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Where the Sweet 16 American Men Rated Before College
by Rhiannon Potkey, 17 May 2021
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The Sweet 16 is set for the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships. Play begins on Monday at the USTA Tennis Center in Lake Nona, Florida.
The players on each team come from a variety of locations across the world and the country. Some were early standouts and others were late bloomers.
How were the American players rated coming out of high school? Most were Blue Chips with a few Five-Stars and Four-Stars.
Based on the lineups used in the second round, check out who is playing in the Sweet 16 matchups and where the American players ranked entering college.
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 16 Illinois (7 p.m. ET)
Florida
Duarte Vale
Sam Riffice - Blue Chip 2018
Andy Andrade - Blue Chip 2017
Ben Shelton- Blue Chip 2020
Josh Goodger
Lukas Greif - Blue Chip 2018
Brian Berdusco - Five Star 2017
Will Grant - Blue Chip 2019
Johannes Ingildsen
Illinois
Alex Brown - Blue Chip 2017
Zeke Clark - Blue Chip 2016
Montsi Siphosothando
Noe Khlif
Hunter Heck - Blue Chip 2020
Aleks Kovacevic - Five Star 2016
No. 8 Texas A&M vs. Mississippi State (7 p.m. ET)
A&M
Juan Carlos Aguilar
Bjorn Thomson
Pierce Rollins
Valentin Vacherot
Hady Habib - Blue Chip 2016
Noah Schachter - Blue Chip 2018
Raphael Perot
MSU
Florian Broska
Gregor Ramskogler
Nemanja Malesevic
Davide Tortora
Nicolas Ocana
Giovanni Oradini
Carles Hernandez
No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 12 Southern California (4 p.m. ET)
UVA
Carl Soderlund
William Woodall - Five Star 2018
Ryan Goetz - Blue Chip 2018
Chris Rodesch
J vd Schulenburg
Inaki Montes
Gianni Ross - Blue Chip 2017
Southern California
Daniel Cukierman
Riley Smith - Blue Chip 2016
Stefan Dostanic - Blue Chip 2019
Bradley Frye - Blue Chip 2018
Lodewijk Weststrate
Jake Sands - Blue Chip 2018
Ryder Jackson - Five Star 2019
No. 4 Texas vs. No. 13 South Carolina (4 p.m. ET)
Texas
Eliot Spizzirri - Blue Chip 2020
Siem Woldeab - Blue Chip 2019
Cleeve Harper - Blue Chip 2019
Chih Chi Huang
Micah Braswell - Blue Chip 2020
Payton Holden - Five Star 2016
Evin McDonald - Blue Chip 2019
South Carolina
Daniel Rodrigues
Connor Thomson
Jake Beasley - Five Star 2018
Toby Samuel
Raphael Lambling
Phillip Jordan - Five Star 2019
Thomas Brown - Four Star 2017
No. 3 Tennessee vs. Arizona (10 a.m. ET)
Tennessee
Pat Harper
Adam Walton
Johannus Monday
Martim Prata
Mark Wallner - Four Star 2017
Giles Hussey
Luca Wiedenmann
Andrew Rogers - Four Star 2017
Arizona
Gustaf Strom
Jonas Ziverts
Filip Malbasic
Herman Hoeyeraal
Alejandro Reguant
Carlos Hassey - Five Star 2017
Nick Lagaev
No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 6 North Carolina (10 a.m. ET)
UGA
Trent Bryde - Blue Chip 2018
Tyler Zink - Blue Chip 2019
Billy Rowe - Blue Chip 2016
Blake Croyder - Five Star 2018
Philip Henning
Erik Grevelius
UNC
William Blumberg
Brian Cernoch - Blue Chip 2018
Mac Kiger - Five Star 2017
Simon Soendergaard
Rinky Hijikata
Benjamin Sigouin - Blue Chip 2017
Josh Peck
No. 7 TCU vs. Ohio State (1 p.m. ET)
TCU
Alastair Gray
Luc Fomba
Sander Jong
Tadeas Paroulek
Bertus Kruger
Jake Fearnley
Tomas Jirousek
OSU
John McNally - Blue Chip 2017
Cannon Kingsley - Blue Chip 2019
James Trotter
Justin Boulais
Kyle Seelig - Blue Chip 2015
JJ Tracy - Blue Chip 2020
Robert Cash - Blue Chip 2019
No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 15 Ole Miss (1 p.m. ET)
Baylor
Adrian Boitan
Sven Lah
Constantin Frantzen
Nick Stachowiak
Matias Soto
Charlie Broom
Fin Bass
Spencer Furman - Blue Chip 2016
Ole Miss
Finn Reynolds
Tim Sandkaulen
Brady Draheim - Four Star 2017
Simon Junk
Jakob Cadonau
Lukas Engelhardt
Nikola Slavic
J. Hallquist Lithen
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