Bear Down Wildcats

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A lot depends on if Miller survives the NCAA investigation. It is amazing how he rebounded from last year from a recruiting perspective -- AZ essentially loses an entire class, and follows it up with the number one class (until Duke or Kentucky wins out during the late signing period). But what happ...

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Bear Down Vegas wrote:Texas would go undefeated in the Pac

Not with Smart coaching.

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Well if we lose early to a crap team in the tournament next year the heat on Miller will be well earned. If we lose another close Elite 8 game? That seems over reactionary to me. Either way, next year is all that matters right now. Completely agree. I'll still watch this year and hope for continued...

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Where does Randolph think he is going? He won’t even get much time in the developmental league. He was a highly ranked player out of high school and has shown flashes of quality play, but he is definitely a kid who needs more time to develop in the program. Leaving prematurely would be a mistake.

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Not a huge loss. The kid was highly ranked coming in, but he has not shown a ton of promise, especially on offense. Still, it was nice to have another body in the rotation. Long term, he was going to lose minutes. Hope this opens up minutes for Doutrive.

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It will be interesting to see what the NCAA does with USC and Arizona because it is unclear if they can really target programs with lack of institutional control if a few rogue assistants were working with agents to potentially steer players to the agents after their college careers were over (and p...

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While they are at it, maybe they can get Phil Jackson to come out of retirement?

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https://twitter.com/JasonScheer/status/1080505183996567552 Pitino is the only guy on that list that would return UCLA's call, and the administration would never let the AD hire Pitino, so that one won't happen. UCLA will probably not land an established, elite name. They might snag a notable mid-ma...

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I think Hurley is going to try and run up the score against Miller in January. He is going to take out his frustration in that game. asu has better talent than the UofA does right now. I have a feeling until the Duke job becomes available, Hurley is going to stay at asu. Perhaps for a bit, but prob...

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No idea. Hoiberg is the guy we would get if it were up to DG. Bob Myers is on the search committee so that is a positive move. I'd back the truck up to Dee, bur he wont leave. Maybe Keatts or Beard and hope they are the rising stars for the next 2 decades but they are in good situations. Maybe Tony...

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Beachcat97 wrote: Keep in mind, guys, that we were supposed to have Quinerly, Little and O'Neal.

And probably Bol Bol.

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Was someone calling for Miller to be fired? Don't recall seeing that post. We can all be disappointed in how this season is turning out, but I still a huge fan of Miller. Same with Sumlin too for that matter. None of these losses are near as painful as 2008 and 2001. You all know the games just by ...

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If he was playing at AZ right now, AZ would be in the top 25 without question. He changes the game completely. One of the most exciting prospects in years.

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Spaceman Spiff wrote:ESPN will find a way to leave the door open for Duke to overtake us.

No doubt about it. There is no way ESPN keeps AZ ranked at the 1 slot.

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Of course that was said last season too. Anyone know the scholarship counts? There will be plenty of room. Hmmmm...I’m gonna say we’re definitely losing two from this group: Barcello, Randolph, Williams, Akot, Smith. Unless Randolph no longer wants to be in school and wants to continue working on h...

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84Cat wrote:Awesome, I love seeing Espin fail at impacting our recruiting class.

Vital is going to have an aneurism.

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I had the volume up off and on, but I assume it was Pasch ripping AZ? Walton is generally complimentary about AZ, the program, and its history. He is not always lucid, but he doesn’t usually do a hit job. One expects an imbecile like Pasch to follow the ESPN mandate on AZ.

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Seriously?! yes After four games, 97?! that was the first game action of any kind ive seen this season and AZ is in trouble I would understand if we ended up losing last night, but our guys fought and got a very big win. i disagree - that Iowa State team beats AZ by 25 with a full roster - however ...

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To be clear, the Barcello hill is not one I am looking to die on. I just really hope he turns a corner, and I don't see it happening drifting off-ball shooting a jumper a game, if even that. Barcello is beginning to remind me of Lavender. Sorry if someone else already made that comparison. At least...

