I thought I'd start a thread about the 2013 Tournament. Not too worried about the women making it out of the first two rounds, so I'll probably have more to say about the men's second round match-up. But first, some info I put on twitter that I found astounding. We always hear about football & baseball SEC domination, but the same could be said about tennis.

12 of the 13 Men’s Teams (92%) were selected for the NCAA tounament. 8 of those 12 (67%) are hosting and seeded - UGA(3) Miss(6) Tenn(7) UK(8) MsSt(10) TAMU(12) UF(15) Vandy(16). That is a staggering representation.

9 of the 14 Women's Teams (64%) were selected for the NCAA tournament. 4 of those 9 (44%) are hosting and seeded - UF(1) TAMU (3) UGA (4) Bama (9). That's substantially more top heavy, but still awesome.

Overall, we should see some good SEC representation in the later rounds of the tourney on both sides. It will be interesting to see if such a brutal conference schedule really helps prep for the NCAA's.

The men's second round opponent is intriguing for many reasons... it's only been one year since the Aggies and Longhorns have faced off. The Aggies went 2-1 against the Longhorns last year, but hard to take anything from those results. The common opponents the Aggies and Longhorns faced this year are:

SMU: A&M W 7-0, UT W 5-2
UVA: A&M L 1-6, UT L 2-5
OU: A&M L 2-5, UT L 2-5, L 1-4
TCU: A&M W 6-1, UT W 4-3
Rice: A&M W 6-1, UT W 7-0
UK: A&M W 4-0, UT L 1-4
USouthernCal: A&M L 0-4, UT L 0-7
USouthCarolina: A&M W 4-1, UT W 4-1
Tulsa: A&M W 5-2, UT W 4-3

The two most odd losses on A&M record were on the road at LSU and Florida (3-4). Mixed with that have been some brilliant near misses against Tenn and Georgia. The Aggies should pick up the win at home, but I don't think it will be easy. If they play to their potential it could be an easy W, but I don't expect that.

The Longhorns will surely have tens of fans there... so I hope we can turn out in masse to support our tennis team next weekend.

lol @ 10s of fans. good one.

Yeah, those 10s will be the 3 or 4 players not on the court, plus two sets of parents than MIGHT make the drive to Aggieland.

Bring the HATE

If I was going to be in town I would attend. I think it's important to attend when we host NCAA tournament events no matter what the sport to give us a better chance to host again, which is always important in winning and advancing, and keeping the A&M brand out there.

I'll be there. BTHO tu

I'll be there too!

You know its a big deal if CDub is going to tennis!

Bring the hate!

Gig'em, Ole Army Class of '70

Looking forward to some tennis this weekend. Hope the weather cooperates. Does anyone know if there is a backup indoor plan in case we get a lot of rain?

Not very good indoor options; this will be an NCAA call; could move things back until Sunday, when weather looks to be better;

How's the weather looking

Thunderous but the match today is against the small school.

Right. But we can't move to Round 2 without playing Round 1.

Texas & TAMU-CC are supposed to start up in a little over an hour. Didn't know if that timeline changed.

TAMUCC and Texas will start at 1:45 now

A&M match projected for 5:00 pm

Anyone have an update of how the match is going?

Did tu win?

Horns and Aggies both won; will play each other tomorrow, weather permitting

Thanks.

BTHO tu!!!!

OK it is now 6:05 PM; how is everything going today?

Aggies win!! 4-3 over Texas.

Did anybody clear this match with tu? Did Delo$$ give his permission?

Just saying is all.

We all know that Kim Mulkey really runs the Big 12-2-2+ WV and purple BU. Did SHE give her permission for the horns to play the Texas Aggies.

Amazing win today by the guys; we were down 3-2, but certainly never out of the match and absolutely CLUTCH by Jackson, Harry, and most especially Ore. BTHO Ohio St. now!

Oh yeah, Kim; the one with the leather pants.

Women's team wins doubles point against TCU. Leads in first set in 4 of 6 singles matches.

Get em girls

Ags win 4-1.

I am unable to follow the matches. All updates are very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I am unable to follow the matches. All updates are very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I am unable to follow the matches. All updates are very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

A&M once again proving they're THE team to beat in Texas. Keep it up Ags!

What an amazing year the Lady Ags have had. Overall, the TCU match was not one of their better performances except for in the doubles they dominated. I think the gals will beat Virginia and anything goes beyond that especially if they can pick it up just a bit. Women's Tennis might end up being the most successful of all the sports if they can manage a good run here at the end of the tourney. Good Luck Ladies!

Great year for the Ladies; Howard and Mark deserve major props for what they are building;hope they are going to peek at the right time; if so this could be fun

Great year ladies! Hope they can go out with a bang!