The 2019-2020 Season Thread

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:08 am

Majerus was who's homerun hire?

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:21 am

Olsondogg wrote:Majerus was who's homerun hire?

https://usctrojans.com/news/2004/12/15/ ... eason.aspx" target="_blank

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:24 am

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:31 am

I'm not a big Lavin guy.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:52 pm

Lute always liked Lavin, remember when he intentionally lost to Lavin's UCLA PAC tourney team when Lavin was about to get fired?

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:18 pm

Merkin wrote:Lute always liked Lavin, remember when he intentionally lost to Lavin's UCLA PAC tourney team when Lavin was about to get fired?

Lavin is a good guy, terrible coach. Still much better than Alford, though, so there's that.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:14 am

Nice 19-20 preview summary from the Daily Star here.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... 4e2a7.html

Lot of early season superlatives for Arizona, a consensus ranking of the high teens to edge of top 25, and some elite praise for Nico Mannion (who Liddy's projects as a second team all american in his freshman season).

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:28 pm

Some comments on and from Max Hazzard - from studying entrepreneurship at Eller, to his comfort in shooting NBA range threes, to the battles that he and Nico have shared going against each other at the PG spot in practice.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:31 pm

Not sure already mentioned, but Baker is filing a waiver asking for immediate eligibility.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... mUN4ER1QiA" target="_blank

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:37 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:Not sure already mentioned, but Baker is filing a waiver asking for immediate eligibility.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... mUN4ER1QiA" target="_blank

Guess he wants to play before the hammer comes down. Can't blame him.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:43 pm

Merkin wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Not sure already mentioned, but Baker is filing a waiver asking for immediate eligibility.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... mUN4ER1QiA" target="_blank
Guess he wants to play before the hammer comes down. Can't blame him.

More likely, we need an extra wing without BWill. With BWill, time wasn't really there. Without him, that extra MPG is valuable.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:04 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:Not sure already mentioned, but Baker is filing a waiver asking for immediate eligibility.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... mUN4ER1QiA" target="_blank

Missed his freshman season with a knee injury and the start of his sophomore season with the same - struggled throughout his sophomore year to play healthy. Doesn't fit the letter of the law for a medical exception though, which is that the athlete has a season ending injury prior to the completion of 30% of the games for the prior season (Baker had his injury before the season began and attempted to come back and play through it - flipped timeline and played for more than 30% of the games, though sparingly for most). Had Baker sat out last season, he would have been eligible for the two year non-participation exception.

Can't see this getting approved. Would be much appreciate for depth at ball handling, perimeter shooting, and defense.

prh · Post by **prh** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:07 pm

YoDeFoe wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Not sure already mentioned, but Baker is filing a waiver asking for immediate eligibility.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... mUN4ER1QiA" target="_blank
Missed his freshman season with a knee injury and the start of his sophomore season with the same - struggled throughout his sophomore year to play healthy. Doesn't fit the letter of the law for a medical exception though, which is that the athlete has a season ending injury prior to the completion of 30% of the games for the prior season (Baker had his injury before the season began and attempted to come back and play through it - flipped timeline and played for more than 30% of the games, though sparingly for most). Had Baker sat out last season, he would have been eligible for the two year non-participation exception.

Can't see this getting approved. Would be much appreciate for depth at ball handling, perimeter shooting, and defense.

Is there an immediate eligibility exception for consecutive medical redshirts? Otherwise, extra years for medical redshirts are only granted at the exhaustion of eligibility. Or at least they used to be.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:08 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:Not sure already mentioned, but Baker is filing a waiver asking for immediate eligibility.

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildca ... mUN4ER1QiA" target="_blank

Mentioned it awhile ago my man. No reason to be optimistic or pessimistic about it yet.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:17 pm

Let's say Baker's eligible immediately. Is he good enough to get big minutes this season? Would he be our third best guard?

I've seen very little footage of Baker, certainly not enough to have a strong opinion on his prospects.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:26 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:Let's say Baker's eligible immediately. Is he good enough to get big minutes this season? Would he be our third best guard?

I've seen very little footage of Baker, certainly not enough to have a strong opinion on his prospects.

Yes, he would probably start at the 2 if eligible and provide another option at the 1 when Nico is on the bench.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:32 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:Let's say Baker's eligible immediately. Is he good enough to get big minutes this season? Would he be our third best guard?

I've seen very little footage of Baker, certainly not enough to have a strong opinion on his prospects.

