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brtjohns

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    RIP Brother CCGeneral

    Only the passing of a few people I've never met in person struck me as hard as this one. CCG always fought for what was fair and just in the hoosier fan community, and it was evident he lived for IU sports. An online buddy going way back, he was someone you could trust and always fun to talk to because he never left any room for doubt on how he felt. Wish I hadn't deleted all of our fun, insightful, helpful PM conversations now. Most memorable to me is how CCG, HoosierLyss and I kinda teamed up to bolster HSN on the social and content fronts, which made its merger with 247 happen. His legacy certainly isnt limited to that though; his machine-like work ethic for sharing all kinds of updates from the social world was instrumental in building the comprehensive vast, vibrant hoosier fan community. I second the call for the recruiting section headline or something like that be renamed in his honor. No doubt Gary will continue to bleed crimson in his next life. One thing he believed in and would probably want someone to highlight is to post as if the student athlete you're talking about is reading it. He knew athletes on the (probably not limited to) basketball, soccer and wrestling teams are registered users on BTB, and surely more browse unregistered. Please put yourself in their shoes before you say or insinuate something disrespectful.
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    IU Baseball

    insight into mercer's coaching philosophy
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    RIP - Terry Hutchens - 1958-2018

    Terry is a gracious man. In the summer of 2015 when I was trying to expand my portfolio for the writing & editing profession, Terry welcomed me as a soccer content contributor for this site. He met me for lunch (which he insisted on paying for), we talked about how he envisioned the role and content ideas, and shortly after he showed me the ropes as we attended an iums practice. Essentially with his endorsement, I got the opportunity to interview Coach Yeagley and a few players, a first for me. When I moved on, he told me not to hesitate in using him as a reference (I didn't even ask), which I did for an editorial job later that year and got it. Terry didn't have to do any of that. I was incredibly grateful, and certainly still am, that a prolific five-time Indiana sportswriter of the year would be so generous to me. Wishing the smoothest recovery for Terry and his family.
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    IU OVER unc POST GAME THREAD

    full game, while it's still available anyway:
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    IU OVER unc POST GAME THREAD

    probably my favorite game from jbj in his hoosier career thus far. tonight he showed that he's maturing as a team player. as we hear from crean often, good players positively impact the game when they're not scoring as usual. jbj was active on defense, didnt carelessly drive into trees, 5-6 ft, and grabbed some huge rebounds. led the team in rebounds actually. we're now 19-2 in games vs ranked teams at home since 2011-12: 2016-17: #3 unc (W) 2015-16: #4 iowa (W), #17 purwho (W), #14 maryland (W) 2014-15: #22 smu (W), #22 osu (W), #13 maryland (W) 2013-14: #4 msu (L), #3 wisconsin (W), #10 michigan (W), #20 iowa (W), #22 osu (W) 2012-13: #14 unc (W), #8 minnesota (W), #13 msu (W), #1 michigan (W), #14 osu (L) 2011-12: #1 puke (W), #2 osu (W), #16 michigan (W), #5 msu (W)
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    IPFW Post Game Thread

    a few more thoughts after scanning this thread: -hoosieraloha, kb0, stuhoo and magnanimous affirmed why they're some of my favorite posters, and i agree completely in scheduling one or two of these games every year. they are infinitely more beneficial in the short and long term than the grand valley states, alcorn states and libertys at home. starting last season, i dont even care to tune in to all of the cupcake home games. really, whats the point? even if we won last night by 15, i still wouldnt call this kind of game a cupcake. -if there's anything to like about these post loss threads, it's that they continually feed my ignore list which shapes a better btb reading experience. -if the tremont waters miss didnt already sting like a ferocious b, it should now. pinson and harris hurt a lot too, but in my book thats crean's biggest recruiting miss since he's been here. newkirk and probably green is our look at point guard for the next two years. i really like green, but it's hard to tell right now how steady of a point he'll be. newkirk has been inconsistent at best -- flashes of productivity clouded by too many wtf moments. still early in the season though; he'll improve. but waters was the elite all-around, multi-year, immediate high-impact point we could've really used. we'll be alright. beat unc and last night will feel like a mere speedbump.
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    IPFW Post Game Thread

