Bear Down Wildcats

Just had to start the thread. that first half against UCI....just horrific. 26 f-ng points? Are you kidding me with this crap?

We have no scorers or an offense. At all.

Not sure how 20 minutes can be considered a slow start, maybe 8 minutes max.

20 minutes is some pretty frickin' awful basketball all around.

Merkin wrote:Not sure how 20 minutes can be considered a slow start, maybe 8 minutes max.

20 minutes is some pretty frickin' awful basketball all around.

Well the first 8 minutes weren't exactly fast paced

So I'm still not completely sold on SJ and his high school all star mixtape style of play.

Did we figure out if UCI has Ebola or not?

Another fast finish, 33-8, over the final 8.

gumby wrote:Another fast finish, 33-8, over the final 8.

behold the power of the internet message board

gumby wrote:Another fast finish, 33-8.

Another ****** Fast Ending...someone should start that thread.

MrBug708 wrote:Did we figure out if UCI has Ebola or not?

That's racist

Zona will always be in danger of losing when the game slows down. Unless of course you have consistent perimeter shooting, which Arizona does not have. UC- Irvine is a perfect example of when its a half court game but have the shooters. The better the competition gets the more important that is.

NYCat wrote:Zona will always be in danger of losing when the game slows down. Unless of course you have consistent perimeter shooting, which Arizona does not have. UC- Irvine is a perfect example of when its a half court game but have the shooters. The better the competition gets the more important that is.

You need to get rid of that gigantic old Motorola cell phone. I believe the radiation from it has damaged your brain.

Cal 11, Syracuse 8. Nearly 10 minutes in.

I have not watched the reply but what I can remember from the start is that we missed a ton of wide open shots. I don't remember being irritated over one bad shot in the first half. All of our 3 point attempts were unchallenged, we just couldn't put the ball in the net.

UCLA led Oklahoma by eight with 9 minutes to go. Lost by 10.

Another ******* slow finish!

NC(5) had a blistering start, leading Butler by 3 at halftime. Butler won, though, 74/66.

Slow starts are really are really the s%#ts, aren't they?

VMI had a blistering start, leading WVU by a score of 2-0. WVU won by 30, though.

God &#*$ slow finish!!

4 points in the first 4 and a half minutes. What say you?

Another fucking clutch finish.

I love this team. Refuse to lose!

No matter how we start, we definitely know how to fight.

The Gardener-Webb game was at least the 5th time this season that UA failed to cover for the first 10 minutes and yet covered the spread by the final buzzer. This trend of starting slow is of course a bit concerning, but damn if it hasn't made me a lot of coin this year. Bet on UA opponent for the first 10, then bet UA to beat the spread for the entire game. It pains me to take the other team for the 1st half bets, but as long as UA covers (and by extension, wins of course) I'll be a happy bettor, er, camper.

These slow starts are really starting to piss me off.

Slow finish. Geeze, guys!

EOCT wrote:These slow starts are really starting to piss me off.

I know you're trying to be funny but it's a pattern when 90% of our games are slow starts

But did you enjoy it?

ASUHATER! wrote:

EOCT wrote:These slow starts are really starting to piss me off.

I know you're trying to be funny but it's a pattern when 90% of our games are slow starts

There's a more annoying pattern that involves your posts...

Did you even enjoy today's game?

Oh lookey! A fast start and a shitty finish.

Slow starts sucks but if you had to choose it's not how you start but finish.

Either way, it's York's fault.

We had two spurts: 15-2 to start, and 18-6 when we fell behind, 40-38. Other than that, we were in quicksand.

UCLA just had the mother of all slow starts.

Fifteen points in the first 15 minutes. Maybe if we start York?

2 points in the first 4 minutes in the elite 8 isn't exactly what we'd all like to see.

This could be a regular thread

Started slow both halves yesterday which sure as hell didnt help. Hopefully these scorers Miller has recruited can solve this problem.

^^this.

I didn't like the half ass high post under front two guys in the zone. Not good spacing.

PieceOfMeat wrote:

^^this.

Prolly the most useful account on Twitter, ain't it?

ghostwhitehorse wrote:

PieceOfMeat wrote:

^^this.

Prolly the most useful account on Twitter, ain't it?

yeah it pretty much is

The real question is, why did Romar go away from the zone? Those two, couple minute spurts where they switched to man was the difference in the game

rgdeuce wrote:The real question is, why did Romar go away from the zone? Those two, couple minute spurts where they switched to man was the difference in the game

Yeah...we never picked it apart, or even shot them out of it or started grabbing O boards and getting put backs.

I would say Romar was the worst coach in the league, but Ernie Kent is back, so he has to be a clear #1. But then I see that WSU roster is 4-5 in conference, and I think "Maybe I need to revise my rankings?"

well this st mary's game sure has started slowly

ESPN wrote:Why they will go home: In each of their first two games, Arizona has had slow starts (the Wildcats trailed Saint Mary's by 10 in the first half; spent most of the first half of the North Dakota game with only a single-digit lead). That might work in the first and second round, but it won't fly moving forward.

New theory: Honoring the process includes honoring a team nap that begins 45 minutes before warm-ups.

Longhorned wrote:

ESPN wrote:Why they will go home: In each of their first two games, Arizona has had slow starts (the Wildcats trailed Saint Mary's by 10 in the first half; spent most of the first half of the North Dakota game with only a single-digit lead). That might work in the first and second round, but it won't fly moving forward.

New theory: Honoring the process includes honoring a team nap that begins 45 minutes before warm-ups.

Two thoughts on slow starts and the tourney:

1. I think they misjudged the ND game. We were fine in the first half and played how we wanted. It was the run they had in the second half that made things look closer.

2. "Slow starts" in the tourney bother me less. A lower seed frequently comes out with guns blazing. The higher seeds generally are because they have more depth of talent. We beat both St. Mary's and ND by absorbing their best shot, not panicking and wearing them down.

HOO BOY how bout that slow start vs oregon state tonight?
woof

RELAX Miller has spend 8 years figuring out ways to beat zone defenses! Its as easy as 123

1. Shoot the ball as soon as you're open, no matter if its always from 24 feet.
2. Send PJC on kamikaze runs straight into the middle of the defense
3. Show them our recruiting Final Four banners until they say uncle

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Another slow start, followed by a slow middle and slow ending!

RiseAndFire wrote:Another slow start, followed by a slow middle and slow ending!

We started 9-2....

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IndianaZonaFan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:12 pmBump

2021-22 edition.