Rice men will be the #1 seed for the conference tournament in Virginia.

News Release

Quarterfinals - Friday, April 17
Match 1:(2) Old Dominion 7 vs. (7) UAB 0 - 10 a.m.
Match 2: (3) UTSA 4 vs. (6) Southern Miss 3 - 10 a.m.
Match 3: (4) Charlotte 4 vs. (5) Middle Tennessee 2 - 2 p.m.

Semifinals - Saturday, April 18
Match 4: (2) Old Dominion 2 vs. (3) UTSA 4 - 12 p.m.
Match 5: (4) Charlotte 2 vs. (1) Rice 4 - 12 p.m.

Championship - Sunday, April 19
Match 6: winner of (3) UTSA vs. (1) Rice - 11 a.m.

Note: Times are eastern.
Championship Central

Interesting. I did not realize that the Rice men had the best season in CUSA. Congrats and good luck.

(04-13-2015 07:01 PM)gsloth Wrote:  Interesting. I did not realize that the Rice men had the best season in CUSA. Congrats and good luck.

I'm not sure how these seeds are picked, since teams play a variety of conference opponents. For example, Old Dominion finished 15-2 (5-0) and was ranked #48 last week. Rice is 11-13 (0-2) and ranked #55. And ODU won the head-to-head.

(1) Rice will face (4) Charlotte tomorrow.

(04-17-2015 05:33 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  (1) Rice will face (4) Charlotte tomorrow.

Here's a link to the live sats: http://www.odusports.com/fls/31100/cusa2...M_ID=31100

Charlotte is leading the #2 doubles match, 6-2.

#1 & #3 are currently tied, 3-3 & 2-2, respectively.

Go Owls!!

#1 5-3
#2 4-7
#3 5-4

Also odd to see that we're the #1 seed with a losing record and Charlotte is 18-3 on the season.

Rice wins doubles point.
#1 8-3
#2 4-8
#3 8-5

UTSA won the doubles point in the other match.

(04-18-2015 11:59 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Also odd to see that we're the #1 seed with a losing record and Charlotte is 18-3 on the season.

Yep. Very odd. So what might be behind that seeding decision?

Here's a link to Charlotte's schedule ... and ours.

Unfortunately, Charlotte's match with our only common opponent, ODU, was postponed on Feb. 20. (We hosted the Monarchs on Jan. 25 and lost, 4-2.)

The 49ers typically competed against small southern colleges. Their only three losses were to the only major schools they met: Wake Forest (2-7), Duke (0-4) & NC State (0-4).

Rice had as much more challenging schedule, although we lost to many majors/mid-major schools, too: Ole Miss (0-4), Texas Tech (3-4), Texas (1-6), LSU (1-6), TCU (1-4), San Diego State (1-6), Tulane (2-4), George Washington (0-4), Texas A&M (0-4) & SMU (2-4) ... as well as to C-USA schools UTSA (3-4) & ODU (2-4, as mentioned above).

We did beat Cornell (4-1) and Northwestern (4-1).

Did those two victories -- and the relative degree of difficulty in the Owls' schedule -- trump Charlotte's gaudy W-L percentage and the head-to-head loses to UTSA (15-8) & ODU (16-2), both on our home courts?

Also, we did have a better record vs common opponents with UTSA: 4-2 vs 2-4 against Cornell, ODU, GWU, Incarnate Word, A&M-Corpus & Texas.

And the Monarch's only losses were to South Alabama and ... Cornell (@Ithaca!), whom we beat @Rice.

It must have been an interesting seeding discussion.

(04-18-2015 01:03 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 11:59 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Also odd to see that we're the #1 seed with a losing record and Charlotte is 18-3 on the season.

Yep. Very odd. So what might be behind that seeding decision?

Here's a link to Charlotte's schedule ... and ours.

Unfortunately, Charlotte's match with our only common opponent, ODU, was postponed on Feb. 20. (We hosted the Monarchs on Jan. 25 and lost, 4-2.)

The 49ers typically competed against small southern colleges. Their only three losses were to the only major schools they met: Wake Forest (2-7), Duke (0-4) & NC State (0-4).

