Bear Down Wildcats

EVCat

To me, the skill he has that is so rare is his ability to finish around the rim from either side, underneath, straight on or baseline. At times, he reminds me of (old school reference) Ced Ceballos of the Suns in how he can turn baseline, be behind the rim, and elevate and protect the ball until the...

EVCat

Believe that's why Chance Comanche left, although language and culture were not an issue, just didn't like going to class. He and Grant Jerrett were the two early departures that surprised me most during the Miller years. Jerrett was the most damaging, too. That 2014 team probably handles the loss ...

EVCat

Ugh. Why in the wide world of sports would a coach give a flying fuck about sportscasters' guesses about NCAA seeding with three weeks still to play? Hint: the projections will not be close to 100% accurate when the actual games all play out. It's speculation for fan clicks and reads and ratings, j...

EVCat

The stories about Phillips' recruitment give some clue as to why CTL isn't just ripping a bunch of 5 stars. It doesn't have anything to do with personality, or desire, or salesmanship. As some alluded to last year, he doesn't offer a bunch of kids for the same position with stories of how they will ...

EVCat

I can definitely get behind dropping from a 5 star recruiting class to a 4 star if Lloyd and the staff are analyzing fit in such a selective manner. It reminds me of early Lute recruiting, where the current players had to give a thumbs up, or at least not a thumbs down with reasoning, before he'd of...

EVCat

Sean has always said he'd have plenty to say once this was over. But i feel like he might just let this speak for itself. He wasn't found not guilty...he was flat out exonerated. I do hope he, at least, blisters ESPN. I know it is hard to go after ESPN as a D1 coach, especially legally, but I hope h...

EVCat

The investigators said, ""The record is really replete in terms of the actions the former coach took to ensure his staff and players understood the importance of compliance," Welch said on a Zoom call after the IARP's ruling on Wednesday. "Nearly all of the actions these two assistant coaches took ...

EVCat

I can’t help but feel like there’s no way that Miller talked openly about paying players and said when it came to money to only deal with him. Maybe it’s crazy wishful thinking, but I can’t imagine him being that stupid. Don’t get me wrong. I believe we pay for players. I just think we’d try to hid...

EVCat

Sean certainly deserves a lot of apologies from everyone at ESPN and won't get a single one. The story they posted on this just buried a paragraph at the end quoting Sean's presser saying he never knowingly violated any NCAA rule, then matter-of-fact note the 2018 report on Ayton. Nothing further.

EVCat

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:58 am After all this ...... ESPN still needs to be dragged through the streets of America and skullfucked into a Frisbee-shaped piece of roadkill.

unfortunately, Sean Miller and Arizona have to work with ESPN as a business partner, and they know this, so nothing further will happen.

EVCat

Luckily he has a team that could go a ways in the tourney. Hope he gets to the final four even if it means beating Ariz. WTF? Root for Miller over the Cats in a game as huge as getting yo the FF? Never would I think I would see a cat fan post that. Love the guy but if we go head to head I want a du...

EVCat

If we somehow get into a conference with the remainder of the Big 12 and ASU, CU, Utah, and Oregon and/or Washington and their brother schools...I would suggest lighting a candle or sacrificing a goat or whatever it is you do with your god because that would be the best possible position to be in, o...

EVCat

But have we EVER had it happened where one or two guys returned to school for us, bypassing the pros for a year and putting us in a position to build on a previous season's success? It's even happened at Duke and Kentucky over the last decade. Kansas too. It's possible I'm forgetting seasons where ...

EVCat

I see Terry's trajectory as similar, but not exact, to Richard Jefferson's. He has embraced the defense and rebounding piece...it's time to add the offensive development. Almost like Richard, but one year behind his development.

EVCat

I love that everyone is picking Houston in this game. The only person I've seen today that is picking Arizona is Andy Katz. Some guy on CBS said that UA is only a two headed monster....tell me you haven't watched Arizona without telling me you haven't watched Arizona. It's time for our human Swiss ...

EVCat

More fun with NET rankings to understand their seeding: Houston was 1-4 against teams in the NET top 35 at season's end. Their win over Illinois (15) makes them 2-4. Houston was 3-5 against their top 8 NET opponents (ranked 15-45, 1 win over a top 30 NET). Houston was 28-0 against teams NET ranked 4...

