Bear Down Wildcats

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I'm of two minds on Lauri. Love to have him, but it's become so clear to me that guards are vital. The stronger we are there, the better our chances. Look at Gonzaga. Lost Sabonis and Wiltjer. Then got better, because of the upgrade at guard with Williams-Goss and Mathews (plus Perkins and Melson i...

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Yuge mistake

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Jackson was suspended that game and im sure lack of motivation to play in a tournament that had minimal impact on their seed played a part as well. Surprising to see but I didnt think much of that particular loss

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Indiana made a well-reasoned, and forward-thinking decision that may pay off for them for 30 years. A like Archie a lot, but for how great everyone keeps trying to tell me this job is the hire feels a bit underwhelming. I think it's outside of the top 10 best jobs, but quite a few think it (somehow...

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I think enfuego earned a one-week pass from any flaming for his comments after our game. I thought very highly of Oregon coming into the tournament but I was completely shocked by Kansas losing to them, or any team period. I was convinced UNC would be the only team who could keep the margin within s...

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http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/lavar-ball-reportedly-seeking-1-billion-shoe-deal-for-lonzo-ball-sons/ Lavar Ball is an embarrassment.....I hope he hurts his son's draft stock as his intentions to force his son into the LA market and dealing with him will be a nightmare for any NBA...

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Shaka Smart is one perfect example of many. What is ironic in all of this - it seems that these coaches are given a bit too much credit for their random final four runs. Like the Shaka Smarts of the coaching world controlled a bunch of nobodies with a Nintendo controller to the final four; however, ...

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Who who's the point guard? Miller can't keep relying on transfers and JUCOs to bail him out. It's either PJC, a grad transfer or Duval. Last one is a long shot. First one, well, we've seen 3 seasons, and I don't really disagree if you aren't sold. PJC isn't changing though. His upside/downside is w...

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Deuce, all of what you said is true, but I'm going to hazard a guess that you're not actually satisfied with this season, and if I told you that Arizona would never reach the Final Four under Miller that you'd be even less so. The lack of a Final Four, hell, the lack of a national championship, is ...

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Am I the only one who really doesn't care who is staying and who is going? Much like my shift away from caring about recruiting (until they set foot on campus as actual students) I've shifted away from caring much about who stays or goes until next year is here and we've got whoever we've got. I ju...

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Chad Ford doesn't know his head from his ass. Game 1: Lauri scored 20 pts on 12 shots despite only one of those attempts being a 3. His first half display, doing it inside and with his dribble, and exhibited excellent midrange shooting touch, was a positive for him. Game 2: Had low post defense ques...

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To piggy back off my 2nd to last post. Think about this: three of the last four years we have had a chance to say, this is the year we cut the nets down. Three out of four years, a good number of experts and analysts said the same. Think about the amount of talent we have lost in those years, nearly...

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Oh look, Frank Martin just took south carolina to the final four, in his 5th year there (10th overall coaching year). Yet another guy I don't think anyone would have picked to get to a FF, at south freakin carolina, before Miller would at Arizona. Btw for those who love the Sean Miller makes his te...

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The tournament sure is cruel. Two weeks ago, everyone was praising Miller for his coaching in the face of great adversity. He even won the PAC-12 award for a job well done. Flash forward to today and most of the fan base thinks his coaching sucks. I find that interesting too. Had Trier's 3 gone dow...

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Did anyone expect Altman at oregon, or Few at gonzaga, to beat Miller at Arizona to a FF? Altman has been coaching for 29 years and is a great coach. Few is a very good coach and has had it made playing the system for 18 years at a school that still brings in a lot of talent that sticks around. Kev...

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Merkin wrote:I never noticed Simmons looking "highly dejected"

I saw that quite a bit.

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Lmao. Yea im rooting for the gamecocks and UNC. From there, either is fine w me, as a UNC win meams two duke losses. I personally have never had a problem w the oregon fans but maybe im just crossing paths w the right ones

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Zags desevered it. They are a complete team with a great coach. This is going to come across as salty but i dont care. Fuck Gonzaga. Mark Few didnt earn shit. First off, this team starts three upper classman transfers. Guys really put in that work. Their fourth starter, a fat fuck, by the greatest ...

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Excellent first post zona grad. Re: experience, I made the same comment in the arch rivals forum, specifically to us and zaga/oregon. Think a lot of this is spot on.

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Is Tyler Dorsey returning? Oh wait I'm in the alternate reality where Arizona didn't blow him off for a bad trade. My mistake guys. Players play, they shouldn't dictate who u recruit. Everyone who's pissed at parkers camp for dissuading Thorton jr recruitment should be even more pissed at the Simon...

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An old quote: "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." Not much truer than that quote. Choo, I hear you. If you are looking for a positive in all this, getting your crap pushed in or completely blowing a golden opportunity to a greatly inferior team beca...

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Normally id agree with you, but we pissed away the right to even ask for luck in the Xavier game. Oregon earned themselves into positions in those two games against two tough teams for luck to decide or help their fate. Our luck was playing so shitty and being lucky enough it was against xavier to w...

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az91 wrote:The two best coaches in the west are in the Final Four.

get the hell out of here. Mark Few wouldnt even be in the top 3 in the Pac 12

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Zags desevered it. They are a complete team with a great coach. This is going to come across as salty but i dont care. Fuck Gonzaga. Mark Few didnt earn shit. First off, this team starts three upper classman transfers. Guys really put in that work. Their fourth starter, a fat fuck, by the greatest ...

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My hot take has nothing to do with geography and more with the style of play to the coaches. Alford is an idiot with no control so you can do what you want. Alford is a great coach who give you the freedom to create. Miller ball is pack line and motion offense but despite having similar level of ta...

