Sometimes NCAA rules take your breath away.
We'll call this a case of "unintended consequences" as I engaged in my weekly search for Sunday's column material.
Following the Illinois women's tennis team's 4-3 NCAA win over Princeton in Lubbock, Texas — thereby reaching the Round of 32 for only the third time — these thoughts occurred:
How did junior Daniela Pedraza-Novak handle the third-set pressure with her teammates cheering alongside and her outcome deciding the result?
Imagine, out on the court all alone with the tension building. She wins, and the UI advances. She loses .