2023 B1G Men's Soccer Tournament

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

Hoosiers host Wisky at 7:30 tomorrow night (Friday) in a first round game.  Match televised on B1G+.  Teams met back on Sept. 15, in Bloomington with the match ending in a scoreless tie.

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[Brass Cannon 24,814]

Come on Rutgers, Michigan and OSU.  

[Aaron 4,293]

3 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Come on Rutgers, Michigan and OSU.  

Absolutely not. IU needs the better teams to win.

Team now has a chance to get to the top 16 and a seed if they win all three games. To do that they need to play the higher RPI teams in Northwestern and then Michigan State or Penn State. You play them you're RPI will rise into the teens likely if you win all three and you get seeded and host on Sunday with a bye.

In your scenario the RPI won't go above mid to high 20's and at best you are hosting on Thursday. Also as a bubble team would be much better to lose to NW, MSU, or PSU. You lose to one of them in semi's and/or finals you still likely make NCAA Tournament. You lose to Michigan and you may miss the tourney.

All the Big Ten teams are relatively equal and with having the one seed you want to play the best team's possible to get in and improve NCAA chances and seeding.

There is not much difference in terms of the chance of winning with the teams you gave vs. the ones I gave. Talent wise in Big Ten everyone is equal so playing all the teams you said will do is give less reward for a win and greater penalty for a loss with the RPI's being far lower.    

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

22 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Absolutely not. IU needs the better teams to win.

Team now has a chance to get to the top 16 and a seed if they win all three games. To do that they need to play the higher RPI teams in Northwestern and then Michigan State or Penn State. You play them you're RPI will rise into the teens likely if you win all three and you get seeded and host on Sunday with a bye.

In your scenario the RPI won't go above mid to high 20's and at best you are hosting on Thursday. Also as a bubble team would be much better to lose to NW, MSU, or PSU. You lose to one of them in semi's and/or finals you still likely make NCAA Tournament. You lose to Michigan and you may miss the tourney.

All the Big Ten teams are relatively equal and with having the one seed you want to play the best team's possible to get in and improve NCAA chances and seeding.

There is not much difference in terms of the chance of winning with the teams you gave vs. the ones I gave. Talent wise in Big Ten everyone is equal so playing all the teams you said will do is give less reward for a win and greater penalty for a loss with the RPI's being far lower.    

Fair point. Good example of long term versus short term thinking. You are thinking long term I was thinking short term

[Aaron 4,293]

10 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Fair point. Good example of long term versus short term thinking. You are thinking long term I was thinking short term

Makes sense.

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

Penn State is up 2-0 look well on their way to defeating rutgers in the second half 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

#2  Penn State 3-0 over #7 Rutger with just 10 min. remaining.

#6 O$U and #3 MSU are scoreless early in the 2nd half.

 

O$U has taken a 1-0 lead 54' |

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

Hoosiers take a 1-0 lead.  Stat Tracker so far is not working.

Aaron (Ari) Shifron @ashifron

IU’s Oduro draws a penalty in the box which is upheld on review! Maher easily scores the PK. 1-0 IU 13 min in on first real chance for either side tonight.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

#2 Penn State defeats #7 Rutger 3-1.

#6 O$U still leads #3 MSU 1-0 midway thru the 2nd half.

 

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

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This is working for me. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

Thanks.  Pretty sad when we're playing in our own backyard and our stat tracker is awol.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

Halftime and Hoosiers holding a 1-0 lead on the Maher PK.  A real defensive minded game.  We've taken just 2 shots and had 1 corner.  Wisky has taken a single shot and had 2 corners.

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

Ohio State takes down Michigan St. NW and Michigan still scoreless 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

#6 O$U defeats #3 MSU 1-0 and will next face #2 Penn State.

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

2-0 Hoosiers

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

A great assist from Sarver.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

#4 Northwestern and #5 Michigan are scoreless at the half.

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

Hoosiers give up a goal. 2-1. Need to lock in and keep it together 

[Brass Cannon 24,814]

Badgers have all the momentum we are just trying to survive at this point