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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
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Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
2 more 3s go in and UA wins comfortably That is the story. Nothing else The reason you have a bad rep on here is because your tone is 100% insufferable douchebag. You don't admit when you're wrong, which is often, and you double down on weak opinions. Again and again. But you do you, PHX. Bear down!
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Lloyd is going to improve as a coach. And he's going to get deeper in the tournament. It's hard to be patient when our Final Four dry spell is going on (gasp!) a quarter century, but we have to be patient.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Not really a fair comparison, Lloyd had 3 NBA players on the roster when he started. I was a student during the Snowden>Lindsay>Olson transition and you have not seen a player revolt like that, outside of Mackovic anyway. Does that mean, then, Merk, that you think Lloyd is underachieving? Because w...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
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Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
This Aaron person is spot on except for the part about Arizona matching up well with UConn and maybe having an easier path if they obtained the #1 seed. We got to play the 6 seed for a chance to EE, can’t get easier than that. Also, Alabama would have boat raced us to death Getting Clemson in the S...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Lloyd has been a head coach for three years. For comparison, here's what notable coaches did in their first three years: Lute Olson (no NCAA tourney till 6th year) Izzo (NIT, NIT, S16) Wright (no postseason till 5th year at Hofstra; first three years at Nova, all NIT) Coach K (at Duke: NIT, no posts...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:13 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Caleb Love
- Replies: 192
- Views: 13902
Re: Caleb Love
Zero chance.KillerKlown wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:52 am I actually think he returns.
Now I'm just basing this off of childish hope but maybe there's a slight chance.
There's much more of a chance of Boswell returning.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
My bad. I should've been more specific.Alieberman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:19 am Those guys won the Natty! We’re talking guys that never made a final 4
And you're right, the '98 team wouldn't work with what I laid out.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Better than our defending championship team in ‘98? Backcourt was Simon, Bibby, Terry and Dickerson.UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:00 amTJ and NickBeachcat97 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:39 am This will be interesting: which was the best AZ backcourt to not make a Final Four? Not necessarily the best overall team, just the best backcourt.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
This will be interesting: which was the best AZ backcourt to not make a Final Four? Not necessarily the best overall team, just the best backcourt.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:13 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Kylan Boswell
- Replies: 352
- Views: 16832
Re: Kylan Boswell
I hope he goes nowhere. He has struggled in the latter part of the season by let's not forget that two games ago he scored 20 in the tournament. Percentage wise I think he is still our top 3 point shooter but could be wrong. We had shots just couldn't make them. Don’t think you can run Boswell back...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:10 am
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
I just hate the day after being knocked out. BTW, I might be gone from this board awhile. After my “reactions” last night my family feels I should be institutionalized. It’s just hard - and increasingly numbing - to see this happen again and again and again. We are officially the “Team That Can’t W...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Caleb Love
- Replies: 192
- Views: 13902
Re: Caleb Love
I’ll have only fond memories of Caleb’s one season with this program. He’s a good dude, and he’s going to play professionally somewhere.
Thanks, Caleb! Bear down forever!
Thanks, Caleb! Bear down forever!
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
So the point I'd make about TJ is that even with him as our PG, surrounded by future NBA players, we still couldn't get to the FF. One tough loss against Wisconsin in OT, followed by another loss to the Badgers in a game that wasn't as close as the final score suggests. Even with one of the best PGs...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
I think it's true that elite guards are maybe the most precious asset in college hoops. This is why Houston deserves to be considered as much of a favorite as UConn and Purdue.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
There was clearly something off with the team's mental preparation, readiness and resilience today. The team I just watched lose to Clemson -- fucking CLEMSON! -- is not the same team I saw win game after game after game this year, against much teams than Clemson. Not to take anything away from Cle...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
There was clearly something off with the team's mental preparation, readiness and resilience today. The team I just watched lose to Clemson -- fucking CLEMSON! -- is not the same team I saw win game after game after game this year, against much teams than Clemson. Not to take anything away from Clem...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
This.Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:25 pm Couldn't hit fucking layups, or threes. What a fucking horrible performance and a failure by the staff to sdjust when the threes weren't dropping.
