Indiana Hoosiers 2011

My bets on who we play in 1st round are:

#31 NIU
or
#27 Bradley

Outside chance: #21 Akron :-(

BRF

 

brf, any chance we get a seed? i thought sandon made a good case for us in the bracketology thread.

 

He must have and I was wrong. Somehow we squeeze in w/ a 16 seed and a first round bye. I sure didn't think that'd happen. Little comfort, tho, since our second game will be the winner of UNC & Elon/CCar.

BRF

 

i'll be down for the game sunday hopefully. respecting unc, gotta beat the best to be the best.

 

I'll be there Sunday! Come on, Hoosiers.

 

it was odu over liberty in pks. just what i wanted to see, two full periods of overtime. i'm getting excited for sunday.

 

The hoosiers looked great!!! Kotlov almost had hattrick, congrats to Wiley on his first hoosier goal. Also Bradford seems to play a very effective smooth game without much acclaim but is a big key to the midfield.
The backline is playing very well at the right time. Hopefully UNC advances so the Hoosiers can knock off #1.

 

Kotlov has been unreal the last 4 weeks or so. Dangerous on offense and doing work on defense. He just seems to be in a zone right now with 8 of his 9 goals coming in the last 9 games.

 

their one mistake almost cost a goal though. idk what tommy was thinking there.

i was surprised how well we were able to play in that sloppy mess out there today. it was good to see our guys keep their heads when their assholes started being bitches too. i'm glad the match ended without any serious injuries once they started hacking our guys down.

 

Does anyone know of any way to watch this, short of a trip to Chapel Hell?

Go Big Red!

TIA,
markb

 

mark, i don't think video is available. audio can be found here: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/Indiana.portal#

let's go hoosiers.

 

AFAIK, our best alternatives right now are Mike Glascott on internet radio and/or Gamecrapper.

BRF

 

Indiana tried to offer to stream the game for them...send down equipment and set it up. But no one at UNC ever returned their calls. Sad.

 

UNC fan here.

IU midfield played very well. Strong and very quick. Your defense did a great job containing our three forwards. Though they did have a breakdown on Billy goal. IU started off the game very well. They scored in the 2nd half off a scrum but the ref called them offside. Couldnt tell if it was the correct call or not. It was a good battle. I thought both teams could of played a lot better.

Good luck next year.

 

IU was the better team in the 1st half. They took it right to UNC. They dominated the heels three midfield to IU four. UNC looked very flat and like they ate to much turkey over the holidays. UNC took over 2nd half after some adjustments. IU needed to score in the 1st half. UNC defenders blocked some good looks from IU. IU coach was right they were the agressor for the 1st half. They werent in the 2nd half though.

Very impressed by Indiana midfield as well.

 

Thanks. No reason to hang our heads. We didn't go as far as we wished, but it was still a good year.

BRF

 

i thought it was a good year by a YOUNG team. we lose 2 seniors in the back line and purdie in the attack. next year should be even better.

 

Don't be surprised if Zavaleta leaves this winter.

 

Always a possibility when you have talented players. Although, not sure if mls will be an option. He can't be signed as a home grown player by anyone, and if Soony Saad didn't get a gen adidas offer after his freshman year, I don't think Zavaleta gets one.

Even if he were to leave, plenty of young players in place to keep the program moving upwards.

 

Zavaleta was with Columbus Crew Academy at some point. Also, he is family of Greg Vanney and spent time with Greg at both RSL and Chivas (where Vanney is now an Asst). I'm thinking if he wants to go pro this Spring, he has the right MLS connections through IU and Vanney, whether those clubs can/want to HomeGrown him or not.

http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/zavaleta_eriq00.html

Also, a very young Big Ten this season that saw IU finish 4th... With very little talent leaving the league this year and the cream of it departing Bloomington (Meyer, Purdie, Estridge), I don't know that IU will be projected to win the league. They always are the favorite, BUT are losing a lot more talent than the other contending Big Ten teams.

Should be interesting to see how the Big Ten stacks up next year!

 

Wow, this site is kind of dead. Is there somewhere else people are going?

Congrats to 3 IU MLS draftees, Meyer,Estridge, and Purdie!!!

Anyone who is being recruited and potential signees?

 

Eh, it's typically dead this time of year. It will pick back up with the spring season.

 

Learned two things via twitter this morning. If either is/both are well known, I apologize for the redundancy.

First, IU will announce it's class on Feb 7.

Second, two CA brothers make verbals for 2013.

Cheers-

 

Their dad was certainly an excellent college player and a good pro, too.