(M) Game Battle 4 Atlantis: Arizona v. West Virginia

[AZCatGirl]

Hopefully we can salvage the tournament with another win.

Date: 11.29.24
Time: 1:00 PM MST
Channel: ESPN2
Radio: Arizona Sports Enterprises (AM1290)
Listen Live: https://www.wildcatsradio1290.com/listen/

[Fishclamps]

I'll have the stream up

[dmjcat]

[Dave]

This is hands down our best lineup moving forward.

[LuteIsGod]

I like Bryant taking it to the rack, even though he missed.

[pc in NM]

Catch and shoot Caleb!!!

[Fishclamps]

Man where was this team yesterday? Lookin good so far

[LuteIsGod]

Krivas (and Vasaar) needs to shoot and hit the free throw line shot consistently for our offense to be more dynamic.

[AZCatGirl]

Man where was this team yesterday? Lookin good so far

I feel like we could rebound and have a pretty decent season if we could just be a more consistent team.

[dmjcat]

Is KJ Lewis shaving points in this game????????????

[pc in NM]

Man, KJ is struggling...

[pc in NM]

Is there any doubt that ADO is the best pure shooter on this team??

[AZCatGirl]

I hope this Delly comes back to Tucson.

[Merkin]

That is about the largest contingent i have seen on a road trip. Everyone getting to go to the Bahamas

[Dave]

Krivas guarding the perimeter is never going to end well.

[Djcat]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

[Djcat]

KJ should be taken out and stay out

[dmjcat]

KJ should be taken out and stay out

He appears to have been eating STUPID pills during his stay in the Bahamas

[AZCatGirl]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

I thought it was a money issue?

[Merkin]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

[Dave]

The best medicine is a seat next to coach.

[azcat49]

Hate to say it but this teams issues start at the top. They need to have a drink of toughness at the half

[Djcat]

Not sure why Coach went away from the starting line up. They were going inside and getting baskets plus playing disruptive D

[Zonawildcat3]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

Krivas is a huge liability right now. Gets cooked on defense and can’t score to counteract it

[pc in NM]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Who knows?

Three more years to develop high-end potential (includes Veesaar) vs. maxed-out guy (who's very good, btw)?

Either/ or - both would not stay?

Realized OB's NBA prospects weren't great, and let him go for a NIL windfall?

[dmjcat]

Hate to say it but this teams issues start at the top. They need to have a drink of toughness at the half

Perhaps but there has also been a distinct drop off in talent.

We miss Ballo & Pelle. Neither one has been even remotely replaced.

Awaka/Townsend/ODO/Love are never going to be confused with NBA talent.

I can't blame Ballo for taking the $1M+ bag of NIL. I still wonder if Sanon would have picked asu if NIL didn't exist. Not sure if it was a playing time issue or not enough NIL with Love on the roster. There is zero doubt in my mind, however, that the new world of NIL has arrived in the UA basketball program and its NOT helping us.

[LuteIsGod]

Is KJ Lewis shaving points in this game????????????

Love put him in contact with his point shaving team!

[LuteIsGod]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

Krivas can touch the highest ceiling.

[Merkin]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

Krivas is a huge liability right now. Gets cooked on defense and can’t score to counteract it

UA Euros sure are soft. UA had more boards 21-14 but sure doesn't seem like it, at least for contested rebounds

[LuteIsGod]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

Krivas is a huge liability right now. Gets cooked on defense and can’t score to counteract it

Both towers love to put the ball on the floor to gather themselves or pump fake….who are they pump faking? They’re taller than everyone on the court

[pc in NM]

If CTL really wanted OB to stay, he'd have found the $$$$.

And, he could have talked OB out of even going portal...

... Or, just maybe, he read fans' bitching about OB on this site last spring.

[Dave]

Just like last year our ball screen defense has some serious problems. Our bigs are a huge liability.

[Djcat]

Luteisgod is spot on. Both have suspect hands and keep putting on the floor to get stripped or surrounded

[LuteIsGod]

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

Krivas is a huge liability right now. Gets cooked on defense and can’t score to counteract it

UA Euros sure are soft. UA had more boards 21-14 but sure doesn't seem like it, at least for contested rebounds

Agree! I’ll keep harping on it, but this is coaching. The twin towers should, at the very least, be going over the back and rebounding or making put back dunks that they get called for offensive fouls. I would rather see overaggressiveness versus weakness.

[Dave]

I can't believe we started KJ.

[Merkin]

Ball don't lie

Not sure what Tommy saw in Krivas over Ballo

Tommy couldn't match the million dollars IU offered Ballo.

Krivas also has the highest ceiling, could be a NBA player.

Krivas can touch the highest ceiling.

Like Red Auerbach used to say, you can't teach tall.

[MrKyle]

Man this teams defense on 3s is just abysmal
KJ has looked like a liability this entire tournament

[Djcat]

Please take KJ out

[Dave]

KJ can barely walk and we are bring him back in.

[MrKyle]

Our offense just looks stagnant and nothing moving smoothly

[Djcat]

Carter is really in the dog house? Tommy rather sub in a gimpy Lewis than let Carter stay

[Merkin]

Carter is really in the dog house? Tommy rather sub in a gimpy Lewis than let Carter stay

Carter has not scored today and don't think he scored yesterday

[Dave]

We look so slow! What in the world are we doing with this lineup?

[Merkin]

Channeling Bill Walton there.

Krivas forgets how tall he is

[Djcat]

Tommy needs to rethink some recruiting philosophies. Portal will be important. Highly doubt we will make the tourney this season. We are gonna take a lot of Ls in league play. This is the pre season 13th ranked team in B12.

[pc in NM]

DeVries is 7/9 threes; the rest of the team is 2/17

[dmjcat]

Tommy needs to rethink some recruiting philosophies. Portal will be important. Highly doubt we will make the tourney this season. We are gonna take a lot of Ls in league play. This is the pre season 13th ranked team in B12.

Recruiting philosophy?????????? More like where to get more $$$$$$$$ for NIL.

People need to wake up. We are in a completely different world. Recruiting 4&5 stars is now largely transactional.

[azcat49]

I am so sick and tired of players that loaf back in transition and remain in the game. Grow a fucking pair Tommy and start yanking guys.

[Djcat]

Tommy needs to rethink some recruiting philosophies. Portal will be important. Highly doubt we will make the tourney this season. We are gonna take a lot of Ls in league play. This is the pre season 13th ranked team in B12.

Recruiting philosophy?????????? More like where to get more $$$$$$$$ for NIL.

People need to wake up. We are in a completely different world. Recruiting 4&5 stars is now largely transactional.

Is there evidence we don’t have enough NIL for basketball?

[dmjcat]

I am so sick and tired of players that loaf back in transition and remain in the game. Grow a fucking pair Tommy and start yanking guys.

Yank guys for whom???? Do you want to put ODO in who can't guard his shadow?? Our sub 6' Spaniard PG??