Outplayed and outcoached.
Horrible. Just horrible.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
It's crazy how year after year after year, Arizona shows up in the tourney and has one of their worst games of the season. Sometimes it's the 2nd round, sometimes later. Sometimes it's even the 1st round against an Ivy League team. Game isn't over yet. But so far, only Bradley, Lewis and Ballo are d...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
The toughest pill to swallow is that Clemson is not a very good team.
Arizona is not playing like the team we've all watched this year.
Arizona is not playing like the team we've all watched this year.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
A blowout win would make me lose my voice; a close game would be hard on my heart.
LFG!!!
LFG!!!
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
We're not adding Clemson to that list.CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:23 pm Those ghosts of whisky, Wichita State, Buffalo, Xavier, are hitting hard today.
The closest game time we get, the more nervous I feel
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Can't let their bigs get going. And our bigs have to avoid foul trouble.CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:23 pm Those ghosts of whisky, Wichita State, Buffalo, Xavier, are hitting hard today.
The closest game time we get, the more nervous I feel
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Official Bracketology Thread
- Replies: 4491
- Views: 2459886
Re: Official Bracketology Thread
Just win. I never bet on AZ, so the line is meaningless to me.U.P. Zona Fan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:39 am We are 7 point faves, we've covered our tourney games, if we keep that up we win.
Need to start covering by more than 1 though.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Great call out. I like these graphics but I think the author struggles with correlation vs causation I like them too but I struggle with why folks still use overall tempo or pace as any kind of marker for playing well/efficient. If you have a good defense your tempo is going to be slower. If you ha...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Official Bracketology Thread
- Replies: 4491
- Views: 2459886
Re: Official Bracketology Thread
Here are the 2024 sweet sixteen TEAM rankings. Each and every player is given a "value" determined by his Hollinger PER multiplied by the PERCENT of minutes he has played for the team. The TEAM value is the sum of the player values. 2087 UConn 2051 Gonzaga 1984 Purdue 1927 Houston 1918 Arizona 1916...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 386
- Views: 15953
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
On the eve of another S16 for our Proud Tradition, I'll just say that I've had as much fun watching this team play as any over the past 10-15 years. They're a tight-knit group, and that kind of chemistry starts with our coach. In three years, Tommy has already brought us right back to the level we e...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 386
- Views: 15953
Re: Coaching Carousel
Strange choice, imo.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Transfer Palooza Thread
- Replies: 464
- Views: 40922
Re: Transfer Palooza Thread
Jordan Pope from OSU has entered the portal.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Caitlin Clark
- Replies: 64
- Views: 1923
Re: Caitlin Clark
Wow. Get that money, CC!!
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Jaden Bradley
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2343
Re: Jaden Bradley
It didn’t hit me till this morning that if we win tomorrow, we play either Caleb’s or Jaden’s former team.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Jaden Bradley
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2343
Re: Jaden Bradley
I know Tommy's not going to start Bradley. Maybe a more productive conversation is considering how quickly Bradley should enter the game, if KB gets off to a rough start. So Boswell scores 20 in the first game, struggles and it is now time to replace him and potentially screw up team chemistry and ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 386
- Views: 15953
Re: Coaching Carousel
Is SMU actually a better job than USC? If so, USC is much, much lower in the hoops pecking order than I realized. Big Ten school in the Los Angeles market. That should put it, at a minimum, equal to something like Ohio St hoops. SMU's old-money Dallas, and they've been coming on of late in football...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Official Bracketology Thread
- Replies: 4491
- Views: 2459886
Re: Official Bracketology Thread
It’s crazy the path Sampson has traveled. While at WA ST he was a popular choice to replace Lute if Lute had left for KY. Instead he goes to OK and things don’t go that well. He gets in trouble with NCAA. Then he appears at HOU and turns them into a contender for multiple years. I'm impressed with ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
- Replies: 579
- Views: 7064
Re: (M) Game #36 Clemson vs. Arizona (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16) (2023-2024)
Would love to get some breakdown of match-ups going here! Hall and "Chef" are the main weapons on offense, but those guards can be dangerous as well. They kept Baylor at bay for most of the game before almost blowing it in the final minutes. Baylor couldn't make a shot until near the end. If we shoo...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Jaden Bradley
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2343
Re: Jaden Bradley
I love the Bradley/JT comparison.
