Bear Down Wildcats

Game 4: ARIZONA VS. IOWA STATE
Maui Invitational Game 1

Date: NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Tip Time: 7:00 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPNU (Benetti/Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries/Hansen) 1290am, 107.5fm, Sirius 126, XM 198

Game Article: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2018/1 ... state.aspx" target="_blank
Game Notes: None posted at time of making this thread

Game on 910am in Phoenix

Great to hear and see Walton again. Too bad no Pasch, but sometimes they try to hard if they are together.

19:00:00 Monday November 19, 2018 in America/Tucson converts to
13:00:00 Tuesday November 20, 2018 in Australia/Melbourne

Daylight Saving Time is not in effect on this date/time in America/Tucson
Daylight Saving Time is in effect on this date/time in Australia/Melbourne

ESPNU is available through both Foxtel and Fetch (and the game is indeed on the schedule!)

Excited for this game. Oddly enough, ESPN gave ISU a 78% chance to win the game u til they updated to 69%. Which was high to me

Bah, their data is almost purely based on returning scoring at this point.

C'mon team. Win this for my birthday just to give the big Fuck You to ESPN then beat the Zags for the rest of us.

Open as a 1 point favorite and now it is 1.5. Was hoping to see Bilas interview CSM but I guess it would be Walton

Walton......ug

azcat49 wrote:Open as a 1 point favorite and now it is 1.5. Was hoping to see Bilas interview CSM but I guess it would be Walton

Most places in Vegas have it as a pickem now and some as a one point favorite

Win tonight and we will get Jay unless ESPN pulls some shit

I’m excited. Mostly because whatever happens it can’t be worse than the Bahamas shitshow that we were forced to stream last year.

Excited to see where we are at against some actual competition.

ISU is missing Wigginton, as most already know. But that senior Shayok is a very good player.

I think we win a close one.

So excited for tonight’s game and to see how we measure up.

Hopefully we maintain our tidy ball handling and improve our rebounding.

Iowa State is down four players (!) including multiple starters, currently fielding only four impact players, one additional contributor, and one meaningful bench body. Their one through four will be 6'4" - 6'6" with a 6'9" center and a 6'6" wing off the bench.

Seems like conditioning and depth will be key here, as both teams would like to get out and run in transition and play a motion offense in the half court. If the Cats can provide quality depth off the bench (and the starters can defend their positions), we could see Arizona pull away in the second half.

Iowa St is going to want to get up a lot of three point shots in this one. Limiting their opportunities through rebounding and limiting turnovers would go a long way in preventing offensive spurts from the Cyclones.

ISU's prediction thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/thread ... al.243046/" target="_blank

Commentary:

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... bf8ac.html" target="_blank

https://247sports.com/college/arizona/L ... 124951136/" target="_blank

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketbal ... tions-odds" target="_blank

Luther better come to play tonight.

azgreg wrote:ISU's prediction thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/thread ... al.243046/" target="_blank

They don't seem terribly knowledgeable about Arizona, though we're well below the radar so it's understandable.

The big question mark for me is Justin Coleman's ability to stay in the game against 6'5" grad senior PG Nick Weiler-Babb. He takes good care of the ball, rebounds exceptionally well for a guard, and has been getting to the FT line against early competition. Coleman hasn't impressed me thus far, with questionable shot selection and the natural deficiencies of his comparatively diminutive stature. Hoping he steps up or Miller finds a secondary solution.

Watching the Xavier Auburn game and there is some shit calling reffing going on...bad.

And Jay Bilas can kiss my ass, he's terribly biased and it shows every game he calls...

He needs to be reamed for his stand on UA as well...you are what you eat and he is a dick.

^
Lmao.

I think we will see the same first ten minutes of tentative play that goes with a young team under different lights...so far every game they've played there has been a slow start as they figure things out...I expect no difference in Maui...but if Brandon Buckets show up and we keep our turnovers down like we've been doing I think Miller gets them around the small size rebound issue...hopefully the Brandons don't start cold...