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An ugly win against a shorthanded team. AZ is a relatively young team with work to do. Still, it was nice to see them pull out this win.

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I think Smith is a very important piece. The dude brings a lot to the table, you just never know which night youre going to get it. How many on the team have defended the perimeter at a higher level thus far? This team is gonna have to find ways to get buckets. If he is getting his, we are in much ...

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They love the clicks. That. . . and trying to hide the fact they are a Duke (NC, Kansas, other non-west coast U) recruiting agency. Pay no attention to the rat behind the curtain! I think we all know that if Schlabach got a tip that Coach K was on FBI wiretap talking about $100k for Justise Winslow...

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The barrage of reports from ESPN and tweets from Vitale are really alarming — all the information from the trial that was revealed predominantly focused on other programs, yet the aftermath is all Arizona on ESPN. It seems like every couple of days there is another Arizona headline on ESPN based on ...

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http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25149786/duke-blue-devils-zion-williamson-always-show 67 "Paragraphs", 4 of them briefly mention his FBI issues but they are quick to point out that Duke fully vetted him and he is good to go, nothing to see..................... Duke "vetted" h...

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Yawn. There is nothing there. But, without the latest ESPN article chronicling an alleged timeline of Arizona activity, this Regents meeting doesn't take place. Good old ESPN doing what it can to stir things up. Anyone want to wager how quickly it will be before ESPN splashes this update on its webs...

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ESPN is also pushing Arizona into a corner here. They want access to documents and records to try to back up their report and Arizona refuses to comply with the requests. So, ESPN continues to target the program in a quasi-defamatory manner, possibly hoping to trigger a defamation suit by Arizona. I...

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Really find it interesting as the only ESPN employees that are really pushing this story outside of Schlabach are the biggest Duke supporters of the bunch, meanwhile other ESPN employees like Seth Greenberg and Fran Fraschilla have been providing counter talking points and the rest of their employe...

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Dick doesn’t seem too concerned with Bill Self’s direct involvement. What a phony.

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Duke is almost untouchable. Does anyone think the NCAA is ever going to go near Duke (or ESPN for that matter)? The irony is Duke has likely benefitted from all of this underground money going to recruits for years. If it is indeed true that many top 25-50 players have been the beneficiaries of shoe...

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The Rawle part of the story irritates me. It's essentially that the guy who was proposing paying lots of players proposed paying Rawle. Rush that to the presses! And that's the problem. He proposed paying Zion Williamson, but you don't see the article being about the negotiations for Duke's star, d...

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Ok that's it, Schlabach needs to go away forever. Such a joke of an article he just put out. I mean look at this shit there's literally no new info in this article, yet it's a complete Arizona hit piece. http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/25105562/call-records-link-arizona-sean-miller-creighto...

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First school mentioned in Schlafuck’s article? Arizona He truly should be embarrassed. Someone played him last winter, made him look like a fool, and destroyed his credibility. Yet, he digs in and continues name drop AZ, in a desperate hope that his initial report will be validated over time. It wa...

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TJ had 4 points and 3 assists in 4 minutes last night. I'm done with the Sixers, I hope they crash and burn. I'd said it when they drafted Fultz, that he was drafted to play over TJ. Just more of the same with the Wichita guard they brought in this year. I'd like to see them potentially move TJ. He...

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Postmaster wrote:Wasn’t the job thing something that angered Jeff Whitey’s mom and a reason she made him move to KU?
I thought she was mad that she had to find her own job here in Tucson and what she found was not high paying.

Self took care of her.

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Does anyone know why Omar Thielemans was forced to leave the team? I don't think he was forced. Sounds like he realized he wasn't good enough to play significant minutes here. One would think that would have been clear when he signed. The idea was that he would have time to develop, perhaps become ...

