UA Basketball 2015-2016 Discussion Thread

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:12 pm

A smaller Landen Lucas really is a ban worthy comment

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:26 pm

Main Event wrote:A smaller Landen Lucas really is a ban worthy comment

Hang on, I have to Google that name.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:48 pm

gumby wrote:What's even more impressive is that he's obviously watched the new pieces at Cal, Oregon and UCLA, too. Thus, finding those teams to be superior.

The fact that he's scouted WSU is what really impresses me.

enfuego · Post by **enfuego** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:58 pm

Longhorned wrote:
gumby wrote:What's even more impressive is that he's obviously watched the new pieces at Cal, Oregon and UCLA, too. Thus, finding those teams to be superior.
Why not? I live in the midwest and I've been scouting Iowa State, Texas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State to determine how Kansas will fare against them. I'm about to go post my prediction on Kansas's message boards.

enfuego · Post by **enfuego** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:58 pm

Chicat wrote:
gumby wrote:What's even more impressive is that he's obviously watched the new pieces at Cal, Oregon and UCLA, too. Thus, finding those teams to be superior.
The fact that he's scouted WSU is what really impresses me.

Easy cowboy. Didn't UA lose to ASU last year?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:16 pm

enfuego wrote:
Chicat wrote:
gumby wrote:What's even more impressive is that he's obviously watched the new pieces at Cal, Oregon and UCLA, too. Thus, finding those teams to be superior.
The fact that he's scouted WSU is what really impresses me.
Easy cowboy. Didn't UA lose to ASU last year?

You would know.

And if you know definitively how UA will match up with the rest of the PAC at this point in the pre-season then you're a far more informed Arizona fan than I am. Kudos Superfan!!!

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:51 am

Is Fuego the only troll left on the boards...?

Oh wait, we still have Scummy Dick. And ASUhater.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:52 am

Troll? He's a researcher.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:46 pm

From last year.

enfuego wrote:
Puerco wrote:Battle tested. In every game.
Are you talking about Arizona's performance against UCLA last night? This is Arizona's year to do something, because next year is a rebuilding year. You lose McConnell to the business world, Tarczewski to Europe, Ashley to the NBDL, and Jefferson and Johnson to the NBA. I don't care who your incoming class is that is a lot of experience to replace.

Stinkin genius.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:30 pm

gumby wrote:From last year.

enfuego wrote:
Puerco wrote:Battle tested. In every game.
Are you talking about Arizona's performance against UCLA last night? This is Arizona's year to do something, because next year is a rebuilding year. You lose McConnell to the business world, Tarczewski to Europe, Ashley to the NBDL, and Jefferson and Johnson to the NBA. I don't care who your incoming class is that is a lot of experience to replace.
Stinkin genius.

Well, he was kind of right, but TJ's about to make a whole lot more than a lot of Executive VPs while taking care of business.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:09 pm

Anyone know when to expect season tickets in the mail? November 7 is still right around the corner and I'm not sure if I should be concerned they got put into the wrong mailbox or not.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:52 pm

The team delivered tickets to the fancy fans last night, probably get them by Friday. I dont know why they were so late this year

A1RZONA · Post by **A1RZONA** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:59 pm

should be getting them soon. would say by end of week.

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:04 am

KenPom ranks Wildcats 6th in his preseason rankings
By David Potts @dpottzzz on Oct 26, 2015, 7:00p

This week, Ken Pomeroy released his 2016 Preseason Rankings for college basketball. To my surprise, Arizona is one of KenPom's top ranked teams at No. 6 overall. This is higher than I expected, particularly when he ranks another Pac-12 contender, the California Golden Bears, No. 47. While I love seeing Arizona ranked so high, I wondered why the Arizona Wildcats would be ranked higher in KenPom's system(#6) than they are in the coaches' poll (10th).

The discrepancy probably lies in how KenPom's system constructs preseason rankings. As Pomeroy explained back in 2013, his preseason rankings are computed by adding "team baseline + personnel." Arizona is going to have a high baseline considering how well the team has played in recent years, so I suspect Arizona ranked very well in that category.

http://www.azdesertswarm.com/2015/10/26 ... n-rankings" target="_blank

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:10 am

Arizona's Ryan Anderson was named the No. 8 power forward in college basketball, according to Sporting News. (He'll get a chance to prove he's even better on Dec. 5 in Spokane, because Gonzaga has two guys ranked ahead of him...)

http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/a ... 089cb.html" target="_blank

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:22 pm

Newportcat · Post by **Newportcat** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:45 am

Can it be March already, feel like regular season in college basketball now is just worthless foreplay

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:28 am

Newportcat wrote:Can it be March already, feel like regular season in college basketball now is just worthless foreplay

No way, man. Regular season hoops is always good. Love the tourneys and non-conference matchups. And I love Miller's Pac dominance in recent years. Everyone's chasing us. Feels good.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:16 am

March Madness is the best postseason of any sport, pro or college, but the regular season is great too. I take it over any professional or college regular season, but im sure some football fans will disagree. Its awesome watching the new faces and young guys grow through the season too, and watching things unfold so u can speculate about what run your team is going to do come March. If it's foreplay, its Sophia Vergara putting her double d's in your face while playing with your meat. An early exit is like her climbing on and blowing your load in 30 seconds and she walks out mad

Newportcat · Post by **Newportcat** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:36 pm

IMHO College football regular season is a million times better then regular season college basketball. Each game is very important to the playoff picture, bowls, etc.

