Bear Down Wildcats

Men's Game 16: #24/24 ARIZONA (11-4, 1-1) at OREGON STATE (12-3, 1-2)
Date: Sunday, Jan. 12
Time: 8:01 p.m. (MST)
Location: Corvallis, Ore. - Gill Coliseum (9,604)
TV: FS1 (Aaron Goldsmith, Steve Lavin)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Hansen), 1290 AM 107.5 FM

Game Notes: https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2 ... nState.pdf" target="_blank
Gameday Link: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2020/1 ... unday.aspx" target="_blank

Didn’t know Oregon State was ranked...

MountainCat wrote:Didn’t know Oregon State was ranked...

Looks like Vegas has us favored by 4

Let's hope for another quick start, good rebounding and a recover from the heartbreaking loss on Thursday.

When I tried DVRing the game, FS1 has boxing in that time spot.
Does anyone have a solution to that? I went ahead and DVRed the boxing just in case it was a slip-up. I can't find the game on any ESPN or the Pac-12 network either.

MountainCat wrote:Didn’t know Oregon State was ranked...

whooooooopsie

all fixed

DiehardDave37 wrote:When I tried DVRing the game, FS1 has boxing in that time spot.
Does anyone have a solution to that? I went ahead and DVRed the boxing just in case it was a slip-up. I can't find the game on any ESPN or the Pac-12 network either.

I don't know what to tell you but I've got COX and they show the Arizona game in the 8:00 time slot.

Should be a barn burner. Especially considering the Beavers gym looks like one. The 30 or so people in attendance will undoubtedly wish they'd stayed home.

DiehardDave37 wrote:When I tried DVRing the game, FS1 has boxing in that time spot.
Does anyone have a solution to that? I went ahead and DVRed the boxing just in case it was a slip-up. I can't find the game on any ESPN or the Pac-12 network either.

No worries! Fox Sports 1 fixed the problem earlier today and it is scheduled to be DVRed.

is this a must win game?

PieceOfMeat wrote:is this a must win game?

Aren’t they all for men’s b-ball? Need the split to keep pace with Oregon

PieceOfMeat wrote:is this a must win game?

Looks like the Beaver is ranked about 61 by the NCAA’s system. So if you want to maintain the idea that we can make it to the S16, you have to very consistently beat teams like this.

I’m unusually nervous for a game against OSU.

Big question if we come out flat. Guys seemed really bummed about the last outcome. Bettors seem to like the beavs to cover

PieceOfMeat wrote:is this a must win game?

I think it is. But if you ask many of our fans a 'good loss' is not only acceptable but from it we can fabricate convenient metrics indicating how and why we should have won. So with that logic we can never actually lose a game.

It's not a must-win. We could lose tonight and then win the next 10. Unlikely but possible.

But...going 0-2 in Oregon would not be a good look for this team.

PieceOfMeat wrote:is this a must win game?

Hell Yes

Merkin wrote:

And Nico wildly charges the basket and throws up a wild brick.

Not a good start for the guards. We already look lost against the OSU zone

If this one continues how it's beginning, it's hard not to put this on Miller. Team doesn't look prepared.

We can probably officially call this the puke on yourself start.

Time to puke and rally

Beachcat97 wrote:If this one continues how it's beginning, it's hard not to put this on Miller. Team doesn't look prepared.

Careful. According to many here Miller is the next John Wooden and none of these losses are on him.

Merkin wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:If this one continues how it's beginning, it's hard not to put this on Miller. Team doesn't look prepared.

Careful. According to many here Miller is the next John Wooden and none of these losses are on him.

And that we are Kenpom #12. All things are well in Wildcat country!

"That'll silence the Beaver crowd"

Yeah, they're just being so loud.

Merkin wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:If this one continues how it's beginning, it's hard not to put this on Miller. Team doesn't look prepared.

Careful. According to many here Miller is the next John Wooden and none of these losses are on him.

