The 2019-2020 Season Thread

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:06 pm

Don't recall seeing a Bill Murray movie since then. But when his son worked for the UA basketball program that helped mitigate that.

Longhorned wrote:
Merkin wrote:Took me over 30 years to get over the 1972 Olympic gold medal game between the USA and USSR so I imagine it will take me about the same amount of time.
So you were finally cured when Krzyzewski jumped up and down on the court as Lute signaled no shot to Jason Gardner.

I got over the 2001 Duke game pretty quickly, 10 years, thanks to Derrick MF Williams!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:47 pm

My goodness, if that video doesn’t give you a big stiffie, then you are not easily aroused. Then watching Kenny the jet Smith apologize to the chuckster for not knowing how good DWill was, well that was icing n the cake

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 6:15 pm

Cats open as 6.5 point favorites over Illinois. I will lay that and say we cover by 15

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:23 pm

azcat49 wrote:My goodness, if that video doesn’t give you a big stiffie, then you are not easily aroused. Then watching Kenny the jet Smith apologize to the chuckster for not knowing how good DWill was, well that was icing n the cake

Sometimes I watch it muted with Kermit the Frog’s “The Rainbow Connection.”

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:05 pm

Longhorned, why are there so many songs about rainbows?

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:14 am

forgot to mention this earlier(i guess yesterday now, technically), and someo of you have already noticed, but....
illinois thread is up

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:25 pm

azcat49 wrote:Cats open as 6.5 point favorites over Illinois. I will lay that and say we cover by 15

I think it will be much closer. It's an early season game and they have experienced guards. Cats by two.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:18 pm

TatetheGreat wrote:
azcat49 wrote:Cats open as 6.5 point favorites over Illinois. I will lay that and say we cover by 15
I think it will be much closer. It's an early season game and they have experienced guards. Cats by two.

Cats by 2 ..... + 19

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

fuck off illinois

RondaeShimmy · Post by **RondaeShimmy** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:21 pm

idk what this team will accomplish this year, whether they win the conference or if they're a high seed in the tournament or if they have a disappointing ncaa tournament or get upset, but im going to enjoy watching this team this season

i don't think there's been a more fun team who play hard, hustle, play with energy, play unselfishly in a long time, they're just incredibly fun to watch

The freshman so far are amazing

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:22 pm

42 to 30 UofA points in the paint? Heh heh. Who's yer Daddy now Cockburn

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:23 pm

Now if Doutrive can just get his act together and replace Dylan Smith

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:23 pm

We're legit this year.

SunnyAZ · Post by **SunnyAZ** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:23 pm

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:26 pm

Those three keep this up, they are all one and dones.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:28 pm

The 2011 team was pretty fun to watch but this year is going to be a ride. When DD gets back, we are going to be a high flying, scoring machine

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:31 pm

I didn't think we would do this well against Illinois. Damn, that's a welcome surprise.

IrishAzCat · Post by **IrishAzCat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:39 pm

This is the most high energy AZ team I've seen in a long time... I hope this is how it is for every game.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:42 pm

Guard play. Guard play. Guard play.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:44 pm

So deep and so talented. Haven’t had that much fun watching Arizona since the semifinal win over UCLA with Anton and Trier. Feels like a top ten team.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:54 pm

Josh Green is Mr. Reliable.

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:05 pm

I hate the one and done rule

enfuego · Post by **enfuego** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:23 pm

enfuego wrote:Seen Baker play. He won't get off the bench.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:23 pm

13,780 to see the game tonight. Hopefully this performance gets the students excited and we have 14,500 for NMST next Sunday. Doubt we get a sell out for for San Jose St Thursday

PennZona20 · Post by **PennZona20** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:37 pm

azcat49 wrote:13,780 to see the game tonight. Hopefully this performance gets the students excited and we have 14,500 for NMST next Sunday. Doubt we get a sell out for for San Jose St Thursday

Best team since the year Ashley broke his foot imo. Hopefully this is the year. Also happens to coincide with the last year we had a legit PG leader running things.

I see ya 97cats.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:40 pm

enfuego wrote:
enfuego wrote:Seen Baker play. He won't get off the bench.

I mean, Arizona is talented enough that this is actually a compliment about Baker.

CatFanOneMil · Post by **CatFanOneMil** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:22 pm

Still missed why Koloko did not see any minutes tonite, was he injured or just didn't meet Millers rotation for this game?

What did I miss?

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:34 pm

CatFanOneMil wrote:Still missed why Koloko did not see any minutes tonite, was he injured or just didn't meet Millers rotation for this game?

What did I miss?

Miller mentioned that it was unfortunate that he didn’t get any minutes = tough to say where they should have come from.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:51 am

I'm in McKale on Saturday with both boys for their first actual game (outside of red/blue).

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:58 am

Gotta stay healthy for the full season. No season-ending injuries.

This is the sexiest roster we’ve had in a while. Cannot wait to see this team in person on 12/21.

Bear down!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:59 am

I slept very well last night.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:04 am

azcat49 wrote:13,780 to see the game tonight. Hopefully this performance gets the students excited and we have 14,500 for NMST next Sunday. Doubt we get a sell out for for San Jose St Thursday

That is super disappointing. I don't know how anyone wouldn't be excited about watching this team.

UofAlum05 · Post by **UofAlum05** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:11 am

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
azcat49 wrote:13,780 to see the game tonight. Hopefully this performance gets the students excited and we have 14,500 for NMST next Sunday. Doubt we get a sell out for for San Jose St Thursday
That is super disappointing. I don't know how anyone wouldn't be excited about watching this team.

