US College Signings and General College Chat 2021/22

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: US College Signings and General College Chat 2021/22

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
Thanks for setting this new thread up. Illness in the family has meant tennis taking a back seat for a while but everything good now.

So glad to hear all is well. We missed you....

Elegant Point · Satellite level

The Optimist wrote:
Thanks for setting this new thread up. Illness in the family has meant tennis taking a back seat for a while but everything good now.

Sorry to hear that and glad everything is OK now - we definitely missed you from this thread smile

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Another set of rankings to look at - Massey Ratings

Men teams
masseyratings.com/ctm/ratings
Women teams
masseyratings.com/ctw/ratings
Men Singles
masseyratings.com/ctms/ratings
Women Singles
masseyratings.com/ctws/ratings

For comparison
NCAA
Mens teams
www.wearecollegetennis.com/2021/04/14/oracle-ita-division-i-mens-team-rankings-april-14-2021/
Mens singles
www.wearecollegetennis.com/2021/04/14/oracle-ita-division-i-mens-singles-rankings-april-14-2021/
Womens teams
www.wearecollegetennis.com/2021/04/14/oracle-ita-division-i-womens-team-rankings-april-14-2021/
Womens singles
www.wearecollegetennis.com/2021/04/14/oracle-ita-division-i-womens-singles-rankings-april-14-2021/

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Brackets for 2021 Championships are out- a few links below

Big10: Following the sad closure of Iowas mens tennis at the end of the season; would be amazing if Iowa could win their bracket. Brits Will Davies, Oliver Okonkwo (ranked 4th for college doubles ) Joe Tyler, Peter Alum and Matt Clegg are all on the roster.

flipboard.com/article/2021-big-ten-men-s-tennis-tournament-bracket-announced/f-9ed08d889c%2Fbigten.org

The Pac-12 Conference has announced the bracket for the 2021 Pac-12 Mens Tennis Championship. The chase for the Conference crown starts this Saturday, April 24 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif., with regular-season champion STANFORD as the No. 1 seed.

Womens No. 29 STANFORD (13-3, 8-2) claimed the No. 2 seed, edging its Bay Area rival California (14-6, 7-3) by one game in the final league standings.

Brits Emily Arbuthnot and Arthur Fery on the rosters

pac-12.com/article/2021/04/19/bracket-set-2021-pac-12-mens-tennis-championship
pac-12.com/article/2021/04/20/bracket-set-2021-pac-12-womens-tennis-championship

Strongbow · All-time great

Angelica Blake is also at Stanford.

the addict · Tennis legend

The Conference USA Championships are being held on April 22-25 in Denton, Texas.
Old Dominion are top seeds, and Holly Hutchinson will again be playing at 1

cya · Intermediate Club Player

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships is currently ongoing; Women's teams at Alabama, Men's teams are at Arkansas.

The following 4 men's teams made the semi finals - Tennessee (featuring Brits - Giles Hussey, Johannus Monday) : Florida (featuring Brit Josh Goodger); South Carolina (Toby Samuel, Connor Thompson) and Texas A&M . Link here www.secsports.com/championship/mens-tennis

Women's teams in the semis - Tennessee (featuring Esther Adeshina); South Carolina (featuring Megan Davies); Texas A&M and Georgia.
www.secsports.com/championship/womens-tennis

The Tennessee lads defeated South Carolina so they progress to the finals on Friday 23rd April against Florida , but the Tennessee women's team lost to Conference leaders Georgia in the semis. South Carolina women's team also lost in the semis to Texas A&M.

So there will be 3 Brits featuring in the SEC men's finals - Tennessee v Florida (Giles, Johannus and Josh Goodger) , but no female Brits in the SEC women's finals.

Worth mentioning that Johannus Monday has been stellar at Tennessee and has been named SEC Freshman of the week on a record 7 occasions. Toby Samuel has been doing well at South Carolina too and was named Freshman of the Week once. Link here - http://a.espncdn.com/sec/media/2021/Men's%20Standings%20Page.pdf

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JonH comes home · Tennis legend

cya wrote:
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships is currently ongoing; Women's teams at Alabama, Men's teams are at Arkansas.

