2017-2018 Arizona Basketball

PennZona20 · Post by **PennZona20** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:29 pm

It was never out of his system last year. It had just dropped below a certain % from original test or some stupid innocuous shit like that. I know Choo knew the situation.

It’s so crazy that this shit is still in his system 1.5 years later though. Seriously wtf.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:30 pm

There's no way Trier gets cleared in a month, he's done for the season

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:31 pm

Just when things were starting to come together for this team. We will need Rawle to really step up and show he is next level type of guy

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:31 pm

Season's over guys

PHXCATS · Post by **PHXCATS** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:32 pm

PennZona20 wrote:It was never out of his system last year. It had just dropped below a certain % from original test or some stupid innocuous shit like that. I know Choo knew the situation.

It’s so crazy that this shit is still in his system 1.5 years later though. Seriously wtf.

Need to be careful what you put in your body

Some guy in football had the same drug in his system for three years. Hopefully it is the dehyrdation thing and a new test will show no measurable amounts and he can play, although I wouldnt hold my breath on it.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:35 pm

This is a bad joke, right?

This is unfuckingbelievable.

OSUCat · Post by **OSUCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:53 pm

So the tournament starting lineup will be:

PJC
Smith
Rawl
Ayton
Ristic

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:58 pm

OSUCat wrote:So the tournament starting lineup will be:

PJC
Smith
Rawl
Ayton
Ristic

It doesn't matter. I don't see why we'll bother playing.

If we make the NC game, we'll just get locked in the locker room at halftime and have to forfeit or some shit.

BBQ wildcat · Post by **BBQ wildcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:00 pm

I am just so fucking depressed. Damn! Damn! Damn!

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:03 pm

That should do it. But you have to admire how much it took to throw this program to the floor. And no, no other program has experienced this string of crushing blows, and if they were to, they wouldn't stand a chance, either.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:03 pm

PHXCATS · Post by **PHXCATS** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:04 pm

Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.

CatHoops · Post by **CatHoops** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:04 pm

On a positive note our D should improve

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:08 pm

PHXCATS wrote:Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.

Still trolling.

OSUCat · Post by **OSUCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:09 pm

CatHoops wrote:On a positive note our D should improve

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe get Akot in there to guard the 2, and stay in the corner on offense. And just feed Dusan and Ayton all night?

SteveKerrsStroke · Post by **SteveKerrsStroke** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:10 pm

CatHoops wrote:On a positive note our D should improve

If Akot soaks up a lot of the minutes and Rawle picks up his play on O

Otherwise, we're going from Trier letting players blow by him (less often than before), to D Smith just straight up turning the ball over and starting fast breaks

prh · Post by **prh** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:11 pm

At this point enfuego's trolling and hot takes are better quality

CatHoops · Post by **CatHoops** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:11 pm

It sucks and feel bad for Zo if it's the same shit. We still have the best player in the land

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:11 pm

PHXCATS wrote:Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.

Take a Timeout and go away for a while. Please

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:12 pm

Speechless. This is the only team I follow, in any sport.

SteveKerrsStroke · Post by **SteveKerrsStroke** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:13 pm

Going to support the team, hope for a successful appeal, and if not hope to ride Ayton and an amazing narrative to reach Miller's first FF and a shot at a championship.

But man we are so f**ked. Who is our secondary ball handler now? Barcello being buried on the bench (rightfully so, no fault of his as a freshman either) really kills us now.

Can PJC ever come out of the game? What if he gets into foul trouble? I vote we let Dusan handle the point when that happens

BBQ wildcat · Post by **BBQ wildcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:13 pm

I will be surprised if we don't lose two this week. No one on/from the bench has shown they can score more than a few points. So, we may improve defense marginally and lose 20 points of offense? I think this team can still win the regular season, but don't see how they can win more than a game or two in the tourney. And hard to see how they can even get to the sweet 16. This is a huge loss. Only losing Ayton would hurt more.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:15 pm

PHXCATS wrote:Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.

I hope you get banned.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:16 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
PHXCATS wrote:Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.
I hope you get banned.

I just got 3 PM's asking me why we don't ban him.

BBQ wildcat · Post by **BBQ wildcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:17 pm

Ban him!

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:22 pm

Phoechina is a concern troll

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:25 pm

I hated Machina before it was cool

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:30 pm

Alieberman wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
PHXCATS wrote:Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.
I hope you get banned.
I just got 3 PM's asking me why we don't ban him.

I posted this in the other thread that unless he's just that socially inept and can't realize true fans are really upset right now, he's trolling.

