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What Each Team Stands To Gain (And Lose)

May 19, 2012
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In the comments section of my other post discussing the Elite 8, someone asked me to discuss what’s on the line for each team reputation-wise this week in Cary. As I’ve stated a couple times, I believe each team has a reputation among the D3 community, and typically that reputation is a hard one to shake. However, along with the National Indoors, this is the best time of year for teams to help their reputation and improve the belief that everyone has in them. D3tennisguy likes to make picks for every match, and a lot of his picking is influenced by what certain programs have done in past years. For example, despite the fact that Bowdoin was a powerhouse this year, he kept picking against them because they have a tendency to lose to every team ranked above them. Whether or not your roster looks brand new, your historical...

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Elite Eight Preview

May 16, 2012
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Amherst vs. Wash U If Wash U has a chance to keep this match close, they will have to take at least two out of three doubles matches. Unfortunately for them, Amherst is just better than they are at doubles, and Coach Garner knows how to get his players pumped up for the big matches. There’s not much of a chance Wash U will sneak in a couple prosets before the Jeffs know what’s going on. In singles, Wash U is pretty strong at the top, but Amherst is so much deeper it’s silly. Given what happened against Vassar,...

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Sweet Sixteen Recap

May 15, 2012
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Sweet Sixteen Recap

Amherst def. Vassar 5-0 You gotta hate an NCAA system that yields Sweet Sixteen matchups that aren’t even worth writing about. Amherst absolutely dominated this match. It didn’t look like two top teams playing each other; it looked like a fly vs. a windshield. One thing that could be said is that Amherst seems to be playing very strong doubles. They only lost one game in the three doubles matches, which is hard to do no matter who you’re playing. That 8-0 win for Rattenhuber and Chafetz against the Guzicks is very impressive. Emory def. NCW 5-1 This match...

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Initial Final 8 Thoughts (All 8 Teams Completed)

May 14, 2012
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I’m sure d3tennisguy will publish a wrap-up of this past weekend and detailed previews of all the Final 8 matches, but I wanted to share some big picture thoughts on next week’s matches. Going back to the beginning of the season, despite the ups, downs and upsets for most...

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California Region + Round-of-32 Wrapup

May 12, 2012
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Emory Region #20 Washington & Lee def. UT-Tyler 5-3 The Generals had a bit of a scare in the first round, dropping all three doubles matches to the Patriots. After winning the first four singles matches quickly to take control, the match was decided by a couple three-setters. Washington...

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Round-of-32 Preview

May 11, 2012
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Most of my NCAA predictions are already out there because of the tennisrecruiting.net article, but just so we all have something to talk about, I’m going to post a few predictions for the significant round of 32 matches that will be taking place tomorrow (and the CMS/Cruz final). Amherst...

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tennisrecruiting article

May 9, 2012
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Tennisrecruiting.net asked d3tennis and I to write a D-III national championship preview, and it’s been published.

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NCAA Preview in 10 Questions

May 8, 2012
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10) What about the bracket initially pops out? Obviously three main things that I noticed. First of all, Redlands getting in over Bates was a big surprise for me. As I stated, I think Redlands serves very little purpose in this tournament as a team that has about a...

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Bracket Out

May 7, 2012
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Go to town on this. http://i.turner.ncaa.com/dr/ncaa/ncaa/release/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/tennis-men_d3_2011.pdf

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SCIAC and NESCAC Championship Recap

May 6, 2012
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SCIAC and NESCAC Championship Recap

SCIAC Since the SCIAC final and 3rd place matches were yesterday, and we’ve all had a little time to digest what happened, I’ll start with that Cal Lutheran def. Redlands 5-4 There was obviously a little bit of controversy surrounding this match, but I think it’s time we get...

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Final Bracketology…with Explanations

May 6, 2012
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A lot to talk about here, but first of all lets run down the expected field of 43: Pool A (The winning team from each of the 30 conferences who have automatic bids to the tournament): Allegheny Mountain- PSU-Behrend ASW-UT Tyler Capital–UMW Centennial JHU CUNY–Baruch Colonial–Marywood Commonwealth Coast–Nichols Commonwealth–Elizabethtown...

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Friday, May 4th Recap

May 4, 2012
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NESCAC Bowdoin def. Trinity (CT) 5-0 This match wasn’t really close at all. Trinity had a chance to get a point at #2 doubles, but they couldn’t capitalize, and they never really had a chance anyways. Trinity’s season is definitely over, and this match doesn’t really mean anything except...

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