2017 PAC12 Tournament

VegasCatFan · Post by **VegasCatFan** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:54 am

CalStateTempe wrote:For those there, how was the crowd/experience last night compared to MGM?

I don't think it's as good as the MGM was. It doesn't seem to have the same atmosphere. There was still a huge Arizona turnout but percentage wise it wasn't as overwhelming as in the past. The upper deck though did look predominantly red.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:13 am

I'm worried the fans will be too sober. Bring your A game, people!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:12 am

CalStateTempe wrote:For those there, how was the crowd/experience last night compared to MGM?

First, T Mobile is huuuuge. Seats 20K and is configured for 18,500 for this event. A USC fan sitting behind me marveled at how many AZ fans there were in the arena.

Even with probably 10,000 cat fans screaming like usual you couldn't really compare it to McKale or the Grand Garden Arena. Both of those have that college arena feel whole this has that huge, corporate feel.

If Larry Scott was hoping to neutralize any home court advantage well he did it. I was thinking though, what if every cat fan Said F U Larry, we are not coming next year and Miller blessed that revolt. That place would be empty given how big it is.

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:18 pm

VegasCatFan wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:For those there, how was the crowd/experience last night compared to MGM?
I don't think it's as good as the MGM was. It doesn't seem to have the same atmosphere. There was still a huge Arizona turnout but percentage wise it wasn't as overwhelming as in the past. The upper deck though did look predominantly red.

The MGM was one big open space. It made everyone feel closer. T-Mobile has the upper and lower bowl, and the stands seem to spread farther back than vertical, like most mega-arenas. I am sure it is very comfortable. But that manic energy of the MGM games seems gone.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:13 pm

Lots of changes. At the MGM it seemed most stayed there so on days like yoday, the casino would be very crowded with cat fans. Now they are all spread out.

The corridors leading to the GGA was packed and chants of A R I Z O N A would erupt and it would be loud. That is also missing to a great degree.

You can't exit T-Mobile and reenter which drinks and you can't bring beverages into the arena like you could at MGM.

Small but noticeable changes that to me are negatives. I haven't found any decided positives at this point

RiseAndFire · Post by **RiseAndFire** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:49 pm

UCLA is a 2.5 point favorite

qwertyus · Post by **qwertyus** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:31 pm

azgreg wrote:I'm going to need a nap before tip off.

Just make sure you wake up, old man!

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:20 pm

Irish27 wrote:Having the UofA/UCLA game start at 9:30PM Tucson time is absurd. It definitely should be the first game at 7:00PM.

Yes and no. Id rather have our guys watch Oregon win and know a rematch is imminent.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:04 pm

Gimino's prediction for tonight's UCLA-Arizona game:

http://allsportstucson.com/2017/03/10/a ... rediction/" target="_blank

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:15 pm

azcat49 wrote:Lots of changes. At the MGM it seemed most stayed there so on days like yoday, the casino would be very crowded with cat fans. Now they are all spread out.

The corridors leading to the GGA was packed and chants of A R I Z O N A would erupt and it would be loud. That is also missing to a great degree.

You can't exit T-Mobile and reenter which ducks and you can't bring beverages into the arena like you could at MGM.

Small but noticeable changes that to me are negatives. I haven't found any decided positives at this point

There is one positive, IMO........it is easier to get out of. Exiting the MGM Grand Arena was a little like migrating up an undersized creek with a million salmon.

Gilbertcat · Post by **Gilbertcat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:42 pm

Its funny how new York is now the main casino

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:14 pm

I thought Monte Carlo was? One positive is you get a much stronger signal on your beeper here.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:22 pm

Well we all know how the Cal Oregon game is going to end (with an Oregon win), but Brooks did just pick up two quick fouls...to give him four fouls with 18 minutes left in the second. So that should at least keep it interesting for a while longer.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:25 pm

Cal is in the bonus with 16:29 left? Woah.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:29 pm

SCCats wrote:Well we all know how the Cal Oregon game is going to end (with an Oregon win), but Brooks did just pick up two quick fouls...to give him four fouls with 18 minutes left in the second. So that should at least keep it interesting for a while longer.

Bird being out for the rest of the game w/ a concussion sorta cancels it out.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:33 pm

Dr. Dylan Ennis is apparently 25 years old

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:47 pm

C'mon Cal.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:09 pm

Putting your hopes on a Cuonzo led team is always chuckles

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:14 pm

SCCats wrote:Putting your hopes on a Cuonzo led team is always chuckles

Haha, yep

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:16 pm

In a rational world, Oregon takes UNC's #1 spot.

We don't live in this world.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:23 pm

What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:24 pm

Longhorned wrote:What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?

