Bear Down Wildcats

TucsonClip

Fishclamps wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 8:25 am
Postmaster wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 8:18 am I just wish he would get with Tracey Chapman and make a decision.
He's got a fast car?

Can someone give him one reason to stay here?

TucsonClip

Agree on your first sentence Chi. Especially given the offense Lloyd runs most often, which is designed to create mismatches and then, assuming you can recognize them real time - which is something most of his teams have struggled with - take advantage of the mismatch you have created. Something ...

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Imo “1st tier” is a big leap/stretch for Arizona given that we are replacing essentially everything save PG. But there seem to be a lot of questions aside from Bryant. And, Lloyd and Murph have had some time to work on this. I am probably being a homer “nothing to worry about here” Arizona fan ...

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The Athletic addressed teams waiting on NBA Draft: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6327545/2025/05/02/nba-draft-college-basketball-decisions/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=9651934&source=dailyemail

2025 NBA Draft stay-or-go decisions: 11 that loom large for 2025-26 college ...

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The Athletic addressed teams waiting on NBA Draft: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6327545/2025/05/02/nba-draft-college-basketball-decisions/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=9651934&source=dailyemail

2025 NBA Draft stay-or-go decisions: 11 that loom large for 2025-26 college basketball ...

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He looks miles away, but these are the swings you take

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I'll gladly take a solid transfer guard to start at the 3. Some ball skills, some shooting, some defense.

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Been saying this for years, but every Lloyd roster needs a guy like this. Long, athletic, can defend, weak side rim protector, vertical spacer. To go along with that, he also has some skill to his game. Ball skills, some potential with the jumper, and like any big in our system, you need to be able ...

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Think you all can bank on Bryant not coming back.

Time to move on to: who plays the 3 for Lloyd next season?

I dunno but here are the scenarios:

* Land a legit guard with some size, who is a shot creator : worry about who backs up Koa.

* Land a swingman who likely doesn't have Carter's ...

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Think you all can bank on Bryant not coming back.

Time to move on to: who plays the 3 for Lloyd next season?

I dunno but here are the scenarios:

* Land a legit guard with some size, who is a shot creator : worry about who backs up Koa.

* Land a swingman who likely doesn't have Carter's ...

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It's my understanding that the "transfer window" is not a deadline for athletes to actually commit to a new school. They can still transfer and commit to other schools at any time after entering the portal, as long as they meet the necessary admissions and academic requirements.

If that ...

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Holding schools in limbo really blows. Had to be a better way to coordinate the timelines of college bball and the NBA draft

It's my understanding that the "transfer window" is not a deadline for athletes to actually commit to a new school. They can still transfer and commit to other ...

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I know he can't play it at this level.

Same as ADO.

Arizona is going need Aristode to be good and immediately.

Coming off injury (I don’t know what it was beyond “foot”, assumption is stress fracture but guessing there).

And where is the staff going to play him? Are we going, or ...

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Question for you basketball savants. Don’t we need another athletic big on this roster? Peat, Krivas and Awaka sounds one man short.

I was disappointed when Stephens left for the portal. Was he not patient enough? Was he miss used and upset? Any knowledge on his quick exit?

I would prefer that ...

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Exactly what do YOU know about Nelson's defense?

I know he can't play it at this level.

Same as ADO.

Arizona is going need Aristode to be good and immediately.

Coming off injury (I don’t know what it was beyond “foot”, assumption is stress fracture but guessing there).

And where ...

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Tucson Clip:

The major issue is this scenario is ADO is your 7th man, and I no world is that good enough. Perhaps Aristode shows out and he's legit good. We still have a 7 man rotation which isn't good enough to support a FF worthy core ...

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I will keep my thoughts a bit more tame here, as I went to war elsewhere. However, here was my scout on Nelson before he committed.

Games watched: @ Colorado, didnt need/want to watch more

I will keep this one short...

If the plan is to recruit a back up PG, then I guess he can work. He ...

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I will keep my thoughts a bit more tame here, as I went to war elsewhere. However, here was my scout on Nelson before he committed.