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They sure are pussyfooting this one. https://i.imgur.com/sQzIX4S.png Number one story: Are Bill Self and Kansas number one? Sidebar: Bill Self directed player payments, according to sworn testimony and intercepted text messages. Amazing, isn't it? One of the most prestigious programs in all of coll...

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Kind of funny that this Zion stuff comes out a day after Coach K said the following... "I think [college basketball] is actually pretty clean" "I think it's minute, it's a blip. It's not what's happening. ... We haven't lost guys because someone cheated. I haven't paid attention to it because I hav...

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Make no mistake about it. We will take our hits when Book goes on trial. It will come out that two nickel and dime guys gave him $15-20K but their will be no dollar amounts like we are talking now. You will have Book taking $20K to steer players to a financial advisor. The issue was always follow t...

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Here’s Dick Vitale’s outrage... Vitale was calling for Miller to be fired and banned from basketball. The Saturday after the b.s. Schlabach story (i.e. hit-piece) broke, Bilas and Greenberg said Miller would never coach again. Now, their beloved Kansas program is being outed during the trial, and e...

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Lesson of the moment: If you don't know how to be a criminal, don't engage in a criminal conspiracy. You shouldn't lob softballs waist high down the middle of the plate with the bases loaded. In all seriousness, what’s the pulse of Jayhawk Nation? You all worried or nah? I feel like UA fans are cau...

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Trusting Alford, Enfield, or Hurley is a fool's errand. No way we finish below asu. I agree 3rd at the worst, but I'll still say the Pac12 title runs through Arizona. Medical mentions Oregon looking for a 3rd title in 4 years. We're looking for 3rd straight. Let's go ESPN wants ASU to succeed with ...

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Do you think he is talking about his buddy Pitino? https://twitter.com/DickieV/status/1050453891727466496 Has Dickie V been living in a bubble? The guy has been around the inner-workings of college basketball for decades -- like he hasn't heard rumors over the years of how the system is rigged. Yes...

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Trusting Alford, Enfield, or Hurley is a fool's errand. No way we finish below asu. I agree 3rd at the worst, but I'll still say the Pac12 title runs through Arizona. Medical mentions Oregon looking for a 3rd title in 4 years. We're looking for 3rd straight. Let's go ESPN wants ASU to succeed with ...

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Meanwhile Sean is at Day 8 atop the ESPN NCAAB page That is egregious. They must really believe that something about Miller is going to come out at some point if they are going to be this blatant. They are just begging Miller/UofA/PAC12 to file some sort of legal injunction. All 3 are front and cen...

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Is giving a recruit’s dad $100k somehow different than hiring them for a year at $100k? In the nonsensical NCAA world, probably. Second question, did Duke do it? If Duke did it...well, no one really cares. If Duke does it, ESPN will put Sean Miller’s picture on the front page with the headline, “Mo...

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I’m sure ESPeNis and Mark Skullfuck will correct the record at any moment now. No way. They still have a picture of a distressed looking Miller on their basketball homepage that links to the reporting about the scandal and current trial. No picture of Self, Enfield, etc.; no picture of former playe...

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This blows up my "Stanford is going to win the Pac-12" hot take. Not a chance. Oregon is the clear front-runner. UCLA's roster is probably second best. Beyond that, anyone's guess. Maybe USC and AZ in the mix. With Travis in tow, I (clearly) really liked Stanford's group. I mean it's moot now, but ...

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Your EoS line-up is a good one. Randolph should start over Smith from day one. Smith is a rotation player at best. If Williams is ready, he should get the nod.

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If the '18/'19 squad is able to develop chemistry, they could surprise a lot of people. There is a lot of talent on that roster, with 4 highly rated players returning with at least one year of college basketball under their belts. It doesn't have Aaron Gordon, Stanley Johnson or Deandre Ayton starin...

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It is business as usual for the other programs named in the FBI report, with USC lighting it up on the recruiting trail.

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