    I can hear it now from our rivals and the rest of the college basketball world: So that’s why the hoosiers don’t schedule nonconference true road games. Can’t really respond. They wanted it more, simple as that. It was evident in nearly every play in regulation tonight. What a win for the mastodons. Biggest win in their program’s history? Despite bleeding crimson, thought it was an awesome scene after the game. Gotta love college basketball. Beat Kansas in Hawaii, then lose to IPFW up the road 11 days later. No worries at this point in the season. We always win some as the underdog and lose some as the favorite. Essentially every team does. Hopefully this was OG’s worst game as a hoosier by a longshot. No defending it – that was an utterly pathetic performance. I lost count of how many plays he quit on. I’ve never seen him and hope to never see him again play so lethargically. Makes you wonder if he’s battling an illness. Green is a really promising player. McRoberts was a helluva spark plug tonight. He put on a clinic on defense. Him playing the last 10 or so minutes plus much of overtime is yet another reminder that it’s not about who starts but who finishes. The latter is more important. Kudos to coach for a great coaching move in going to the 2-3 zone to throw a wrench into their plans and halt momentum. Also kudos for keeping OG on the bench for the rest of the game after two completely uninspired stretches of play. Blackmon needs to learn how to be a playmaker, not just a scorer. As has been the theme for much of his career, he missed an easy assist on a majority of his drives. Needs to keep his head up and be determined to make a play, not be so focused on getting around his man to get a bucket. Tunnel vision. Their big man #45 had his way with Bryant tonight. Hopefully it serves as lesson to Bryant that he needs to combine his energy with creativity in the post. Can’t rely on your length and just expect fouls to be called. edit: really, really big fan of their coach after hearing that interview.
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    #11 Indiana v. #3 Kansas - Postgame Thread

    what a victory for this ridiculously versatile, 'positionless' team crean has crafted. after blowing 2 opportunities to close out the game and with bryant fouled out, i didnt think there was any way this young team would win the game in overtime vs a great, experienced kansas side with frank mason on fire. but jbj kept making shot after shot (man, did we miss the sloppy janitor last year), jmo kept making hustle play after hustle play, and the freshman--my god. first 'real' college game, the biggest game of their lives, vs kansas on espn, and they knock down pressure-packed 3s and free throws to put the game away like seniors. missed free throws throughout the game by our veterans had me pulling my hair out, then the freshman step up to show them how it's done and ice the game. love it. major kudos to crean and staff for having the team ready to play. perpaps most exciting about tonight is with rojo and newkirk not having a great game and og still raw offensively at this point, that certainly isnt the best this team can and will play come conference and dancin time. to air out one critique: we need to post-up og more. just because his shot is improved doesnt mean he should hang out on the perimeter looking for it. his biggest strength is using his freakish athleticism and lower body to bully opponents at the rim. he can draw a foul or get an easy lay-in any time he wants down there. needed this after the calamity in columbus tonight. and if wasnt excited enough... wow
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    #USMNT - 2018 World Cup Qualifier

    since obviously we'll miss the second half because iubb takes priority, you can rewatch the full game at fullmatchesandshows.com. definitely need an adblocker, and i'm not sure adblock plus still works there. i use ublock origin and it's fine. watch games on there frequently. they post full games in mls, bundesliga, premier league, la liga, champions league, world cup, euros, copa, etc within 24 hours. games are archived so you can search for an old game. a couple days ago i rewatched the usmnt-paraguay game from june, for example. it only goes back to beginning of 2015 though; i guess thats when the site was created. green has made a compelling argument not only to get a spot but start. wonder if he's supplanted bedoya in klinsmann's eyes, and wonder if jones will start over kjlestan, both start, or jones comes off the bench since he's only played two low-minute games since coming back from injury. he turned 35 yesterday; the hex might be his swan song.
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    Chicago Cubs Thread

    couldnt write a better script for a ballgame. the sport of baseball cant deliver a better product. this game has instant classic written all over it. it will be referenced and talked about for the rest of our lifetimes and beyond. i'm still stunned that maddon pulled hendricks. guy was dealin, and with a comfortable lead. buck just made a great point though. when you have an elite closer on the mound, somewhat fatigued or not, with a 3-run lead and 4 outs to go, gotta love your chances. any manager would go for that. glad ross smacked a dinger in his final game. now big schuma needs to go ahead and establish himself as a legend by doing the same.
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    2017 IU Baseball Schedule