Rice had as much more challenging schedule, although we lost to many majors/mid-major schools, too: Ole Miss (0-4), Texas Tech (3-4), Texas (1-6), LSU (1-6), TCU (1-4), San Diego State (1-6), Tulane (2-4), George Washington (0-4), Texas A&M (0-4) & SMU (2-4) ... as well as to C-USA schools UTSA (3-4) & ODU (2-4, as mentioned above).

We did beat Cornell (4-1) and Northwestern (4-1).

Did those two victories -- and the relative degree of difficulty in the Owls' schedule -- trump Charlotte's gaudy W-L percentage and the head-to-head loses to UTSA (15-8) & ODU (16-2), both on our home courts?

Also, we did have a better record vs common opponents with UTSA: 4-2 vs 2-4 against Cornell, ODU, GWU, Incarnate Word, A&M-Corpus & Texas.

And the Monarch's only losses were to South Alabama and ... Cornell (@Ithaca!), whom we beat @Rice.

It must have been an interesting seeding discussion.

They probably look at ITA rankings as well, with Rice #54, ODU #58, and Charlotte not ranked.

(04-18-2015 01:07 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  [quote='Almadenmike' pid='11992066' dateline='1429380235']
They probably look at ITA rankings as well, with Rice #53, ODU #58, and Charlotte not ranked.

(04-13-2015 07:36 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  I'm not sure how these seeds are picked, since teams play a variety of conference opponents. For example, Old Dominion finished 15-2 (5-0) and was ranked #48 last week. ...

So ODU must have dropped 10 spots after beating William & Mary, 4-3?

(04-18-2015 01:14 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 01:07 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  [quote='Almadenmike' pid='11992066' dateline='1429380235']
They probably look at ITA rankings as well, with Rice #54, ODU #58, and Charlotte not ranked.

(04-13-2015 07:36 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  I'm not sure how these seeds are picked, since teams play a variety of conference opponents. For example, Old Dominion finished 15-2 (5-0) and was ranked #48 last week. ...

So ODU must have dropped 10 spots after beating William & Mary, 4-3?

ODU#48 Rice #55
April 7 Rankings

Rice #54 ODU #58
April 14 Rankings

Rice and Charlotte split first sets, with Rice taking #2, #4, and #6.

Charlotte ties it up with a win on #3.

Rice 1 Charlotte 1

Rice wins on #6, 6-4, 6-1.

Rice 2 Charlotte 1

Rice wins on #4, 6-4, 6-3.

Rice 3 Charlotte 1

Max clinches it on #2, 6-2, 7-6.

Rice wins, 4-2!

#5 Joao Riquelme clinches UTSA's 4-2 victory over ODU with a 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 comeback win over ODU's Theophile Lanthiez.

We'll face the Roadrunners for the C-USA hampionship at 10 a.m. Sunday (Central time).

Link to Sunday's live scoring: http://www.odusports.com/fls/31100/cusa2...M_ID=31100

The Owls lost to UTSA, 4-3, in an exciting match held on January 16.

(04-18-2015 02:40 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  We'll face the Roadrunners for the C-USA hampionship at 10 a.m. Sunday (Central time).

Way to go, Owls!! This is an exciting and unexpected upswing! Let's get a big win tomorrow and be crowned hampions!!

(04-18-2015 06:14 PM)smackdaddy Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 02:40 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  We'll face the Roadrunners for the C-USA hampionship at 10 a.m. Sunday (Central time).

Way to go, Owls!! This is an exciting and unexpected upswing! Let's get a big win tomorrow and be crowned hampions!!

Would the hampions be honored at the couches' caravan?

(04-18-2015 06:57 PM)YOwl Ming Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:14 PM)smackdaddy Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 02:40 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  We'll face the Roadrunners for the C-USA hampionship at 10 a.m. Sunday (Central time).

Way to go, Owls!! This is an exciting and unexpected upswing! Let's get a big win tomorrow and be crowned hampions!!

Would the hampions be honored at the couches' caravan?

More likely at the ouches' aravan.