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TBarM7


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Hope you guys dont mind me posting this press release about an American college tennis match this weekend.  Not sure if the time frame works for you boys/girls to watch, but should be great tennis.  Unfortunately I won't be able to assist the other Craig in the match, but hopefully within the calendar year, we will cover some challenger tournies in the states like we did at our Dallas challenger.

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT - CRAIG O'SHANNESSY craig@thebraingame.net College Tennis Unplugged This Saturday's elite men's college tennis match-up between #4 ranked Baylor and #3 ranked Virginia will have unprecedented backstage access for tennis fans on the internet. This collegiate blockbuster will be  broacast on the web with live scoring, live match blogs and in game video of all 6 matches at www.thebraingame.net The webcast will feature interviews with all coaches and players, as well as going into the locker rooms before matches to see the players prepare for this huge regular season matchup in Waco, Texas. This is the first time a collegiate match will have this much coverage and access on the internet - live during the match. Fans from all over the world can go to www.thebraingame.net, starting around 3.00pm on Saturday March 17 to see prematch interviews and get a tour of the Baylor Tennis Facility. The match kicks off at 6.00pm, where you can follow the scoreboards, read Craig's live blogs to get a feel of the match, and see video of all 6 matches! The Brain Game site is run by former Baylor No.1 player, Craig O'Shannessy, who is a teaching pro in Dallas, TX. Craig, from Australia, and Craig Karseno recently did the same online coverage for the Men's $50K Challenger of Dallas. There will also be a message board for fans to post their comments. DATE: SATURDAY MARCH 17 - Beginning at 3.00pm Central (Match starts at 6.00pm) LOOK FOR - Live Match Web Blog from Craig O'Shannessy          - Video of all 6 matches during the event          - Live Scoring WEBSITE: www.thebraingame.net

-- Edited by RobC at 19:45, 2007-03-13

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I know this college match wont interest you guys much, but Baylor has produced a few very talented players in the recent years(Dorsch, Becker).  Thanks again for letting me get the word out on here.  The more people we can get to view our work, the better chance we have to start working challenger/future tournies.

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I've sorted out your links for you Craig. Best of luck with it!

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TBarM7


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thanks buddy!!

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I've always been fascinated by collegiate tennis but haven't ever taken a keen interest in it.

Craig, do you follow it closely? Any names to look out for in the future? As in, people who can be top 100 if they go pro.

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Panda Bear, most of the top ranked college teams on the mens side are ruled by non US players.  I'll post a link to the top mens and womens ind. rankings.  The University of Georgia is ranked #1 in both mens and womens as of right now.

http://www.collegetennisonline.com/view/rankings.aspx?pType=S&lgId=1

http://www.collegetennisonline.com/view/rankings.aspx?pType=S&lgId=4

here is the homepage addy:

http://www.collegetennisonline.com/

to answer your question, jesse levine(florida) has had some recent success as an amateur on the circuit so far this year.  i really like the #1 player in the rankings from Georgia.  I believe he will have a very nice pro career.  The year the University of Illinois went undefeated and won the National title, they had these players on that team.(Amer Delic, Rajeev Ram, Brian Wilson and Ryler DeHeart).  All players playing on tour.

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I think the Barker twins played at Rice? Have Rice got as good tennis team TBarm?

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Thanks for that, Craig.

I didn't know that Nick Cavaday (Naomi's brother) went to a college in the US.

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Johnnylad....yes, Rice has a nice squad this year.  They are ranked #17 in the nation.

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How many ranked teams are there?

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TBarM7


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off the top of my head, i remember 80 different d1(top division for college) teams being ranked.

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TBarM7 wrote:

off the top of my head, i remember 80 different d1(top division for college) teams being ranked.



Why do US colleges offer so many scholarships to 'outsiders' such as UK?
I can't imagine any colleges here offering scholarships. (Even to British players!)

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Do you know of any other Britihs players at US Colleges?

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johnnylad wrote:

Do you know of any other Britihs players at US Colleges?
The only one that immediately sprang to mind was Ken Skupski (Junior doubles champ with Richard), who has been there for a few years now. But there are a some more Brits if you look at the links posted above and http://www.collegetennisonline.com/view/rankings.aspx?pType=S&lgId=1 but what I really meant was if you look at that list there seems to be as many foreign players involved as Americans! I am also aware that places may have been offered to some Brits that were declined.


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