Bear Down Wildcats

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The truck stop mantra is so fucking stupid. Name a town in the PAC-12 that doesn't have a truck stop. Pullman is an international city with a vibrant downtown featuring numerous Michelin starred restaurants that is a draw for tourists from all corners of the world. There are CERTAINLY no truck stop...

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Not sure if ya'll are following the portal today, but Kansas is going to be LOADED next season. And Dickinson's coming back for another year.

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Love isn't in the portal, so how can he transfer? It's either playing professionally or return to Arizona. Still has until May 1st though. Grad transfer maybe? Not sure either Excuse my ignorance on this, but doesn't this assume that Love is graduating this year? Just because he's in year 4 or 5 of...

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So to be clear, if Love returns, we don’t expect Sanon to remain committed to AZ?

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Maybe Tommy is just really feeling good about the incoming freshmen? It’s his best class so far.

But yeah, I’m not sure how “rolling with what we have” is gonna play in the B12.

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Now we have: Bradley Love (assuming he comes back) Lewis Townsend Krivas With a bench of: Bryant Phillips Veesaar Martinez Stephen I’m thinking we try to add “playable” depth, as I’m not sold on Martinez and Stephen contributing yet. This is a helpful illustration, Indiana. Thanks. I'm having a lit...

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SunnyAZ wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:34 pm starting

Jaden, love, KJ, townsend, and Krivas would be pretty terrible for spacing. also extremely small

I really don’t see Love being back.

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I'm liking our chances with Townsend, if for no other reason than I think the warm, rustic charms of Tucson and the athlete-friendly UofA campus may win out over another midwest school.

Also, AZ > OSU

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dmjcat wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:05 pm

Choo, any sense on this one?

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ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:46 am
Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:40 pm I'll be a little surprised if Alijah doesn't come to UofA.
Arizona still has to decide if it wants him over other targets for that class.

Thanks for this point of clarification, Choo. I’d been thinking Alijah is the best player at his position we're recruiting.

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UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:28 pm Playing for Tommy or Mick the Dick. Seems like an easy choice to me.

This is what I'm saying.

As long as ucla has an a-hole for a coach, I don't expect to lose too many players to them, especially the son of a celebrated former Wildcat.

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I'll be a little surprised if Alijah doesn't come to UofA.

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When I went to the UofA, I went to learn and get a degree. It's very sad to see what college sports is turning into. We all did, Irish. But even when I was there (late 90s/early 00s), college hoops had already started its transformation into a de facto minor league for the NBA (or pro leagues inter...

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Why are we looking to bring in another guard? This has to mean Love won't be back.

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I imagine there is a good chance he returns since he is not going into the portal and has 0 chance for a NBA contract. Question is, would Lloyd want him to? Obviously Lloyd has limited control over Love. If Love actually wanted to play another year for UofA, and it got out that our coach wasn’t oka...

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I’m very happy Caleb played for UofA, even if just for a year. He’s a good dude, and he brought a positive energy to the team.

While I’d be surprised to see him back in Tucson this fall, I’d also welcome his return.

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I think Townsend would bring experience/maturity that next year’s roster presently lacks, and he’d add roster depth at forward.

But I’m expecting Tommy to make a bigger splash in the portal market.

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So Townsend is a smallish forward.

How are we feeling about this?

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Lloyd excels at recruiting, so I'm going to put a little faith in his ability to mold the next roster into a winner.

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We're going to miss Oumar next season. More than we missed Tubelis this past season. Krivas has a lot of upside, but there are things OB can do that Krivas can't.

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I can't even get my head around the level of PR desperation emanating from that Pitino video. Since when do we need Xitter letters of rec from former bosses, just to keep Kentucky fans from walking into the ocean this morning?

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Here's the thing though, this could work out great for Kentucky. Now that so many schools are having to take flyers on unproven coaches, you just never know. If Calipari weren't in the SEC, I'd be more willing to consider this possibility. Cal is going to get better recruiting classes than Pope. Ev...

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So if Tommy gets McNeely, I'm pretty sure that gives us the best freshman class in the country for next season.

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My oh my how the mighty have fallen. This isn't just losing the press conference. It's hiring Kevin for David Wallace's job. I guess the ucla situation from a few years back wasn't an isolated incident. Programs with unrealistic expectations are no longer able to poach whoever they want, whenever th...

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I like me some Jordan Pope.

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I think they need to go younger than some of the names I’m hearing.

