The 2021-2022 Season Thread

Lute4God · Post by **Lute4God** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:07 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:58 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:46 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:42 pm Our own MyTwoCents said something the other day that I agree with.

We should stop testing vaccinated, asymptomatic athletes and only test those that are unvaccinated or symptomatic. At some point we need to just accept that Covid is here to stay.
At some point that is going to happen. Covid won't just be gone 1 day. At some point the world will shift into treating this like the flu.
It has to eventually because it is the flu. Just a nastier one that comes with more serious consequences. But I think everyone can agree we've come a long way.

We just have to figure out a logical and sensible way to get to where we can say Covid is manageable. We should be able to do that as collective body of rationale human beings...

...well most of us.

Here in AZ about 90% of all Banner (most hospitals) are full. At the previous peak it was 2/3 covid and now it's only 40% covid. But there are so many people needing care due to having put it off and hospital demand is expected to rise here NOT COUNTING Omicron according to Banner's internal forecasting.

Would be great if we could just move on to just a "100x deadly flu" if we had an inexhaustible supply of nurses and staff. But attrition rates are already extremely high and we don't know how many more waves those remaining in health care will have to face.

Stay safe!

AZ Star, Dec. 15: https://tucson.com/news/local/overcrowd ... d829c.html

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:26 pm

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:58 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:46 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:42 pm Our own MyTwoCents said something the other day that I agree with.

We should stop testing vaccinated, asymptomatic athletes and only test those that are unvaccinated or symptomatic. At some point we need to just accept that Covid is here to stay.
At some point that is going to happen. Covid won't just be gone 1 day. At some point the world will shift into treating this like the flu.
It has to eventually because it is the flu. Just a nastier one that comes with more serious consequences. But I think everyone can agree we've come a long way.

We just have to figure out a logical and sensible way to get to where we can say Covid is manageable. We should be able to do that as collective body of rationale human beings...

...well most of us.

I think the NCAA needs to revamp the Covid policy. They should differentiate between Omicron Covid and Delta Covid. If a team has Omicron issues then only the infected player should be affected.

Note: This assumes that the preliminary data is accurate and Omicron is less virulent than Delta

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:34 pm

^^^^ Still offering the million deaths bet?

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:22 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:34 pm ^^^^ Still offering the million deaths bet?

Real world data from South Africe says otherwise (thus far)...thats why I qualified my statement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ronavirus/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/ ... cases-soar

Regarding the bet I already won. The prediction posted on this board was 1 million deaths by LAST (2020) summer......it didn't get anywhere close to that as I accurately predicted.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:59 pm

Coming to NBC this season: Message Board Epidemiologist

dmjcat · Post by **dmjcat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:08 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:59 pm Coming to NBC this season: Message Board Epidemiologist

Starring UAEebs86

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:13 pm

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:29 pm

I don't know how we are going to be able to avoid it. Just need everyone to wear a mask on the team when not playing. A U.K. study is the one that says they see no strength difference in the virus's which is contrary to So. Africa. The virus in the UK and US is only three weeks old so time will tell.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:37 pm

dmjcat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:22 pm
UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:34 pm ^^^^ Still offering the million deaths bet?

Real world data from South Africe says otherwise (thus far)...thats why I qualified my statement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ronavirus/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/ ... cases-soar

Regarding the bet I already won. The prediction posted on this board was 1 million deaths by LAST (2020) summer......it didn't get anywhere close to that as I accurately predicted.

Nice try.

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4668&p=430774&hilit=bet#p430774

dmjcat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:01 pm
PieceOfMeat wrote:so....dmjcat, you think this is just all overblown?
Depends on what your definition is of overblown. Should we be concerned?? Yes
Is this the Andromeda strain?? No

This pandemic, in an internet connected world with things like Twitter, is like nothing we have seen before. The vast majority of the population (including this board) have next to zero scientific/technical background, and hence are unable to properly process the mass of data/news/garbage spewing out of their PC/phone. Every idiot with a twitter handle can scream "Millions will die" and the tweet will get re-tweeted over and over again.

People should just calm down and follow the CDC guidelines. The vast, vast, majority of the country will be just fine.

BTW, if Zonagrad/asuhater still believe we are going to have 1 million dead by summer (no matter what we do) I have a proposition for you. I will bet you whatever amount $$$ you wish to risk.....and I will give you 10/1 odds that we will NOT see 1 million fatalities in the USA.