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What if: Laurie told Sean he would "stay another year. IF, we play more [this way]. How do you think that conversation would go? Id hope Miller would listen and agree to try it. Lauri is the furthest from a crazy inmate who is trying to run the asylum. I personally think Miller could do a better jo...

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Im not even entertaining a Lauri return until it comes directly from his or Millers mouth that he is returning. But, say that did happen, you would have to question Millers sanity if Dusan started. There isnt a person in this world that can tell me he should start over Chance if Lauri didnt return, ...

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Im gonna have to step in here and defend Parker a bit. Dude has his faults, he is what it is, but he is one of the last guys we should be blaming for last nights loss. Dude hit like 70 percent of his threes after an ankle injjury and another rough start. There were several big games he won for us an...

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That Kobi tweet translates to - GONE

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Last night I nearly posted that the only thing that would cheer me up would be Lauri shocking the world and saying he was coming back. I told myself I was stupid for even entertaining the idea and rolled over to try to fall asleep.

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The sting and anger from yesterday's loss has only been matched by a couple in my lifetime. But yes, it was one hell of a ride, ignoring yesterday's loss for fairness sake due to its recency. There haven't been many Arizona teams who have grabbed me by my soul like this one. It was almost like your ...

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I only want Trier back if Miller can reign him in and at least somewhat improve his play within the team concept. If not, I don't mind taking that loss. Trier seems polarizing to the teams. I know a few guys on last year's team did not get along with him, but then you see how things played out this ...

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I dont buy into any of the talk about Miller being too tough, guys playing scared, guys being too uptight in big situations, Miller micromanages, etc. I can pop off a longer list of guys cut from the same cloth as Miller who have had success than I can come up with a list of Phil Jacksons and John W...

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That's how I know I'm upset about an Arizona game. Usually I can just disagree with posters and not get too bent out of shape. Between being upset about the game and tired from the resulting lack of sleep, when I see a post I really disagree with, I don't just roll with it easily. I get mad and wan...

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Trier and Simon - transferred Smith - never played a regular season game, career over Ferguson - never showed, overseas Simmons - completely fell apart down the stretch Alkins - Fractures finger in tournament, completely negating his outside shot and in turn, nearly negating his ability to put the b...

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One of the first things that crept into my mind after the loss. We of course have the benefit of hindsight. Dorsey gets the last laugh and we already know this was something that motivated him, against us especiallly

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The "uptight" angle is one of the most overplayed things on this site. Miller doesnt beat these kids, play D/team ball or come out is not a new concept, and they have all seen Millers intensity w a coach before.

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Exactly what micromanaging did he do down the stretch? Miller had the wrong personnel out on the floor. If you want to get on him for timeout management, fine. But players still need to play. Last night is a haze so I have some of the details off, I apologize. Heres what I saw (and im not absolving ...

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You guys should settle down on Trier...a lot of the 3 forced misses down the stretch were on Millers ass not being prepared and having a better offense or play calls to get a better shot ( maybe let Lauri touch the damn ball). Trier got us to where we were, up 8 with 3 minutes to go. And was a big ...

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PJC wasnt great but he wasnt bad

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Heres the barometer for people questioning it: do we win at Pauley without Trier? Do we beat Oregon in vegas without Trier? Do we beat UCLA in vegas without Trier? We lost two games w Trier. The oregon game we dont wim no matter what and the UCLA home loss where Trier put us on his back and is the o...

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We were pumping away with only half wood for 33 minutes and it was terrible and she was about ready to leave. Then out of nowhere, we got rock hard and she was convinced it was the real deal. Then we went completely soft and it ended horribly and we didnt even finish. Then we found out we got chlamy...

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I love Lauri, his season will go down as one of my favorites by a Cat, but part of that is on him and it is IMO the one gripe one could have with him - his lack of assertiveness. Its a gift and a curse. Some guys w his skills will scream and practically rip the ball from their teammates. You simply ...

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Is there a normal person that didn't see this one coming? Nearly the entire board did. Then they threw us off in the Pac 12 tournament. I knew this was going to be a tight game, but I figured we would be the tough ones to make the plays in the end. I dont think I ever got worried until just inside ...

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Trier may be gone, but he killed off a ton of momentum in the three tournament games. Offensively and defensively. Dude only really defends when plays UCLA, but thats probably because of all the scouts in the stands. Im sure theyve all picked up on that Alkins has to return. Kobi id put at a 70% cha...

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They have no point guard either. Xavier lost their's to injury We let that fucking white dude kill us off sheer will. That dude murdered us and only half of it shows up in a box score. Johnny Appleseed. Couldnt tell u his real name and theres no need, because gonzaga wont let him do 1/3 of what he ...

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For as shitty of a game as Miller coached, he didnt blow an 8 point lead w 2:30 left. If you want to blame it on the personnel he had in, Xavier probably had one fucking guy that was more regarded than any of the five we had on the floor, and we had another on the bench who was more regarded than an...

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You know what was also maddening? Having Pinder on the floor during an offensive slump at the same time as a dude playing with an ace bandage around two fingers on his shooting hand and a point guard who cannot get a shot off unless he is wide open because he is 5'2". I mean talk about a lineup that...

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Lost on our complete choke job by Miller and the team both, is the fact that once again, snakebitten. We just needed one of those Alkins threes and w a good finger, I bet u he has three makes from deep tonight and would have completely opened up his dribble drive. They knew and they played it right....

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Sad to see the most dynamic and special player Arizona may have ever seen completely wasted away. Matter fact, its fucking depressing. Its infuriating.

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