Games watched: @ Colorado, didnt need/want to watch more

I will keep this one short...

If the plan is to recruit a back up PG, then I guess he can work. He ...

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I will keep my thoughts a bit more tame here, as I went to war elsewhere. However, here was my scout on Nelson before he committed.

Games watched: @ Colorado, didnt need/want to watch more

I will keep this one short...

If the plan is to recruit a back up PG, then I guess he can work. He reminds ...

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Models his game after D Book and Cade. Cade was my comp for him after watching him play.

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Want to get real about next season? Talk about something no one else recognizes?

We need a PG that can facilitate, get his own, and finish off games.

Got schooled at the highest level almost every time at the PG position.

Bradley brings a lot but not this.

Is that Burries or are you ...

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Want to get real about next season? Talk about something no one else recognizes?

We need a PG that can facilitate, get his own, and finish off games.

Got schooled at the highest level almost every time at the PG position.

Bradley brings a lot but not this.

Couple things I've been hammering ...

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I think those skills are why the team played better after MK went down. It just opened up more options. I obviously don't have the verbiage that Clip has but I get that it isn't just as simple as "henri is better than MK".

100% you saw the offense open up, and the defensive coverages became ...

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Compiling a couple posts here, less because of any narrative on this board, but more a narrative I see a few other places and it just irks me...

When discussing Henri, there's a difference between individual production and amplifying the effectiveness of multiple lineups and a system.

Henri ...

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Scheer makes a good point. NIL is bad, but agents just turn it even more into a circus.

https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1906866412725166502

From my guy, Brian Dutcher, head coach at SDSU on February 20, 2025.

“You have to have NIL talks now,” coach Brian Dutcher told “The Field of 68 ...

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Am I the only one who thought CTL’s keep Awaka on the bench until the last 45 seconds and just watch Bittle make Henri look silly trying to guard him almost lost us the game? Anyone have insight as to why the heck he did that?

My thought was we wanted the flexibility on offense with Henri. If ...

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Less that CDC wouldn't go after him, and more he already knows is a no. Like you said, no need to waste time.

Roger that.

CDC obviously chose to look past Miller’s issues so it’s not like I can read his mind lol. Some of the recruiting stuff has been mitigated by the NIL era and maybe the ...

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So we played 15 guys yesterday and I think the only player who didn’t get in was DRF’s son.

Not a coincidence.

Because we could only dress 15 guys.

Now it might not be a coincidence that Francois was the one chosen not to dress, but looking at all of our walkons, he’s obviously at the ...

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azcat49 wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2025 9:30 am Curious if Texas offers their job to Miller. Rumor is he might be considered and behind him is CTL. Guess we will see how loyal Lloyd is this off season with a couple of marquee jobs opening up

Not happening, but Del Conte would be in a world of shit from all his friends lol

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By default because they chose not to recruit anyone else, which still blows my mind. He's the worst defender I've seen in an Arizona uniform since Ryan Anderson, and one of the worst I can ever remember.

Probably not possible at this point but ADO imo needs a ton of S&C work and effort ...

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By default because they chose not to recruit anyone else, which still blows my mind. He's the worst defender I've seen in an Arizona uniform since Ryan Anderson, and one of the worst I can ever remember.

Probably not possible at this point but ADO imo needs a ton of S&C work and effort put in ...

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I think he gives honest assessments of players,

He really knows Arizona players. Like what he said about Love. He takes good shots, he takes bad shots, but he is never afraid to take a shot, and he has excellent court vision. Believe Love was a PG in high school.

Praised ADO too ...

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I think he gives honest assessments of players,

He really knows Arizona players. Like what he said about Love. He takes good shots, he takes bad shots, but he is never afraid to take a shot, and he has excellent court vision. Believe Love was a PG in high school.

Praised ADO too which he ...

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When Clip starts breaking down the games, I get the same expression on my face when Dove starts talking stocks and bonds. Have to reread them several times.

Dude has to be a coach.

Clip's breakdowns are killer and the most amazing thing about them to me is that he does them real time off of ...

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We are lucky to have JMark, TuconClip, and Winger post here.

