Bear Down Wildcats

Game 5: ARIZONA VS. GONZAGA
Maui Invitational Game 2

Date: NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Tip Time: 8:32 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPN (Shulman/Bilas)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries/Hansen) 1290am, 107.5fm, Sirius 126, XM 198

Game Article: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2018/1 ... semis.aspx" target="_blank
Game Notes: https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2 ... aNotes.pdf" target="_blank

A note regarding the TV listing.
the game article says the game is on espn, however the game notes say it's on espnU

Not sure which is correct, but posting it as espn per the game article listing and also per the official twitter listing

PieceOfMeat wrote:A note regarding the TV listing.
the game article says the game is on espn, however the game notes say it's on espnU

Not sure which is correct, but posting it as espnU per the game note listing

I don't think ESPN would put Bilas on ESPNU.... he went to Duke.

Alieberman wrote:

PieceOfMeat wrote:A note regarding the TV listing.
the game article says the game is on espn, however the game notes say it's on espnU

Not sure which is correct, but posting it as espnU per the game note listing

I don't think ESPN would put Bilas on ESPNU.... he went to Duke.

lol good timing, i was editing the post right as you posted, as i saw their twitter list it as regular espn.

posting updated

WHYYYYY. WHY MUST IT BE THE LATE GAME.

Silver lining: I'm in London for Thanksgiving so the game starts at 3 am instead of 4....

Gonna be miserable if I stay up until 5 am and they lose by 20, so let's make it a fucking game gentlemen!

I feel great this am.

I don’t ever remember feeling this way after a win last season.

I wanted to feel this way after Atlantis, but we all know what happened.

Win or lose tonight I am so proud of last nights gritty effort and win.

Go cats!!! BEAR DOWN!!

I hope our fans give bilias hell if he is courtside tonight.

As we said last night, embrace the hate!

I hope our fans give bilias hell if he is courtside tonight.

As we said last night, embrace the hate!

CalStateTempe wrote:I feel great this am.

I don’t ever remember feeling this way after a win last season.

I wanted to feel this way after Atlantis, but we all know what happened.

Win or lose tonight I am so proud of last nights gritty effort and win.

Go cats!!! BEAR DOWN!!

Last year, I always felt like our team was worried about losing, worried about making a mistake, worried about their NBA positioning and never seemed to be actually enjoying themselves. This year, we have a much less talented team but a team of players that want to contribute in any way they can and are going to enjoy themselves doing it.

We will have a worse record this year. We will have worse losses than last year. But this is going to be a much more enjoyable year IMO.

SO nice not to be at the kids table this tournament

Alieberman wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:I feel great this am.

I don’t ever remember feeling this way after a win last season.

I wanted to feel this way after Atlantis, but we all know what happened.

Win or lose tonight I am so proud of last nights gritty effort and win.

Go cats!!! BEAR DOWN!!

Last year, I always felt like our team was worried about losing, worried about making a mistake, worried about their NBA positioning and never seemed to be actually enjoying themselves. This year, we have a much less talented team but a team of players that want to contribute in any way they can and are going to enjoy themselves doing it.

We will have a worse record this year. We will have worse losses than last year. But this is going to be a much more enjoyable year IMO.

100% agreement.

Good call on Coleman being a more talented Momo. That’s contagious. I’ll always revere momo for how he single handedly bright us the win at cal that one year. Hopefully Akot and others will start tapping into what Coleman brings.

What I love about this site is what I learn from everyone, last season really highlighted for me how importnant point of attack is. I like the BWill Coleman combo.

If BWill can shoot his mean tonight we have a game on our hands, if not, it’s gonna be a long night. If there appears to be no agendas on this team and it will be fun watching them put it all together.

No doubt they were all excited last night about the win. The guys on the bench were on their feet the whole night.

Have not seen a line yet but I would think we would be an 8 point dog

910am in Phoenix Metro.

Fuck ESPN fuck Bilas

The fake surfing cut from commercial and Walton screwing up names was really jarring.

Can't wait to hear what ESPN and that idiot Bilas has to say tonight. They had to do the obligatory re-hash/BS spin of the investigation last night so you know they will attempt to slip it in again tonight. F-ing assholes.

God, I would love to hear an "ESPN Sucks" chant loud and clear tonight from our fans.

EastCoastCat wrote:Can't wait to hear what ESPN and that idiot Bilas has to say tonight. They had to do the obligatory re-hash/BS spin of the investigation last night so you know they will attempt to slip it in again tonight. F-ing assholes.

God, I would love to hear an "ESPN Sucks" chant loud and clear tonight from our fans.

I think with so many other schools there it will be hard to get that going.

The Alabama game is probably the best bet to do a massive chant against MSPN. Get barstool and awful announcing involved.

Zags favored by 9.5

I'm not predicting a win, but my money would be on AZ.

