournament
Along the the way to the title, tournament wins over #32 FSU and #8 Duke will increase UVA value.

* #3 tOSU had a quality win over #21 TSUN.
And will compete in the B1G tournament next weekend where OSU could potentially get a little value from another win over #21 TSUN.

Right now it appears that Georgia will be a lock for a #2 or #3 seed and the Buckeyes could be anywhere from #3 to #5, In order to keep from slipping to #5 they would have to hold off UCLA in points and to "stay" at #3 they would need to jump Virginia in the rankings.

Things will be extremely tight tomorrow in the ITA rankings, but more and more it looks like Buckeyes will be faced with a tall challenge in the NCAA tournament draw...
With a #4 or #5 seed they would obviously need to defeat USC in the semifinals and also need to face an incredibly HOT UCLA team in the quarters!
 
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Woohooo!!!! :highfive:

Yes!!!!:)

The latest ITA Rankings were released today and....

The Buckeyes jumped the UVA Cavaliers to claim the #3 ranking!!!!:tongue2:

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Rank....Avg....School..............................LW
1......84.18...University of Southern California...1
2......78.35...University of Georgia...............4
3......77.66...Ohio State University...............3
4......76.88...University of Virginia..............2
5......74.88...UCLA................................5
6......67.97...University of Kentucky..............6
7......62.43...Pepperdine..........................7
8......61.99...Duke University.....................8
9......59.94...Mississippi State University........9
10.....53.44...Stanford University................12
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While the final rankings will be released next Monday, and the fact that .78 is not a large margin, there are no other opportunities for UVa (season finished) to gain points other than the reshuffling of value from opponent's rankings.

If tOSU can take care of business in the B1G tournament, they "should" lock up the #3 seed and avoid USC, UVa and UCLA in the semifinal region.

 
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The ITA also released their single's ranking for the week of April 24.

7 Buckeyes received points to qualify for the top 125!

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#6 Blaz Rola
#11 Chase Buchanan
#67 Peter Kobelt
#85 Devin McCarthy
#105 Conner Smith
#107 Nelson Vick
#115 Ilie VanEngelen

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Would love to see Peter Kobelt advance a few more places in the rankings.

Top 64 ranked single's players receive invitations to the NCAA single's tournament in May.
I think Peter could make some noise in the tourney with his style of play.
Right now he is on the bubble, 3rd reserve on the list.
 
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The last piece of the ITA rankings was also released today and 4 OSU double's teams were tabbed for the top 90 in the NCAA.

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#1 Chase Buchanan & Blaz Rola

#31 Ilie Van Engelen & Devin McCarthy (Back in the top 32 range for auto-selection into the NCAA Double's tournament)

#46 Chase Buchanan & Peter Kobelt

#80 Blaz Rola & Connor Smith
 
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gracelhink;2146591; said:
Woohooo!!!! :highfive:

Yes!!!!:)

The latest ITA Rankings were released today and....

The Buckeyes jumped the UVA Cavaliers to claim the #3 ranking!!!!:tongue2:

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While the final rankings will be released next Monday, and the fact that .78 is not a large margin, there are no other opportunities for UVa (season finished) to gain points other than the reshuffling of value from opponent's rankings.

If tOSU can take care of business in the B1G tournament, they "should" lock up the #3 seed and avoid USC, UVa and UCLA in the semifinal region.
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The bad news is that if we get to NCAA semifinals and it is #2 Georgia vs. #3 Ohio State; and we are playing the home team.

FWIW, recap of prior match: http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/032112aaa.html

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