EVCat

Houston simply didn't have a profile to allow for a much higher seeding. We suspect they are way better, but they haven't played a lot of good teams lately, and Memphis beat them twice in conference, since they lost players. The metrics are what they are, but it's hard to measure what they will do a...

EVCat

azgreg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:38 am Bob Kemp on KDUS 1060 AM in Phoenix just picked Houston so it will be Arizona by double digits.

I know that he'll be wearing some red and blue tonight. Maybe this is a reverse psychology fake out karma juju pick from Bob.

Whatever it takes.

EVCat

it's wild that in a little over 50 hours, this whole crazy, awesome season will be distilled down into a simple, permanent answer to the question of "did they, or didn't they?" If they did, then in less than 2 weeks, we'll know if they are legend. Crazy how quick this all concludes, how much time an...

EVCat

i thought I had gained perspective during our exile and COVID.

Nope.

I am a child

EVCat

9:11 to tip. Bile...rising. Left eye...twitching Work...ignored Is this supposed to be fun? Am I doing this wrong? Am I supposed to have fun watching us play tournament games? Have a snack, some sips of a beverage, smile...invite friends over and high five occasionally, smile some more, get sidetrac...

EVCat

I find the best evidence of Houston being seeded too high (low? I never know...High number, Low in the list of 1 to 16) being the lines involving the surviving 1 seeds #1 Gonzaga 9.5 point favorites over #4 Arkansas. Gonzaga also struggled to a 4 point win over 9 seed Memphis, and were even down for...

EVCat

Catching up on a bunch of posts and trying to keep them straight in my ADD brain... The Houston fan preview from the first link was actually really, really good. Some things to quibble about, but largely very fair. We give up O boards if there is dribble penetration because we go for the block, and ...

EVCat

I sort of disagree. While I readily admit that strong guard play can doom not only our team but any good team. The issue against TCU was not so much guard penetration because even when that happened they did not get off easy shots. It was second chance opportunities that kept killing us. TCU shot o...

EVCat

we're holding teams to 35% shooting in the tournament so far. Since the Stanford debacle in the PAC 1st round, we have held teams to just under 40%, with no wild outliers impacting that (basically, both PAC teams shot 43% and both tournament teams have shot 35% I am most concerned with turnovers and...

EVCat

Thanks, that makes sense. Just trying to put some context to the the stats. I do worry about our turnover tendencies with a team like Houston though. But agree that if we play to our potential we will be fine. youre more than welcome - in this game Arizona turnovers committed and offensive rebounds...

EVCat

Houston is very good. But they are also a 5 seed for a reason. Memphis beat them by double digits twice in the last month, and they needed 2 OTs to get past Wichita St. They also lost to SMU right after losing to Memphis. Their style is very much like TCU, but I felt we got looks we wanted when we r...

EVCat

great breakdown, EVCat. Tommy chewed out the clock operator after that happened, not sure if others noticed. And on your second point, you damn well know Kelvin Sampson is going to put together a similar game plan to put pressure on the perimeter defense. Also without the clock fuckery, DTs jam at ...

EVCat

Two things 1. the final play in regulation, and the need for Benn's 3, may not have been the situation at all if we had not been screwed yet again by the clock operators. If the rule is truly that is is on the team with the ball to know the clock operator messed up and proceed accordingly, that is r...

EVCat

What is crazy to me is in 2 weeks, or maybe 2 weeks and a day, we will know the fate of this team against the illogical, but cultural, measurement of the Final Four. The FF is not a title, and is but one game better than an E8, yet a marketing gimmick (an effective one) makes this one extra round c...

EVCat

What is crazy to me is in 2 weeks, or maybe 2 weeks and a day, we will know the fate of this team against the illogical, but cultural, measurement of the Final Four. The FF is not a title, and is but one game better than an E8, yet a marketing gimmick (an effective one) makes this one extra round ca...

EVCat

This thread should forever be preserved as an example of how even learned, intelligent fans let their own feels get in the way, and overanalyze a small set of data in a way favorable to those feels and extrapolate that over the future. Lloyd couldn't tie down Akinjo (jeez), or overcome a year of rec...

