The 2021-2022 Season Thread

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:26 am

Really need Kriisa to shoot it like he did the last game.

Also, avoid those early fouls, CK!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:35 am

Illinois is turnover prone so if we pressure we should get some easy run outs. They shoot the 3 ball well so we need to get out on the shooters. Going to be uncomfortable at times but I think we win by 8

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:14 am

azcat49 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:35 am Illinois is turnover prone so if we pressure we should get some easy run outs. They shoot the 3 ball well so we need to get out on the shooters. Going to be uncomfortable at times but I think we win by 8

They're also missing a rotation PG and all their fans are hoping we don't press. I hope the OSU and Wyoming games were just a taste and we press all game

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:38 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:10 pm
Spaceman Spiff wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:07 pm Deron Williams might be the kost inexplicably pudgy athlete ever. Even other pleasantly plump guys like Ray Felton were in shape at times.
Evan Battey has entered the chat.

Khalid El-Amin would say "HI!", but his mouth is full.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:40 am

EVCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:38 am
Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:10 pm
Spaceman Spiff wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:07 pm Deron Williams might be the kost inexplicably pudgy athlete ever. Even other pleasantly plump guys like Ray Felton were in shape at times.
Evan Battey has entered the chat.
Khalid El-Amin would say "HI!", but his mouth is full.

Oliver Miller wants in.

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:22 pm

https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/gam ... 13203.html

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:29 pm

Good scouting report from Coach Robinson. Kofi is going to be a challenge for our bigs

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:44 pm

I’m seeing most non-AZ outlets are picking Illinois today.

Here’s hoping we put a beat down on them that virtually compels the AP voters to put us in the top 5 on Monday, regardless of other outcomes.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:03 pm

This is a national game against a very good opponent while people are actually awake

I want this 1 bad.

UAFB1 · Post by **UAFB1** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 3:09 pm

Bear the F*** down!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:27 pm

We are for fucking real

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:30 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:35 am The Film Room write-up on our offense in The Athletic was fantastic.

For those that haven’t read it, the authors take an in depth look at how we pass ahead on the fast break, how using two traditional bigs in pick-&-roll is giving us easy looks at the rim, and how Tubelis has been killing it in the High-Low.

It’s a great look at Tommy Boy’s offensive philosophy and how he’s been able to switch up our attack based on what the defense is willing to give us.

https://theathletic.com/3007927/2021/12 ... ed_article

Oh Tommy Boy
the stats the stats are calling .....

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:32 pm

I'm curious the least time a Pac-12 or west coast team beat Illinois in their gym.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:36 pm

Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:32 pm I'm curious the least time a Pac-12 or west coast team beat Illinois in their gym.

Need to add “…with their home cooking refs”

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:40 pm

Chicat - Hope you and your boys have no voices!

So pumped right now!

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:42 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:40 pm Chicat - Hope you and your boys have no voices!

So pumped right now!

He might have got into a rumble. Can’t wait for his recap.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:47 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:42 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:40 pm Chicat - Hope you and your boys have no voices!

So pumped right now!
He might have got into a rumble. Can’t wait for his recap.

From the nearest ER.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:48 pm

I will pay for his bail.

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:50 pm

sooooo, what region will Arizona be #1 seed in the tournament?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:55 pm

97cats wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:50 pm sooooo, what region will Arizona be #1 seed in the tournament?

Gonna take the West from Gonzaga.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:58 pm

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:02 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:55 pm Gonna take the West from Gonzaga.

Gonzaga held it for a few years there, briefly, Arizona is for real again.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:04 pm

Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:32 pm I'm curious the least time a Pac-12 or west coast team beat Illinois in their gym.

well according to the website I use for such questions, this is the first time since 1973 that Illinois lost to a Pac 12 team at home when they lost 71-60 to USC. They've only played a couple games against Pac 12 teams at home since then.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:05 pm

KenPom - 7
T-Rank - 4
Team Rankings - 1

RondaeShimmy · Post by **RondaeShimmy** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:11 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:44 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:44 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:47 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:42 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:40 pm Chicat - Hope you and your boys have no voices!

So pumped right now!
He might have got into a rumble. Can’t wait for his recap.
From the nearest ER.

Had to stay cool and calm with my kids there, so no rumble but my voice is pretty much shot.