Especially now, the only thing Miller has left to accomplish is taking us to a Final Four. I am just a lot less excited then I used to be for the regular season

Just me and might feel different if I lived in Tucson and could go to games live

EOCT · Post by **EOCT** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:41 am

Newportcat wrote:Can it be March already, feel like regular season in college basketball now is just worthless foreplay

I don't.

I buy into "Honor the Process" in a big way. That includes a critical building, developmental process from start to finish. Delicious, from start to finish. Growth, growth, hiccup, growth, growth; yeah, success hopefully.

I'd only stop feeling this way if we didn't consistently have a leave-it-on-the-floor team. Coach Miller brings it.

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:49 pm

Newportcat wrote:Can it be March already, feel like regular season in college basketball now is just worthless foreplay

Unlike you, I'm a college basketball fan. I enjoy every game, and think the season is at keast as important as the Tourney....

Harvey Specter · Post by **Harvey Specter** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:28 pm

Newportcat wrote:Can it be March already, feel like regular season in college basketball now is just worthless foreplay

There is no such thing...

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:13 pm

You know you have a problem if you're excited about college basketball in November.

I have a problem.

salim'sheadband · Post by **salim'sheadband** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:04 pm

Happy Machina-freaked-out-because-we-"lost"-to-St.-Mary's-day everyone. Hope you celebrated.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:12 pm

salim'sheadband wrote:Happy Machina-freaked-out-because-we-"lost"-to-St.-Mary's-day everyone. Hope you celebrated.

Just as long as they didn't charge the fans to get in.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:23 pm

salim'sheadband wrote:Happy Machina-freaked-out-because-we-"lost"-to-St.-Mary's-day everyone. Hope you celebrated.

...did we actually lose today or what? hahaha

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:40 pm

PJC with 2 assists and 11 turnovers but he did out rebound Zeus. Ristic fouled out three minutes into the game so the one out four in offense was a bust. York made a free throw and Simon took a bunch of selfies. The 1-3-1 zone was pretty effective but the press after all made shots needs some work. Replay on FrontRow Sports but time is still a secret.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:20 am

LOL! No one knows any thing yet. But we should keep making things up.

Tollefson was moved to SG the second half and Trier ran point the whole game.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:17 am

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:22 am

Newportcat wrote:IMHO College football regular season is a million times better then regular season college basketball. Each game is very important to the playoff picture, bowls, etc.

Especially now, the only thing Miller has left to accomplish is taking us to a Final Four. I am just a lot less excited then I used to be for the regular season

Just me and might feel different if I lived in Tucson and could go to games live

Yeah. It's just you. Guess you'll have to find a hobby in the meantime. UW has an exhibition game on Wednesday. I'd watch if it were on. They ran a promo at football game (now there's some worthless), featured Andrews, Romar and some other dude.

dcZONAfan · Post by **dcZONAfan** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:34 am

Newportcat wrote:IMHO College football regular season is a million times better then regular season college basketball. Each game is very important to the playoff picture, bowls, etc.

Especially now, the only thing Miller has left to accomplish is taking us to a Final Four. I am just a lot less excited then I used to be for the regular season

Just me and might feel different if I lived in Tucson and could go to games live

this is a god damn shame. As someone with a finite amount of time to see this team this season (moving to Barcelona at the beginning of 2016) I couldn't be more pumped for the next two months. I hope that when I leave I can say that I believe this team could make a run for that FF. The regular season is so important for a team like this and it's the evolution of a team during the regular season that makes whatever happens in March so rewarding.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:36 am

I love the dialogue of "the college basketball season is worthless" even though every game matters to a team trying to get into the NCAA tournament--especially the OOC schedule.

Yet, the all important CFB games that are on every weekend matter not a bit--outside of a handful of teams vying to be one of the Final 4.

Post by **UAdevil** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:43 am

I love regular season CBB. I enjoy it more than CFB or ANY professional league regular seasons.

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:44 am

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:48 am

UAdevil wrote:I love regular season CBB. I enjoy it more than CFB or ANY professional league regular seasons.

I do too, as do most on this board--obviously.

I just don't get the "every game matters" mantra in other sports, outside of baseball. I mean if an NCAA championship is the ultimate goal, there is no way that 90% of the games in CFB matter at all anymore.

