NCAA Tennis Committee Meeting Summaries

The NCAA Division I, II and III Tennis Committees have sent the ITA the notes from the July 7-10 meetings to share with the membership and that will also appear in the NCAA News. ITA Executive Director David A Benjamin attended part of these meetings, and met individually with the committees from all three divisions.

Some of the more significant news from the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee meetings included:  

• A recommendation to the Division I Championships Competition/Cabinet for the 2006 men’s and women’s championships to be played at a common site.
  
• Voting for regional realignments for the following institutions, effective for the 2003-04 season: (Women) from the Southwest Region to the Central Region: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff; University of Arkansas, Little Rock and Arkansas State University; (Men) San Diego State University moved from the Mountain to the West Region; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, moved from the South Central to the Central Region; Bradley University and Indiana State moved from the Central to the Midwest region; and Colorado moved from the Central to the Mountain Region.

Please click here for a complete summary of the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee meetings, provided courtesy of the NCAA.

Some of the more significant news from the NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee meetings included:

• The Division II Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee discussed the current championship seeding process for the round of 16 and decided to make no changes to the regional rotation for the upcoming season. The committee will be examining strength of schedule to see if modifications need to be made.

• The 2004 NCAA Championships will be May 11-16 as part of the first annual Sports Festival. The championship will be again be held at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Bids are being accepted for the 2005 championship. Please contact Troy Arthur at the national office for more information.

ITA Executive Director David A Benjamin met with the Division II Committee and discussed the new seeding/regionalization of the championship format implemented this past season. David suggested that the committee might explain in greater detail to the Division II coaches this current association-wide philosophy and the degree to which it is not sport specific. Also, David suggested that the committee might make further use of the Division II coaches for suggestions as to the criteria for the national seeding.

Please click here for a complete summary of the NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee meetings, provided courtesy of the NCAA.

Some of the more significant news from the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee meetings included:  

• The NCAA Division III Committee is researching the possibility of a joint finals site. The committee hopes to find one facility with 24 courts for the championship. A joint site, if supported, would not be implemented until 2006 and 2007, at the earliest. NCAA staff will evaluate the feasibility of this proposal.

• The women’s subcommittee also forwarded a recommendation to the Championships Committee to propose that all doubles teams play a minimum of 10 matches together for consideration for the championships.

• The men’s subcommittee reviewed the entry and ranking forms and will alter the forms to match the women’s in an effort to eliminate confusion.

Please click here for a complete summary of the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee meetings, provided courtesy of the NCAA.

It was also discussed with both the Division II and III committees the possibility of the ITA providing the committees with additional statistical help, in terms of the results which are reviewed for selection and seeding purposes.