Bear Down Wildcats

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Personally, I think the whole superconference idea is going to fall apart much like it did in Europe. No one for a big name brand team wants to see them go six and six over season when they’re playing other big namebrand teams only I hope youre right. Imv so much of what makes college sports specia...

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Winger-domus…where do we land? We’re not football enough for the sec and not “smart blue blood moneyed” enough for the B1G. So where does Arizona go? Dunno. Maybe football gets sectioned off on its own and we go back to regional conferences for everything else and we end up in a Pac 10-12-14. That ...

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I don’t see the value add. Two schools in the middle of nowhere will just add travel expenses to the rest of the conf without a big brand to help the conf profile. Yay, we just added the scraps of the P12! I could be wrong, but that’s how I see it. Agree with you on the travel piece. But the B12 al...

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I don’t see the value add. Two schools in the middle of nowhere will just add travel expenses to the rest of the conf without a big brand to help the conf profile. Yay, we just added the scraps of the P12! I could be wrong, but that’s how I see it. Agree with you on the travel piece. But the B12 al...

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Anyone else heard, or is it otherwise out there, that the B12 is adding WSU and OSU? I heard this past week that that was going down and to expect an announcement within the next couple months. Sourcing is difficult for me to attest to however. If it happens I don't think it happens until 2026. Rea...

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Anyone else heard, or is it otherwise out there, that the B12 is adding WSU and OSU?

I heard this past week that that was going down and to expect an announcement within the next couple months.

Sourcing is difficult for me to attest to however.

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wyo-cat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:06 pm
UAdevil wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:10 am
PHXCATS wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 8:17 am Trash conference
If this is gonna be your schtick going forward you may as well hit the road right now.
This is the best basketball conference and it’s not even close.

Not based on NCAA tournament performance it wasn’t and it wasn’t even close.

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How do you not do KU v US twice a year They can’t. Similar to the “maybe they’ll move the conference tournament to Vegas” stuff, it was never happening. Folks that put stuff out like this prior to realignment actually happening for Arizona were merely gaslighting, in ignorance. They can’t schedule ...

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Article in the Star morning is not accurate.

Learfield has or will be shortly cutting all ties with the Arizona AD.

Heard today that, with 2 1/2 months until football starts, Arizona has zero media contracts in place.

New AD clearly betting on herself.

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Yup, and it's not like if we miss out on a top player we don't just have another one ready to go. Tommy has backup plans for his backup plans. I'm much more interested to see how next year's class shakes out. A lot of intriguing recruits in that one. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but based o...

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That's not the argument, the argument was his camp felt he shouldn't have to compete for that first bench spot. The problem is Tommy is super high on Dell'Orso, so he wasn't just gonna guarantee a freshman those minutes. If it's all about D'O why did Phillips wait until shortly after Love announced...

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Yeah I wanted to see him in an Arizona uniform to. I think he'll end up being pretty good. I'm not sure what happened but if some podcaster/blogger ran him away, that's pretty fucked up Seems like it really just came down to he was gonna end up having to redshirt his freshman season here. We will n...

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I am most disappointed that Phillips wont be here. You can call him the 50th player in the country but I saw him shoot and he was as close to Salim as I have seen that committed to Arizona. Yeah I wanted to see him in an Arizona uniform to. I think he'll end up being pretty good. I'm not sure what ...

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To steer things back to the thread topic, I’ll always be a little perplexed by KB’s unsteady development this past season. It’s possible his youth, relative to others in his class, just means he’s not going to truly peak until his 3rd or 4th year of college ball. Or it’s possible he got too comfort...

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Lloyd has some work to do this summer. Get Riley and we're good, but there's a big hole at guard off the bench, not to mention consistent shooting with at least medium volume. Not sold on anything Dell'Orso until I see him play in Tucson. ?s as of 5/29: 1. Perimeter shooting? Who can shoot it? 2. C...

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IndianaZonaFan wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 2:58 pm There was previously a lot of talk from those inside about being surprised to ever actually see Sanon in an Arizona uniform. Does that change at all now with Phillips gone?

