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NBA scout today who has seen both teams told me Kentucky is "way better" than Arizona--and Arizona will be No. 2 or No. 3 in the preseason.
5:48 PM - 27 Oct 2014

Longhorned wrote:Kentucky is full-blown greatness 1-5. Whereas you'd rather not have a 5th year senior point guard, Ashley and Tarc as upperclassmen, and Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson on the wing.

Bosy Billups wrote:According to Kentucky, we're cute and TJMC wouldn't even be a ball boy on Kentucky's team.

https://kentucky.rivals.com/showmsg.asp ... 88&style=2

PS - The whole offense argument, do people realize we don't even need that much if we're holding opponents to 50-60 points?

Bosy Billups wrote:According to Kentucky, we're cute and TJMC wouldn't even be a ball boy on Kentucky's team.

https://kentucky.rivals.com/showmsg.asp ... 88&style=2

PS - The whole offense argument, do people realize we don't even need that much if we're holding opponents to 50-60 points?

Alieberman wrote:So UK Cats fans think they should be #1 and AZ Cats fans think they should be #1.

Amazing.

loomer wrote:

Seth Davis ✔ @SethDavisHoops
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NBA scout today who has seen both teams told me Kentucky is "way better" than Arizona--and Arizona will be No. 2 or No. 3 in the preseason.
5:48 PM - 27 Oct 2014

UofAlum05 wrote:

loomer wrote:

Seth Davis ✔ @SethDavisHoops
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NBA scout today who has seen both teams told me Kentucky is "way better" than Arizona--and Arizona will be No. 2 or No. 3 in the preseason.
5:48 PM - 27 Oct 2014

As many posters know I am a very happy resident of Manhattan Beach, CA. The beach town in the past few years has become a popular residence of former/current college and NBA coaches and players. The other day I was walking back to my house when I noticed a car visibly illegally parked. I mean right in front of a restaurant on a big bright red line and fire hydrant without a meter. A ticket meter dude was blocking the car in and writing a ticket. The owner of the car was multi-tasking by yelling at the Meter maid and yelling at his attorney on the phone that he wanted to "sue the whole city of Manhattan Beach." The owner of the car was also yelling at the meter maid with a "do you know who I am" type context. The owner of that car...................Seth Davis.

UofAlum05 wrote:

loomer wrote:

Seth Davis ✔ @SethDavisHoops
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NBA scout today who has seen both teams told me Kentucky is "way better" than Arizona--and Arizona will be No. 2 or No. 3 in the preseason.
5:48 PM - 27 Oct 2014

As many posters know I am a very happy resident of Manhattan Beach, CA. The beach town in the past few years has become a popular residence of former/current college and NBA coaches and players. The other day I was walking back to my house when I noticed a car visibly illegally parked. I mean right in front of a restaurant on a big bright red line and fire hydrant without a meter. A ticket meter dude was blocking the car in and writing a ticket. The owner of the car was multi-tasking by yelling at the Meter maid and yelling at his attorney on the phone that he wanted to "sue the whole city of Manhattan Beach." The owner of the car was also yelling at the meter maid with a "do you know who I am" type context. The owner of that car...................Seth Davis.

JMarkJohns wrote:Not concerned about what opposing fans think.
Certainly not concerned about what anonymous scouts as cited by douchebags think.

Facts are no team can match Arizona's size, lottory wing talent, and experience.

Still gotta earn it.

How Coach Sean Miller approaches that journey is all I'm concerned with.

CBCat wrote:

JMarkJohns wrote:Not concerned about what opposing fans think.
Certainly not concerned about what anonymous scouts as cited by douchebags think.

Facts are no team can match Arizona's size, lottory wing talent, and experience.

Still gotta earn it.

How Coach Sean Miller approaches that journey is all I'm concerned with.

Will CSM "loosen up a bit?" Is this the year...?

Merkin wrote:

CBCat wrote:

JMarkJohns wrote:Not concerned about what opposing fans think.
Certainly not concerned about what anonymous scouts as cited by douchebags think.

Facts are no team can match Arizona's size, lottory wing talent, and experience.

Still gotta earn it.

How Coach Sean Miller approaches that journey is all I'm concerned with.

Will CSM "loosen up a bit?" Is this the year...?

He said last year he made a mistake in not developing a bench after BAsh's injury, so he might loosen up that aspect. But really doubt we will ever see any real effort for a zone. So loosening up on needing to buy into his system.

Merkin wrote:I was thinking Kevin O'Neill, not sure why.

Does he live in MB in some penthouse condo?

UofAlum05 wrote:

Merkin wrote:I was thinking Kevin O'Neill, not sure why.

Does he live in MB in some penthouse condo?

He has a condo in downtown LA.

97cats wrote:6ish players and no zone

32+ wins

97cats wrote:6ish players and no zone

32+ wins

gumby wrote:Douche. That's gotta hurt.

OTOH, if the Harrison Twins aren't the best at those particular skills, then, wow, they've really added to the team. Chemistry notwithstanding.

Rick (Tucson)

Sean Miller has repeatedly said Kaleb T. is the most improved player for Arizona (it usually takes bigs a little more time to develop) and if this is true what is his draft ceiling?

Chad Ford

He's an athletic 7 footer. Scouts are more patient with them. If he really comes on this year, he could be a lottery pick. No question.

salim'sheadband wrote:I don't particularly care what the most delusional fan base in the world thinks, nor Douche Davis, nor anonymous NBA scout who probably would have said the same thing last year.

Here's what I think: invincible Kentucky has some serious problems that, while not fatal to a successful season, will have to be ironed out for them to win. I've said this other places so forgive me if you've read it elsewhere:

1) If reports are to be believed, Hawkins is their best defender, Booker is their best shooter, and Ulis is their best point guard. None of those guys are name Harrison. Cal didn't have anyone to spell them last year, but he does this year - how will they take it? And how will those other guys take it when they're not on the court and feel like they should be?

2) They don't have anyone to guard positions 1-3. The Harrisons aren't good defenders (if on the floor); Poythress is basically Derrick Williams or Brandon Ashley at the 3. You are who you guard, and there are going to be some mismatches for them on that end. I'm sure WCS is going to help clean up some mistakes on defense, but how sustainable is that. They were a mediocre defensive team last year - how much better do they get?

3) Too many dudes. Just too many bigs. They're not going to play WCS and Towns and Lyles and Johnson and Lee and Willis. Someone, probably two or three bigs, sits which means someone's not happy. How is Johnson going to feel being relegated to the bench behind Towns and Lyles when he played very well in limited minutes last year? How are they going to deal with that? The "disease of me" in full effect.

In 2012 they had the perfect number of guys, like we did last year, but we got the injury they avoided in 2012, which also just so happened to culminate in the worst possible matchup for us for who we lost and our remaining available personnel (Kaminsky, who Ashley could have guarded). I don't care if they have the best 1-12 in basketball. History has proven time and time and time again that you only need the best 6.5, and I still think that's us.

catgrad97 wrote:Arizona went all the way through the championship with an eight-man rotation in '97. Two of the bench players were bigs.

Unless the basketball gods have it out for us, we have all seen more than enough of what CSM has done to know this season will be no regression, but a breakthrough.