IUMS NCAA Tournament Thread

[TheWatShot 14,268]

I figured after about the third or fourth round we would just have to get lucky. Harms wasn't stopping anything. 

[HoosierX 1,609]

Just now, LamarCheeks said:

Harms made a fantastic effort in stopping that second shot. But after that, it looked like he was just falling over to either side. 

 

We were at a goalie disadvantage in PKs to be sure. He wasn't particularly close to saving any of the rest of them.

[HoosierX 1,609]

Henderlong's shot wasn't particularly good either. Didn't have much juice on it.

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

Not the goalie fault. It’s basically luck if the stop one but our guy just had an absolutely terrible kick

[Brass Cannon 24,913]

Just now, Alford Bailey said:

Not the goalie fault. It’s basically luck if the stop one but our guy just had an absolutely terrible kick

Yeah that was something a high school coach would be unsatisfied with 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,688]

Incredible game. So much fun. Should have had it. Refs didn’t help. That one off the crossbar. 2 inches up we win. That simple. Harms was terrible. Rarely close. I believe we outplayed our talent this season, so for that we must be proud. Go IU


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[HoosierX 1,609]

How many of these guys are we losing?

[Hoosierfan1901 6,412]

 

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

Didn’t like our body language at the half but we stepped it up big time in the second. Had a couple shots to win. Comes down to PKs it can go either way.

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

Just now, Hoosierfan1901 said:

 

My son (a goalie) caught it right away. Said he’s off the line.

[LIHoosier 26,562]

2 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

My son (a goalie) caught it right away. Said he’s off the line.

He could've started from the parking lot and saved that shot. If it had pace and was going for side netting, we have a shout.

[Brass Cannon 24,913]

14 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Incredible game. So much fun. Should have had it. Refs didn’t help. That one off the crossbar. 2 inches up we win. That simple. Harms was terrible. Rarely close. I believe we outplayed our talent this season, so for that we must be proud. Go IU


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Say you don’t know anything about soccer without saying you know nothing about soccer. Harms was not terrible. PKs have an almost 80% success. First you have to guess where the guy is going to play it. Then you have to get there. 
 

And that 80% success rate counts one that aren’t on target beyond the control of the keeper.  When on target I bet the e success rate is even higher 

[HoosierX 1,609]

27 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I would disagree. It’s was pretty even in my mind. 
 

Coach does need to figure this out. This is 3 straight title games where not maintaining possession and bone headed defense has cost them 

How is this on our coach? He just took a team that lacked top end talent to the championship. Their first goal, we had 2 guys in perfect position and they just didn't make the play. Not to mention we missed a complete gimme in the first few minutes of the game.

[HoosierX 1,609]

5 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Say you don’t know anything about soccer without saying you know nothing about soccer. Harms was not terrible. PKs have an almost 80% success. First you have to guess where the guy is going to play it. Then you have to get there. 
 

And that 80% success rate counts one that aren’t on target beyond the control of the keeper.  When on target I bet the e success rate is even higher 

He wasn't close to saving any of the rest of them. I wouldn't say he was terrible but SU clearly had the goalie advantage.

[TheWatShot 14,268]

Getting this far only to lose is exhausting. Doing it 3 times in 6 seasons is even more exhausting. 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,412]

4 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Getting this far only to lose is exhausting. Doing it 3 times in 6 seasons is even more exhausting. 

It’s exhausting, seems like we have some of the best chances in this game to win and nothing. In my opinion, I would rather lose in regulation than in PKs, 

[hoopsta007 432]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

 

 

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

Say you don’t know anything about soccer without saying you know nothing about soccer. Harms was not terrible. PKs have an almost 80% success. First you have to guess where the guy is going to play it. Then you have to get there. 
 

And that 80% success rate counts one that aren’t on target beyond the control of the keeper.  When on target I bet the e success rate is even higher 

Harms only limiting factor in the shootout was his size.  Even when he anticipated right Syracuse still had a margin of error because he couldn’t cover the area.  Not a reflection of his talent.  Also a tip of the hat to Syracuse as they were getting the ball off the ground into the upper third of the goal making a save difficult if not impossible 

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

18 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

He wasn't close to saving any of the rest of them. I wouldn't say he was terrible but SU clearly had the goalie advantage.

He had a great save and we kicked right to their goalie

[HoosierX 1,609]

Just now, Alford Bailey said:

He had a great save and we kicked right to their goalie

Not disagreeing with that but he was quite close to saving two more that our guys just positioned perfectly.

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

Syracuse didn’t kick it right to our goalie and we did. Ball game. That’s what happens when it comes down to PKs.