A good, rational read by a Stanford Nobel Laureate biophysicist.

https://news.yahoo.com/why-nobel-laurea ... 18391.html" target="_blank

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:19 pm

Um... what's wrong with this headline?

Men's and women's combined college basketball rankings -- Baylor, UConn, Tennessee in Top 5

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:31 pm

RichardCranium wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:19 pm Um... what's wrong with this headline?

Men's and women's combined college basketball rankings -- Baylor, UConn, Tennessee in Top 5

ESPN is the Fox News of sports.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:36 pm

RichardCranium wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:19 pm Um... what's wrong with this headline?

Men's and women's combined college basketball rankings -- Baylor, UConn, Tennessee in Top 5

Maybe left out the league they have no contract with and is number 2.

Postmaster · Post by **Postmaster** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:13 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:59 pm Coming to NBC this season: Message Board Epidemiologist
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Still more accurate than Fauci.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:19 pm

RichardCranium wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:19 pm Um... what's wrong with this headline?

Men's and women's combined college basketball rankings -- Baylor, UConn, Tennessee in Top 5

I blame the Coriolis Effect.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:56 am

If you want a sneak preview of AZ next opponent.
09:00 a.m. - ESPN2 -- Tennessee vs Memphis (from Nashville)

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:07 am

TheCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:56 am If you want a sneak preview of AZ next opponent.
09:00 a.m. - ESPN2 -- Tennessee vs Memphis (from Nashville)

Cancelled.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:33 am

Is our game in jeopardy?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:38 am

TheCat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:33 am Is our game in jeopardy?

Tennessee isn't in Covid jeopardy (currently) its Memphis

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:45 am

I'm not proud to admit that the worsening covid crisis has me worried primarily about sports. I take it all personally in the sense of a last-ditch effort of the universe to try and stop the long-awaited dominance of Arizona basketball, both in in men's and women's.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 6:58 pm

Ill. can shoot the three.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/illinois-m ... 59682.html

Postmaster · Post by **Postmaster** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:14 pm

I don’t know how easy it is to determine what strain someone has.
When I got tested at CVS. they couldn’t tell what strain. I’m thinking the rapid tests would need to be sent to some special lab to determine if it’s Mu or Xi or Delta.
Who knows if NCAA would want to expend the effort?

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 10:07 am

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:45 am I'm not proud to admit that the worsening covid crisis has me worried primarily about sports. I take it all personally in the sense of a last-ditch effort of the universe to try and stop the long-awaited dominance of Arizona basketball, both in in men's and women's.

My paranoid anxiety is that COVID is gonna shit on the entire basketball season...

... not because of the university, but the complacent and myopic American Public!!!

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:57 am

pc in NM wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 10:07 am
Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:45 am I'm not proud to admit that the worsening covid crisis has me worried primarily about sports. I take it all personally in the sense of a last-ditch effort of the universe to try and stop the long-awaited dominance of Arizona basketball, both in in men's and women's.
My paranoid anxiety is that COVID is gonna shit on the entire basketball season...

... not because of the university, but the complacent and myopic American Public!!!

You know what I blame it on the downfall of? Society.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:00 pm

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:08 pm

I thought UCLA's game was cancelled NOT because of UCLA ?

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:48 pm

That was their game against Washington that for some reason they could just not figure out how to reschedule even though it was their first conference game of the year. Let me say for the record ...bullshit.

Bordercat · Post by **Bordercat** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:57 pm

calling in favors from my Wildcat family.

Born and bred in AZ, after graduating from UA I relocated to East TN in 2005- but have always cheered on my Cats into the wee hours of the eastern time zone.

I live 30 minutes from Knoxville. Would love to take my son and sit among the Cats.

Anyone on the board here help me out with tickets?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:19 pm

Vivid Seats has tix for as low as $20 each. Not sure where Arizona fans are sitting though

Bordercat · Post by **Bordercat** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:41 pm

I have two tickets already and am bringing my father in law. I think it would be cool to pick up some behind the AZ bench and bring my son and my brother in law as well.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:53 am

Massey composite #2
Massey #2
Sagarin #5
T-Rank #4
Team Rankings #2
KenPom #7

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:59 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:19 pm
RichardCranium wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:19 pm Um... what's wrong with this headline?

Men's and women's combined college basketball rankings -- Baylor, UConn, Tennessee in Top 5
I blame the Coriolis Effect.

Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

RondaeShimmy · Post by **RondaeShimmy** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:34 am

Going to be interesting if better teams start using the "Giannis wall" on the whole team to stop easy transition pts like both teams did this past week.

