Bear Down Wildcats

So so sloppy. If we have three TOs in a row in a real game I will lose my mind. So get it out of your systems now boys.

BTFD!

SunnyAZ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:27 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:22 pm If Kriisa shoots just one 2 pointer tonight I'll eat my hat.

Airballed a middy

Probably a nano second after a whistle. Told myself it didn't count.

Tubelis is super aggressive on defense.

I like the way Filip has played.

Ballo is a beast down low. He moves much better, and loops more ripped.

SunnyAZ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:38 pm
I like the way Filip has played.

Excited to watch him play. Looks like he's got multiple clubs in his bag.

SunnyAZ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:38 pm Tubelis is super aggressive on defense.

I like the way Filip has played.

Yeah, Filip has stood out tonight. He should definitely get some good pt

"What a wonderful strong schedule on the Pac 12 network."

How did Sutton say that with a straight face?

Walk-ons are hooping

Walk-on team + Filip and Dylan are dominating lmao

Hasn't it been about 3 missed two-handed put back dunks Dylan has missed?

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:09 pm Hasn't it been about 3 missed two-handed put back dunks Dylan has missed?

Manos de piedra

Our big men are going to be great. And teams will pack the paint against us. Kerr, Pelle, Ramey, & Bal will have to make them pay for that.

SunnyAZ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:01 pm Walk-on team + Filip and Dylan are dominating lmao

How 'bout some OT!

Was anyone else hoping Red would pull off the upset?

Pelle cursing on live television. Love it.

Lauri stills looks like a 7' 12 year-old.

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:26 pm Lauri stills looks like a 7' 12 year-old.

That's just because we are old farts

84Cat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:27 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:26 pm Lauri stills looks like a 7' 12 year-old.

That's just because we are old farts

How old do we have to be to think Deandre looks like a tweener?

Wasn't able to see the Red/Blue game in its entirety but have seen a lot of highlights.

Some questions, for those who saw the game (or who just have been following things closely up to this point):

-on balance, have we added enough to make up for what we lost? I'm thinking in particular of Mathurin and Terry. Those two are elite athletes, and they made us lethal in the open court and in transition. They also did a fantastic job pressuring the other team's playmaker.

-has Kriisa matured enough to be our primary ball-handler/distributor?

-what's your best guess at a starting five right now? 6th man?

-who will be this team's leading scorer?

-if you were pressed to say right now whether we'll be in the NCAA tournament, yay or nay?

-who is this team's best on-ball defender?

Ummm, I don’t think we can make any prognostications based on an intrasquad scrimmage.

Never took too much from the red-blue game. They are usually pretty sloppy if you ask me.

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:05 pm Ummm, I don’t think we can make any prognostications based on an intrasquad scrimmage.

Never took too much from the red-blue game. They are usually pretty sloppy if you ask me.

It’s also a month before our first game. Plenty of time to get better and come together as a team.

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:05 pm Ummm, I don’t think we can make any prognostications based on an intrasquad scrimmage.

Beau Mulbach was all conference based on the red-blue game.

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:21 am Wasn't able to see the Red/Blue game in its entirety but have seen a lot of highlights.

Some questions, for those who saw the game (or who just have been following things closely up to this point):

-on balance, have we added enough to make up for what we lost? I'm thinking in particular of Mathurin and Terry. Those two are elite athletes, and they made us lethal in the open court and in transition. They also did a fantastic job pressuring the other team's playmaker.

-has Kriisa matured enough to be our primary ball-handler/distributor?

-what's your best guess at a starting five right now? 6th man?

-who will be this team's leading scorer?

-if you were pressed to say right now whether we'll be in the NCAA tournament, yay or nay?

-who is this team's best on-ball defender?

NOT based on red/blue:

As far as adding what we lost? No. We will be a different team.

Kriisa is our primary ball handler.

Starters: Kerr, Ramey, Pelle, Azoulas, Ballo
6th man: Henderson/Bal/Henri
Also off bench: Boswell and Filip

Leading Scorer= Pelle, but will avg about 14.4

3-6 seed

Best on ball defender- Ramey.

