UT looks like they handled Winthrop without much problem. Likely to be a tough match for the Bucs tomorrow but it would be great to take them out and in Knoxville especially.

(05-15-2010 03:02 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  How is a team that is .500 ranked #32 in the nation?

Good ol' SOS - strength of schedule...........
The SEC is a very tough tennis league....

(05-15-2010 04:40 PM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote:  

(05-15-2010 03:02 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  How is a team that is .500 ranked #32 in the nation?

Good ol' SOS - strength of schedule...........
The SEC is a very tough tennis league....

5 of the top 25 ranked teams are SEC, and that's not including very good Auburn, LSU, and Vandy teams. Plus 'bama beat Pepperdine, a perennially tough team. As is usually the case in some other sport played on a court, ETSU is probably a bit under-ranked. They probably are in reality somewhere around 40 or so in the country. Also (and tell me if you've heard *this* before), they are really only pushed by two teams in the ASun, and try to play tough teams early in the year (on the road, of course) when they can. And since our indoor facilities aren't really workable, we don't get enough practice over the winter and early spring.....

Actually a nice article from ETSU:

in-house version

JC Press write-up

Coach Bartow was there in the stands..wonder if he will stick around for the UT match???

Alabama's story on the match - http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-tennis/...10aaa.html

(05-16-2010 09:29 AM)bucfan1968 Wrote:  Coach Bartow was there in the stands..wonder if he will stick around for the UT match???

I suspect he will.

And not that anyone cares, but I won't be around for match commentary today.

Here is a link to a live blog from UT that should keep things updated.

http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-tennis/...10aaa.html

(05-16-2010 11:31 AM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote:  

(05-16-2010 09:29 AM)bucfan1968 Wrote:  Coach Bartow was there in the stands..wonder if he will stick around for the UT match???

I suspect he will.

And not that anyone cares, but I won't be around for match commentary today.

There were a few ETSU folks that showed up on the live blog and apparently several ETSU folks made the trip to Knoxville today so there may be more interest in your updates than you think.

Rotten luck to have to move indoors again. That hurt us two years ago when it rained against Ohio St. in the second round, and that match was about dead even before the rain. An INDOOR home court advantage is gigantic in tennis - lighting, room around the courts, etc. Much more so than a hoops or baseball game, for example.

Not that we would have won, anyway, but that's just bad luck.
Apparently a great crowd of at least 500 people for this match.

CONGRATS TO THE GUYS ON A GREAT SEASON !!!

[As a tangent, one of the UT online publications noted that when they played UVa (ranked #1 ahead of UT) in Charlottesville this year, there were 2,000 people at the match.]