Our half court offense is efficient but it just isn't as explosive as it is in transition (obviously). Arizona has looked worse even less so without Kerr on the court but Kier has looked better lately.

The triangle and too, box and 1, zone, etc are all just dissected with ease by this team which gives me confidence they can handle it. The huge concern is all of these defenses thrown at Arizona have tried to make Terry beat them, and I'm less confident in that.

SabinoDrifter · Post by **SabinoDrifter** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:59 am

RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:34 am Going to be interesting if better teams start using the "Giannis wall" on the whole team to stop easy transition pts like both teams did this past week.

Our half court offense is efficient but it just isn't as explosive as it is in transition (obviously). Arizona has looked worse even less so without Kerr on the court but Kier has looked better lately.

The triangle and too, box and 1, zone, etc are all just dissected with ease by this team which gives me confidence they can handle it. The huge concern is all of these defenses thrown at Arizona have tried to make Terry beat them, and I'm less confident in that.

It's interesting both first halves is they seemed to be feeling out the zone defense the first ten minutes and once they figured it out, they started to get whatever shots they wanted. It's very clear teams will do their best to minimize Benn and Kerr, so it's important guys like Kier and Larsson can give you productive minutes off the bench. Having a guy like AT will only help come conference season when the game will become more halfcourt focused and Arizona's size becomes a major differentiator. I loved CTL going with the Koloko / Ballo lineup for an extended period, a sign of things to come...

Also, the 2% and 3% shooting percentages the last two games is better than season averages with the assist / FGM percentage slipped somewhat but still elite. Just a really fun team to watch.

RondaeShimmy · Post by **RondaeShimmy** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:00 am

84Cat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:53 am Massey composite #2
Massey #2
Sagarin #5
T-Rank #4
Team Rankings #2
KenPom #7

#6 -- AP

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-colleg ... tball-poll

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:11 am

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:13 am

RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:00 am
84Cat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:53 am Massey composite #2
Massey #2
Sagarin #5
T-Rank #4
Team Rankings #2
KenPom #7
#6 -- AP

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-colleg ... tball-poll

We got a first place vote. Let me guess, Seth Davis.

RondaeShimmy · Post by **RondaeShimmy** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:15 am

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:13 am
RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:00 am
84Cat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:53 am Massey composite #2
Massey #2
Sagarin #5
T-Rank #4
Team Rankings #2
KenPom #7
#6 -- AP

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-colleg ... tball-poll
We got a first place vote. Let me guess, Seth Davis.

Seth Davis actually moved up Arizona from #12 to #11!!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:02 am

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:59 am

AP

“We’re #6”
“We’re #6”
“We’re #6”

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:17 pm

MountainCat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:59 am AP

“We’re #6”
“We’re #6”
“We’re #6”

When you chant it 3 times, you look like a Satanist.

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:21 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:17 pm
MountainCat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:59 am AP

“We’re #6”
“We’re #6”
“We’re #6”
When you chant it 3 times, you look like a Satanist.

Go to Hell

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:21 pm

Hey Rick Barnes maybe people shouldn't schedule you if you have two unvaccinated players.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:49 pm

Haven't seen the floor with an assist before. Watch the 2nd vid haha

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:54 pm

Saw the Aiken talk in the '23 thread. Was Pitts the last player to miss multiple games for personal reasons?

Lloyd said he has no influence over it so not playing time, not medical, not grades...

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 4:41 pm

Jefe wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:54 pm Saw the Aiken talk in the '23 thread. Was Pitts the last player to miss multiple games for personal reasons?

Lloyd said he has no influence over it so not playing time, not medical, not grades...

I think Trier was out for what was called "personal reasons" with his failed drug tests as well. Though I may be misremembering how they phrased it at the time.

RawleArenas · Post by **RawleArenas** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:01 pm

I wonder if Lloyd is watching this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2SZvzFIkVA

I'm getting Michigan vibes with this team, which means they could end up like Villanova (quickly fading). Their only signature win was UNC (soft bubble team) with Villanova spanking them and a home loss to Texas Tech. Kennedy Chandler is legit, but outside of him, I don't know who else they have.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:09 pm

Why don't we post our practice videos?

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:23 pm

Why in the hell would we?

“Let’s show the entire world how we are preparing for Tennessee.”

No thanks.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:31 pm

So they bring the triple in order to simulate our two bigs.

K

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