Aari McDonald

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:15 pm

When does her jersey go up in McKale?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:17 pm

I think she just passed Adia as the best player in Arizona history.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:18 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:17 pm I think she just passed Adia as the best player in Arizona history.

Ummmm... yeah.

She is THE BEST

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:19 pm

The Sean Elliott of women’s basketball

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:20 pm

Straight up legend. I haven't seen an AZ player take a team on their back like her in a long fucking time

AzCatFan2 · Post by **AzCatFan2** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:21 pm

I'm naming my next pet Aari, only because I'm done having kids. Bear Down!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:23 pm

AzCatFan2 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:21 pm I'm naming my next pet Aari, only because I'm done having kids. Bear Down!

I'm adding another "A" to the beginning of my name

-From Ari to Aari!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:31 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:23 pm
AzCatFan2 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:21 pm I'm naming my next pet Aari, only because I'm done having kids. Bear Down!
I'm adding another "A" to the beginning of my name

-From Ari to Aari!

Bold, but now you gotta keep up!

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:44 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:15 pm When does her jersey go up in McKale?

I don't remember what the rule is, but just put it up there now and get it over with as far as I'm concerned.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:05 pm

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:12 pm

#1 pick in the draft?

BeardownZonaZona · Post by **BeardownZonaZona** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:12 pm

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:28 pm

As if she'd say anything else. Nothing will stop her from playing on Friday.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:39 pm

Had to be the regional MOP. If she can find a way to beat UCONN, win or lose she might be the tournament MOP

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:04 pm

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:14 am

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:12 pm #1 pick in the draft?

Last I looked projected to be #9 and that was after sweet sixteen. Last two games may have improved that.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:16 am

Aari just seems like an all around fantastic human.

Her future is bright on and off the court.

Siempre Verde · Post by **Siempre Verde** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:38 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:04 pm

Good lord, that was a beautiful read. Thank you for posting it. One thing I’d disagree with ... nah lady, you do bring the sauce. I look forward to following her professional career. Too bad she won’t get to make huge bank like OAD guys. This definitely wasn’t just a pit stop for her. I really hope her ankle isn’t a hinderance.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:57 pm

Win or lose against UConn, this team and Aari has been a joy to watch. I dream she goes off Friday night for 40 and hits a three to put us in the “ship”. Very tall odds but when you have a team that trusts and believes in each other anything is possible

AzCatFan2 · Post by **AzCatFan2** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:07 pm

Aari is a joy to watch. Heck, the entire team is a joy to watch. And while Aari is the clear leader, she hardly forces any shots, and I think the biggest play of the Indiana game was Aari's assist to Pueyo for the open three. Perfect pass after Aari drove to the middle of the floor, D collapses, and Pueyo hits the open 3 in rhythm. Close game, your best player is hot, and yet, in what is perhaps the defining moment, the best player makes the right play to find the open jump shooter instead of forcing up a shot. It was like Jordan finding Kerr for the open jumper. You don't dare miss the shot and let down the best player on the court!

Whatever happens, Aari deserves to be mentioned with the all-time great Wildcats from any sport. Elliot and Kerr, Bibby, Bruschi, Francona, Finch, etc. So glad she came back for her senior season.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:00 pm

Aari is a junkyard dog. If she was on UConn she'd be the NCAA Player of the Year.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:07 pm

Aari is a player that other players would run through a brick wall for.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:20 pm

Hell, I'd run through a brick wall for her.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:36 pm

Not a single vote for POY or for Adia for NCOY. Thought one of them might get a vote

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:30 pm

azcat49 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:36 pm Not a single vote for POY or for Adia for NCOY. Thought one of them might get a vote

Oh you thought the east coast bias was bad in the men’s game?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm

azcat49 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:36 pm Not a single vote for POY or for Adia for NCOY. Thought one of them might get a vote

Disgraceful. Not sure what more they're supposed to do.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:50 am

That's really going to piss me off if she doesn't get her jersey retired.

Much better player than Steve Kerr and Jason Gardner.

https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013 ... basketball

Must meet one of the following criteria:

Received a national player of the year award
Received a major national “athlete of the year” honor
Have been inducted into The National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame
Named Most Outstanding Player at an NCAA Division I Championship for Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball or Volleyball

ghostwhitehorse · Post by **ghostwhitehorse** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:46 am

https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-wo ... story.html

"How do you prepare for Allen Iverson?"

prh · Post by **prh** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:50 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:50 am That's really going to piss me off if she doesn't get her jersey retired.

Much better player than Steve Kerr and Jason Gardner.

https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013 ... basketball

Must meet one of the following criteria:

Received a national player of the year award
Received a major national “athlete of the year” honor
Have been inducted into The National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame
Named Most Outstanding Player at an NCAA Division I Championship for Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball or Volleyball

Does the Ann Meyers Drysdale award she won last year count for the 2nd option?

Side note, not even a finalist this year which is insane.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:08 pm

prh wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:50 pm
Merkin wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:50 am That's really going to piss me off if she doesn't get her jersey retired.

Much better player than Steve Kerr and Jason Gardner.

https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013 ... basketball

Must meet one of the following criteria:

Received a national player of the year award
Received a major national “athlete of the year” honor
Have been inducted into The National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame
Named Most Outstanding Player at an NCAA Division I Championship for Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball or Volleyball
Does the Ann Meyers Drysdale award she won last year count for the 2nd option?

Side note, not even a finalist this year which is insane.

Has to be considering the really flimsy ones Kerr and Gardner got in on. Most Inspirational for Kerr, and Gardner was Freshman of the Year, along with the Naismith best player under 6' award if memory serves.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:27 pm

Then retire her jersey for that. We all know she's more than earned it. Don't care what excuse they use.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:30 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:51 pm

Damn, that was awesome.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:59 pm

That was great but we need her to have a much better game than Damon did against Arkansas in 94

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:20 pm

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:29 pm

JJ’s right. She’s in fire.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:03 pm

Queen.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:07 pm

Man, this team is unleashing some serious payback to the tone-deaf East Coast drones presuming to run this tournament.

God Bless you AM!

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:12 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:03 pm
Queen.

I mean, if they want to keep giving her chips to hold on her shoulder....who am I to argue?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:15 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:36 pm

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:10 pm

More like sorry not sorry.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:45 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:59 pm
azcat49 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:36 pm Not a single vote for POY or for Adia for NCOY. Thought one of them might get a vote
Disgraceful. Not sure what more they're supposed to do.

If the voting was before the tournament, Adia should maybe have gotten a few votes but I can live with that.

But anybody who has watched Aari for 5 or 10 minutes should have voted for her. Disgraceful.

Lando05 · Post by **Lando05** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:52 pm

Aari reminds me of Allen Iverson she's amazing. Living legend.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:15 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:23 am

The national media should be ashamed of how they’ve ignored this young woman for two years now. The fact that they are just now introducing her to the nation is a fucking travesty.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:35 am

I feel awful that Aaris’s senior year was the year of Covid and no fans.... Mckale would have been electric this year and you know our fans travel like no other fan base for the NCAA tournament.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:41 am

Too bad she is leaving, but she is making the right decision. Strike the iron while it is hot.

If she gets the MOP, she qualifies under the Miles Simon rule for jersey retirement. Get it done Aari!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:03 am

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:17 am

So she can get into the Ring of Honor now, which is cool, but keep going!

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