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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
I know that Buchanan is one of the best junior tennis players in the world. He has qualifiers for the U.S. Open Junior tournament, French Open Junior Tournament, and I think one of the other majors. I guess what I don't understand is that he travels all over the country during the school year playing tennis and I don't even think that he is at his high school very much so I don't understand how he is getting his high school education.
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From an earlier article;
Signing day in November included not only Buchanan and Lippert but 2 other highly regarded high school seniors. What a strong recruiting class Ty has coming in for next fall!
MTEN: Buckeyes Sign Four to National Letters of Intent - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
wadc45;1232541; said:
Lippert did sign this fall with the Buckeyes.
Signing day in November included not only Buchanan and Lippert but 2 other highly regarded high school seniors. What a strong recruiting class Ty has coming in for next fall!
MTEN: Buckeyes Sign Four to National Letters of Intent - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
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LitlBuck;1376871; said:
Sorry for the confusion on Lippert, edited the earlier post. The WADC45 post with Enquirer article with "wide open interest" came from last fall. The signing of Lippert happened in Nov.
You are correct about Buchanan, he is world class, but according to Ty Tucker PK is a strong player and prospect. He lost to Lippert in the D1 State tournament finals.
Recruiting class for tOSU this year includes:
No. 1 in the nation plus the Top 3 in the state!
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
gracelhink;1376889; said:
Nice. Any thoughts on the catalyst for our rise into a tennis power? I know with fencing that the hiring of coach Nazlymov was what took a decent top 15 program and turned it into a consistent top 3 program.
Nice to see Geiger's commitment to Olympic sports really coming through. Hopefully, Gene Smith will continue that legacy.
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
Not gracelink but you can credit a lot though the success of the tennis program to Ty Tucker. He has a great reputation throughout the United States. He was one of our Olympic tennis coaches. We also have pretty good facilities for a northern team:)ORD_Buckeye;1378104; said:
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LitlBuck;1332515; said:
This is a lengthy reply to a simple request, so bear with me. from an USTA article --- May 2008
http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Pro...USTAcom_Exclusive_QA_with_Chase_Buchanan.aspx
According to this article from Nov. 2008, Buchanan evidently does travel extensively on sattelite tours.
There are also several interesting comments about why he chose tOSU for college (Tucker).
ZooTennis: Buchanan Commits to Ohio State; Turvy Chooses Northwestern
Buchanan is rated the best (top recruit) according to this tennis recruiting website:
The Tennis Recruiting Network
But this site also recognizes how special this 2009 class is, i.e., filled with the kind of depth tOSU has never recruited before.
In summarizing past tOSU recruiting classes:
2008 had one nationally ranked player, Steven Williams;
2007 had 2, Matthew Allare and Balazs Novak;
2006 Justin Kronauge;
2005 Bryan Konieko and Steven Moneke,
These guys are now ranked as the preseason NCAA Number one team in the nation!
For 2009 in addition to Buchanan the #1 2009 recruit,
Lippert is the 32nd ranked recruit in the nation.
Kobelt is 76,
and McCarthy is 129.
For comparison purposes, think of the 2006 basketball recruits (Oden #1 overall, with Conley, Cook, and Lighty).
May be a comparing of apples and oranges but in my thinking this might be a favorable equivalent in understanding the strength level of this special 2009 tennis recruiting class.
Buchanan will be a solid anchor at #1.
Every team needs qualitiy depth after that and this recruiting class will make some solid contributions.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Doesn't sound like he's going to be around long, just come in for a year or two to hone his skills then off to the pros. Nothing wrong with that. It's no different than any football/basketball player with the same opportunities. Given that the consensus in that article's comments are that Ohio State will enter the season a solid #1, It does, however, put a little pressure on Buchanan and the team to come in and get that national championship right away. Should be an interesting ride.
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ORD_Buckeye;1380732; said:
Agreed, He may not be here long acc. to the article.
His ranking on the pro tour and winning some qualifiers would make it tempting financially to explore the money tour, if he did he would compromise and lose his amateur status.
The tOSU preseason #1 ranking is for the spring of 2009.
This statement in the article is somewhat confusing.
"I really enjoy the guys on the team. They're a fun group and they get along well. It should be a good group of guys to practice with. I hope to help do something good at the NCAAs."
It sounds like he may come and practice with the team, but unless he enrolls early could not play competively this spring.
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