    assuming no cancellations, i predict 32-23 before the btt, which would be a solid season with this tough a schedule and give us a shot at the ncaat. probably less than a fifth of the schedule is cupcakes. the first 7 games are brutal vs zaga, duke, oregon st, fl atlantic. they all finished top 30 in rpi last season. then the last 4 vs louisville and an away series in columbus is a tough but great opportunity for final touches to the resume. both iubb and iubase get to go to hawaii this year. i doubt that hurt their recruiting.
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    (2017) PG Tremont Waters to LSU

    i rarely chime in recruit threads. for me anyway, missing on waters would cause anguish. instant impact, excellent all-around floor generals like him lead conference title and final four runs ... with the major plus that he's already mature, highly intelligent, guaranteed not to create problems/distractions. his game reminds me so much of chris paul, without the douchiness and recurring bag-tagging. he tops my recuit wish list. immerse yourself in the basketball capital of the world and become the next great hoosier guard, tremont! buckner, thomas, alford, guyton, oladipo, yogi, waters.
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    Troy Williams - Taiwan Beer (Taiwan Super League)

    save some crow for me. might need to prepare them in tiny portions considering how many of us are due some. i didnt think he had the composure or defense reliability to warrant a roster spot in the nba. memphis coach obviously thinks he can hold his own, giving him increasing opportunity to earn that spot. williams has played 26.8 mpg in 5 memphis games, team-high minutes in 2 of the last 3, and registered a +/- of +10 or higher in 3 of 5. he's playing as well or better than all of his direct competition in ennis, stephens, harrison and selden, but would certainly benefit from another plus game wednesday.
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    #IUMS @ Notre Dame

    i dont disagree with the general tone of this thread, especially the frustrations about the offense. it's clearly true that we havent had a premiere striker since zavaleta, and it does kinda feel like indiana soccer is gravitating toward becoming something like ucla basketball. like a parent and their kid though, we're biased and tougher on our program than others. we're also spoiled by one of the greatest eras of dominance in the history of college sports. "we have been caught or past by Notre Dame, Louisville and Akron in the region." the notre dame-indiana rivalry has met every year since 2001, and it's notable that nd won the last two matches. however, the 18 games they've played in that span is basically even at nd 9:8 iu, which includes nd 1:2 iu in the ncaa tournament. since 2004, iu's first year without jerry yeagley at the helm, the two programs' postseason success looks like this: quarterfinals-- nd 3, iu 3... college cups-- nd 1, iu 2... national championships-- nd 1, iu 2. notre dame's national championship in 2013 is also their only college cup appearance in program history. meanwhile, indiana is 28-10-2 in the all-time series record and has 18 college cups and 8 national championships. so i disagree that they've passed us in any way, and i certainly disagree with the notion some iums fans have that notre dame has suddenly made us their *****. in regard to akron and louisville, here is their postseason success since 2004: quarterfinals-- akron 4, lville 3... college cups-- akron 3, lville 1... national championships-- akron 1, lville 0. louisville and indiana have met every year except one since 1999, which is as far back as iuhoosiers.com schedules will go. the 17-game record in that span is lville 4:12 iu, which includes lville 0:1 iu in the ncaat. so louisville isnt quite on our level, but akron is definitely on our level in the 21st century. akron and indiana have met 8 times since 2003. the record is akron 5:2 iu, including akron 1:0 iu in the ncaat, and they've won the last 4. zips have our number. it's fine to argue that perhaps college soccer's most prestigious program should have a better postseason record in the last decade, that it seems like we're declining, that we're no longer elite. without doing the research, just keep in mind that as the the sport of soccer has become more and more popular in this country, college soccer has steadily become more and more competitive since the godfather's reign. lets be honest, a lot of his games were like barcelona vs indy eleven. i expect iums to contend for a b1g title and get to the ncaat every year, play one of the most brutal schedules in the country, and prove to be a tough out by avoiding letdowns and upsets in the ncaat. we've consistently done that for the most part, 2014 being the standout year we didnt. how are we defining 'elite'? because i doubt (again, without doing research) you're going to find more than a handful of programs in the country that have a better resume in the last decade. akron could be one of them. i'd bet that if you talk to college soccer experts and coaches nationwide, the general opinion would be that indiana is either still elite or on the edge of it.
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    (2015) SF Ogugua Anunoby to IU

