Bear Down Wildcats

TheCat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:00 pm Well if Few left Gonzaga we might lose Tommy. In fact I would expected it if the dollars are close. Let's hope we are talking another decade or so.

Think this is only a concern if Few leaves pretty soon. Few is only 59, which is pretty young in coaching years.

Once Tommy's been in Tucson for a few years, and gets the program really, really thriving again, I can't see him walking away from that.

Not the exact situation, but some similarities: does anyone really think Cronin is leaving for Louisville? Not a chance.

Stop It

Seriously

Unless Tommy really hates Tucson... he's not leaving here for another University

Why would he go to Gonzaga? Because he's fond of it?

Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:27 pm Stop It

Seriously

Unless Tommy really hates Tucson... he's not leaving here for another University

It's what we do LOL.

Remember all the hand wringing about Sean going to North Carolina?

prh wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:05 pm Tommy is not leaving us for Gonzaga

Not a fly fisherman?

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:37 pm Why would he go to Gonzaga? Because he's fond of it?

I mean, you spend 20 years somewhere, maybe you become attached to it? I dunno.

No chance. He sold his house in Spokane last June

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:59 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:37 pm Why would he go to Gonzaga? Because he's fond of it?

I mean, you spend 20 years somewhere, maybe you become attached to it? I dunno.

Those gray, windblown winter skies caressing gray, windblown filthy snow clogged with fetid rotting leaves ..... calls to him even now.

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:11 pm

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:59 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:37 pm Why would he go to Gonzaga? Because he's fond of it?

I mean, you spend 20 years somewhere, maybe you become attached to it? I dunno.

Those gray, windblown winter skies caressing gray, windblown filthy snow clogged with fetid rotting leaves ..... calls to him even now.

LOL...I've never been up there.

I don't think Tommy's going anywhere. AZ is a destination job.

I think he said somewhere that Arizona was his dream job.

I had my dream job once, consulting Forester, if it would have paid me even 1 million a year I would not be doing what I am now. Even 80,000.

Since I don't have my dream job, I do spend more time with my family than I might if I did, so it's probably better this way.

If I had to go to that dark corner near Idaho where I can't even run my potty mouth, I'd probably nail my scrotum to the balcony and jump.

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:37 pm Why would he go to Gonzaga? Because he's fond of it?

He's from the pacific northwest and I'm sure he loves Gonzaga.

I wish I could get a few minutes of my life back after reading the last several posts...

TheCat wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:32 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:37 pm Why would he go to Gonzaga? Because he's fond of it?

He's from the pacific northwest and I'm sure he loves Gonzaga.

No doubt he loves Gonzaga, but it's just a terrible climate for anyone who doesn't love snow.

I'm from South Central Michigan, spent the first 18 years of my life there, and hated it. Haven't been back since.

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:16 pm I think he said somewhere that Arizona was his dream job.

I had my dream job once, consulting Forester, if it would have paid me even 1 million a year I would not be doing what I am now. Even 80,000.

Since I don't have my dream job, I do spend more time with my family than I might if I did, so it's probably better this way.

My experience is that forestry, especially contract forestry, is an absolute relationship/marriage wrecker. You did well.

Longhorned wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:29 pm If I had to go to that dark corner near Idaho where I can't even run my potty mouth, I'd probably nail my scrotum to the balcony and jump.

The Aryan Nation would catch you in their loving arms and nurse you back to health behind barbed wire and a mine-laden free-fire zone of sovereign freedumb.

Always appreciate the input from this dumb fuck

smart thugs always

5th game in 10 days coming up in the afternoon, yay

RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:13 pm 5th game in 10 days coming up in the afternoon, yay

this one should be a breeze and then some well deserved rest and rehab for a few days.

the team should be well rested for the NCAA's

The Cats could start me vs Cal and we'd still win

#1 Seed

Fishclamps wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:11 pm Always appreciate the input from this dumb fuck

Seth Davis is a massive tool.

Fishclamps wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:11 pm Always appreciate the input from this dumb fuck

Does he also tweet when Kansas loses to TCU or Auburn loses to Florida or Purdue loses to Michigan? Or is it only the score of Arizona's games he's fixated on for the most part?

I unfollowed him on Twitter long ago.

Question about our Pac win total. Up until recently, we always played 18 Pac games, and no team has ever gone 18-0. If we win on Saturday, though, we'll be 18-2. Will that be the first time in league history a team finishes with 18 conference wins?

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:26 pm Question about our Pac win total. Up until recently, we always played 18 Pac games, and no team has ever gone 18-0. If we win on Saturday, though, we'll be 18-2. Will that be the first time in league history a team finishes with 18 conference wins?

