Monday, December 2, 2013

Ratings

Ratings should be released sometime today.

42 comments:

  1. http://tennislink.usta.com/Leagues/reports/NTRP/AdvancedSearch.aspx

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  2. First tank match of 2014? Couple of 4.0 studs that got bumped, get destroyed by mid level 4.0's:

    Richard Davies & Scott Springmann def Eddie A. Janek & Daniel R. Zebrowski 6-1, 6-3

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  3. Freeman got a little revenge on Dallas in Tri for last years shenanigans.

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  4. For fun, I calculated how much the HTA increased their CTA fee's for adult players:

    Number of Leagues played by men's players 2013:
    1) 318 (25%)
    2) 279 (22%)
    3) 260 (20%)
    4) 137 (10%)
    5) 99 (7%)
    6) 64 (5%)
    7) 43 (3%)
    8) 26 (2%)
    9) 12 (0%)
    10) 8 (0%)
    11) 1 (0%)

    Number of Leagues played by ladies players 2013
    1) 119 (33%)
    2) 50 (13%)
    3) 38 (10%)
    4) 36 (10%)
    5) 30 (8%)
    6) 27 (7%)
    7) 19 (5%)
    8) 18 (5%)
    9) 7 (1%)
    10) 7 (1%)
    11) 6 (1%)
    12) 0 (0%)
    13) 1 (0%)

    Fee's 2013
    Ladies: $7,180
    Mens: $24,960
    Total: $32,140

    Fee's 2014:
    Ladies: $12,780
    Mens: $37,910
    Total: $50,690

    Projected Fee Increase: 57.7%

    Everyone should consider online leagues rather than HTA for spring/fall. The level of competition and # of players has increased pretty nicely recently:
    www.leaguetennis.com
    www.ultimatetennis.com
    www.flextennis.com

    Fee's there are inline with HTA's old fee's, plus you can win things like gift cards and shoes!

    For summer you can't be the USTA's level of competition.

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    1. That was for fun? Man, you are a party animal.

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  5. That can't be the reason why they did that. It has to be because the HTA wants to make things easier for the players since they care so much about them.

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    1. Post of the year!!

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    2. It is time for the real seasons to start. I'm tired of the 'other seasons.' Who will dethrone Freeman this year?

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    http://festariformen.com/italian-suits-for-men-houston/

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  7. Can Freeman wear an Italian suit?

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  8. How are the Houston guys doing in Tri-level?

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  9. They made it to the Finals, lost 2-1. Pretty good showing.

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  10. Can we get a preview of 4.0, 4.5 for next years. Seasons within a month now. Being a 4.0 player it think its opened up a lot since last year. I feel that the unicorns and hurricanes both lost there ringers.

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    1. Doesn't look like it.

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    2. Not many people have registered. It's pretty hard to give a preview before seeing who registers for each team and what the divisions look like.

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  11. Its because no one cares. The same thing happens every year. Instead of a preview here's the entire story of this season. 4.0/4.5 Hurricanes win city. 4.0/4.5 Hurricane's win sectionals. 4.0/4.5 Hurricanes lose in nationals. None of them get bumped up. Good job guys. The end.

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    1. Sadly this is true.

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    2. Best pre-season synopsis I've ever seen

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    3. You forgot that the season before last Hurricane team is able to get back together. Every othe year Hurricane teams. Bumpups move back down and the players can come back together.

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    4. Idiotic as usual. Every year all of the Hurricane 4.0 players get bumped up. It doesn't matter. Freeman reloads.

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    5. And the following year most find their way back down. He has an odd/even years of core players.

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    6. Yeah, Knutson is back on the Hurricanes 4.0 for his bi-annual 4.0 Hurricane tour.

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    7. If you think Freeman has a monopoly on this practice, take a close look at Chancellors' roster. Clearly an industry best practice.

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    8. Well if others are doing it, it must be alright.

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    9. They are using NOHO as their tank play. This is how they reload.

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    10. 10:46, I was actually saying that there are others you should be criticizing as well

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  12. WOW hurricanes, unicorns ace kings and sienna in the same division. hahahahaha

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    1. It'll be great practice for Sienna for Sectionals

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    2. Think HTA is trying to tell Freeman something?

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    3. Insane. And unfair to all four teams. Typical HTA.

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    4. Hurricanes, unicorn and ace king will have to battle it out this year. They will beat up each other and only one will move forward to playoffs. HTA is making it wide open for second place teams in other division

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    5. Honestly the unicorns and hurricanes will get out of this division and one will win and the other get the wildcard. Hta may have done both a favor as this pretty much guarantees that they will be in opposite ends of the draw come playoff as these teams were both top four in the state last year if not top two. Rough sledding for 4.0 this year.

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  13. Perusing the Dallas blog today and they have a really funny thread. It is worth a look.

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    1. That is pretty funny. Those Houston pimps don't play nice was a nice touch. He's have to rewrite the whole thing and give it to Jason if he wrote here. We need some new writing around here. Surely there is something to talk about; I am so excited about the season starting again.

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    2. You and Freeman are probably the only ones excited about the season starting.

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    3. Why look over here if you aren't interested in the season? It sure as hell can't be for all of the recent tennis talk.

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  14. Link for the lazy ---- http://goo.gl/rY9c8m

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  15. Who are the relevant teams that can possibly have a chance at winning each division

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    1. 4.0 Div 1: Lakeside, maybe Copperfield S&A depending on who else signs up
      4.0 Div 2: Cinco Comets
      4.0 Div 3: Pretty irrelevant, but Thors or HRC
      4.0 Div 4: Also pretty irrelevant, but Good Guys
      4.0 Div 4: Ace N Spinners
      4.0 Div 5: now this one is real interesting. I’m picking Chancellors based on rosters I see so far. But Freeman always has something up his sleeve that he’ll show us around 5:00 Thursday, and then something more he’ll show us 2 matches before the end of the season.

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    2. If this is all Freeman has, sure but why am I certain he has a couple of former Superchamps that are coming.

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