Yes, he would have a good role. He had a 10-15 mpg role on a Kentucky team that made a good tourney run last year. He would at least do the same for us.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:41 pm

Over 500 Red Blue tickets available still. Top 2 rows are available in lots of upper sections. Can't remember the last time it didn't sell out

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:13 pm

Jefe wrote:Over 500 Red Blue tickets available still. Top 2 rows are available in lots of upper sections. Can't remember the last time it didn't sell out

Frustrating. Last season sucked, sure, but this is a heck of a team we have here and they deserve our support.

I'll be watching from home in SoCal to the aggrievement of my wife ("It's already started?? Wait this isn't even a real game?!")

prh · Post by **prh** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:41 pm

When did it switch from GA to assigned seating?

A1RZONA · Post by **A1RZONA** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:27 am

prh wrote:When did it switch from GA to assigned seating?

3 or 4 years ago

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:11 am

ChooChooCat wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Let's say Baker's eligible immediately. Is he good enough to get big minutes this season? Would he be our third best guard?

I've seen very little footage of Baker, certainly not enough to have a strong opinion on his prospects.
Yes, he would probably start at the 2 if eligible and provide another option at the 1 when Nico is on the bench.

Wow. So it's potentially big news if he's eligible. Fingers crossed.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:33 am

Beachcat97 wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Let's say Baker's eligible immediately. Is he good enough to get big minutes this season? Would he be our third best guard?

I've seen very little footage of Baker, certainly not enough to have a strong opinion on his prospects.
Yes, he would probably start at the 2 if eligible and provide another option at the 1 when Nico is on the bench.
Wow. So it's potentially big news if he's eligible. Fingers crossed.

Any time you can gain a player which would make Dylan Smith see more minutes on the bench it's big news.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:36 am

September 25, 2019

TUCSON - On the eve of the eve of the annual Red-Blue event at the McKale Center, rumors have circulated that YoDeFoe plans on starting a "This Year... 2019-20" thread in order to transition from the "Next Year... 2019-20" thread, whose very title no longer bears a logical correspondence to ongoing conversations about the current season.

An unnamed source, thought by some to be Alieberman, has expressed worry that ongoing references to conversations in the existing thread could exacerbate confusion between past and present, creating a potential dysphoria that threatens place the history in the future.

"I worry about my kids," said AzGreg. "We talk about Greta Thunberg, but nobody is talking about how much ChooChooCat is confusing our children."

In the journal Shit, one team of scientists has published a model showing how the Cherry Avenue parking garage could become a vortex that tears apart time itself. Spaceman Spiff did not respond to requests for comment.

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:37 am

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:47 am

Longhorned wrote:
"I worry about my kids," said AzGreg. "We talk about Greta Thunberg, but nobody is talking about how much ChooChooCat is confusing our children."

I'm f***ing dying

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:57 am

Longhorned wrote:
An unnamed source, thought by some to be Alieberman, has expressed worry that ongoing references to conversations in the existing thread could exacerbate confusion between past and present, creating a potential dysphoria that threatens place the history in the future.

Fucking whistleblowers.

I'm guessing your "source" was Merkin. That guy loves to talk (judging by the amount of posts he has here)

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:15 am

Longhorned wrote:September 25, 2019

TUCSON - On the eve of the eve of the annual Red-Blue event at the McKale Center, rumors have circulated that YoDeFoe plans on starting a "This Year... 2019-20" thread in order to transition from the "Next Year... 2019-20" thread, whose very title no longer bears a logical correspondence to ongoing conversations about the current season.

An unnamed source, thought by some to be Alieberman, has expressed worry that ongoing references to conversations in the existing thread could exacerbate confusion between past and present, creating a potential dysphoria that threatens place the history in the future.

"I worry about my kids," said AzGreg. "We talk about Greta Thunberg, but nobody is talking about how much ChooChooCat is confusing our children."

In the journal Shit, one team of scientists has published a model showing how the Cherry Avenue parking garage could become a vortex that tears apart time itself. Spaceman Spiff did not respond to requests for comment.

Untrue. I traveled into the past to supply quotes for the article, but your article was printed before I bent the space time continuum, and is thus flawed.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:32 am

I think our freshmen group is going to be a special group and fan favorites.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:46 am

Alieberman wrote:I think our freshmen group is going to be a special group and fan favorites.