I have been watching college BB for over 50 years, and still learning from those 3.

When Clip starts breaking down the games, I get the same expression on my face when Dove starts talking stocks and bonds. Have to reread them ...

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Burries is really damn good. 39 points in the W, defended the #1 player in the '26 class, hit every big shot down the stretch, and took over in the 4th.

He has shades of Cade Cunningham and James Harden in him. No he's not either guy, but I mean the high basketball IQ, the size, the calmness on the ...

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Bradley
Carter
Henri

Those are the core 3. Lose any and it hurts. If I have to watch another year of ADO, I swear...

The roster construction is, and has been, laughable. Lloyd has to figure this shit out because the staffs evals have been horrendous.

This is one of my least favorite teams to ...

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Bal
Boro
Conrad
Paulius

None were good enough to play here. Paulius may be the best of the bunch, but he came in as a 3, couldn't play the 4, and left immediately. Bak was never a good fit for our offense, and he still isn't good enough, sorry.

Boro, like Bal was never a good fit. Conrad is a ...

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TucsonClip, not sure he posts here as much as he used, has used what San Diego State is doing as an example of what Arizona should be doing in evals, who and how many and when, and priority, and development.

Given they have overachieved in March where Tommy has underachieved, and given we ...

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TucsonClip, not sure he posts here as much as he used, has used what San Diego State is doing as an example of what Arizona should be doing in evals, who and how many and when, and priority, and development.

Given they have overachieved in March where Tommy has underachieved, and given we ...

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Have to give Lloyd and staff a ton of credit for the 2H adjustments.

1. Deploying the diamond press early in the 2H after the U16 TO

2. Understanding that ASU was loading to the paint with Awaka and TT in the game. They had 4 dudes with a foot in the paint on all actions and drives. The counter ...

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That is a perfect example of why +/- is usually total horseshit

In general I agree with you on +/-. But there are 2 big *s here:

The first is that the leaders in +/- for Arizona for the ISU game also constitute what has been Arizona’s best lineup (statistically) all season. Could be a ...

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Why don't you note each time ADO gives an opponent "free points".

BTW, what is Arizona's record since ADO become a starter?? It's 10-1

This board's server doesn't have the bandwidth for me to post every instance where ADO has given Arizona's opposition free points.

Good point on the 10-1 ...

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Part of the issue seems to be that Tommy thought he had Krivas and Veesaar at the 5 and Awaka could play the 4 with Townsend and Bryant at the 3

Krivas goes down and he moves Awaka to the 5 and Bryant backs up TT at the 4.really messed things up I think

Speaking for myself, this doesnt help ...

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We severely struggle with it, especially when things tighten up in the 2H.

Cincy did a gre job of applying a ton of it throughout the game, and at varying degrees. Top locking, denying the DHOs, jumping passing lanes, piss poor reversals on our end, ect. The opportunity was there all day to hit ...

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Yeah, who would ever want a link to Klutch Sports (rep Koa and Burries), benefitting from the marketing reach of Brons businesses, and someone on the team who is very influential with a few elite '25 and '26 recruits?

Klutch Sports is going to advise any elite recruits (UA or otherwise) to ...

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Yeah, who would ever want a link to Klutch Sports (rep Koa and Burries), benefitting from the marketing reach of Brons businesses, and someone on the team who is very influential with a few elite '25 and '26 recruits?

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First, the offense continues to improve and it all has to do with continuity. The side to side action we were missing for weeks has been showing up more and more. As I mentioned before Christmas, Lloyd has been able to use Love's gravity and scoring prowess to space the floor, but also to get him ...

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Clip, do you have a hypothesis as to why the difference in offensive from 1H to 2H?

When we got very sloppy I would have like CTL to sub multiple guys. It seemed like he let them play through it as if were a shooting slump as opposed to poor play.

The ball was sticking, we weren't getting out ...

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I was all over Lloyd for a lot of things the last few weeks. Most notably, our offense looked like a shell of what we should expect. The efficiency was garbage, ball movement, and most of all the design. Yeah, Lloyd mentioned many of the concepts are still the same, and they are. However, how we ...

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