When I heard about the booster $$$ for Love I was told Love and Sanon was an either/or.

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I don’t know who Trotter is but I read that piece a week ago and it still feels like uninformed homerism to me.

It remains too early but Arizona is not going to finish 5th (or worse) in the B12 this season.

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I had the opportunity to sit directly behind Walton for a game and knew enough to not bother him, quickly learning that he wanted folks to come see him post game (from his bodyguard type dude telling/berating a bunch of dweebs who lacked both self-control and class). I was struck by the copious hand...

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Fishclamps wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 6:54 am Not sure why Mike would get into with him

Part of what he does.

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Not sure what Lloyd is going to do next season, with Atawa and Townsend not having any outside game. Can't have two soft Euros out there at the same time. Townsend has more outside game than he's shown at Oakland, primarily due to necessity. The staff expects him to shoot from deep and shoot it fai...

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Merkin wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 12:44 pm Fuck that giving them a home game without one in return.

My understanding is that Cronin would never agree to a game in McKale.

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4 kids BC97. All recently graduated or currently enrolled in universities in southern CA, including USC. Admission rate: UCLA 8.8% USC 10.0% Average SAT: UCLA 1405 USC 1440 Average GPA: UCLA 3.93 USC 3.83 Those numbers are in line with my personal experience of late, which says that there is zero m...

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Admission rate: UCLA 8.8% USC 10.0% Average SAT: UCLA 1405 USC 1440 Average GPA: UCLA 3.93 USC 3.83 Those numbers are in line with my personal experience of late, which says that there is zero meaningful difference, with both schools being reach for everyone who applies. Only material difference is ...

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A guy named Bart Torvik has preseason projections ranking UCLA as surprisingly high as #10 going into next season. As someone who follows UCLA, I was not expecting this. Tarvik's rankings. This a surprise to anyone else? Yes, the Bruins roster will be more experienced but there's too many other unk...

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A guy named Bart Torvik has preseason projections ranking UCLA as surprisingly high as #10 going into next season. As someone who follows UCLA, I was not expecting this. Tarvik's rankings. This a surprise to anyone else? Yes, the Bruins roster will be more experienced but there's too many other unk...

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Winger you never called Ballo a huge disappointment you said you "were done with Ballo" like that means anything to anyone. You also said that Lloyd agreed with that take on 2 of 3 and then said you had no clue if Lloyd is happy that Ballo left in the next post. Which is it?. I am sure he is happy ...

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Why is allowing a player to wear any number a mistake? That is just a bizarre take. Didn't Kerr wear 25 at Arizona? Guess I'm missing your point. Kerr is a guy that came to Arizona when do one else would in the middle of the SM deal. He certainly has some significant deficiencies especially on the ...

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The longer it takes, the less I believe the $1M NIL offer is real. I would bet even money that he ends up overseas since the league has no interest in him. The rumor was definitely real. Tho that is a different thing from the $$$ being real. From day 1 I have wondered if Lloyd would let Love come b...

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Ballo was a huge disappointment and only considered the number 1 player in the portal. You have some unconventional takes on relative failure. Conference player of the year, a double double machine, conference champions but I guess none of that matters to you. Love can shoot you out of a game or he...

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The longer it takes, the less I believe the $1M NIL offer is real. I would bet even money that he ends up overseas since the league has no interest in him. The rumor was definitely real. Tho that is a different thing from the $$$ being real. From day 1 I have wondered if Lloyd would let Love come b...

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Kriisa does take big shots but he almost always misses them and accordingly is much more likely to kill you at the end of games than the opposite. He also does a lot of stupid shit. Relevant here, when he popped off to Luka leading to a huge run, loss of a pretty big lead, and another game in to the...

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1. Arizona has a relative unknown at the most important position on the floor. I would really like to see Love try the PG position lacking any new transfers if he returns. His passing is pretty good for a 2 with a 3.4/2.1 A/TO ratio (Boswell 3.6/1.7), and keeping him on the ball will hopefully rest...

