2024 B1G Men's Soccer Tournament

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

Link is to background info on the upcoming B1G tournament -- directions, parking, tickets, etc.

https://www.seatgeekstadium.com/events-ticket/big-ten-mens-soccer-quarterfinal/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

We open against Michigan Thursday at 1:00 ET; televised on B1G+.

Preview

Live Stats

 

[Brass Cannon]

I really don’t like this format.  Just let 8 teams in.  The #1 seed already gets a guaranteed home game if they make it to the final.  
 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Over before it really got started for Indiana, unfortunately. 

[LamarCheeks]

Am working, so forgot about the match. 

We just beat these guys 5-0 a couple weeks ago in Ann Arbor, and appeared to be playing our best soccer.  

What the hell happened? 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Yikes, when did they change it to a neutral site?

[Aaron]

Offense disappeared today and looked like September again. Michigan got a miracle goal for the difference but Indiana failed to set up any chances at all and looked really lethargic in the attack all day. These strange conference tournament results happen including in 2012 when IU last won a national title.

While today was a bummer, the much bigger issue was the slow start for the fourth straight year. In Yeagley's first ten years at the helm IU had a great regular season and was locked into hosting regardless (outside of 2013 dud where they had to win conference tourney to get in at all) of the outcome in the Big Ten Tourney that can have random results. 

As great as October has been the last four seasons, these September swoons have to stop and only then can the team seriously contend for another national title. Not only has it put them on the hosting bubble the last four seasons, but fans lose interest quickly and wrecks the momentum each fall.

For the second straight season, the team will have no seed in the NCAA Tournament and be traveling the entire time after that happened just once in the entire Yeagley era through 2022. It is imperative that the staff understands they need to be ready at the get-go starting in 2025 no matter what and cannot keep relying on basically perfect Octobers to make postseason.

It should be noted many long time powers have had starts like IU recently and never turned it around and had long postseason droughts end. However, no program in college soccer has the consistent success of the Hoosiers and they need to be strong from the opening match in 2025 or changes need to be made (no one should want Yeagley fired but something big has to change [assistants?] if this happens again next fall with a new group after what will be a lot of turnover with so many seniors).