The following 4 men's teams made the semi finals - Tennessee (featuring Brits - Giles Hussey, Johannus Monday) : Florida (featuring Brit Josh Goodger); South Carolina (Toby Samuel, Connor Thompson) and Texas A&M . Link here www.secsports.com/championship/mens-tennis

Women's teams in the semis - Tennessee (featuring Esther Adeshina); South Carolina (featuring Megan Davies); Texas A&M and Georgia.
www.secsports.com/championship/womens-tennis

The Tennessee lads defeated South Carolina so they progress to the finals on Friday 23rd April against Florida , but the Tennessee women's team lost to Conference leaders Georgia in the semis. South Carolina women's team also lost in the semis to Texas A&M.
So there will be 3 Brits featuring in the SEC men's finals - Tennessee v Florida (Giles, Johannus and Josh Goodger) , but no female Brits in the SEC women's finals.

Worth mentioning that Johannus Monday has been stellar at Tennessee and has been named SEC Freshman of the week on a record 7 occasions. Toby Samuel has been doing well at South Carolina too and was named Freshman of the Week once. Link here - http://a.espncdn.com/sec/media/2021/Men's%20Standings%20Page.pdf

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Thank you for that in depth update and good luck to all 3 Brits in that final, let us know how it turns out?

when are the NCAA finals this year, that Paul Jubb won a couple of years ago, and presumably they have both individual and team events at that? Any Brits lined up to take part this year?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Do all these conference championships lead through to the ncaa in some way?

Elegant Point · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
Do all these conference championships lead through to the ncaa in some way?

Yes smile

Bobby Knight has some very useful links to follow the conference tournaments

https://www.collegetennistoday.com/2021-mens-conference-tournament-central/

https://www.collegetennistoday.com/2021-womens-conference-tournament-central/

mens conferences

https://www.collegetennistoday.com/mens/tennis-conferences-for-men/

womens conferences

https://www.collegetennistoday.com/womens/womens-conferences/

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Do all these conference championships lead through to the ncaa in some way?
Yes
Bobby Knight has some very useful links to follow the conference tournaments
https://www.collegetennistoday.com/2021-mens-conference-tournament-central/
https://www.collegetennistoday.com/2021-womens-conference-tournament-central/
mens conferences
https://www.collegetennistoday.com/mens/tennis-conferences-for-men/
womens conferences
https://www.collegetennistoday.com/womens/womens-conferences/

Great , thanks EP! Does it work structurally in a similar way for individual events eg mens singles?

Also, when is the NCAA event, will that be May or June?

Elegant Point · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Great , thanks EP! Does it work structurally in a similar way for individual events eg mens singles?

Also, when is the NCAA event, will that be May or June?

Sure there was a nice summary on progression to the Championships for team and individual on a previous thread, but I cant find it.....

The finals take place 16th-22nd May team championships and 23-28th May individual championships. Brackets will be available in May.

The NCAA has chosen 20 sites for the preliminary rounds that will be narrowed down to 16 on May 3rd.

link to sites selected

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/committees/d1/compoversig/Apr2021D1AdCom_Apr14Report.pdf

link to results and schedule

https://www.ustanationalcampus.com/en/home/collegiate/ncaa-championships.html

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Elegant Point wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Great , thanks EP! Does it work structurally in a similar way for individual events eg mens singles?

Also, when is the NCAA event, will that be May or June?

Sure there was a nice summary on progression to the Championships for team and individual on a previous thread, but I cant find it.....
The finals take place 16th-22nd May team championships and 23-28th May individual championships. Brackets will be available in May.
The NCAA has chosen 20 sites for the preliminary rounds that will be narrowed down to 16 on May 3rd.
link to sites selected
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/committees/d1/compoversig/Apr2021D1AdCom_Apr14Report.pdf
link to results and schedule
https://www.ustanationalcampus.com/en/home/collegiate/ncaa-championships.html

Thats great thanks - sorry to pose lots of questions, do we expect to see many / any Brits in the brackets for the individual events? Are they 64 or 128 draws at the finals?

Thanks again

Elegant Point · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:

Thats great thanks - sorry to pose lots of questions, do we expect to see many / any Brits in the brackets for the individual events? Are they 64 or 128 draws at the finals?
Thanks again

As to whether any Brits will be in the singles or doubles,there should be a few; the selection criteria from 2019 as below. In 2019 finals singles was a round of 64 and doubles a round of 32.

I have no idea what will happen for selections this year as due to C-19, several teams or conferences decided not to play in the Fall and some not to hold conference Championships. Also there is the ongoing debate as to computer vs coaches rankings.

Maybe a speculative singles and doubles poll is in order?? smile

2019: Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, with a minimum of four matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

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