Bear Down Wildcats

Beachcat97

97cats wrote:
97cats wrote:
Chicat wrote:
It's not us, it's him. Don't take it so hard slugger...
its actually both -- UCLA leading with a chance for Kansas
Ivan Rabb too -- no surprise

Wait, wait, wait...UCLA is leading for Zimmerman and Rabb?? How in the hell is that possible?

Beachcat97

97cats wrote:
dmjcat wrote:UA interested in 7 foot Greek big man:

http://www.azdesertswarm.com/recruiting ... apagiannis

Looks like Miller is looking for fall-backs for Zimmerman/Rabb
Zimmerman is not coming to Arizona.

Why not?

Beachcat97

Stan's legacy and place in AZ hoops history will ultimately be made in March. If he carries us to a FF (or a freaking NC), you can certainly make the argument he's right up there with the best ever. Get us a banner, Stan. It's what separates the great players from the legends.

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So is Stan beginning to fill the void left by NJ? Is he officially our go-to guy?

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23-26 FTs!!! That's very Lute-like.

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Steve Alford: certainly no worse than UCLA's seventh top choice for coach. Okay, maybe eighth.

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Tarc is gone. Rabb is coming. BA, SJ, and RHJ gone. My predictions. Okay, in that case: Ristic Rabb/Anderson Smith Trier/York PJC/Simon Even without Rabb, I'd say we're a top 25 team. With him, solidly in the top 20. Gonna be an interesting season next year. Losing the core of our team, but bringin...

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No way Zeus leaves. But Stanley, RHJ, and BA...all gone.

2015-16 starting five:

Tarc
Anderson
Smith
Trier (or York)
PJC (or Simon)

I don't think Rabb is coming.

Beachcat97

Harvey Specter wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will be pleasantly surprised if we stay within 10 of Utah on Saturday.
So you think our ceiling is 5 points better than ASU... Makes sense.

I think our ceiling is national champs. This team has the depth and talent to win it all. Just not sure they have the chemistry, heart, or leadership.

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I posted this elsewhere, but the reason why Miller is so despairing and so hesitant to credit this Arizona team with anything is because his expectations for this team are through the roof. He isn't just trying to motivate his team through the media. He's sincerely as disappointed as he sounds. He'...

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Will be pleasantly surprised if we stay within 10 of Utah on Saturday.

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I wonder if UK's non-5 star players are, like, social outcasts. They probably draw icy stares from their 5-star teammates.

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I think we'll split with Utah, each team winning on their home court.

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UCLA hoops: unranked and irrelevant. And this means Bug's got even *more* sand than usual in that vajayjay. Enough to fill an Arizona desert!

Heh.

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Enough with the fixation on sex scandals, Bugturd!

Get back to focusing on your narrowly-above-500 Bruins.

Heh.

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Olsondogg wrote:Funny knowing that will be a bad loss on Furd's resume...

Oh, it's worse than that. Just having to play UCLA weakens our strength of schedule, which in turn negatively impacts other key metrics/indices.

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ASUHATER! wrote:Ucla pulls it out in double ot. Guess they aren't dead yet.

Oh no. I assure you: they're dead.

Heh.

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By the time Alford's run out of town, it's going to be really hard deciding which Bruin coach I liked more, Lavin or SA.

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MrBug708 wrote:
Bosy Billups wrote:I don't think the Buyout was Dan's idea.

DG *HAD* to give that to lure even a coach of Alford's caliber over. He just signed a 10 year extension. He wasn't moving without assurances.

The scary thing is, if not Alford, then who? (no, not Marshall)
No

Yes

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MrBug708 wrote:Free shirts on sunday. Which is saying something because the AD doesn't give anything for free.

HEH!

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Cats by 15+

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Chicat wrote:

97? Any chance?

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I just want to know what the attraction to uCla is anymore...I mean his mom tweeted out the lack of fan support in LA. Is it the "less-damp" new confines of a refurbed arena? Is it the banners that hang above the heads of those too young to witness any of those championships? Is it the coach? Is it...

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Are we feeling better about Rabb? Last I checked, he was leaning Cal or UK.

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Not hiring Lorenzo Romar was the dagger now twisting in the ribs of UCLA basketball. Brad Stevens will be at Indiana after this season and no other Division I coach with NCAA tournament wins wants to touch the Bruins' job at this point. Going after Romar now will be a day late and a dollar short. T...

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I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination ga...

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I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination gam...