The Ocho

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:25 pm

Longhorned wrote:What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?

I'm sure Larry Scott has a plan in place

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:25 pm

jsbowl16 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?
The Ocho

what is that?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:27 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:
jsbowl16 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?
The Ocho
what is that?

Dodgeball reference lol

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:27 pm

jsbowl16 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?
The Ocho

I thought maybe ESPN Canada.

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:31 pm

Longhorned wrote:What channel will our game start on while this boring FSU/Notre Dame game drags on here on ESPN?

They will probably move it to one of the other channels but it should also be on the watch ESPN app from the beginning.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:31 pm

So our game day game against UCLA drew a season high of 2.4M viewers. One would have to think that LA viewership would mean something to Larry Scott. Might be tough sledding call wise on our cats. We will see

jsbowl16 · Post by **jsbowl16** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:37 pm

The watch ESPN app also has above the rim cam which shows the game from each end with just the stadium sounds and no commentary.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:40 pm

jsbowl16 wrote:The watch ESPN app also has above the rim cam which shows the game from each end with just the stadium sounds and no commentary.

I watched us play Oregon that way. Bad associations. Still, it was glorious just to hear the arena noise.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:58 pm

It went about as well as I thought it could. Congrats on the win.

Nice TO though...haha

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:01 am

MrBug708 wrote:It went about as well as I thought it could. Congrats on the win.

Nice TO though...haha

Just paying back Alford's douchebaggery.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:06 am

Saturday's game is for playing in the west bracket.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:08 am

Catintheheat wrote:Saturday's game is for playing in the west bracket.

Yup winner is the 2 out west. Loser is a 2 or 3 in another region.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:12 am

ASUHATER! wrote:
Catintheheat wrote:Saturday's game is for playing in the west bracket.
Yup winner is the 2 out west. Loser is a 2 or 3 in another region.

No way the loser is a 3 seed.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:12 am

Yea gotta make room for some 9 loss acc or big 12 team at the top I'm sure.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:13 am

Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:14 am

MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.

I'll give you credit if it happens but damn I doubt it

RaisingArizona · Post by **RaisingArizona** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:14 am

I think there's a 20%-30% chance the winner is the number 1 in the South region.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:16 am

scumdevils86 wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.
I'll give you credit if it happens but damn I doubt it

North Carolina crapping the bed might have opened up a door for Oregon as a 1 seed. It's almost as if Oregon can't stay in the west now

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:16 am

MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.

ehh maybe. Carolina and Kansas losing does make things interesting.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:17 am

MrBug708 wrote:
scumdevils86 wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.
I'll give you credit if it happens but damn I doubt it
North Carolina crapping the bed might have opened up a door for Oregon as a 1 seed. It's almost as if Oregon can't stay in the west now

Give oregon the one seed somewhere and CATS to 2 out west.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:17 am

MrBug708 wrote:
scumdevils86 wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.
I'll give you credit if it happens but damn I doubt it
North Carolina crapping the bed might have opened up a door for Oregon as a 1 seed. It's almost as if Oregon can't stay in the west now

Thinking if they win they're shipped out as a 1 and lose they're shipped out as a 2? And the UA is the 2 out west win or lose?

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:20 am

I dont think Arizona will get the 1, though it could happen. I think if Arizona wins, they'll probably be the 2 in the West, which is better than a 1 anywhere else.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:21 am

ASUHATER! wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.
ehh maybe. Carolina and Kansas losing does make things interesting.

I think Kansas is still safe as a 1 seed.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:25 am

MrBug708 wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Arizona might end up being a 2 in the West even with a loss to Oregon, who might get shipped out as a 1 seed.
ehh maybe. Carolina and Kansas losing does make things interesting.
I think Kansas is still safe as a 1 seed.

I tend to agree. Who else takes a Midwest 1 in Kansas City?

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:28 am

If Oregon loses tomorrow, I'm not sure who is the 4th seed. I guess you guys could be it, but you'll probably get shipped to the same bracket as UNC or something undesireable like that.

I guess this deserves to go in the other thread.

RaisingArizona · Post by **RaisingArizona** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:31 am

Dear Coach Miller,

Please start PJC, Rawle, Kadeem, Zo and Lauri tomorrow night. Thx.

PennZona20 · Post by **PennZona20** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:42 am

RaisingArizona wrote:Dear Coach Miller,

Please start PJC, Rawle, Kadeem, Zo and Lauri tomorrow night. Thx.

^^^** this!!!!!!!

Dusan has been better and I have no problem w him starting when the matchup permits, but tomorrow is not that night. Oregon is a horrible matchup for him. Plus moving Lauri to the 5 gets him off Brooks and likely out of foul trouble

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