Unless you are talking about the all important ENTER CORPORATE SPONSOR Bowl Game.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:02 pm

Yea, that's the thing with CFB. Every game counts only applies to a handful of teams. With everyone else, you can afford a loss, or two, or 5 or 6, because you still get to go to the Rosa's Margarita Mix Bowl to play some four loss team from the WAC. It's easy to get Americans pumped up for football, it's mostly just two days a week, both of which are weekends, it's forced down our throats with more hype backing than anything in existence, you have fantasy football dungeons and dragons minigames, and tailgating and hanging out with friends and beer and bbq and blah blah blah. Its an entire experience and not having work and all that. You can get the enjoyment out of most football games by waiting until the 4th quarter and then turning the game on. Sounds a lot like the NBA these days.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:17 pm

rgdeuce wrote:Yea, that's the thing with CFB. Every game counts only applies to a handful of teams. With everyone else, you can afford a loss, or two, or 5 or 6, because you still get to go to the Rosa's Margarita Mix Bowl to play some four loss team from the WAC. It's easy to get Americans pumped up for football, it's mostly just two days a week, both of which are weekends, it's forced down our throats with more hype backing than anything in existence, you have fantasy football dungeons and dragons minigames, and tailgating and hanging out with friends and beer and bbq and blah blah blah. Its an entire experience and not having work and all that. You can get the enjoyment out of most football games by waiting until the 4th quarter and then turning the game on. Sounds a lot like the NBA these days.

WAC hasn't played football in a while

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:57 pm

Main Event wrote:

It's been a few years since we entered a season with such vague expectations. The media love our chances to win another Pac title, but I feel like those closer to the team and program are more lukewarm in their forecasts. Cal, Utah, and Oregon should make noise.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:25 pm

rgdeuce wrote:Anyone know when to expect season tickets in the mail? November 7 is still right around the corner and I'm not sure if I should be concerned they got put into the wrong mailbox or not.

They come in?

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:33 pm

Did I miss something? I thought the opener was versus Pacific on 11/13. However the website has it as TBD.

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:56 am

Meet the 2015-16 Arizona Wildcats basketball team

November 02, 2015 11:45 am • By Bruce Pascoe

Here's a look at this year's Arizona Wildcats.

http://tucson.com/sports/college/wildca ... a6929.html" target="_blank

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:38 am

I'd like football about as much as I like basketball if they'd play two games a week. I get seriously bummed after the games end on Saturday because I know I'll have to wait a whole week more to get a fill.

But as it stands, CBB is the best sports league in the world. Football's still the best sport to play though.

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:40 am

dcZONAfan wrote:
Newportcat wrote:IMHO College football regular season is a million times better then regular season college basketball. Each game is very important to the playoff picture, bowls, etc.

Especially now, the only thing Miller has left to accomplish is taking us to a Final Four. I am just a lot less excited then I used to be for the regular season

Just me and might feel different if I lived in Tucson and could go to games live
this is a god damn shame. As someone with a finite amount of time to see this team this season (moving to Barcelona at the beginning of 2016) I couldn't be more pumped for the next two months. I hope that when I leave I can say that I believe this team could make a run for that FF. The regular season is so important for a team like this and it's the evolution of a team during the regular season that makes whatever happens in March so rewarding.

Hope you find a place with a guest room!

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:22 am

Jefe wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:Anyone know when to expect season tickets in the mail? November 7 is still right around the corner and I'm not sure if I should be concerned they got put into the wrong mailbox or not.
They come in?

Yep, came the day I posted that.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:30 am

HiCat wrote:Meet the 2015-16 Arizona Wildcats basketball team

November 02, 2015 11:45 am • By Bruce Pascoe

Here's a look at this year's Arizona Wildcats.

http://tucson.com/sports/college/wildca ... a6929.html" target="_blank

My most intriguing questions:

1. Can PJC thrive in his larger role? He'll have an opportunity to shine this year. It's right there for him. We'll see.

2. Will we be a great (or merely good) defensive team?

3. How will the transfers do? Tolly, KA, and RA...we need big seasons from at least two of them.

4. Have we already seen Gabe's best basketball at AZ, or is it still to come?

5. Which freshman will see the most minutes? Trier seems like an obvious answer, but maybe Simon or Comanche will surprise us.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:46 am

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:59 am

Nobody outside of TJ played 30 minutes/game last year. No way that Ryan Anderson does that IMO. More minutes for Tollefsen and Ristic.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:08 am

Anderson's not going to get that level of minutes because the Pac-12, IMHO, won't allow it in conference.

Hopefully Miller has a second lineup just as effective for when the tweeting refs get Anderson into foul trouble. And it will happen.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:10 am

Olsondogg wrote:Nobody outside of TJ played 30 minutes/game last year. No way that Ryan Anderson does that IMO. More minutes for Tollefsen and Ristic.

Don't you think it depends on RA's production? If he's the backbone of our offense, it's easy to imagine him getting 30, especially if he's good about not picking up fouls.

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