Just from watching the red/blue, this team is not very athletic, especially compared to last year.

I am sure it will all come together but I was a bit surprised by what I saw. Sure settled for three pointers and very few could create their own shot.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:12 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:09 pm Hasn't it been about 3 missed two-handed put back dunks Dylan has missed?

Manos de piedra

Roberto Duran?

So , are these the regular uniforms?
Not sure I like having fonts.

Negative surprises for me were the play of Bal and Ramey. I'm sure that coaching will be a big plus but they didn't look comfortable to me. Have high hopes for Bal this year.

azcat49 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:05 pm Just from watching the red/blue, this team is not very athletic, especially compared to last year.

I am sure it will all come together but I was a bit surprised by what I saw. Sure settled for three pointers and very few could create their own shot.

This was my impression too, on the athleticism.

Last season, we could beat you with size or speed. This year, it feels like we'll rely more on the former. That's not necessarily bad news, though. Ballo is a force in the paint, on both ends of the floor. And then there's Tubelis, Veesaar, Borovicanin, and Anderson. That's a lot of frontcourt depth. I'm just not seeing that this can be a run and gun team like we saw at times last season. Terry and Mathurin made that possible, mainly. Maybe this team can be more half-court oriented, with a focus on defense and trapping.

We will need some mid-range and outside shooting too...

I get all my serious basketball analysis from David Kelly.

Said no one ever

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:13 am We will need some mid-range and outside shooting too...

Yep. I'd think Larsson would be our guy in this department. Can we anticipate a lot of 1-12 shooting games from Kriisa?

Athleticism is what is going to kill the Cats in the tourney.

I love the subtext of Kriisa's remark to Pasco: "JFC Bruce, why do they even give you a microphone."

Merkin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:57 pm Athleticism is what is going to kill the Cats in the tourney.

We subtracted our three most athletic players, so you're probably on to something.

Where can I get that hoodie that Tommy Lloyd has on at the 16:23 mark in that YouTube video?

When I was in Tucson and had season tickets, I always liked to look at both the calendar and the guess-timate of rankings of the teams we'd play, and I'd dole out tickets I wasn't going to use to family and friends. So, in rank order, here are the KenPom pre-season ratings of the teams we will, or in the case of a couple of games in Maui that we might, play. Pomeroy ranks us 10, so that also gives you his guess of the power rankings in the Pac-12 this season.

4 Tennessee
11 UCLA (x2)
12 Indiana (Las Vegas)
14 Arkansas -or- 17 Texas Tech -or- 22 Creighton -or- 91 Louisville (Maui)
19 San Diego St -or- 32 Ohio St (Maui)
29 Oregon (x2)
36 USC (x2)
51 Cincinnati (Maui)
58 @ Stanford
61 Colorado
71 Washington St (x2)
72 Utah (x2)
75 Arizona St (x2)
113 Washington (x2)
146 California (x2)
168 Southern
173 Montana St
214 Texas A&M-CC
228 Oregon St (x2)
247 Nicholls St
258 Utah Tech
297 Morgan St

TheCatInTheHat wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 10:41 am When I was in Tucson and had season tickets, I always liked to look at both the calendar and the guess-timate of rankings of the teams we'd play, and I'd dole out tickets I wasn't going to use to family and friends. So, in rank order, here are the KenPom pre-season ratings of the teams we will, or in the case of a couple of games in Maui that we might, play. Pomeroy ranks us 10, so that also gives you his guess of the power rankings in the Pac-12 this season.


11 UCLA (x2)
29 Oregon (x2)
36 USC (x2)
58 @ Stanford
61 Colorado
71 Washington St (x2)
72 Utah (x2)
75 Arizona St (x2)
113 Washington (x2)
146 California (x2)
228 Oregon St (x2)

God the Pac-12 sucks.

What the heck happened to ntOSU? Elite 8 in 2021.

Mean reversion

Merkin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:45 pm What the heck happened to ntOSU? Elite 8 in 2021.

Coaches son graduated. Assistant Coaches sons graduated.