For a second, I almost fired back to one of his posts with a "**** you" or "I hope you die." I didn't because I try to he better than that, but he's prodding people at a REALLY bad time for it. I can't imagine he doesn't realize that.

I'd like him better if he was talking ****. This faux optimism and respect for the NCAA talk is twice as infuriating.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:34 pm

I honestly think he has aspergers. Absolutely no social awareness at all.

LBdCactus · Post by **LBdCactus** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:39 pm

Considering the season started with the scare in Barcelona, followed by the FBI fiasco, then Rawle injury, then the Bahamas, now this... If this team strings together a few unexpected wins in March, it will legendary. Regardless of how this all turns out, Bear Down Cats and CSM. Fuck the NCAA.

Also vote for banning Phoechina.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:51 pm

Longhorned wrote:
PHXCATS wrote:Nothing is over guys. Season aint over. Tournament aint over. Man up and support the guys on the court.
Still trolling.

Yeah Machina's devil's advocate routine is getting really old.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:55 pm

Please ban him

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:58 pm

???

PennZona20 · Post by **PennZona20** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:01 pm

All u can really do is laugh at this point.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:20 pm

OSUCat wrote:
CatHoops wrote:On a positive note our D should improve
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe get Akot in there to guard the 2, and stay in the corner on offense. And just feed Dusan and Ayton all night?

Duke is a far better defensive team without Bagley on the floor, everyone is playing better. So maybe? It's probably a definite possibility it's a Ewing effect, at worst the bench gets quality minutes if Trier is reinstated soon.

dcZONAfan · Post by **dcZONAfan** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:25 pm

I feel like someone just shot a cannon into my gut. This just absolutely fucking sucks. Maybe Ayton will go for 40 tonight?

dcZONAfan · Post by **dcZONAfan** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:26 pm

BTW Akot is probably our best option now as a second ballhandler. That's a scary thought, but would have been much scarier even three weeks ago

BBQ wildcat · Post by **BBQ wildcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:30 pm

this season just seems to be snakebit. I fully expect one of our starters to go down with an injury this week. Jut totally depressed at this point.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:37 pm

Just gotta hope Trier is cleared and that Lee's injury isn't serious. Gotta keep moving forward. We only have DA for a few more weeks.

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:49 pm

This year’s issues are just unbelievable...Last 2 years have been a nightmare for this program between injuries, NCAA, and FBI crap. You can’t make this crap up.

I’m so depressed and beaten down at this point....like BC, this is the only sport I really care about. I’m just so dumbfounded right now.

NCAA let’s UNC get away with one of the biggest scandals (until the FBI thing) and lets them beat them down then they pull crap like this???

#F*ckNCAA

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:55 pm

PJC was just ruled to be "too small" from the NCAA.

Suspended for the rest of the year.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:55 pm

If this NCAA shit doesn't put the biggest fucking chip on the shoulders of this team, I don't know what will. Just harness that anger and play some of the most physical, nasty defense the Pac has seen. Lay bodies on the floor, empty the bench, no easy fucking buckets for anyone wearing orange. Foul the fuck out of anyone even sniffing the rim.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:03 pm

Gilbertcat · Post by **Gilbertcat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:55 pm

Don't forget with everything that's happened this year, it started by being in a city that suffered a terrorist attack. Team has suffered some adversity.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:41 pm

Even with how crazy this year has been and all the negatives, at least we're only 1 more win from a pac 12 title and 2 wins from a sole title.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:03 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
OSUCat wrote:So the tournament starting lineup will be:

PJC
Smith
Rawl
Ayton
Ristic
It doesn't matter. I don't see why we'll bother playing.

If we make the NC game, we'll just get locked in the locker room at halftime and have to forfeit or some shit.

Think its as deep as them "ensuring" they wont have to deal with the scenario of possibly vacating a final four or national title? Clearly they are effing w Trier/the team/CSM, no other way to explain this fuccery.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:04 pm

Gilbertcat wrote:Don't forget with everything that's happened this year, it started by being in a city that suffered a terrorist attack. Team has suffered some adversity.

No kidding, that didnt even come to mind

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:25 pm

Kenpom adjusted defense #98 ------> #88
Offense however dropped to #14

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:05 am

NYCat wrote:Kenpom adjusted defense #98 ------> #88
Offense however dropped to #14

Losing Trier will do that.

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:00 am

If the NCAA feels the pressure and fixes this Trier thing (or a lawyer makes sure the NCAA is not using a dehydrated test to restrict future earnings)...

...and the spreadsheet shows nothing related to Arizona...

...could we? Be back to normal?

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