Our fan base travels like none I’ve ever witnessed before (except maybe Kansas). I was surprised how many Cats fans were there.

As my 9-year-old said when we got back to the car, “We just made that place a Wildcat den.”

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:58 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:44 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:47 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:42 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:40 pm Chicat - Hope you and your boys have no voices!

So pumped right now!
He might have got into a rumble. Can’t wait for his recap.
From the nearest ER.
Had to stay cool and calm with my kids there, so no rumble but my voice is pretty much shot.

Our fan base travels like none I’ve ever witnessed before (except maybe Kansas). I was surprised how many Cats fans were there.

As my 9-year-old said when we got back to the car, “We just made that place a Wildcat den.”

That quote from your kid is priceless!!!

So glad you were able to take them!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:00 pm

That's good parenting Chi!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:34 pm

Speaking of good parenting, Dalen Terry’s family is AWESOME. They might have been the loudest fans in the arena.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:05 pm

97cats wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:02 pm
AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:55 pm Gonna take the West from Gonzaga.
Gonzaga held it for a few years there, briefly, Arizona is for real again.

The ceiling will always be infinitely higher at Arizona than Gonzaga.

TucsonClip · Post by **TucsonClip** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:15 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:34 pm Speaking of good parenting, Dalen Terry’s family is AWESOME. They might have been the loudest fans in the arena.

Sat right behind Dalens mom and the family, right off the floor in Vegas. She's fucking awesome.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:30 pm

Chi - way to go. Glad you and your kids were there to watch a great game and a big Wildcat win!

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:33 pm

ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:05 pm
The ceiling will always be infinitely higher at Arizona than Gonzaga.

It always was, always will be, no question

Gonzaga was an afterthought, a non-issue, non-factor. Arizona was what Gonzaga wanted to be for three plus decades, Monson included.

for a brief minute they have been, and it took an idiot assistant and a loyal to-his-own-fault coach to allow it to happen.

remember, it was March 23, 2014: Gonzaga 61, Arizona 84 in a dunking romp second round NCAA - Sean Miller head coach.

Lloyd is here for one reason, it’s what he always wanted but couldn’t have, so he copied it and created the next best thing, it took nearly 20years.

now he has the real thing and boy isn’t it glorious.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:00 am

College teams don’t come back from from a 19-0 run… especially on the road. It’s the spurt of death that we are used to putting on teams that basically ends the games

Coming back from that and closing the halftime deficit to only 4 was the key to the game

The mental toughness of this team is through the roof and is something we need come March

I’m still in awe of this game yesterday

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:27 am

19-0 run and hitting 16 three’s - and at a place that road teams don’t come out alive - and still winning the game is definitely my lasting impression of what we did yesterday.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:36 am

What a win. Had to sit for a while and absorb the full impact of that game's significance. Think we'll remember that one for a while.

Tommy Freaking Lloyd. Not much more to say.

Don't really care what we're ranked tomorrow. The bigger picture is that this team can compete for a national title. When was the last time I wrote that sentence without qualification or hesitation? Been a while.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am

Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline? The Balkans love basketball close to how the US loves basketball. Kriisa and Tubelis are shining in the Cats system. I believe it would be wise to focus on the Balkans for future Cats. They love their basketball and, from what I'm seeing, their players thrive in our system. The Cats are in a unique position to find the best players in Europe. It's not just CTL, but Murphy and Fois. The US is so money driven. UA is in a unique position to farm quality players from around the world. IMO, for the Cats to maximize their status, they need to be an international team now. That gives us an incredible edge. Basketball has matured and the US isn't the dominant nation for basketball talent. Arizona can be the Avant Garde of seriously recruiting internationally. The AAU is overrated.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:12 am

Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline? The Balkans love basketball close to how the US loves basketball. Kriisa and Tubelis are shining in the Cats system. I believe it would be wise to focus on the Balkans for future Cats. They love their basketball and, from what I'm seeing, their players thrive in our system. The Cats are in a unique position to find the best players in Europe. It's not just CTL, by Murphy and Fois. The US is so money driven. UA is in a unique position to farm quality players from around the world. IMO, for the Cats to maximize their status, they need to be an international team now. That gives us an incredible edge. Basketball has matured and the US isn't the dominant nation for basketball talent. Arizona can be the Avant Garde of seriously recruiting internationally. The AAU is overrated.

