Game 24, at Washington (2017-2018)

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:03 pm

I love what their defense is giving us. Blowing all those opportunities repeatedly just sucks.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:04 pm

dmjcat wrote:PJC is being eaten alive on the defensive end............this may be one game where he is just too much of a liability. Perhaps go with Randolph/DS/Akot???

BTW - This team (UW) is very similar to what we are likely to see in a NCAA 2nd round game.

Yep. And he's really a non-entity against UW's zone defense. He needs to step up his intensity and aggressiveness or he can't be on the floor. Too passive.

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:04 pm

Over this zone crap already

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:04 pm

UA 8-22 with many of those missed open shots.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:05 pm

How long can UW shoot 75% from 3?

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:05 pm

Trier doing no better on D than PJC is either.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:07 pm

84Cat wrote:How long can UW shoot 75% from 3?

Probably longer than we can stay solvent

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:08 pm

cats101 wrote:Over this zone crap already

I wish we'd use what works more often

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:09 pm

zonagrad wrote:Damn we've missed a bunch of shots inside.

Bad rhythm.

SunnyAZ · Post by **SunnyAZ** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:10 pm

I don't get how the refs call that Rawle travel when they let every fast break dunk go the same way.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:10 pm

Bad rhythm and yet we're not getting killed.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:11 pm

SunnyAZ wrote:I don't get how the refs call that Rawle travel when they let every fast break dunk go the same way.

I must have missed it too. Looked good to me

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:11 pm

Keep Ristic on the damn elbow. He is the best shooter we have from there.

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:11 pm

We're gonna need scoring from the guards at some point. Need to start looking for open shots and play smart defense.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:12 pm

Washington: "You know what? We're not going to guard you in the upper post."

Arizona: "Okay then we'll miss every uncontested shot in the upper post."

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:13 pm

TatetheGreat wrote:We're gonna need scoring from the guards at some point. Need to start looking for open shots and play smart defense.

Trier and PJC combined for 3 points, and giving up at least 10 on defense, or lack of defense.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:14 pm

if Ayton yells and flexes after a dunk he get's T'd up. stupid pac12 lol

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:15 pm

trier, that was ugly. i'd be claiming it was tipped too

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:15 pm

Gawd that was bullshit.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:15 pm

how the fuck is that a foul on Ristic?

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:16 pm

Total bs

Make up call

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:16 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:Gawd that was bullshit.

Yep.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:16 pm

Longhorned wrote:Washington: "You know what? We're not going to guard you in the upper post."

Arizona: "Okay then we'll miss every uncontested shot in the upper post."

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:17 pm

Not gonna win playing less hustle on the road

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:17 pm

We are in trouble here

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:17 pm

I wish we could get home court cookin like every other fucking pac school gets

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:18 pm

Ha ha okay we're going to really really suck tonight I get it

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:18 pm

guy on the floor travelled

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:18 pm

Cats should be down 20 as bad as they are playing.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:19 pm

PJC is such a liability. He just gives us nothing on either end.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:19 pm

Not to pile on our guys this year but our body language sucks balls. Every foul every lost loose ball we whine and appeal to the heavens. #nothungry.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:19 pm

Well that was a terrible half.

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:19 pm

Yeah, we're not going to win a finesse game against a team playing 2-3 zone and driving to the hoop every play.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:20 pm

down 7 at the half with how poor AZ and the refs played....I'll kinda take it actually.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:22 pm

I'll take being down 7 points considering how shitty we played

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:22 pm

We have two seven footers and neither one of them can guard a guy four inches shorter that has 20 pounds on them in the paint.

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:22 pm

zonagrad wrote:PJC is such a liability. He just gives us nothing on either end.

With his inability to penetrate against the zone he is a very one dimensional player..........defensive. And
he's not particularly good at that. I would rather see a combination of Randolph/DS/Akot in the 2nd half........maybe
an extended audition for Randolph.

SunnyAZ · Post by **SunnyAZ** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:22 pm

that's why I am a proponent of zone, because for whatever reason perimeter players think you can't dribble drive against it. Let's just stand around on the perimeter and play hot potato.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:23 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:down 7 at the half with how poor AZ and the refs played....I'll kinda take it actually.

Yeah, we're not getting killed but still our standard response to the zone, in any of its forms, well, it makes it hard to be optimistic. We're the better team but we're not our best under this condition. we have to get where we are our best under this very condition.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:23 pm

Washington players are loving it but every coach on their bench is worried. That was an absurdly bad half from Arizona.

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:24 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:down 7 at the half with how poor AZ and the refs played....I'll kinda take it actually.

The point differential isn't bad but our backcourt hasn't played this bad since at Colorado

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:25 pm

Ayton and Rawle can't hit anything tonight.

That needs to change in the 2nd half.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:25 pm

TatetheGreat wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:down 7 at the half with how poor AZ and the refs played....I'll kinda take it actually.
The point differential isn't bad but our backcourt hasn't played this bad since at Colorado

You would have to bring that up. Jinx.

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:26 pm

Dickerson > Ayton and Ristic combined in the first half.

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:27 pm

Hopkins is employing a very effective zone. He is taking away any perimeter shots and giving us a bunch
of high post shots that Ristic/Ayton normally don't take (and are not used to taking).

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:28 pm

jsbowl16 wrote:Dickerson > Ayton and Ristic combined in the first half.

Ah

Dickerson 11/1
Ayton 9/5
DR 8/7

Perception isn't always correct

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:29 pm

dmjcat wrote:Hopkins is employing a very effective zone. He is taking away any perimeter shots and giving us a bunch
of high post shots that Ristic/Ayton normally don't take (and are not used to taking).

You mean because they're 2.5 feet closer to the basket? Time for the halftime warmups....

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:31 pm

84Cat wrote:
jsbowl16 wrote:Dickerson > Ayton and Ristic combined in the first half.
Ah

Dickerson 11/1
Ayton 9/5
DR 8/7

Perception isn't always correct

Yeah and we are rebounding vs a zone. So Ayton and Ristic should be killing on the boards.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:31 pm

dmjcat wrote:Hopkins is employing a very effective zone. He is taking away any perimeter shots and giving us a bunch
of high post shots that Ristic/Ayton normally don't take (and are not used to taking).

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:32 pm

Longhorned wrote:
dmjcat wrote:Hopkins is employing a very effective zone. He is taking away any perimeter shots and giving us a bunch
of high post shots that Ristic/Ayton normally don't take (and are not used to taking).
You mean because they're 2.5 feet closer to the basket? Time for the halftime warmups....

In case you haven't noticed, Ayton/Ristic don't normally shoot from that spot on the floor..........which is exactly
what Hopkins knows and is willing to give up.

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