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Convince me we can win on Friday.

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Merkin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:27 am
PHXCATS wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:20 am Holy shit
Am I wrong?

Nope

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It's early. Lots of adjustments to all the new personnel. yada, yada... But, Caleb is not playing anywhere near to expectations yet. But isn’t this kinda who Caleb is? He can just easily put up a line like last night as he can one where he gets 25, 5 and 5. Bradley and Lewis look very good. Overall...

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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ing-issues

Some kind of weird menstrual thing happening with Duke. Maybe it's the Scheyer effect.

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When was the last time we led by 60 in a game?

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azcat49 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:15 pm Love our depth but not that impressed with Del Oso. Volume shooter who hasn’t found his groove yet. A lot tougher games coming up so I hope he proves me wrong and gets hot

I'm not yet sure how reliant we'll need to be on Dell'Orso. If he's playing well, it makes a deep team even deeper.

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HiCat wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:55 pm Awaka 15 rebs 18 pts.. nice

He's better than I realized.

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I like our chances with Koa.

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ZagCatFan wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:40 am Zags are explosive on offense with depth and experience but what stands out with this years team is defense.

Big beatdown last night of No 8 Baylor 101-63.

Mark Few is the best active coach in the sport. Change my mind.

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I'm always thinking that it will be a slightly more marginal AZ team that gets back to the FF. That is, not one that begins the season ranked in the top 5. I think starting ranked 10-15 is right where we wanna be, particularly in this first season in the B12.

BTFD

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Winning this new Big 12 is going to be quite an achievement, whenever Tommy gets there.

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I agree that the timing is really weird.

Also, if he's healthy and only 55, it's not hard to imagine him coaching again. Plenty of good jobs are gonna open up in the next few years. I even wonder how long Scheyer lasts at Duke.

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I love that his initials are DA.

Welcome, Dwayne! Bear Down!

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Ranked 10th in AP to begin the season.

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ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2024 5:31 am
dmjcat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:54 am The UA just got a Crystal Ball for Dwayne Aristode

https://247sports.com/player/dwayne-aristode-46144047/
Good chance we find out how accurate that is this week.

Sounds good, Choo.

If you were pressed, what would your best guess be at our '25 class, once all the dust settles?

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I am afraid that we are starting to see the full effect of NIL on AZ basketball recruiting. We just can't afford to stay up with the Jones's. I think that Lloyds recruiting strategy is going to involve more lower rated 4 stars that are not being pursued by the $monied$ SEC/B1G programs with a healt...

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AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:54 pm

It's nice to hear this, but also, I'm not sure Few gets to pick their next coach. Also, if Lloyd were interested in that job, kinda think it would be his.

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Dave wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:15 am Pretty interesting! We go from being the leader to not even making the Top 6. ASU! Seriously!

I don't get ASU either. They recruit very well, even as their program continues to fail. Reminds me of Romar at UW.

I think this kid ends up at USC or KU.

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Irish27 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:21 pm UofA #10

Irish, can you post the rest of the top 25? Curious where other B12 teams are ranked.

Thanks!

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ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:11 pm
84Cat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 1:32 pm I think all the nil money that C Love is getting this year will go to Koa next year
Arizona isn't going to give that much NIL to a non-proven player. He'll get paid for sure, but he's not going to get C Love money in year 1.

Then that may not bode so well for landing him?

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Well that's some exciting news.

Koa would be the best recruit we've landed for a while.

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U.P. Zona Fan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:25 am What about UofM / MSU?

I know I'm from Michigan but it's bigger than many of those, plus the obvious one, Zona / UCLA. That's up there with Louisville and Kentucky.

Yeah. Again, Katz's credibility has been spiraling downward for a while now.

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Katz may be entering his "Vitale phase," where he no longer actually pays attention to what he's covering and just writes whatever comes into his head.

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Is Veesaar ever going to emerge as a major contributor?

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84Cat wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:09 pm Damn

Yeah, sucks for him. These things are unavoidable, sadly. Every team gets hit at some point.

Hopefully he has a successful surgery and speedy recovery.

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Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but did anyone else catch that UConn is thinking of joining the B12? https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40968712/uconn-big-12-early-talks-potential-membership http://beardownwildcats.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6731 Last couple of pages. Thanks!