I was wondering why Kriisa speaks English so well, including a lot of the idioms and such. No doubt watching plenty of American shows and movies.

In Estonia, students traditionally learn at least two foreign languages in school. According to the national curricula, students of Estonian-medium schools can learn English, French, German or Russian as the first (A) foreign language. The majority of students study English as their first foreign language

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:14 am

Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline?

I do.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:18 am

Some quotes from an Illinois beat writer that I chuckled at:

Credit Arizona for a gutty performance in its first true road game of the season. First-year coach Tommy Lloyd is way ahead of projections, winning big with Sean Miller's players. Just wait until the former Gonzaga assistant gets his own recruits. The Wildcats figure to be a Pac-12 power again.

I think these recruits are pretty darn good don’t you? Also we are a PAC 12 power. Always have been, never really left

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:28 am

ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:14 am
Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline?
I do.

Interesting. I love it.

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:45 am

Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline? The Balkans love basketball close to how the US loves basketball. Kriisa and Tubelis are shining in the Cats system. I believe it would be wise to focus on the Balkans for future Cats. They love their basketball and, from what I'm seeing, their players thrive in our system. The Cats are in a unique position to find the best players in Europe. It's not just CTL, but Murphy and Fois. The US is so money driven. UA is in a unique position to farm quality players from around the world. IMO, for the Cats to maximize their status, they need to be an international team now. That gives us an incredible edge. Basketball has matured and the US isn't the dominant nation for basketball talent. Arizona can be the Avant Garde of seriously recruiting internationally. The AAU is overrated.

The Balkans?????? I think we are having some geographic confusion here.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Balkans

The Balkans are an area in Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, etc). Tubelis/Kriisa are from Lithuania/Estonia which is an area in
Northeastern Europe........nothing to do with the Balkans.

I think you mean BALTIC states :

https://www.britannica.com/place/Baltic-states

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:48 am

ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:14 am
Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline?
I do.

I assume we’re talking about the Baltics!

Unless the plan is to bring over a bunch of Serbs and Croats, which we can definitely look into.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:57 am

lol Balkans/Baltics the Tomato/Tomahto. Seriously though I meant Baltics, although Balkans are far from out of the question, especially with Dusan Ristic talking us up every where he goes. My dude loves U of A and Tucson.

Andre Iguodunkya · Post by **Andre Iguodunkya** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:58 am

Does anyone know if the University is allowing or the players are willing to sign autographs this year? Last year was the first year I wasn’t able to get a team signed ball for my collection since 2005. Unsure with the NIL if players are even wanting to.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:27 am

Let’s just say will our Euro pipeline continue? I think the answer is fuck yeah.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:31 am

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:27 am Let’s just say will our Euro pipeline continue? I think the answer is fuck yeah.

International pipeline

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:33 am

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:31 am
EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:27 am Let’s just say will our Euro pipeline continue? I think the answer is fuck yeah.
International pipeline

World witch…

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:48 am

Merkin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:12 am
Catintheheat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:07 am Does anyone else think the Cats are going to develop a Balkans pipeline? The Balkans love basketball close to how the US loves basketball. Kriisa and Tubelis are shining in the Cats system. I believe it would be wise to focus on the Balkans for future Cats. They love their basketball and, from what I'm seeing, their players thrive in our system. The Cats are in a unique position to find the best players in Europe. It's not just CTL, by Murphy and Fois. The US is so money driven. UA is in a unique position to farm quality players from around the world. IMO, for the Cats to maximize their status, they need to be an international team now. That gives us an incredible edge. Basketball has matured and the US isn't the dominant nation for basketball talent. Arizona can be the Avant Garde of seriously recruiting internationally. The AAU is overrated.
I was wondering why Kriisa speaks English so well, including a lot of the idioms and such. No doubt watching plenty of American shows and movies.

In Estonia, students traditionally learn at least two foreign languages in school. According to the national curricula, students of Estonian-medium schools can learn English, French, German or Russian as the first (A) foreign language. The majority of students study English as their first foreign language

The grasp of idiom underpins the American cultural familiarity he has and leads further to his swag and salt. Estonian Dawg

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