#3 IUMS vs #9 Washington - Friday, 09.01.23 @ 8:00

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Hoosiers host #9 Washington in a match to be televised on basic BTN and streamed on foxsports.com.  

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Winner gets a miniature, bronze Michael Penix statue. 

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And the winner of the Penix statue is…. Washington 1-0

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Underwhelming start.


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[Aaron 4,294]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Underwhelming start.


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Honestly not that upset. Two of your four hardest games are done now and you are 1-1-1. This looked like a matchup of two top end teams that could be in College Cup that didn't go IU's way and either team was worthy. 

The issue the last two years (before the College Cup run) was several problematic losses to teams the Hoosiers were better than in 2021 and than last year bad ties against squads IU was much better than in 2022. Even in 2017 and 2018 when Indiana was the best team in the country they had a couple 50-50 losses like tonight (UK, Wake). The difference is they took care of every team easily that was not in the top 10-15. 

The next six are against opposition the Hoosiers are better than and this is where we can start judging. Need to be at worst 5-0-1 in this stretch if this is going to be a great season. I fully thought 1-1-1 in this stretch that included two potential College Cup contenders (ND, Washington) was entirely possible. Now its time to take care of teams IU is more talented then.    

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Missed it earlier but it looks like IU will play in Tampa next Friday. Might be warm but looking forward to having them in town on the one weekend we were wondering what to do.