When the draw for the NCAA men’s tennis tournament was announced on May 3, Ohio State coach Ty Tucker was displeased that his team was unseeded and sent on the road despite a 20-3 record. He knew he wasn’t the only one. “To get a terrible draw and get sent to play a team that’s legitimately a top-six team in the country, it’s tough,” Tucker said. “But it was much tougher on Wake Forest. The only person that was more mad at the draw was the Wake Forest coach.” After beating Virginia Commonwealth 4-1 in the first round, Ohio State defeated the host Demon Deacons, who were seeded 10th, in the second round by the same score. Excluding last year when the tournament was canceled, the Buckeyes have reached the NCAA round of 16 every year since 2006, each year winning the first two rounds at home. Ohio State will play seventh-seeded TCU on…
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