    just rewatched uk-iu watshot game, and my biggest takeaway this time around was i hope og becomes michael kidd gilchrist with a respectable shot this year. mkg had never come to mind when trying to think of a player comparison to og, so it was an ah-ha moment realizing how similar of players they are/can be. he was the meerkats' best player that game. i apologize for poisoning this thread with uk talk when it wasnt really called for. i hope solace is found via my avatar.
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    IU Baseball Offseason Updates

    battle for friday starter between hobbie, stiever and milto. all had great summers. despite losing kesler and our entire weekend rotation, maybe the pitching wont be as much a concern as we anticipated. sabol and belcher return after great years; stephenson is a solid returning veteran; inexperienced guys like sedat, herrin, foote look to break through; and several good pitching prospects come in. i just looked at perfect game's commit list for the first time in a while. 12 of 13 commits in 2017 are from indiana, and 6 of 7 in 2018 are from indiana. safe to say lemo and staff have prioritized getting the top hoosier players. the two in those classes not from indiana are from wisconsin and michigan, and the lone commit in 2019 looks to be an elite prospect (says he received interest from louisville, vanderbilt, mississippi, texas a&m, tcu) from missouri. 13 of 14 commits in 2016, counting szynski and suwinski who signed pro deals, are from the midwest too. the team for the foreseeable future will have a very strong hoosier and midwestern pride.
  17. the term 'depth' is heavily overused in sports, but this year's iums squad has it. it might be a long time since we've had this kind of depth. having depth doesnt automatically mean you'll have a special season, but (hopefully) starting 4-0 vs new mexico, uc irvine, cal and stanford after drawing with indy eleven and beating mexico u20, notre dame and ucla in the spring sets the season expectation sky high. i'm looking at the roster right now ordered by jersey number. i'm not exaggerating when i say #1-19 could be a starter and would undoubtedly be at a vast majority of d1 schools. then backup gk lomeli who yeagley raves about is #30, so thats 20 players any other program would love to have pushing and making each other better. really looking forward to the game tonight vs another perennial power. i saw penn state already took the cardinal down, which is a nice indirect rpi boost for us. friday's game vs maryland in btown (also on btn) starts our big ten campaign with a bang and looks to be the most pivotal game of the regular season. currently #2 vs #5 according to topdrawersoccer. i love that iums annually plays a hellish schedule. maryland coming over the b1g helps greatly in that regard, and i also love that their addition means we have a powerhouse to contend with for the conference crown. it was a little too easy in the past.
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    #USMNT - 2018 World Cup Qualifier

    i'm glad to see 'young gucci' is on the verge of a call-up. i love watching him play... such a scrappy, blue-collar yet intelligent, promising player. and i guess i wont complain about having to see his bombshell girlfriend don the red white & blue in the crowd. i wonder what position klinsmann has in mind for him. looks to me he could be a great 6, which would be ideal. doesnt really make sense to call in green this year. given that he's riding the pine and will very likely continue to do so in meaningful games, he's not in the form to displace altidore or wood and is probably below zardes and morris on the depth chart right now. let him continue training with bayern's world class players and coaches, then call him in after he gets some chances to sharpen and showcase his talent with the likes of vidal, alonso, ribery, thiago, alaba, lahm, etc. i'd bet johannsson is closer to a call-up, as he's close to getting his legs back under him. i'm excited to see the next wave of young talent integrate into the national team. there are so many u23 to keep an eye on and watch develop... gooch, green, pulisic, rubio rubin, kekutah manneh, mukwelle akale, josh perez, brooks lennon, haji wright, weston mckennie, mckinze gaines, emerson hyndman, gedion zelalem, luca de la torre, andrew carleton, paul arriola, gboly ariyibi, kellyn acosta, russell canouse, matthew olosunde, desevio payne, keegan rosenberry, brandon vincent, cameron carter-vickers, matt miazga, danny barbir, walker zimmerman, justen glad, tommy redding... then dual nationals who may decide to play for us like timothy weah, devante parker, timothy tillman, jack harrison, theoson-jordan siebatcheu. undoubtedly several of them wont make it, and undoubtedly several not named there will emerge. i love futbol. hell, maybe our boy tommy thompson will find another gear in the next few years and impress enough to enter the senior team conversation. real long shot though. that'd be a helluva underdog story.
  19. psu just has our number.  beaten us in the last 3 matches.  i called this loss in my bold predictions article.  would've preferred to not be able to say 'i told ya so', of course.  called a tie vs notre dame...10 sec away from nailing that one too.   not sure who to play on top.  maurey certainly isnt the answer.  look for femi up there next game, though he's not really a striker.   i dont think i've ever seen a player hit the posts more than femi.  and i honestly dont remember the last time we converted a pk.   still think we're headed for a good season though.  just need to work out the kinks.
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    12-13 vs 15-16

