TRUE TRUE TRUE.........

my ideal lineup for the rest of the season:

lester/ante
brett/marvin
zach/khaled

lester
ante
dakki
brett
khaled
wooten

Heres what I think the lineup should be:

Ante/Lester #1 in the country...cant argue that
khaled/dakki or malmgren.....solid team, can win
joelson/rolle....very good team and could be
dominant at 3

Lester.....plays his best at #1
Ante.......same as above but at #2
Dakki.....As good as 3 as you'll find
Joelson.....Gets back into form, always
dangerous
Khaled......going to win...Period
Wooten......Got play the Wu-tang, big win in
the clutch showed that.

Wu Tang and El Dorry are underrated too. Agboy you are wise beyond your years...

i just like the fact that the boys are playing their best tennis when now. I think the team is starting to peak. I hope it will keep going till the end of may

I agree that they are peaking at the right time, but as you progress farther into the year, the doubles point becomes more and more important. you should experiment with your doubles EARLY in the year, not when you get to the end and have tough matches to make it to regionals and nationals. Your doubles lineup should be set 3-4 weeks into the season. Then they have the time to mesh together as partners and learn each others games. Then, when you get to the big matches, you have solid teams that can win matches.

good point bigfoot, i think they will get the lineup situated before NCAA's. Whats important now is getting that ranking up, so they can host a regional instead of going some place like Baylor or Rice to as a 2 seed. Not what you want to happen.

how much bull**** do you think we would hear at conference if we played brett and marvin at 3? that would be interesting. i would love to put them there, but they really should be at 2. also, dakki should not play doubles anymore. he doesn't return well enough and doesn't cover the court well in doubles. his game is better suited for singles, and he fits very well at 3. and finally, i think it's unanimous...the malm needs to be on the court in dubs, most likely with khaled if ante/lester and brett/marvin are playing together.

about the only good thing from switching up this doubles lineup is that you could probably get away with putting brett and marv at 3, because you cant really prove that they are better than khaled and malm other than the record. Im not sure what the rules are on that, but it may be permissible (sp). Ante and lester will step it up in postseason, no doubt, we just have to find that other team to step it up with them. brett and marv would be a big team at 3, wonder if it will happen.

legally you can do it. According to the rule you can only move a team one spot up or down every match. Ex. if Ante and Lester play one, the lowest you could legally put them at is 2. Same goes for singles. And if you remember a few years back. Florida had two top 20 doubles teams and the number 14 team in the country was at number 3. If Florida can justify putting that team at 3, ATM could make its case for putting marvin and brett at 3, especially since Cass has been experimenting, which means marvin and brett havent been playing together recently. In my mind they should go for it.

[This message has been edited by Agboy (edited 4/21/2004 4:31p).]