[StanfordMatt]

Stanford Men's Tennis with a decent draw as a #4 seed - unfortunately on the same half with Wake Forest. That said, someone will have to beat Wake to take home the title this year.

I'd much rather be on the same side of the bracket as Wake as opposed to #2 TCU. We lost to TCU twice without registering a single point in either contest. We also lost to Wake, 2-4, however it almost certainly would've been 3-4 if the final singles match had been played to completion and would've been 4-3 in our favor had we won a tiebreaker in doubles. Not to mention that the Deacons just went out in the semifinals of the ACC tournament that we ultimately won.

We also got some bracket luck in terms of being on the opposite side as UCLA. The Bruins were unseeded after an injury plagued season saw them drop several regular season matches, however, are finally healthy and stormed their way to a Big 10 title, handing top seed Ohio State (#5 national seed) their first loss in Columbus since 2021.

All that being said, is men's tennis likely to win its first national championship since 2000? Probably not (see results vs. TCU). But stranger things have happened and no one team seems particularly dominant this year.

[StanfordMatt]

Stanford Men's Tennis with a decent draw as a #4 seed - unfortunately on the same half with Wake Forest. That said, someone will have to beat Wake to take home the title this year.

I'd much rather be on the same side of the bracket as Wake as opposed to #2 TCU. We lost to TCU twice without registering a single point in either contest. We also lost to Wake, 2-4, however it almost certainly would've been 3-4 if the final singles match had been played to completion and would've been 4-3 in our favor had we won a tiebreaker in doubles. Not to mention that the Deacons just went out in the semifinals of the ACC tournament that we ultimately won.

We also got some bracket luck in terms of being on the opposite side as UCLA. The Bruins were unseeded after an injury plagued season saw them drop several regular season matches, however, are finally healthy and stormed their way to a Big 10 title, handing top seed Ohio State (#5 national seed) their first loss in Columbus since 2021.

All that being said, is men's tennis likely to win its first national championship since 2000? Probably not (see results vs. TCU). But stranger things have happened and no one team seems particularly dominant this year.