Big 12 Men's Tennis Championships 2008
◄ Big 12 Tennis Championships ►![]() |
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date | April 25, 2008 - April 27, 2008 |
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hostess | Texas A&M |
Tournament type | Free place tournament |
Game surface | Hard court |
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The men's Big 12 Tennis Championships were held for the twelfth time in 2008 . The game was played from April 25th to 27th of that year. The winner was Baylor University , which won the title for the sixth time.
Texas A&M University hosted the event for the third time since the Big 12 Conference was founded . The venue was the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station , Texas .
Participating teams
Seven universities that were part of the Big 12 Conference at the time took part in the tournament. It was the same list of participants as the regular season .
Seeding list | university | Team name | ITA 1 | city | State |
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#1 | University of Texas | Texas Longhorns | 6th | Austin | Texas |
# 2 | Baylor University | Baylor Bears | 11 | Waco | Texas |
# 3 | Oklahoma State University | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 20th | Stillwater | Oklahoma |
# 4 | Texas Tech University | Red Raiders | 16 | Lubbock | Texas |
# 5 | Texas A&M University | Texas A&M Aggies | 27 | College station | Texas |
# 6 | University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma Sooners | 72 | Norman | Oklahoma |
# 7 | University of Nebraska | Nebraska Cornhuskers | - | Lincoln | Nebraska |
Tournament course
The top seeded University of Texas received a bye in the first round.
The three quarter-finals were played on April 25th. Host Texas A&M prevailed against Texas Tech; the favorites won the other two games. The semifinals took place the next day. Texas and Baylor won number one and two on the seeding list. The final, which took place on April 27, was won by Baylor University.
Baylor's Dénes Lukács was named best player at the end of the tournament.
Tournament schedule
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final
number | Baylor (11) | 4: 2 | Texas (7) |
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Date: April 27, 2008 Location: College Station, Texas Facility: George P. Mitchell Tennis Center |
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7: 5, 6: 3 |
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4: 6, 7: 5, 2: 6 |
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6: 7 6 , 6: 4, 6: 2 |
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2: 6, 5: 7 |
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7: 5, 1: 6, 6: 3 |
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6: 7 7 , 6: 3, 6: 3 |
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Note: There were no doubles. |
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ April 22, 2008 - ITA Division I Men's Team Rankings. (No longer available online.) In: itatennis.com. Intercollegiate Tennis Association , April 22, 2008, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on August 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Big 12 Tennis Championships Preview. (pdf) In: big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference, April 21, 2008, accessed August 20, 2014 .
- ↑ 2008 BIG 12 TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Men's Bracket. (pdf) In: big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference, accessed August 20, 2014 .
- ↑ BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS. (pdf) In: Big 12 Record Book. Big 12 Conference, p. 4 , accessed August 12, 2014 .
- ^ Men's Tennis Battles Past Texas to Claim Big 12 Title. In: baylorbears.com. Baylor University, April 27, 2008, accessed August 25, 2014 .