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The transfer portal has created the era of universal, ongoing free agency. Players used to get recruited once. Maybe twice. Now they basically have the chance to “re-open” their recruitment throughout their college careers. It’s great for the student-athletes, maybe not so great for building roster ...

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Does Drew win the press conference for Kentucky?

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If Kentucky can't get the top-4 candidates, some Kentucky fans would want Lloyd, https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/threads/hypothetical-hurley-oats-donovan-and-drew-all-say-thanks-but-no-thanks.412364/ I think there's a better chance of Bronny being a lotto pick than there is of Lloyd being the ne...

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MrBug708 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:38 am https://twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/ ... 0065285509

Wonder if he would have reached a final four like Mick did or he would have still felt burnt out. He was basically taking the job until that lifetime contract offer came in

ucla fan fiction is the best

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If the team made F4 then I can see Kentucky being very interested. But without tourney success, and every season losing to a lower seed, can’t see it. That was the key frustration with Calipari. Plus his post defeat pressers will drive Kentucky fans insane. Aw shucks won’t work for them. All of thi...

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IndianaZonaFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:58 pm Right now Give me:

Bradley
Love
Lewis
Bryant
Krivas

Sanon
Phillips
Veesaar
Martinez
Stephen

Obviously we need a transfer 4 who can defend outside and stretch the defense a bit.

I'm assuming Love won't be back. If he is, then yes, love this lineup.

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Tommy's not leaving for Kentucky, right? Got mixed messages on that yesterday which is to say that I am clueless on that right now. I would be astonished by this. With all due respect to Coach Lloyd, he hasn't exactly built the kind of resume (yet) that Kentucky has come to expect in its coaching c...

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Tommy's not leaving for Kentucky, right?

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Mark Mitchell (Duke), anyone? Just entered portal.

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Bradley, KJ, Bryant, transfer 4 and Krivas

If KJ actually leaves, just means the freshmen guards get a shot earlier.

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Do it … pulll the trigger on Sean miller, I dare you UK CSM is just the kind of ruthless motherfucker who would kill it at Kentucky in recruiting, and he’s come around to a more free flowing offensive system and now actually puts up points instead of just trying to prevent them. He won’t get a call...

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UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:51 am Come on down Cream!

This guy would get absolutely steamrolled and humiliated by actual competition.

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Do it … pulll the trigger on Sean miller, I dare you UK CSM is just the kind of ruthless motherfucker who would kill it at Kentucky in recruiting, and he’s come around to a more free flowing offensive system and now actually puts up points instead of just trying to prevent them. He won’t get a call...

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I can’t remember a year with this much roster turnover.

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CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:55 am Do it … pulll the trigger on Sean miller, I dare you UK

Will. Never. Happen.

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UK isn’t gonna win this press conference, are they? UK might not be "UK" any more, sorta like UCLA is no longer "UCLA" anymore.... Good comparison, but I think UK can get back to being themselves, unlike ucla. Lexington is a college town, and there’s a HUGE audience for UK hoops, both locally and n...

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UK isn’t gonna win this press conference, are they?

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Since there are so many strong opinions in this thread: Keep Boswell! Dump Love! We’ll be better without Ballo missing 1 and 1s!

I’m just curious what some of your ideal starting 5s are for next season.

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Who said Anderson is gone? Maybe he is but I thought he was committed to sticking around. Want to say where this came from or is it just a guess? https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1777455993590554781 So that's Borovicanin, Murauskas, Ballo and Anderson who are definitely gone. Plus Larsson and...

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SCCats wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:08 pm Oh Azcatgirl, I don’t know.

I’ve seen those posts before. Sometimes it means “raise your offer by a million dollars a year.”

I don't think Oats would say something like this publicly if he was seriously thinking of taking another job. No reason to.

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The Hurley family seems like a herd of jack-asses You mean I wasn't the only one who noticed this?? D Hurley's sideline demeanor and antics are hard to watch. Just a reminder for the guy that says UCONN has been dominate for 30 years. Well Dan here is your record after your first 3 years at UCONN: ...

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Who said Anderson is gone? Maybe he is but I thought he was committed to sticking around. Want to say where this came from or is it just a guess? https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1777455993590554781 So that's Borovicanin, Murauskas, Ballo and Anderson who are definitely gone. Plus Larsson and...

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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... -25-season

This is more legit than those rankings posted upthread. And I think we could rise higher once the dust settles from the transfer portal.

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We've seen so little of Veesaar that it's pretty hard to assess any possible impact he could make next season.

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