No kidding on Bilas. If you would have just listened to him you would have thought Xavier was down 30 instead of taking that game to OT

TucsonClip wrote:Luther better come to play tonight.

Luther has the opportunity to exploit a mismatch in this one - he'll be starting opposite Iowa St Frosh Talen Horton-Tucker, a 6'4" 230lb SF operating as a PF for the shorthanded Cyclones. Horton-Tucker is exceptionally eager with an unshakable killer instinct, but still only 17 years old and gives up more than four inches of height to Luther.

Can the savy vet Luther outmatch the young hooper who most recently led Chicago powerhouse Simeon to three city championships?

Here's hoping so. What's more: here's hoping that the Horton-Tucker's attack mentality brings out the same in Luther.

^
Lmao.

I need an ESPN link!

Alieberman wrote:I need an ESPN link!

Buy Sling TV - then cancel

dcZONAfan wrote:

Alieberman wrote:I need an ESPN link!

Buy Sling TV - then cancel

I've run all my free trials with them (ran out of CCs ), but there's also DirecTV Now.

Can also do the same with YouTube TV and Hulu Live

Alternatively, you can find the bootleg here most likely: https://www.reddit.com/r/ncaaBBallStreams/new/" target="_blank

Duke just obliterated SDSU to start the half. 17pt half time lead now a >30pt lead with more than 7min remaining.

"We want Duke!"

No, we really don't.

YoDeFoe wrote:

TucsonClip wrote:Luther better come to play tonight.

Luther has the opportunity to exploit a mismatch in this one - he'll be starting opposite Iowa St Frosh Talen Horton-Tucker, a 6'4" 230lb SF operating as a PF for the shorthanded Cyclones. Horton-Tucker is exceptionally eager with an unshakable killer instinct, but still only 17 years old and gives up more than four inches of height to Luther.

Can the savy vet Luther outmatch the young hooper who most recently led Chicago powerhouse Simeon to three city championships?

Here's hoping so. What's more: here's hoping that the Horton-Tucker's attack mentality brings out the same in Luther.

This is the reason Luther has to come to play. We need him knocking down threes and being able to keep up with Horton-Tucker on the other end of the floor. Ive heard a lot of good things about Horton-Tucker, and Luther hitting threes would really open up our offense. By hitting threes, I mean taking five or six and keeping up his shooting efficiency.

Sharp money coming in on AZ. Pushing the line to AZ-1 From a pick

azcat49 wrote:Sharp money coming in on AZ. Pushing the line to AZ-1 From a pick

Probably due to the guys from ISU who are going to miss the game.

No doubt we would be dogs if they had those 4 guys

Alieberman wrote:I need an ESPN link!

https://www.reddit.com/r/ncaaBBallStrea ... 00_pm_est/" target="_blank

84Cat wrote:

Alieberman wrote:I need an ESPN link!

https://www.reddit.com/r/ncaaBBallStrea ... 00_pm_est/" target="_blank

Gracias! Hope 1 of them works!

Kinda weak that all the other games are are ESPN2 and we are on the U

I am antsy, let's get this shit going. Wonder if anyone will have a cactus finger for ESPIN. Hope the team carries that huge chip all week and we have an impressive showing

I’m antsy too.

First time all FB and BB season, and it reminds me what a cool feeling it is and what it means to be a fan.

I'm excited to see us against some real competition.

I predict we win by 10

No kidding D! The shitshow that is football and the way the news has treated us, I just want to extract a few pounds of flesh

Alieberman wrote:I'm excited to see us against some real competition.

I predict we win by 10

I like it when A-man makes predictions like this. Pretty good track record

Teddy Valentine one of the refs tonite. may start drinking now...

CatFanOneMil wrote:Teddy Valentine one of the refs tonite. may start drinking now...

I actually like Tedy on our games. He had the 97 championship game

You think Bilas is in our locker room trying to dig up some dirt

funny comment by Walton "I do the games bilas doesn't want to do".

LOL

The season doesn't officially start until Bill Walton calls an Arizona game

Let's go!!

Let's do this! Time to see what this team is really made of.