I'm even old enough to remember the key contributions of Jordin Mayes in the 2011 tournament. Also a young guard like JB.
I'm even old enough to remember the key contributions of Jordin Mayes in the 2011 tournament. Also a young guard like JB.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Jaden Bradley
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2343
Re: Jaden Bradley
I know Tommy's not going to start Bradley.
Maybe a more productive conversation is considering how quickly Bradley should enter the game, if KB gets off to a rough start.
Maybe a more productive conversation is considering how quickly Bradley should enter the game, if KB gets off to a rough start.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Jaden Bradley
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2343
Re: Jaden Bradley
I get all of that.
Also, start Bradley.
Also, start Bradley.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Jaden Bradley
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2343
Re: Jaden Bradley
Start Bradley.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 386
- Views: 15953
Re: Coaching Carousel
Is SMU actually a better job than USC?
If so, USC is much, much lower in the hoops pecking order than I realized.
If so, USC is much, much lower in the hoops pecking order than I realized.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 2180
- Views: 5049083
Re: 2023-2024 Arizona Basketball
Az kenpom ranking 6th Adjusted defense 12th Adjusted offense 8th Adjusted tempo 16th Clemson Kenpom 31st Adj defense 67th Adj offense 27th Adjusted tempo 260th Not sure why NM and Baylor shot only 9-47 from the three in their losses to Clemson but if we shoot anywhere near our average, we should wi...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Perspective on Arizona Basketball
- Replies: 9
- Views: 297
Re: Perspective on Arizona Basketball
I was at UofA from '96 to '01, so I was there for some INCREDIBLE teams. AZ hoops is the only sports team I follow closely. Pro sports just seems to get worse each year. I think the tradition that Coach Olson established is alive and well, and I thank our lucky stars we've been able to hire two outs...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Coaching Carousel
- Replies: 386
- Views: 15953
Re: Coaching Carousel
Maybe Sampson????? Who knows but some think it might be Cronin. If they don't hurry they might have to pay that buyout to get him. Can you imagine that guy costing you $16M in buyout. Louisville has lost it's mind. Cronin isn't going anywhere. His buyout is too expensive. Also...Cronin? Really? And...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Official Bracketology Thread
- Replies: 4491
- Views: 2459886
Re: Official Bracketology Thread
Is there a team you've watched in the tourney that you thought to yourself, "yeah, Arizona couldn't beat these guys"? Of the teams remaining, I feel like UConn and Houston are scariest. The only reason I leave off Purdue is because I can't see Loyer and Smith going 9-16 from 3 again against us. Tomm...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Tommy Lloyd
- Replies: 3478
- Views: 427977
Re: Tommy Lloyd
If we do face them, this could be significant considering out starting PG is barely old enough for his bar mitzvah. Not according to the fake ID he showed that Vegas pit boss. ;) :lol: I'm gonna take a flyer on young Kylan. His play hasn't been at the level we need, but he's a talented player and h...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Tommy Lloyd
- Replies: 3478
- Views: 427977
Re: Tommy Lloyd
The best coaches were always going after the top rated talent, but that hasn't been working, as John Calipari is starting to realize. The transfer portal is important, but recruiting players who want to follow the process is important too. Calipari's time has passed. He's gotten increasingly peevis...