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After the screw job at the PAC Tourney the last two years by our "conference" could give a rats. This conference hasn't done much for Arizona from where I sit in the last 10 years. Just don't think the conference success is going to have anything to do with the mighty and powerful ucla basketball p...

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Steve Alford: the coach you hire when your "nationwide" search comes up empty and there's urgency to fill the position Steve Alford's contract: the deal you make with your current coach -- whoever it may be -- to create a sense of continuity for recruiting purposes, even when the current coach is en...

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Well, I'll keep saying what I've said forever: the Pac does not need UCLA doing well in order to be a strong, relevant conference, just like the Big 10 doesn't need Indiana to be strong. We just need three or four strong programs, as in nationally ranked every year. It doesn't matter if it's Utah, ...

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MrBug708 wrote:Oh well. One more year of this

And then they can hire Pastner.

Heh.

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Well, I'll keep saying what I've said forever: the Pac does not need UCLA doing well in order to be a strong, relevant conference, just like the Big 10 doesn't need Indiana to be strong. We just need three or four strong programs, as in nationally ranked every year. It doesn't matter if it's Utah, O...

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If we want the #1 seed in the west (or even a #2), going undefeated in January seems essential, and also very doable.

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SCCat wrote:On the menu today: a loss to Utah and more "sleepless nights."

When was the last time Arizona, Duke, Kansas, UK, UConn, UNC, Florida, or Michigan State lost five in a row?

Heh.

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cats101 wrote:
Irish27 wrote:Is UCLA relevant?
Only to beachcat

Oh, that's not true. I can think of at least one more person.

HEH!

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Who can UCLA realistically have gotten if it weren't for Alford? (no, not Gregg Marshall) Who can UCLA realistically get if Alford gets hired? (no, not Gregg Marshall) Some faithful still believe Brad Stevens is attainable. What in tarnation? There are multiple reasons they haven't been able to att...

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Who can UCLA realistically have gotten if it weren't for Alford? (no, not Gregg Marshall) Who can UCLA realistically get if Alford gets hired? (no, not Gregg Marshall) Some faithful still believe Brad Stevens is attainable. What in tarnation? There are multiple reasons they haven't been able to att...

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Lavin > Alford

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MrBug708 wrote:Apparently DG will be here no more than 3 years, which is the length of his contract, before he'll retire.

*sigh*

*sigh*

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This is beachcat's glory season. Absolutely. It's nice to see UCLA basketball rearing its ugly head. There are some built-in disadvantages with UCLA hoops that will keep them stuck in the 2nd or 3rd tier for the time being, and if they strike out with Brown and Zimmerman, you can expect more of the...

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catgrad97 wrote:
SCCat wrote:That's Michigan football-level bad.

Except Michigan football can lure an elite coach. When was the last time UCLA hired an elite coach? And don't say Howland.

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Man the Pac is bad. UW loses at home to Stony Brook and UCLA is getting back to being their post-Wooden selves. I've now seen every team in the top 10 at least once or twice. The only two I really don't think we can beat are Duke and (obviously) UK. So as long as we can lock up a #1 seed in the West...

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Katzenfreund wrote:They'll play out of their minds on February 21st and upset us at McKale. And at the P-12 tournament.

If either of these things happen, it's on Miller and our upperclassmen.

Oh, and f*** UCLA. Happy to see their "elite" program struggling to stay above .500.

HEH!

Beachcat97

Not concerned about rankings. Just want to see Miller make some adjustments and win some games.

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So the take-away from the latest turn in this thread is: no one understands what Miller is doing with these lineups/rotations, but hopefully Miller himself knows exactly what he's doing and that it'll culminate in a FF. Because if it doesn't, the natives will be beyond restless.

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Wannah HEH!

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Wow. People jumping off of the bandwagon left and right. And what's even more troubling is that all the bandwagon-jumper-offers are providing very, very good reasons for doubting this team.

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Salty wrote:This team is finding its identity.

No need to panic!

Ok, Salt

I'll have faith.

Beachcat97

Dont disagree but we will have our shot to win it all and we know that. Kentucky sucked all regular season then played well in the tourney last year and we will improve. I just don't worry much about what I believe is a meaningless loss. You still have to win 6 in late March/April I don't see this ...

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Dont disagree but we will have our shot to win it all and we know that. Kentucky sucked all regular season then played well in the tourney last year and we will improve. I just don't worry much about what I believe is a meaningless loss. You still have to win 6 in late March/April I don't see this ...

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