Yes

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:26 pm Question about our Pac win total. Up until recently, we always played 18 Pac games, and no team has ever gone 18-0. If we win on Saturday, though, we'll be 18-2. Will that be the first time in league history a team finishes with 18 conference wins?

Kind of a weird record but I’ll take it. A .900 winning percentage is amazing.

I'm still bitter about that BS double bounce 3-point shot Adam Spanich from U$C hit to deny us 18-0 in 1998.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:05 pm I'm still bitter about that BS double bounce 3-point shot Adam Spanich from U$C hit to deny us 18-0 in 1998.

i still for my money believe that was the best team ever at AZ with a Junior in Jason Terry and 1st Team All-American in Mike Bibby - i was at the game at the pond when George Karl gave Rick Majerus the secret sauce on the back of a Morten's cocktail napkin sending the runaway #1 team all season and top seed in the west region AZ home way earlier than anyone in the nation expected.

breaks my god damn heart every time i think about it......

Brian Michelson is next Lloyd for Gonzaga. Recruited Suggs and Holmgren. Former Zag player.

I suspect somebody might make a play on Michelson after Lloyd’s success.

I don’t see Lloyd returning.

It's looking like we'll have to play the winner of ASU/Stanford(they'll be playing each other twice in 5 days) in the quarterfinals and the winner of Colorado/Oregon in the semis. Definitely going to be some tougher non cakewalk games to get to the finals.

ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:52 am It's looking like we'll have to play the winner of ASU/Stanford(they'll be playing each other twice in 5 days) in the quarterfinals and the winner of Colorado/Oregon in the semis. Definitely going to be some tougher non cakewalk games to get to the finals.

If Wazzu loses to Oregon and ASU beats Furd then we get Wazzu/Furd.

ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:53 am

ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:52 am It's looking like we'll have to play the winner of ASU/Stanford(they'll be playing each other twice in 5 days) in the quarterfinals and the winner of Colorado/Oregon in the semis. Definitely going to be some tougher non cakewalk games to get to the finals.

If Wazzu loses to Oregon and ASU beats Furd then we get Wazzu/Furd.

Which seems like the probable scenario meaning of course it won’t happen.

https://twitter.com/UArizonaPix/status/ ... 2713985025

Terry is always airborne on other people's dunks!

Everyone stands when Benn comes thundering down...

Alieberman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:57 am Terry is always airborne on other people's dunks!

Because Terry is a magical basketball sorcerer who can levitate.

I bet DT can dunk from the FT line.

Now show the missed dunks!

He so deserves it. Just love that kid and his story.

How he, Pelle and Ballo so seamlessly meshed with our core team coming back is a testament to CTL's coaching abilities.

I can't remember ever having a feeling of not caring (or worrying) which of our 8 man rotation was on the court at any given time.

97cats wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:19 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:05 pm I'm still bitter about that BS double bounce 3-point shot Adam Spanich from U$C hit to deny us 18-0 in 1998.

i still for my money believe that was the best team ever at AZ with a Junior in Jason Terry and 1st Team All-American in Mike Bibby - i was at the game at the pond when George Karl gave Rick Majerus the secret sauce on the back of a Morten's cocktail napkin sending the runaway #1 team all season and top seed in the west region AZ home way earlier than anyone in the nation expected.

breaks my god damn heart every time i think about it......

I’ve heard two stories about this game.
1) that Karl had a party the night before and some of the cats got wasted and therefore hungover for the game.

2) Majerus said that if we had made a couple threes early, he would have scrapped the triangle and two pretty quickly. But we couldn’t shoot from outside (see number 1, above).

Five for the Finish!

Cal game thread up

No matter what happens today or in the next few weeks, this has been a truly incredible season.

The players and coaches deserve every accolade they are about to receive, and then some.

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:10 pm No matter what happens today or in the next few weeks, this has been a truly incredible season.

The players and coaches deserve every accolade they are about to receive, and then some.

A-freaking-men.

It's amazing the extra spring in my step that arrives when AZ hoops is kicking ass.

This team is special.

Well ASU beat Stanford, WSU is beating Oregon and UW should handle OSU so that locks in ASU and Stanford as the 8/9 game. That would mean a 3 way tie for 5th between Oregon WSU and UW. And based on the tiebreakers I know of, Oregon would get #5, WSU #6 and UW #7. So final standings would be:

Arizona
USC
UCLA
Colorado
Oregon
WSU
UW
ASU
Stanford
Cal
Utah
OSU

So we'd probably have to play our first 2 tournament games against the teams most likely to beat us and that we had the most trouble with between ASU, Stanford, Oregon and Colorado

Who cares. We are better than all of them.

Agree. Playing shitty teams does nothing for us