EVCat

It definitely doesn't suck to have the best team in the NBA coached by an AZ legend. I had no idea Monty Williams was a former UA legend! When did he play for us? Before Lute? Because I can't place him. And who knew Fraser was Q? I think he was referring to Steve Kerr... ... not Monty :roll: (super...

EVCat

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 4:06 am We do rim protection and go for steals so that will lead to giving up more offensive boards.

That’s the reason.

so, in one sentence, you said what it took me a novel-length post right before you to say

EVCat

Defensive rebounding has been an issue for a few weeks. It looks, to me, that guys aren’t boxing out. They turn to rebound but the opposition is just going around our guys. As they say , “put a body on someone “. Haven't wanted to say anything, since all the pundits rave about C-Lo's ability to alt...

EVCat

Dalen just said "Forks Down" into the camera :lol: Didn’t he dance on the fork right before that? As a local boy, he gets a little more latitude to rub it in Sparky face. I am sure he has heard it from them for just long enough to stop short of spitting on them, but not short of dancing on their Di...

EVCat

I am surprised that we are still a 2.5 point road favorite with the crowd back (as much as it ever is) at Pauley and with no indication that AT will be available. I do like our matchup inside, but I don't like how quickly we can lose that advantage with foul trouble in a true road game. Kerr needs t...

EVCat

I am surprised that we are still a 2.5 point road favorite with every indication that AT is not playing

EVCat

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:00 pm It definitely doesn't suck to have the best team in the NBA coached by an AZ legend.

I had no idea Monty Williams was a former UA legend! When did he play for us? Before Lute? Because I can't place him.

And who knew Fraser was Q?

EVCat

That is a true statement. To say people would be happy after losing to ucla again is a joke. People start threads about slow starts and free throws that are missed. But if we lose a few, then drop the last weekend, we can revive the "this team reminds me of 1997"* ghost. I've missed that one dearly...

EVCat

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:10 pm
Spaceman Spiff wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:07 pm Deron Williams might be the kost inexplicably pudgy athlete ever. Even other pleasantly plump guys like Ray Felton were in shape at times.
Evan Battey has entered the chat.

Khalid El-Amin would say "HI!", but his mouth is full.

EVCat

That’s a shitload of assumptions and conjecture for one post. I’m actually very impressed. perhaps i should simplfy if Lloyd has success greater than Miller, the Pres and AD deserve credit. The end. Is this stolen from Hansen? They intentionally torpedoed Sean and are putting full support behind To...

EVCat

big difference is that Robbins appears to have cut Miller specifically to pull Lloyd. And Livengood didn't luck into Miller. Livengood built a relationship with Calipari that only came up short because UK opened up, and Cal thought enough of Livengood to intervene and give Miller the push, knowing h...

EVCat

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:54 am That’s a shitload of assumptions and conjecture for one post. I’m actually very impressed.

perhaps i should simplfy

if Lloyd has success greater than Miller, the Pres and AD deserve credit.

The end.

EVCat

I see a fair amount of shade being thrown their way but don't Heeke and Robbins get any credit for bringing in Lloyd? Fuck no. I feel this, but the answer is yes...they do. If, in fact, they (or Robbins) decided to burn Miller because Lloyd was available, and took the chance of firing a motivated a...

EVCat

The PAC team surpassing expectations right now besides us is USC. They are playing defense and are very experienced. I see everybody suggesting a top seed when we really haven't played anybody. We have been very impressive but let's wait till we start to play legit teams to gauge where we are truly...

EVCat

Good article by Greg Hansen. It appears he is excited about this team. https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/greg-hansen-wildcats-gain-confidence-credibility-with-blowout-win-over-michigan/article_be53595e-4be3-11ec-83e4-efda3f1929f9.html No, the Wildcats aren’t there yet, but the va...

EVCat

he missed that time in the offseason before last year. He looked better last year than the year before, but with that wiped out offseason to work with, the staff lost precious time. You always saw the potential was there, but he needed weight (he has now had 2 years of a real weight and nutrition pr...

EVCat

Lloyd knows we need Pelle maybe more than any other sub. We need PG options.

EVCat

(Cautiously freakingthefuckout)...

The bottle is ready to blow

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