Central Rules Everything Around Me: Issue 1

Thursday. September 26, 2019. C.R.E.A.M. With minute exactness, to the smallest particular, to a Tee. The Central gears up for ITA season. Issue 1   Welcome Back to the Central Region! Everyone knows that ASouth’s first article of the year is the official start of blog season (even if it’s a recap article of last season).…

Women’s Fall Kickoff: Fresh Faces on the Scene

Well, well, well, boys and girls we are back! After a summer hiatus filled with sun, sand and wishing I was as good as Coco Gauff, the Blog (at least the women’s side of things) is back! ASW kicked things off with her interview of D3 tennis alum, Leah Bush, and even though spring is…

FINAL 2019 POWER RANKINGS, MENS

Hi. I have awoken from my summer slumber to give you our final version of the 2019 Power Rankings. Maybe later this year we will do a “WAY TOO EARLY 2020 POWER RANKINGS” because the chodes on ESPN really like that kind of shit. But, that’s for later on, when I’m done traveling and living…

NCAA Reaction Roundtable

As the blogging season comes to an end we’re assembling the blogging conclave one final time for a final POTW, roundtable, Power Rankings, and some end-of-year awards. If you missed POTW, check out AVZ going rogue at the end. Today it’s the famous (or infamous depending on your point of view) Blogger Roundtable as we…

2019 Individuals Preview: 1st Round matches to watch

I wasn’t going to write anything about tomorrow’s Individuals but then I saw that we have a Blog fan who (very nicely) asked us for offseason content. Well that just made my cold heart grow three sizes…so here is an off-the-cuff quick preview highlighting some matches to watch tomorrow. No research will be done while…

2019 NCAA Individuals Bracket Challenge!

Another day another bracket challenge. Congrats to Marc Lowitz on his team bracket title! Let’s see if he can become the first person to defend a team title with an Individuals Singles title. Quick turn around, but below is the link to your singles and doubles bracket challenges. You have until 11 a.m. EST tomorrow…

Central Individuals Outlook + newCentral’s Frankenstein D3 Singles Player

And then there were two…with Chicago losing in the Final Four, the Central Region (and I) are officially out of the team postseason; however, the Central lives on in this 2018-19 season with ten Individuals singles representatives: Vithoontien, Chen, Kerrigan, Yuan, Whaling, Yi, Zalesnki, Diehl, Hillis, and Neves. The draws have not been posted at…

BLIND RESUME TEST: 2019 NCAA Individuals Singles At-Large Selecitons

You might have missed it amongst all the NCAA coverage this week, but the NCAA released its selections for the Individual Singles and Doubles Tournaments held in the days after the completion of the team tournament. There were more than a couple outbursts about the players selected (or not selected as the case may be)…

2019 NCAA Regional Preview: Wesleyan Region

We’re halfway through our NCAA Regional previews as NewCentral, D3AS and I teamed up to cover the Wesleyan Region. This is BY FAR the most contested regional, and I think it’s the only one where the bloggers wouldn’t be totally surprised if the top seed didn’t advance. The Cards are still the favorites, but as…