    please, it wouldnt even be a competitive game.  12-13 would run 15-16 straight out of the gym.  would be fun to watch that asskicking though.   sr yogi .............. jr oladipo so jbj ................ sr hulls jr williams ......... jr sheehey jr hartman ....... sr watford fr bryant ........... so zeller   so rojo .............. so abell sr zeisloft .......... jr creek sr biefeldt ......... sr elston   bryant would routinely get his lunch eaten.  dude's raw, hasnt played a college game yet, matched against the preseason national poy and surefire lottery pick.  clinic in session. jr-year oladipo was the best iu player since cheaney imo.  easily best iu player these young eyes have ever seen.  williams has a long way to go to become an intelligent basketball player.  i cringe hard when people compare the two.  dmv and athleticism, thats it.  basketball talent... williams nor hartman would stand a chance defending cwat.  a sr hulls would put on a show with jbj on him. yogi would need to look like an all-american plus hartman and jbj unable to miss for the 15-16 squad to make it a game.  unfortunately for yogi, a lockdown defender and future nba all-star would make that an incredibly tough task.
  21. The work is certainly cut out for the Hoosiers to improve on last season’s marks of 12-5-5, runner-up in the Big Ten tournament and a 5-seed in the NCAA Tournament – the 28th consecutive appearance and 39th overall. Nine opponents on the 2015 schedule qualified for the 48-team field in 2014, continuing the eight-time national champion’s tradition of facing one of the nation’s toughest. Only three of those nine matches – Notre Dame on Aug. 30, Ohio State on Oct. 10 and Louisville on Oct. 20 – will be played in Bloomington. The high expectations were confirmed after Indiana won four of five against a high quality stretch of opponents in the spring, defeating Indy Eleven, Notre Dame, Butler and the Mexico U-17 National Team in addition to netting two on professional side Louisville City FC. The NSCAA’s preseason No. 14 team contains an abundant supply of talented upper and underclassmen led by seven returning regular starters, five of which started all 22 games. That depth hopes to mitigate the departures of defenders Patrick Doody and Kerel Bradford, midfielders Jamie Vollmer and Dylan Lax, and forward Andrew Oliver, a group that scored or assisted on 24 of last season’s 35 goals. The attack will frequently run through the two members of the 2014 All-Big Ten First Team: senior Femi Hollinger-Janzen and junior Tanner Thompson, who was named to the 30-man MAC Hermann Trophy Watch list on Wednesday after finishing as a semifinalist for college soccer’s top award in 2014. Thompson was selected as an NSCAA All-American after pacing the Hoosiers in points (15) with six goals and three assists, while Hollinger-Janzen contributed five goals and two assists of his own. Incoming freshman Rees Wedderburn, who last played for English side West Bromwich Albion U-21, is also poised to be a key contributor to an offense that ranked 45th in the country and atop the conference alongside Maryland in goals scored and goals per game (1.59) last season. Expect graduate transfer Ben Maurey from Brown University, senior Kyle Sparks, junior Richard Ballard, sophomores Michael Reidford, Brad Shaw and Michael Gallulo, and freshmen Cory Thomas, Rece Buckmaster and Austin Panchot to see substantial time in the middle and final third. The defensive side of the pitch is commanded by junior goalkeeper Colin Webb and reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year Grant Lillard, the fifth Indiana player to win the award in the past eight seasons. Lillard is currently training with a select group of top college players at the U.S. U-23 College Identification Training Camp that concludes on Saturday. He also trained with Finnish professional side HJK Helsinki for a week in July, so don’t count on the rising sophomore playing in Bloomington beyond 2015. Senior Matt Foldesy and juniors Billy McConnell, Derek Creviston and Phil Fives, who sat out 2014, are also expected to be staples in the Hoosier defense that looks to improve on last season’s goals against average of 0.96, which ranked 60th in the country and sixth in the Big Ten. Look for sophomores Jack Griffith and Trevor Swartz as well as freshmen Tim Mehl, Andrew Gutman and Jeremiah Gutjahr to challenge for starts in the holding midfield and backline positions. Projected starting 11: Indiana will play three exhibitions – two in Bloomington with Valparaiso and Western Michigan on Aug. 17 and 20, respectively, and the third against Marquette in the ShinDigz National Soccer Festival in Fort Wayne on Aug. 22 – before kicking off the regular season in the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington with St. John’s and Notre Dame beginning on Aug. 28.
