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Dan Martin Tennis
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I run Tennis Abides (https://tennisabides.com)
I am a husband, father, teacher, and coach.
From Kentucky
I am still holding out hope that I will be included in Avengers: Doomsday.
March 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The early rounds of the NCAA tournament are awesome due to upsets and so many games happening in 4 days.

The Final Four and Championship game have a ton of pageantry and importance.

For me, the Elite 8 games are often the most exciting.
March 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Grading Mark Pope's first season:

Building a Roster on Short Notice A
Public Relations A+
Traditional Recruiting A
Regular Season A-

SEC Tournament B-
NCAA Tournament A-
Portal Activity TBD but off to a nice start
Grading Mark Pope's first season to this point:

Building a Roster on Short Notice A
Public Relations A+
Traditional Recruiting A
Regular Season A-

SEC Tournament TBD
NCAA Tournament TBD
Portal Activity TBD
March 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
UK needs a 1998 Elite 8-type comeback here.
March 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I was just thinking there was some controversy about UK's 1984 Elite 8 win over Illinois. My next thought was, "I'm old."
March 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
To UK fans saying this is bad for Pope, Calipari and Barnhart were distant at best. The NIL pool is not going to run too well if the coach and AD have to both court them but are not on the same page.

Win-Win
March 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cal and Pitino had plenty of regular-season games as well.

UK vs. UMass
Louisville vs. Memphis
UK vs. Louisville

Their 1st meeting as coaches was in Nov/Dec 91 (I think) when UMass came to Lexington after the Great Alaska Shootout.

1991-2025 and possibly more is a lengthy rivalry.
March 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If I recall Cal vs. Pitino in NCAA tournament play includes:

Pitino at UK & Cal at UMass
UK d. UMass 1992 Sweet 16
UK d. UMass 1996 Final Four

Cal at UK & Pitino at Louisville
UK d. U of L 2012 Final Four
UK d. U of L 2014 Sweet 16
March 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Dan Martin Tennis
Joe Ingles has an autistic son who recently watched his first NBA game in an arena.

But Ingles didn't play in that game.

Tonight, the Timberwolves put Ingles in the starting lineup with his son finally able to watch his dad play ❤️

H/T @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
@stossel.bsky.social Sad to see George Foreman's passing. I loved what you wrote about his experience with Job Corps in Sarge.
March 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Grading Mark Pope's first season to this point:

Building a Roster on Short Notice A
Public Relations A+
Traditional Recruiting A
Regular Season A-

SEC Tournament TBD
NCAA Tournament TBD
Portal Activity TBD
March 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
UK's schedule has been really tough (it will get harder with Auburn twice & a road game rematch with Alabama). 18 wins and counting with wins over Tennessee 2X, Duke, Florida, the Zags, Louisville, TAMU, & Miss St. is very solid.
February 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Janick Sinner's 3-month ban more or less closes an odd and negative story in tennis.

I've spoken to two different athletic trainers who both said his team's explanation while plausible raises a lot of questions.
February 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I played in during doubles work at tennis practice this week because we had odd numbers. I played poorly (rusty would be an understatement).
I did hit a winning lob volley when all 4 of us were at the net.
I said, "That shot was from 1983."
My partner asked, "1983?! How old are you?!?!"
February 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Kentucky being 17-7 with the SEC as strong as it is and a schedule that included the top 3 ACC teams, a Big 10 team, and the Zags is unexpected and nice in my view.
February 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reposted by Dan Martin Tennis
Bencic d. Paquet 6-3 6-1 at United Cup

Considering Belinda hadn’t played a tour-level match in 16 months, she looked impressive out there.

Taking balls early & timing the ball wonderfully as always.

✅1st tour-level win as a mom

Welcome back.

🇨🇭❤️
December 28, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Good for Vanderbilt to get a bowl win. It is good for them to finish above .500 and close out a season that saw a huge win over Alabama with another win.

I feel for Ga Tech after the tough regular season finale loss to UGA.
December 28, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Tennessee with -18 yards 11 minutes into the game???
a blue dumpster with republic written on it
ALT: a blue dumpster with republic written on it
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Dayton is building a nice at-large portfolio if it doesn't win the A-10 tournament.
December 16, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Pat Kelsey used his timeouts extremely wisely. Both teams want a fast pace, but when UK was getting any sort of scoring flow, Kelsey wisely slowed the game down with a TO. Hitting one right before a media timeout was a real momentum killed. Smart.
UK won and U of L is in good hands.
December 15, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Mark Pope finishes coaching his 1st game vs. Louisville.
Records of UK Coaches in Modern Series
Hall 2-2
Sutton 3-1
Pitino 6-2
Smith 6-4
Gillespie 0-2
Calipari 13-3/13-2 (vacated win)
Pope 1-0
Modern Series UK 31-U of L 14/13
Regular season UK 28-U of L 13/12
NCAA Tournament Games UK 3-U of L 1
December 15, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Are UGA and Tex trying to get people to spend less on Melatonin this half?
December 7, 2024 at 10:41 PM