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

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http://www.itatennis.com/Events/Calendar.htm

B24 you have probably already come across this site in your search.
This link ought to be the first to announce the location of the tournament hosts.
Based on the events calendar listing of the Div. 1 tournament location at Stanford, but no listing of the Div. 2, 3, or NAIA locale, I think it is safe to assume that they are TBD.
 
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about a month or 2 ago, I posted about advice trying to get this internship position at Cincinnati workin for the ATP tennis tourny there, just wanted to say thanks to everyone who gave some advice, just found out I got selected for an interview, so pretty excited about that, and also pretty nervous at the same time (little experience with interviews)
 
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2011 OSU Tennis single's rankings

The initial rankings of the ITA men's single's players were releaed by the ITA today and 6 Buckeye tennis players were ranked in the top 70.

ITA Men's Tennis Single's rankings

Coming off strong fall campaigns are:
Freshman Blaz Rola at #7.
Senior Matt Allare at #34.
Junior Devin McCarthy at #46.
Junior Chase Buchanan at #63,
Freshman Nelson Vick at #66
Freshman Peter Kobelt at #68.

These rankings are very preliminary, based on limited competition from the fall tournaments, and should fluctuate wildly during the '11 season.
For example in last year's inaugural release Chase Buchanan was ranked lower than he is this year but had an incredible climb to the top 10 at season end.
Still some impressive rankings for the younger Buckeyes and Senior Matt Allare. As the season progresses Allare, Mc Carthy, Vick, and Kobelt will predictably drop in the rankings because they will not be playing against highly ranked players in dual matches this season.
Go Bucks!
 
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In the inaugural ITA men's tennis double's rankings, 4 Buckeye teams gained national recognition for their performance in the abreviated fall tournament season.

1/4/11 Div. 1 Double's NCAA Tennis rankings

Ohio State Teams receiving points to be included in the top 60 double's rankings include:

#6 Junior Chase Buchanan and Freshman Blaz Rola
#19 Senior Matt Allare and Redshirt Freshman Peter Kobelt.
#25 Junior Devin McCarthy and Senior Balazs Novak
#57 Senior Matt Allare and Senior Shuhei Uzawa.

For the OSU team to have 3 teams ranked in the top 25 is a pleasant surprise!
Typically Coach Tucker's teams have dominated the single's rankings, however the addition of Blaz Rola replacing Dino Marcan and the emergence of Peter Kobelt to pair with his 6'7" "twin" Matt Allare offers an imposing and intimidating tandem for a lockdown at the top two double's positions. Adding depth in the lineup is the pair of Novak and McCarthy whose ranking exceeds many other teams #1 teams.
The only other Big Ten double's teams ranked are Illinois at #20, TSUN at #28, and Purdue at #37.

