shempie Posted January 31 Posted January 31 53 minutes ago, courtside said: Oklahoma State hosted the Men and Women’s NCAA Championships last season. It has been a few years since my kids played junior tennis, but at that time, OU, OSU, and Tulsa all had great facilities. Tulsa has hosted the NCAAs several times also. For a school their size, they have very nice facilities with 6 indoor and 12 outdoor courts. Quote
courtside Posted January 31 Posted January 31 1 hour ago, shempie said: It has been a few years since my kids played junior tennis, but at that time, OU, OSU, and Tulsa all had great facilities. Tulsa has hosted the NCAAs several times also. For a school their size, they have very nice facilities with 6 indoor and 12 outdoor courts. They do. All 3. A minimum of 6 indoor and 12 outdoor are required by the NCAA. That’s why you see that number often, so they can host. I know of a higher profile tennis school that’s just under that, but is expanding, so they can host NCAA events. One thing you may see soon is a combination of those Oklahoma schools hosting events especially the NCAA Indoors. There is a new thing where 2 schools within 200 miles of each other, host the NCAA Indoors. Reduces costs, and the indoors host requires 12 indoor courts. They can split the 16 teams into two sites of 8 each. This year for example, Illinois and Northwestern are the Women’s final 16 hosts. SMU and Baylor are the Men’s final 16 hosts. 56 teams, 14 sites (OK State was a Women’s site host in the early rounds) Four teams advance to the designated primary host site while the others stay behind to finish out play. Host schools receive auto entry into the event. The USTA National Campus in Orlando agreed to added 6 more indoor courts to make it 12. They also needed to add scoreboards to all courts, provide more seating, etc…some other upgrades in order to be a long term host for the Men’s Women’s team National Championships. But there are several other events to be hosted as well. Quote
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