  22. With the regular season opener against St. John’s less than three weeks away, Indiana men’s soccer is eager to rebound from its one-and-done exit in last year’s NCAA Tournament and prove that it has the makings of a true conference and national title contender in Coach Todd Yeagley’s sixth season. The work is certainly cut out for the Hoosiers to improve on last season’s marks of 12-5-5, runner-up in the Big Ten tournament and a 5-seed in the NCAA Tournament – the 28th consecutive appearance and 39th overall. Nine opponents on the 2015 schedule qualified for the 48-team field in 2014, continuing the eight-time national champion’s tradition of facing one of the nation’s toughest. Only three of those nine matches – Notre Dame on Aug. 30, Ohio State on Oct. 10 and Louisville on Oct. 20 – will be played in Bloomington.   The high expectations were confirmed after Indiana won four of five against a high quality stretch of opponents in the spring, defeating Indy Eleven, Notre Dame, Butler and the Mexico U-17 National Team in addition to netting two on professional side Louisville City FC.   The NSCAA’s preseason No. 14 team contains an abundant supply of talented upper and underclassmen led by seven returning regular starters, five of which started all 22 games. That depth hopes to mitigate the departures of defenders Patrick Doody and Kerel Bradford, midfielders Jamie Vollmer and Dylan Lax, and forward Andrew Oliver, a group that scored or assisted on 24 of last season’s 35 goals.   The attack will frequently run through the two members of the 2014 All-Big Ten First Team: senior Femi Hollinger-Janzen and junior Tanner Thompson, who was named to the 30-man MAC Hermann Trophy Watch list on Wednesday after finishing as a semifinalist for college soccer’s top award in 2014. Thompson was selected as an NSCAA All-American after pacing the Hoosiers in points (15) with six goals and three assists, while Hollinger-Janzen contributed five goals and two assists of his own.   Incoming freshman Rees Wedderburn, who last played for English side West Bromwich Albion U-21, is also poised to be a key contributor to an offense that ranked 45th in the country and atop the conference alongside Maryland in goals scored and goals per game (1.59) last season. Expect graduate transfer Ben Maurey from Brown University, senior Kyle Sparks, junior Richard Ballard, sophomores Michael Reidford, Brad Shaw and Michael Gallulo, and freshmen Cory Thomas, Rece Buckmaster and Austin Panchot to see substantial time in the middle and final third.   The defensive side of the pitch is commanded by junior goalkeeper Colin Webb and reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year Grant Lillard, the fifth Indiana player to win the award in the past eight seasons. Lillard is currently training with a select group of top college players at the U.S. U-23 College Identification Training Camp that concludes on Saturday. He also trained with Finnish professional side HJK Helsinki for a week in July, so don’t count on the rising sophomore playing in Bloomington beyond 2015.   Senior Matt Foldesy and juniors Billy McConnell, Derek Creviston and Phil Fives, who sat out 2014, are also expected to be staples in the Hoosier defense that looks to improve on last season’s goals against average of 0.96, which ranked 60th in the country and sixth in the Big Ten. Look for sophomores Jack Griffith and Trevor Swartz as well as freshmen Tim Mehl, Andrew Gutman and Jeremiah Gutjahr to challenge for starts in the holding midfield and backline positions.   Projected starting 11:     Indiana will play three exhibitions – two in Bloomington with Valparaiso and Western Michigan on Aug. 17 and 20, respectively, and the third against Marquette in the ShinDigz National Soccer Festival in Fort Wayne on Aug. 22 – before kicking off the regular season in the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington with St. John’s and Notre Dame beginning on Aug. 28. [url=https://btownbanners.com/page/index.html/_/soccer/indiana-men%e2%80%99s-soccer-2015-season-preview-r165]Click here to view the article[/url]
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    2015-16 Basketball Schedule

    if morehead state is a cupcake this year, 3 between duke and notre dame worries me.  asking for a letdown.  7 is still too many, for  me.  i got 23 wins before the btt.
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