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The above singles rankings are just :crazy: and whoever put that list together must not follow college tennis. To put MacCarthy and Allare, with respect to both of those guys, they are not better singles players than Buchanan. Plus, even if they are projecting from have the guys played in the winter somebody should inform them that Kobelt played doubles quite a bit and I really can't remember him beating anyone significant in singles. I guess Buchanan got worse from last spring. Probably played too much:lol: I do not think that the :2004: ITA knows anything about who the best players are.
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LitlBuck;1850383; said:
The above singles rankings are just :crazy: and whoever put that list together must not follow college tennis. To put MacCarthy and Allare, with respect to both of those guys, they are not better singles players than Buchanan. Plus, even if they are projecting from have the guys played in the winter somebody should inform them that Kobelt played doubles quite a bit and I really can't remember him beating anyone significant in singles. I guess Buchanan got worse from last spring. Probably played too much:lol: I do not think that the :2004: ITA knows anything about who the best players are.
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Agree with you about the formula that is used by ITA in ranking players. Last January, 2010, in the initial rankings the ITA had Chase ranked at 104 and Shurhei Uzawa at #34, so you have to take the rankings as they are--extremely early and typically inaccurate predictions based on a very limited sample.
Actually Kobelt, Mc Carthy, Allare and Vick all had some impressive victories this fall. Vick beat Kobelt in the finals of the Vig Ten indoors. and Rola beat Allare in the finals of the ITA Midwest regional. Buchanan had some tough early losses in some tournaments.
Absent from the rankings is Balazs Novak who will probably be counted on heavily in Coach Tucker's lineup.
It will be interesting to see how the single's lineup is settled with 6 top 70 ranked players. Last year's returning #4 single's player Novak returning and the new recruit Ille Van Engelen who is world ranked 1200 in the USTA. That is a very strong 8! It leaves senior Shuhei Uzawa fighting for playing time.
BTW, Here are the Buckeye's 2010 fall statistics with won/loss records and the opponents rankings.
And here is an excerpt from the article about the inaugural ITA team rankings from the
Official OSU Tennis Site
Enjoy.
After finishing the 2010 season fifth in the nation, the 100th year of Ohio State men's tennis will begin with the team ranked No. 4 in the first Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings of 2011.
For the fifth consecutive season in 2010, head coach Ty Tucker guided the Buckeyes to a Big Ten regular season and tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA championships quarterfinals. Ohio State also recorded its third consecutive 35-plus win season and second best single-season winning percentage (.946).
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gracelhink;1850499; said:
Agree with you about the formula that is used by ITA in ranking players. Last January, 2010, in the initial rankings the ITA had Chase ranked at 104 and Shurhei Uzawa at #34, so you have to take the rankings as they are--extremely early and typically inaccurate predictions based on a very limited sample.Enjoy.
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I wonder why the ITA does not turn their rankings over to the college coaches or even the assistant coaches. I would think they know more about how guys across the country are playing.

I have a question regarding Virginia. I don't know much about their college coach except for the fact that I do not think she was Olympic coach like Tucker. Wondering how he pulls in all these good recruiting classes. I can see USC and Tennessee because of the weather but Virginia is only a little bit better when it comes to the weather. I will admit that Charlottesville is nothing to sneeze at.
 
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I wonder why the ITA does not turn their rankings over to the college coaches or even the assistant coaches. I would think they know more about how guys across the country are playing.
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ITA Rankings FAQ
Agreed with your rant, Litl. Lots of disparity about the rankings!
The ITA short answer, rankings in the fall are based on reputation, but the computer kicks in during the season with no regard for past season's record.
The computer rankings "formula" is not public record but is available to coaches if they ask nicely of the ITA.
ITA does then expect coaches to "defend" the computer formula and rankings against public critics (I guess that would be you and me).:biggrin:

I have a question regarding Virginia. I don't know much about their college coach except for the fact that I do not think she (sic) was Olympic coach like Tucker. Wondering how he pulls in all these good recruiting classes. I can see USC and Tennessee because of the weather but Virginia is only a little bit better when it comes to the weather. I will admit that Charlottesville is nothing to sneeze at.
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Yep! Brian Borland has done a fine job in his two coaching positions and especially the past 10 years at UVA.

From the UVA official tennis site

As he enters his 10th season at Virginia, Boland has built a championship caliber program in Charlottesville. In his first nine seasons, he took a team that was unranked in the ITA Top 75 when he inherited it to three consecutive ITA National Team Indoor Championships. During that time, his teams have had a No. 1 national ranking during four different seasons, won six ACC Championships, seven ACC regular season titles, advanced to the NCAA semifinals three times and the quarterfinals three other seasons, and set the school record for wins in a season. Those teams featured two NCAA Singles Champions, two NCAA Doubles Champions, 20 All-Americans, 19 NCAA singles and nine NCAA doubles participants, 28 All-ACC selections, two ITA National Players of the Year, four ITA Regional Rookies of the Year, two ACC Freshmen of the Year, six ACC Tournament MVPs, and an ACC Player of the Year.
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It is truly amazing what Borland has done in recruiting--a masterful piece of salesmanship to the 13 tennis players on the roster with only 4 1/2 scholarships to offer student athletes!
 
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