It's a throwback to classes like AG, RHJ and York. Talented guys, but also hard workers and team guys. It's too bad we might only get a single year from Nico, Green and Zeke all.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:13 pm

First off, Longhorned that was epically hilarious. Well done. Second, so looking forward to our redemption tour. Lets get this thing started.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:13 pm

JFC Longhorned hahahaha

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:24 pm

Alieberman wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
An unnamed source, thought by some to be Alieberman, has expressed worry that ongoing references to conversations in the existing thread could exacerbate confusion between past and present, creating a potential dysphoria that threatens place the history in the future.

Fucking whistleblowers.

I'm guessing your "source" was Merkin. That guy loves to talk (judging by the amount of posts he has here)

"True as such, but I'm a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk." ~ Longhorned

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:31 pm

LH, that was unfreaking real. Appreciable by such a small, strange group of people, too. Love it.

And holy shit I'm excited for this team.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:41 pm

It’s a unique mix of old and young in this team, really interesting.

Four freshman and four super seniors with only Lee and Doutrive (our “everybody loves them, ultimate energy guys”) in between.

For six or seven of these guys it’ll be there final season playing college ball (even though for many it’ll be their first). Just an interesting dynamic.

Oh and you’ve got to love that we’ve got Baker and Brown in the practice squad. Those guys would start on most Pac-12 teams and they’re in practice making our guys better everyday. Sacrificing. Waiting their turn.

Then you consider our final scholarship player, Brandon Williams. Fighting just to be able to play ball again at a competitive level. Sacrificing. Waiting his turn.

What a team.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:52 am

Jefe wrote:Over 500 Red Blue tickets available still. Top 2 rows are available in lots of upper sections. Can't remember the last time it didn't sell out

Doesn't help that they booked the game on a school day. Impossible for me and the fam to make it down to Tucson before tip.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:01 am

Olsondogg wrote:
Jefe wrote:Over 500 Red Blue tickets available still. Top 2 rows are available in lots of upper sections. Can't remember the last time it didn't sell out
Doesn't help that they booked the game on a school day. Impossible for me and the fam to make it down to Tucson before tip.

Hadn’t considered how this makes it harder for the fans coming down from PHX. Sat early evening (5pm) seems like the best timing.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:55 pm

Olsondogg wrote:
Jefe wrote:Over 500 Red Blue tickets available still. Top 2 rows are available in lots of upper sections. Can't remember the last time it didn't sell out
Doesn't help that they booked the game on a school day. Impossible for me and the fam to make it down to Tucson before tip.

Coach moved the game up to help with recruiting. Can't have it on the same day as a football game and Sunday night is out of the question

Under Sean Miller, the Red-Blue Game has typically taken place two or three weeks into full practices. The move to an earlier date, just two days after the Wildcats are eligible to begin full practices, will allow the Wildcats to attract recruits earlier to watch the event and give the current team an entire month of privacy before its Nov. 1 exhibition game with Chico State (UA will play a closed scrimmage in late October).

Who are we practicing against?

SunnyAZ · Post by **SunnyAZ** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:10 pm

we shouldn't have any problem rebounding this year. Zeke will probably be our best per minute rebounder. Chase, Stone, Ira, Koloko.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:43 am

Anyone have a link to Red/Blue highlights? Thanks.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 8:05 am

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 9:31 am

dovecanyoncat wrote:

Thanks, dcc!

Gotta say: Josh looks like the real deal. Nico too. Lots of made threes in these highlights, which is fantastic. Does this team have it in them to be dominant defensively, in the way Miller always aspires to?

midnightx · Post by **midnightx** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:04 am

Did any noteworthy recruits attend?

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:43 am

midnightx wrote:Did any noteworthy recruits attend?

There was like 15 recruits at the game.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:49 am

Looks to me that we are way more athletic and longer this year. Can't wait until these kids get their legs under them.

midnightx · Post by **midnightx** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 3:38 pm

azgreg wrote:Looks to me that we are way more athletic and longer this year. Can't wait until these kids get their legs under them.

As long as there are some shooters, everything should be fine.

IndianaZonaFan · Post by **IndianaZonaFan** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:00 pm

How high should our hopes be on Baker being eligible?

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:06 pm

IndianaZonaFan wrote:How high should our hopes be on Baker being eligible?

Not very high. The NCAA has been lax lately, but Baker doesn't have the greatest waiver case.

If Doutrive is as improved as he looks, it might not matter.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 5:22 am

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
IndianaZonaFan wrote:How high should our hopes be on Baker being eligible?
Not very high. The NCAA has been lax lately, but Baker doesn't have the greatest waiver case.

If only he was a quarterback.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:06 am

Jefe wrote:
Who are we practicing against?

Sorry, just saw this now, but it'll be St. Mary's, which is the usual.

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