IU Men's Soccer News and Notes

[Hoosierfan1901]

Should be getting a nice little bump in the RPI standings now 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

No. 1 Indiana will play No. 8 Wisconsin Friday at home in the First Round of the Big Ten Tournament.

 

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 minute ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

No. 1 Indiana will play No. 8 Wisconsin Friday at home in the First Round of the Big Ten Tournament.

 

Not a terrible draw

[Hoosierfan1901]

RPI up to 34, if we can get a couple of wins we could push it to maybe Top 25/20.

[Brass Cannon]

We play at 730 on Friday btw

[Hoosierfan1901]

Home field advantage throughout the BTT as the #1 seed, if anyone was wondering 

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

RPI up to 34, if we can get a couple of wins we could push it to maybe Top 25/20.

We ended up being #20 right before the selection last year 

[Aaron]

7 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

RPI up to 34, if we can get a couple of wins we could push it to maybe Top 25/20.

Just to be clear, anything above 40 should get you in but team would be playing on Thursday for third time in a couple decades with no first round bye. However, a first round Big Ten Tourney loss would drop you enough spots where you would be in 40's and likely out.

If you can get it to 20 to 25 (aka pull the double and win Big Ten Tourney) you might sneak into top 16. Otherwise zero wins=bubble but probably out, 1 win=bubble but probably in and playing Thursday, 2 wins=definitely in and playing Thursday, 3 wins=auto bid and fringe top 16. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Hoosierfan1901]

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2023-big-ten-mens-tournament-preview_aid52712

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

B1G honors announced today.  First Team

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Second Team

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

All-Freshman Team

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sportmanship Award

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Indiana captain Joey Maher and Hugo Bacharach will participate in the MLS College Showcase this week in Arizona, it was just announced. Four-day event that will have 44 prospects in front of MLS scouts/staffs.

[Aaron]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Indiana captain Joey Maher and Hugo Bacharach will participate in the MLS College Showcase this week in Arizona, it was just announced. Four-day event that will have 44 prospects in front of MLS scouts/staffs.

I was pretty confident Maher was leaving and this confirms it. Bacharach, Bejbej, Goumballe, Helmer, and Henderlong have used ever bit of eligibility they have.

Beyond that not sure if Sarver, Mihalic, Oduro, McDonald, Harms, Barger, and Miller will come back or go pro early. Also, Clay Murador, Justin Shreffler, Noah Joseph, Jack Waggoner, and Joel Demian all showed promise as reserves and should be back.

Besides that, four freshman are of interest and in top-200 with stars. They are forward Michael Nesci (Top-100 and four-star), defender Jackson Lindimore (top-150 and three-star) , midfielder Miles Imparto (top-100 and four-star), midfielder Charlie Heuer (Top-200 and three-star). The other four players have regional rankings but no stars or national ranking. The rankings in soccer are a crapshoot.

Three wild cards:

1. Luka Bezerra has plenty of eligibility but so far has failed to live up to the hype in a couple seasons despite being a top recruit. Not sure if he stays and still plays sparingly, transfers down, or finally reaches his potential.

2. Josh Maher (Joey's brother) who was supposed to be in the last class but deferred a year. Being a top-30 recruit he could be here in spring and fall or never make it to campus. He is still listed in 2024 class on Top Drawer for whatever that is worth. He has no stars or ranking for this class due to the late reclassification but he was a five-star and top 30 in 2023. Those guys rarely make it to campus anymore at any school so that would be a huge coup even for a year. Last guy this highly ranked to make it to campus was his older brother Jack Maher who is now a pro and was a stud here for a couple years. Those guys that high are almost always sure fire hits if you can get them the campus and always have been here. You can have a rare four-star top-100 who fails to live up to the hype (see the current Bezerra and Emerson Nieto who transferred down) but they generally do if they get to campus. After that it is somewhat of a crapshoot. This is particularly true with so many foreigners coming to college now who have never been scouted.     

3. Transfer portal like any sport works exactly the same in soccer in terms of who leaves and comes. Only difference is they have always had the one-time rule with immediate eligibility. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

11 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Bacharach

Unless I am missing something, but pretty much Bach can use his Covid year for next season

2023 (Senior-IU)

2022 (Junior-FDU)

2021 (Soph- FDU)

2020 (Freshman- FDU)

But the others you mentioned have used theirs up already.

[Aaron]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Unless I am missing something, but pretty much Bach can use his Covid year for next season

2023 (Senior-IU)

2022 (Junior-FDU)

2021 (Soph- FDU)

2020 (Freshman- FDU)

But the others you mentioned have used theirs up already.

I thought he was done but either way him going to MLS camp along with Maher 90% means they are gone.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]