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dmjcat wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 7:49 pm

I haven’t checked in recently but some months ago Winger Jr. informed me that Arizona’s odds to land TY were very, very good. I have had an Arizona jersey on him since and haven’t heard or read anything as of yet to change that.

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"... this team could be special" Is this the the most overused meaningless statement in sports? Especially in Arizona Basketball commentary? The take is also sort of lazy imo. Potential issues, as I see them, standing on the road to speciality: 1. Arizona has a relative unknown at the most importan...

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Merkin wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 8:28 am
CopaCat wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 8:08 am So a game against UCLA in PHX would count as a defacto home tilt.
So all the season ticket holders will have to drive up there? I would not be too happy about that.

Almost positive that a game in PHX ca not count toward the home slate for season ticket holders.

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Awesome if it is UCLA Lloyd really loves Phoenix It is UCLA and I hate it. I'm fine with a yearly big OOC game in Phoenix. I just don't see the point in it being UCLA. That should be a McKale/Pauley thing only. On account of what UCLA and SC did to the Pac, if I was Arizona, I would never schedule ...

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Merkin wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:58 pm I imagine UCLA is willing to do home and homes, since it would be an automatic sellout in Pauley.

Playing Arizona would have to be forced down Cronin's throat, especially at McKale.

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Wow, scheduling issues? Not sure I buy that. Same. When Sean Miller canceled the UNC series, Miller said he did it because his teams couldn't compete with UNC and would reschedule when they could, which never happened. At least they need to be honest about it. Flashback to having the Trident opened...

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Lol on Pope trying to pull a Barcello 2.

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Chicat wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 2:00 pm
gouacats wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 1:47 pm My son said that the UA vs Purdue game in Vegas has been postponed or cancelled?
That really sucks.

Wow, scheduling issues?

Not sure I buy that.

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If I go to ESPN, I see: 1. Houston 2. Kansas 3. Iowa State 5. Baylor 9. Arizona That's pretty good in my mind. I just want to get to a ff every 5 years or so Sure, I agree, and it's still early, and 9th is significantly better than 24th. But ... Houston is a single-coach Johnny Come Lately and so i...

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Arizona better not perennially enter the season as the 5th highest ranked B12 team. If that occurs without some elite NCAAT success to offset it we have problems. Once every 5 or so seasons, fine, but the rest Arizona should be 1 or 2, or at the worst 3rd. This is a quasiblueblood program entering t...

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Does this impact Henri? Will Tobe have 2 years eligibility or 3? Henri is a 4. He has to earn minutes, but I was told last fall, after Henri was hurt, that Lloyd still really likes his skill set. Up to Henri if he wants to take advantage of it. Think many folks here are assuming Awaka is a 4 on acc...

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SCCats wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:05 am You’re not feeling the Conference of Truck Stops?

I am super bummed that SC and UCLA killed off the Pac.

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the second I saw we were going after Townsend I assumed he was coming here. he is a perfect fit for what tommy wants even if that isn't ideally how to play basketball in 2024. assuming both love and KJ come back that should be the team. if awaka comes I guess Henri would leave Seems iffy that Awaka...

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So to be clear, if Love returns, we don’t expect Sanon to remain committed to AZ? That is what I heard. One problem with that logic is that Caleb could make a lot more money by transferring elsewhere (think Ballo) You think there are programs that will pay Love more than $1 mil next season? I don’t...

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6 of the 8 B12 tournament teams did not make it out of the 1st weekend and the conference’s record was sub 500. Last year’s tournament record off the top of my head was about the same. Adding ASU CU and Utah isn’t going to help. If KU starts to decay … Ah, but that wasn’t my question. In any case, ...

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the second I saw we were going after Townsend I assumed he was coming here. he is a perfect fit for what tommy wants even if that isn't ideally how to play basketball in 2024. assuming both love and KJ come back that should be the team. if awaka comes I guess Henri would leave Seems iffy that Awaka...

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6 of the 8 B12 tournament teams did not make it out of the 1st weekend and the conference’s record was sub 500. Last year’s tournament record off the top of my head was about the same.

Adding ASU CU and Utah isn’t going to help. If KU starts to decay …

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