Right now heavy money coming in on the zags, not surprising I guess. Most books opened at +8.5 and the bettors have moved it to +9.5 or 10 at some casino's. Will be interesting to see how the sharps push it later in the day

fuck espn

that's all I got for now

Zags were 2 minutes away from losing last night...yes they have experience, yes Few does a great program, but no they are not undefeatable.

We just need to make 1 more point than them.

prh wrote:fuck espn

that's all I got for now

I came here to agree with this.

oh and f asu too, just because.

Only need to be the better team tonight. Cats 4-1 on the money line, Zags prohibitive favorites to win but we have a chance. Get hot from 3 and lets see what happens

I’m not watching for a win tonight.

I’m watching for effort, ball protection, aggressive play ; just bringing it.

If they win I’ll be estatic. If they lose but gave it their damnedest, well I can live with that as a learning experience. The only thing that will make me break the tv is a flat performance and no teamwork.

Due to the disastrous second team last night, wonder if Miller will change the rotation, and start Lee and Smith, and let Luther and Williams come in with the second team.

Barcello is going to have a really short leash, Akot too for that matter unless both can turn things around quickly.

Looking at him now, hard to believe Akot was a 5 star. Maybe he came out of high school too soon.

Play hard, stay healthy, and be competitive. That’s all I want out of this game.

WildcatStunner wrote:Play hard, stay healthy, and be competitive. That’s all I want out of this game.

Yup

Merkin wrote:Due to the disastrous second team last night, wonder if Miller will change the rotation, and start Lee and Smith, and let Luther and Williams come in with the second team.

Barcello is going to have a really short leash, Akot too for that matter unless both can turn things around quickly.

Looking at him now, hard to believe Akot was a 5 star. Maybe he came out of high school too soon.

Let's go deeper.

I just hope on defense we can slow down their game and not allow them to get up as many shots as usual, and contest their bigs without our bigs fouling out.

On offense I just hope we play our game as a team with spirit.

Winning would be nice.

PV panels being installed as I type this.

May not have electricity at game time.

Wife has car out of town.

Not sure there is a pub that plays ESPN within walking distance.

May have to ride bike, but don't wanna ride back drunk.

Oh the humanity!

Zags struggled with a defense that thrives on pressure and forcing turnovers. Pac line defense not built that way. Sure hope Miller makes some adjustments tonight and let's our D muck it up a bit.

Come on RC, It's all hands on deck tonight. Find a way

I love how long this thread is and we're still hours from tip-off. Ha!

No pressure tonight. Play like the hunter and not the hunted.

RichardCranium wrote:PV panels being installed as I type this.

May not have electricity at game time.

Wife has car out of town.

Not sure there is a pub that plays ESPN within walking distance.

May have to ride bike, but don't wanna ride back drunk.

Oh the humanity!

Uber my friend!

SteveKerrsStroke wrote:

RichardCranium wrote:PV panels being installed as I type this.

May not have electricity at game time.

Wife has car out of town.

Not sure there is a pub that plays ESPN within walking distance.

May have to ride bike, but don't wanna ride back drunk.

Oh the humanity!

Uber my friend!

Not only that, you are freed from the confines of the kitchen utensil drawer! No where in the world is screw-top technology so liberating as where you live. For Fuck's Sake Man! grab an Uber and a bottle of something from Gimblett Gravels and Fucking Go Watch the Goddamn Game!! Go. Go. Go. Go Fucking Go!

Do we play on the same court as the Duke/Auburn game?

So we will have to wait till it is over.

SunnyAZ wrote:Do we play on the same court as the Duke/Auburn game?

Yep.

So we will have to wait till it is over.

I believe 30 minutes after.

UA take note, don't drive on Bolden if you play Duke.

Refs giving Duke the Michael Jordan treatment as usual.

Hi everyone. I just wanted to pop in to say Fuck ESPN and ASU.
Enjoy the game!

Hey ESPIN, is AZ even playing in this next game. The bigs of Gonzaga, Rui Hashimoto, their seasoned guards, Mark Few and his coaching. My goodness, keep it level. Of course we are talking ESPIN

Can't have a slow start.... we need BW to hit a shot early and get in a groove

azcat49 wrote:Hey ESPIN, is AZ even playing in this next game. The bigs of Gonzaga, Rui Hashimoto, their seasoned guards, Mark Few and his coaching. My goodness, keep it level. Of course we are talking ESPIN

No shit

Hey!!! Did you hear they have a guy called hashinora!?

Anyone keeping track of how many times they've mentioned the FBI investigation? Jeez.

WE DID NOT LOSE OUR RECRUITS AFTER THE FBI INVESTIGATION

WE LOST THEM FROM YOUR FUCKING COMPANY'S BULLSHIT HIT PIECE

Love Coleman

pdx123 wrote:Anyone keeping track of how many times they've mentioned the FBI investigation? Jeez.

Sorry, but my abacus is not the size of the Sears Tower

A very nice start... being aggressive

Keep driving at them. Get those fouls on them.

Come on Randolph get your head in the game

So Coleman is actually Steph Curry.

I love how we are playing right now... keep it going