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Well, I left Andy Katz off my top 50 list of best basketball analysts, so...

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Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but did anyone else catch that UConn is thinking of joining the B12?

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... membership

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If it worked out that we'd play Gonzaga in the Atlantis title game, that would be 8 games against Top Ten teams on our schedule: 1. @ Kansas 4. Houston 5. Gonzaga (Bahamas) 6. Baylor 6. @ Baylor 7. Iowa St 7. @ Iowa St 8. Duke It's going to be really crazy playing so many games against top 10 teams...

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Same. They are going to get their collective butts kicked in the B1G and I will be glad to see it. Larry Scott might have been the beginning of the end for the PAC, but USC and UCLA put a dagger into it. Want nothing to do with them ever again. Especially with that toad Mick. Don't think I have dis...

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dmjcat wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:38 am

Also has offers from Duke and Gonzaga. He must be legit.

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Same. They are going to get their collective butts kicked in the B1G and I will be glad to see it. Larry Scott might have been the beginning of the end for the PAC, but USC and UCLA put a dagger into it. Want nothing to do with them ever again. Especially with that toad Mick. Don't think I have dis...

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Related. Dribble Handoff: Arizona, UCLA among most impactful college basketball realignment moves for 2024-25 season https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dribble-handoff-arizona-ucla-among-most-impactful-college-basketball-realignment-moves-for-2024-25-season/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEsYutleHRu...

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Meh...I'd rather we schedule non-conference games against better programs. ucla has been unranked (and effectively irrelevant) a LOT during the Cronin Administration, and I don't expect that to improve when they're playing in a better league.

Would rather see us scheduling Gonzaga.

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dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:21 am #ArizonaState ???????????

Think it's just a courtesy call.

I'd say our biggest competition is now Arkansas.

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Still can't believe ucla is a non-conference game, lol. It also occurred to me that all our former Pac foes are fair game for a first or second round NCAA tourney match-up. Crazy times.

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Could someone post a link to the 2024-25 hoops schedule? Is it out yet?

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Dave wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:27 am This is pretty disappointing news.

It's just a new world on the recruiting front these days. NIL has made things much more competitive. Still, I would think we can remain a player.

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IndianaZonaFan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 4:25 pm Arizona’s Fab5 for ‘25

Burries
Greer
Tounde
Aristode
Staton

Are we leading for any of them?

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If the Knicks job opens up soon, that's the one I think Hurley will leave for. The current Knick coach makes around $7M. That will increase when he resigns but it won't necessarily be a bump in salary that makes him change for a NBA type job. Maybe he wants something different but his coaching styl...

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If the Knicks job opens up soon, that's the one I think Hurley will leave for.

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GTownCat wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2024 2:03 pm
Postmaster wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 10:56 pm I don’t even know what a “Stan” is.
Fan + stalker = Stan

Seems like "Focker" would've been the better coinage.

"I have nipples, Greg...could you milk me?"

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Irish27 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 10:22 pm ESPN Plus has three UofA players being picked in the first-round of the 2025 NBA draft:

#14 Carter Bryant (Memphis)
#19 Motiejus Krivas (LA Clippers)
#27 KJ Lewis (Brooklyn Nets)

Second round:
#45 Jaden Bradley

I’m not sure if CB is actually our best pro prospect.

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Did he even visit UofA?

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If Lloyd had Knight money ..... Lloyd actually came up in the post-game analysis of Hurley's decision, in terms of coaches who could make the move to the NBA. We can discuss this in the appropriate thread, but because Lloyd doesn't have any natural or long-standing ties to UofA, it wouldn't come as...

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A college coach turned down $12M a year from the Lakers to stay in Hartford and coach UCONN. Good on him, but damn. It's a blue blood program and arguably the top program in the country right now. I don't think Hurley's decision is as surprising as some are making it sound. Coach K turned down the ...

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Hurley's also an east cost guy. If the Knicks, Celtics or Nets come calling, this could go differently.

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imo, this is a great day for college hoops.

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84Cat wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:29 am Jamari Phillips to Oregon

Altman, man. He's always quietly building a sneaky good roster. Oregon's had a few down seasons, but it wouldn't surprise me to see them make noise in the Big 10 this next season.

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Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:10 pmPerfect score?

I really wanted to. Believe me.

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