They completed the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament Sunday. The winner (Stanford ) is located near the Pacific Coast. The team they beat (Virginia ) had one American starter. Stanford had one international starter.

Scanning the rosters of the four North Carolina teams, I found no North Carolina starers. There were fourteen teams entered. I don’t know of any North Carolina starters on any team. Stanford and Boston College were the only two teams with less than five international players. Boston College was 0-13 in conference matches.

Most iternationals were starters, which probably indicates they recieved most of the 4 and 1/2 scholarships alloted per team. My guess is that currently the portal rules and the “likeness money” are making American college tennis the “minor leagues of professional tennis”: Just as they have in Men’s basketball.

Over the years many North Carolina colleges and universities have dropped men’s tennis programs, or both men and women’s teams. (East Carolina men, Appalachain men, High Point – both, Guilford ?, ). I know of none added.

Many blame Title IX. Me thinks that money is the more rational explanation.