I will be at the Thanksgiving games in Anaheim and I might fly up to SF for the St. Johns game. Tucson peeps need to get to the games.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:03 am

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:06 am

UofAlum05 wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
azcat49 wrote:13,780 to see the game tonight. Hopefully this performance gets the students excited and we have 14,500 for NMST next Sunday. Doubt we get a sell out for for San Jose St Thursday
That is super disappointing. I don't know how anyone wouldn't be excited about watching this team.
I will be at the Thanksgiving games in Anaheim and I might fly up to SF for the St. Johns game. Tucson peeps need to get to the games.

There’s a lag between sucking last year and awareness about this year. And even this year, a 21-ranking doesn’t create the kind of buzz we’ve seen for past teams. Now the conversation is becoming about how special this team could be. That will do the trick.

PHXCATS · Post by **PHXCATS** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:45 am

Olsondogg wrote:I'm in McKale on Saturday with both boys for their first actual game (outside of red/blue).

Do you mean Sunday vs New Mexico State?

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:04 am

AP has us only at #19 because apparently none of the voters have the Pac-12 network. We're better than half the teams above us.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:40 pm

Yeah Sunday. My bad.

Also 7 voters don’t have Arizona ranked and Vitale has us the highest. Lmao

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:04 pm

One of my biggest surprises so far: Jeter is virtually an afterthought.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:06 pm

Olsondogg wrote:Yeah Sunday. My bad.

Also 7 voters don’t have Arizona ranked and Vitale has us the highest. Lmao

I keep hearing that votes had to be in by 9pm ET last night - aka right before our tip off. Anyone know if that's the case?

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:09 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:One of my biggest surprises so far: Jeter is virtually an afterthought.

I'm sure there will be road games where the jumpers aren't falling and we'll need to rely on Jeter to score efficiently in the paint.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:44 pm

Daughter auditioned and got a role in the nutcracker.

6p 12/21.

Tip is 700p

Happy for my kid, something she’s wanted since she first saw the nutcracker at 2.5yo, (“when I grow up I wanna be in the nutcracker song”) and really bummed out that I can’t be in two places at since that day.

No matter...I’m parlaying this into carte Blanche for tourney time and have already requested the days for the first and last weekend of games off. Savings be damned if the opportunity arises.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:10 pm

YoDeFoe wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:One of my biggest surprises so far: Jeter is virtually an afterthought.
I'm sure there will be road games where the jumpers aren't falling and we'll need to rely on Jeter to score efficiently in the paint.

Plus, he had trouble with Cockburn's size and strength last night and Zeke had it rolling. There won't be a lot of Cockburns and we'll need Chase to step up.

Long season.

Captain Obvious · Post by **Captain Obvious** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:24 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:One of my biggest surprises so far: Jeter is virtually an afterthought.

Still love his hustle and enthusiasm. It will serve the team well at times this year. There's so much versatility in this team and so far everyone seems to understand their role. More importantly they seem to have caught on to the team concept very quickly and understand its benefits. Don't forget about Jeter. He'll have his moments this year IMHO. His role has just changed due to the influx of talent, notably the emergence and sudden impact of Zeke Nnaji.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:36 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Plus, he had trouble with Cockburn's size and strength last night and Zeke had it rolling. There won't be a lot of Cockburns and we'll need Chase to step up.

Long season.

On a somewhat side note, was I the only juvenile personality disappointed upon hearing the proper pronunciation of his name?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:05 pm

Not worried about Jeter on the offensive end, but where are the charges he drew so regularly last year. Seemed to be a step slow stopping dribble penetration the past two games.

YoDeFoe · Post by **YoDeFoe** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:20 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Plus, he had trouble with Cockburn's size and strength last night and Zeke had it rolling. There won't be a lot of Cockburns and we'll need Chase to step up.

Long season.
On a somewhat side note, was I the only juvenile personality disappointed upon hearing the proper pronunciation of his name?

I had to double check the spelling bc I'd written about him a couple of times, heard the pronunciation, and thought "oh god, did I misspell this guy's name as an STD??"

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:23 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Plus, he had trouble with Cockburn's size and strength last night and Zeke had it rolling. There won't be a lot of Cockburns and we'll need Chase to step up.

Long season.
On a somewhat side note, was I the only juvenile personality disappointed upon hearing the proper pronunciation of his name?

I figure that's just what he claims it is, but we know how it's really pronounced. And it's flaming male rooster.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:58 am

Other than ticket sales, what good can come of Thursday's game against SJSU? What are we hoping for? PT for our bench?

How about 25 minutes of Baker, Hazzard, Green, Gettings, and Koloko?

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:05 am

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
ByJoveByJingle wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Plus, he had trouble with Cockburn's size and strength last night and Zeke had it rolling. There won't be a lot of Cockburns and we'll need Chase to step up.

Long season.
On a somewhat side note, was I the only juvenile personality disappointed upon hearing the proper pronunciation of his name?
I figure that's just what he claims it is, but we know how it's really pronounced. And it's flaming male rooster.

Or the feeling of an ill-advised Tinder date.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:07 am

Longhorned wrote:Other than ticket sales, what good can come of Thursday's game against SJSU? What are we hoping for? PT for our bench?

How about 25 minutes of Baker, Hazzard, Green, Gettings, and Koloko?

It's a warmup for New Mexico State, which honestly will be our toughest game to date. Work more on defense and rotation and quite possibly work another guy into the rotation.

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