2019 Indoors QF Preview: #1 Chicago vs. #8 Case Western

INDOORS QF PREVIEW #1: No. 1 Chicago @ No. 8 Case Western Match: #14 Case Western (4-0) vs. #4 Chicago (6-0) Location: ITA D3 National Indoors – Cleveland, OH Time: Friday February 22 – 4:30 EST This whole article was written by NewCentral, FYI. Case hasn’t defeated Chicago since they rode the heroics of then-captain,…

2019 Women’s Season Preview: #16 Case Western Reserve University Spartans

Intro Hellos Ladies and Gentlemen! Here is my final season (pre)view of a top 20 team in the Central Region. The Case Western Reserve University Spartans have enjoyed their time in the top 20 for the past 4 years but this year will prove to be a major building year for them. With a roster…

2019 DRAFTKINGS!!!!!

Happy Monday, boys and girls. It’s #IndoorsWeek here at the Blog so we’re doing what we do best, bringing you more DIII coverage than you know what to do with. We’ll have four QF previews along with D3AS’ X-Factors for the tournament, not to mention Semifinal and Final previews later in the weekend. And if…

2019 Power Rankings, Fall Edition

Lo and behold, I have finally come through and posted the Power Rankings. These rankings will now cue the ITA Rankings to be posted any day now, because they are probably waiting for us to post so they have an idea of where to put people. And also not rank MIT, which is the best…

THE SPICE IS RIGHT: Take 2 – NewCentral

The Spice is Right: D3NewCentral It’s getting cold outside, boys and girls, so how about a little spice to heat up your life? We’ve gathered the blogger roundtable for one final time in 2018 to do a little crystal ball gazing and fiery hot take…ing for you. Each blogger has given a hot take about…

Fast Times at Central High: ITA Progress Reports

I’ll limit my “tardy” article to a discussion of the nationally ranked central teams and give them progress reports based on a similarly ineffable rubric that created my upset percentages. But first, let us start with the champs and allow Mr. Hillis to reintroduce himself to the d3 tennis world, man Amherst is gonna miss this…

Central Region ABCs

…and we’re back! With both of the Central ITAs looming, it seems like as good a time as any to drop my first article of the year. Unfortunately, the draws for neither ITA are available, so I’ll hold most of my ITA thoughts until those draws are made public. Instead, I’ve put together a list…

2018 FINAL Power Rankings

Man, it’s the summer. So when RPI Tennis comes around bothering me talking about how they waiting for Power Rankings, it gets me heated. But, it’s true that these are overdue. And I take responsibility for that. Here are our Final Power Rankings of the 2018 season. Note that these are not forward looking, which…

2018 Power Rankings, 5/2

Today’s theme for Power Rankings is quite obvious, and I figured I’d keep it light in what is a hectic week of May. I was just down in Orlando getting some BOBA Mimosas, which really hyped the group chat up this morning, so I’m feeling slightly sassy. I’m just keeping it fun out here. Here’s…

Regular Season Exit Survey: Awards Season

REGULAR SEASON EXIT SURVEY: Awards Season Another regular season has come to a close, but before we look ahead to the remaining conference tournaments and NCAA tournament, your friendly neighborhood bloggers have come together to appreciate some of the best of the 2018 season so far. Here at The Blog, we love previewing big matches,…