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Welcome back to some regularly scheduled programming! Last week, I previewed the ITA Men’s Kickoff Weekend for Cracked Racquets. You can see how poorly some of my takes aged there . Now that Indoors has wrapped for both the men and women, we’re officially into regular season action across the country and I couldn’t be more excited for these two matches – one of which I’ll catch in person! Tweet me @JTweetsTennis with how you think these matches will pan out and what other matches you’re watching closely this weekend! Men:  #14 Northwestern at #13 Harvard Time: Saturday, February 27th at 1pm ET Overview We only have one top 15 matchup for the men this weekend and it’s…Northwestern versus Harvard?! Did anyone think either of these teams were capable of making the top 15 this year? Let alone being ranked above schools like Virginia, Arizona, and Georgia? Definitely not on my bingo card but here we are.  Harvard surprised everyone at the ITA Kickoff Weekend by knocking off Peppe...

Welcome back to another addition of Matches of the Week! This week, I’ll preview the women’s ITA National Indoor Championships. The field is set for Madison, Wisconsin with 16 of the best women’s teams in the country competing for the title. North Carolina is the defending champion, having won their 5th Indoor title since 2013 last year. In this article, I’ll break down: Immediate takeaways Most interesting first round matches Seeds on upset alert Predictions As always, share your feedback on twitter @JTweetsTennis ! Coverage Before we dive in, you can follow all the action this weekend from the ITA tournament site and, more excitingly, join the conversation by watching the Cracked Racquets YouTube coverage throughout the tournament. Cracked Racquets will cover the first ball to last on YouTube with Alex Gruskin and Mike Cation of ATP Challenger tour fame on the call. Join me in the YouTube comments as we track all the action! Immediate Takeaways Oklahoma is the biggest draw loser....

Welcome back to some regularly scheduled programming! Last week, I previewed the ITA Kickoff Weekend as a substitute to the usual two matches of the week. In total, I got 14 of the 15 men’s winners correct and 12 of the 15 women’s winners – better than Gruskin, so I’ll take it! After Kickoff Weekend, it officially feels like the regular season is underway. This week is jam-packed with exciting matches between top teams. Shoutout to all the coaches who use this stretch before ITA Indoors to schedule as aggressively as possible. It makes it more fun for fans to follow and gives us more data points heading into Indoors. Let’s hope the snowstorm doesn’t impact any of the matches slated for this weekend! Thankfully, there's no snow in the forecast in California and I'm looking forward to attending Stanford/USC and Stanford/UCLA. As always, send all feedback to @JTweetsTennis . Men:  #6 Virginia at #5 Ohio State Time: Sunday, February 6th at 12pm ET Overview There are so many good ma...