Bear Down Wildcats

Men's Game 15: #24/24 ARIZONA (11-3, 1-0) at #9/9 OREGON (12-3, 1-1)
Date: Thursday, Jan. 9
Time: 7:05 p.m. (MST)
Location: Eugene, Ore. - Matthew Knight Arena (12,364)
TV: ESPN (Dave Pasch, Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Hansen), 1290 AM 107.5 FM

Game Notes: https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2 ... Oregon.pdf" target="_blank
Game Article: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2020/1 ... regon.aspx" target="_blank

Hmmm, Pasch and Walton. They are entertaining in blowout games, but this should be a good one and hopefully they stay on tangent.

Merkin wrote:Hmmm, Pasch and Walton. They are entertaining in blowout games, but this should be a good one and hopefully they stay on tangent.

Walton and "...stay on tangent." are from two different universes. I think you answered your own question.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we surprised everyone and actually won this one?

Going to the game with my dad. Told my mother I would not get in any physical fights tonight. Pretty standard prep for visiting Eugene.

Big game. Can we win 1?

Alieberman wrote:Big game. Can we win 1?

We're winning two. As a matter of fact, we're going to win them so big the NCAA is going to credit us with three.

Oregon favored by 3 at the open and the bettors have pushed it to 3.5. Not surprising given our history with Altman in Eugene

azgreg wrote:

Alieberman wrote:Big game. Can we win 1?

We're winning two. As a matter of fact, we're going to win them so big the NCAA is going to credit us with three.

UA-UO 100-0
UA-ntOSU 100-0

Signed,
97cats

If Nico comes out tonight and leads his teammates on the floor with poise in the first half of game not at McKale, it will be the first time. Arizona needs to start the second half not down big.

6'8" top 25 recruit. He has had 3 double digit games this year and 11 blocks in 14 games. This could be what we need to sway the outcome.

You can see why the point spread is so even. While Oregon is in the top 10 in the rankings, and at home, vs our #24 ranking, the other rankings are very comparable:

Arizona vs Oregon rankings:

NCAA NET Rankings (used to determine Quadrant wins): Arizona - 13; Oregon - 15
KenPom: Arizona - 12; Oregon - 17
RPI (no longer used by NCAA): Arizona - 20; Oregon - 12

Ratings (KenPom):

Adjusted Offense (efficiency): Arizona - 13; Oregon - 7
Adjusted Defense (efficiency): Arizona 31; Oregon - 66
Tempo: Arizona - 104; Oregon -307 (remembering tempo is not a power-based metric; you could have the worst team in the country at #3 tempo)

Oregon has a couple of good wins, including beating a very good Seton Hall team. Others that are considered good may be losing some shine...such as Michigan.
And losing to UNC looks worse than it seemed at the time.

We have one "good" win...Illinois. Two really good losses to Gonzaga and Baylor, if there is such a thing cause the loss to St John's to stand out.

Oregon -3 seems right

Oregon is 10-3 ATS, Arizona is 6-7.
Oregon is 4-2 against the KenPom top 50 teams, Arizona is 1-2.

Did anyone else watch the Utah/Oregon game?

Utah didn’t look like much; just a good team (not very good or excellent).

Oregon basically looked the same. A good team? Sure.

Very good or excellent?

No.

That’s what I’d say the line is saying, if I had to guess.

azcat49 wrote:Oregon favored by 3 at the open and the bettors have pushed it to 3.5. Not surprising given our history with Altman in Eugene

Back to 3!

Beachcat97 wrote:Wouldn’t it be nice if we surprised everyone and actually won this one?

That would not be a surprise

Beachcat97 wrote:Wouldn’t it be nice if we surprised everyone and actually won this one?

I don't think we're going to win but I wouldn't be that surprised if we did. Oregon is good but obviously beatable.

Longhorned wrote:If Nico comes out tonight and leads his teammates on the floor with poise in the first half of game not at McKale, it will be the first time. Arizona needs to start the second half not down big.

yup

How can Baylor recruit so well in most sports?

Postmaster wrote:How can Baylor recruit so well in most sports?

Haha yeah...hmmmm

must be that fixer upper money

Game is scheduled on ESPN 2 in Aussieland. Is the Memphis/Wichita game in OT? Is AZvUO delayed? Is the Aussie broadcast effed up?

RichardCranium wrote:Game is scheduled on ESPN 2 in Aussieland. Is the Memphis/Wichita game in OT? Is AZvUO delayed? Is the Aussie broadcast effed up?

Nope, the game is on now. UA 7 Oregon 3

Bill Walton: ‘the fruitless allegation game!’

nice start by nico

Will Dylan Smith completely miss the backboard next shot?

nice-ish start, but i feel like we left a bit on the table with oregon not scoring for 4 minutes and us only being up 7-3 at the first tv timeout

Classic Dylan

We got to experience them talking about Uconn/Baylor womens’ hoops

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Bill Walton: ‘the fruitless allegation game!’

That was a gem. lol

#FruitlessAllegationGame

can we fucking stop jacking up bricked threes please

Bill is higher than usual tonight.

Quit shooting three's!

Stone, you have one job. Shoot the fucking ball.

I like baker not taking the 3 and instead driving it to the rim for the contact and foul

Need to get Zeke the damn ball

TatetheGreat wrote:Stone, you have one job. Make the fucking shot.

Fixed.

Alieberman wrote:Need to get Zeke the damn ball

hell yeah we do

MountainCat wrote:

Merkin wrote:Hmmm, Pasch and Walton. They are entertaining in blowout games, but this should be a good one and hopefully they stay on tangent.

Walton and "...stay on tangent." are from two different universes. I think you answered your own question.

Disagree........Walton is not from a different universe. He's from a different dimension

We’re attacking the basketbwell...

... but jumpers have stunk!!

oggoazcats wrote:

TatetheGreat wrote:Stone, you have one job. Make the fucking shot.

Fixed.

He can take a seat if I see him drive again.

UAdevil wrote:Bill is higher than usual tonight.

When he said UA was on their game v. ASU, I was thinking: What are you smoking?

Cats could not hit a 3 or a FT. ASU was just really bad.

TatetheGreat wrote:

oggoazcats wrote:

TatetheGreat wrote:Stone, you have one job. Make the fucking shot.

Fixed.

He can take a seat if I see him drive again.

Agreed. He has one job!

FUCK YES!!!!!!

ATTACK!!!!!

owning the paint.

When has the 2nd team ever increased the lead?

Bench looking great!

Ira with great passes

Bench Bench Baby