All coaches deserve criticism at times. The difference between someone like Wooden and someone like Miller is that the former achieved something so mind-blowing, so utterly unmatchable, that it probably made his fans exercise considerable restraint before issuing criticism, even when he clearly deserved it. With Miller, his greatest achievements are E8s and Pac titles, not exactly the kind of success that should be making us swallow our tongues.

By the way, as I write this, we're catching up and playing much better. Let's go Cats!

15 on OSU looks 40

oggoazcats wrote:15 on OSU looks 40

I think he was a pitcher on one of those Cuban little league teams.

oggoazcats wrote:15 on OSU looks 40

Is that the BYU transfer? Because I was thinking the same thing.

Also probably pretty close to being true.

Beachcat97 wrote:

Merkin wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:If this one continues how it's beginning, it's hard not to put this on Miller. Team doesn't look prepared.

Careful. According to many here Miller is the next John Wooden and none of these losses are on him.

All coaches deserve criticism at times. The difference between someone like Wooden and someone like Miller is that the former achieved something so mind-blowing, so utterly unmatchable, that it probably made his fans exercise considerable restraint before issuing criticism, even when he clearly deserved it. With Miller, his greatest achievements are E8s and Pac titles, not exactly the kind of success that should be making us swallow our tongues.

By the way, as I write this, we're catching up and playing much better. Let's go Cats!

FYI, Wooden’s first Final Four was in his fourteenth year at UCLA

And he won three conference championships in his first thirteen years....

"Chase rolls in the first free-throw....that's one more point than Chase had on Thursday night."

dmjcat wrote:

oggoazcats wrote:15 on OSU looks 40

I think he was a pitcher on one of those Cuban little league teams.

They need to check his ID. They said he was 24 but looks more like 35.

let’s win this last four minute battle and finish the half strong!

NIce sequence there! Got the lead too.

I feel like we are down by 15

We are getting killed on the boards........15-8 in favor of OSU.
OSU has turned it over 3 more times than we have which offset the boards a little.

Will a Sean Miller team ever learn to use the bigs to screen at the top of a zone???

How could we be getting so killed on rebounds against a team playing zone? Can you imagine how differently that half would have gone?

Longhorned wrote:How could we be getting so killed on rebounds against a team playing zone? Can you imagine how differently that half would have gone?

Because we don't know how to attack a zone. We usually just pass the ball around the perimeter with little or no movement, and then jack up a contested 3 with the clock running out...........that leaves our 3 guards on the perimeter and the bigs out of place. You have to break down a zone and get it out of place (we don't do that......and never have). DWWD

dmjcat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:How could we be getting so killed on rebounds against a team playing zone? Can you imagine how differently that half would have gone?

Because we don't know how to attack a zone. We usually just pass the ball around the perimeter with little or no movement, and then jack up a contested 3 with the clock running out...........that leaves our 3 guards on the perimeter and the bigs out of place. You have to break down a zone and get it out of place (we don't do that......and never have). DWWD

It's the same picture year after year. And we have the ideal type of players to attack a zone this year. This is another poor reflection of Miller. We're not trying to split atoms here. Figure it out already. Good God.

Tinkle is the only player on OSU that would get any playing time if they were on Arizona and yet this game is basically even.

I don't get it

Alieberman wrote:Tinkle is the only player on OSU that would get any playing time if they were on Arizona and yet this game is basically even.

I don't get it

Ha ha this isn't your first @OSU game

Please sit Dylan Smith

Why do Pac 12 refs have to make it about themselves every time? I stopped watching college bball and it seems nothing has changed!

dovecanyoncat wrote:"Miller, you magnificent Bastard! I read your book!"

I can assure you there wasn't a chapter on how to properly attack a zone.

He just sat himself

Pretty much no reason not to give the ball to Zeke every possession. Even 1 on 4 he he killing them

I feel like Hazzard is the kind of guy who doesn't get a lot of run with our team but would go off and kill us if he was on the opposing team.

am I crazy?

wtf man wtf

Team is definitely engaged tonight.