[oldalum]

Thanks CT. Your points about strength of schedule and NCAA seeding are of course right. But we've always overcome our poor seeding in the past. My concern with the schedule is about getting enough top-flight competition under our belts during the season so that we are able to excel at the NCAAs. This is especially true for doubles, where playing against ourselves and against lesser teams just doesn't prepare you to play against top competition. Maybe with a younger team Lele wants to ease them into college competition, I don't know.

[oldalum]

Thanks CT. Your points about strength of schedule and NCAA seeding are of course right. But we've always overcome our poor seeding in the past. My concern with the schedule is about getting enough top-flight competition under our belts during the season so that we are able to excel at the NCAAs. This is especially true for doubles, where playing against ourselves and against lesser teams just doesn't prepare you to play against top competition. Maybe with a younger team Lele wants to ease them into college competition, I don't know.