(M) Game 12, Arizona at Tennessee (2021-2022)

[pc in NM]

Well the good news is that this takes the pressure of going into the NCAA’s with an undefeated record off their backs…

[EastCoastCat]

Haha. The Tennessee player even tried to foul at the end and they didn’t call it.

That was pretty bad.

[phxcat23]

They literally tried to intentionally foul at the end and didn’t call it. This is great

[Chicat]

Welp, no longer a blowout anyway

Yeah but no way we look like the #6 team in the country

We definitely look like a top ten team. With all our foul trouble? We are a tough fucking team.

We competed, but look, if we repeat this amount of mental errors vs any good team, we're done.

That's what worries me. This isn't much different from a potential Round of 32 or Sweet 16 matchup and we just didn't come prepared or play smart enough to win.

I’d much rather have a game like this in December. I am wholly unbothered by this loss. I thought we played tough. Scoring 50 points in a half against the 7th best defense in the country goes a long way in my book.

[UAEebs86]

Fouls 28 Arizona 16 Tennessee

Free throws. Tennessee 27 Arizona 18

[phxcat23]

As bad as that was, at least we lost to a ranked team. Tennessee wouldn’t scare me later on. We had a bad first half and a mediocre 2nd and still hung. The whole undefeated thing probably went to some guys heads, and now the pressure is off and they can see there is work to be done

[RawleArenas]

Would love to play them again in the tournament.

[RawleArenas]

With real refs of course.

[EastCoastCat]

What I hate is that we got outhustled. Yeah the refs were atrocious but the effort over 40 minutes was sub-par.

[VegasCatFan]

Fouls 28 Arizona 16 Tennessee

Free throws. Tennessee 27 Arizona 18

And only two of those fouls were at the end of the game trying to stop the clock.

[MountainCat]

On the Kerr tech - he clapped his hands, said let’s go, clapped again and smiled at the ref. Nothing else. They showed a replay and it was very clear.

Don’t blame Kerr.

Refs probably from Vegas.

[U.P. Zona Fan]

Well let's go to LA hopping mad and win the next two on the road, and then let's beat the gerbils after that

[RawleArenas]

What I hate is that we got outhustled. Yeah the refs were atrocious but the effort over 40 minutes was sub-par.

It's the same criticism with all Gonzaga teams. When they face teams that are emotionally and physically locked in on defense, they play timid. This team is different though, Tommy is as hungry as they come.

[dovecanyoncat]

On the Kerr tech - he clapped his hands, said let’s go, clapped again and smiled at the ref. Nothing else. They showed a replay and it was very clear.

Don’t blame Kerr.

Refs probably from Vegas.

Wow. What was he thinking? He's lucky they didn't shoot him.

[IndianaZonaFan]

That’s assuming we get to play either team next week. Both on Covid pause now, unless something has changed recently.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Welp, no longer a blowout anyway

Yeah but no way we look like the #6 team in the country

We definitely look like a top ten team. With all our foul trouble? We are a tough fucking team.

We competed, but look, if we repeat this amount of mental errors vs any good team, we're done.

That's what worries me. This isn't much different from a potential Round of 32 or Sweet 16 matchup and we just didn't come prepared or play smart enough to win.

I’d much rather have a game like this in December. I am wholly unbothered by this loss. I thought we played tough. Scoring 50 points in a half against the 7th best defense in the country goes a long way in my book.

Eh, see my post on the regular board. The sky isn't falling and we can learn and improve. What we can't do is repeat this.

Playing a really low IQ game isn't a reason to jump out the window, but it's hard not to be bothered by playing really dumb.

[U.P. Zona Fan]

We did play dumb at times but mostly flustered I thought.

Plus when was the last time we got three guys fouled out in regulation.

[MountainCat]

Great game to lose. In a hostel arena to a ranked team with all 8 of our players saying go themselves “if I only made that one play we would have won”.

[Merkin]

Loss is a loss, there are no moral victories at this level. If Zu and C-Lo came to play it would have been different.

[84Cat]

[EastCoastCat]

That is hilarious.

[Olsondogg]

Look at what it takes to beat this team.

[dovecanyoncat]

[84Cat]

I'm really liking CTL, tells it like it is with no bs

[KaibabKat]

Look on the bright side. Adia gets a free dinner.

[dovecanyoncat]

It's hard to imagine a game of more fulsome adversity, unless physical injury were to be included, and still we tied it up toward the end. It can't be said we ever fixed our self-inflicted problems: it seemed like we kept blowing it all along, so the preponderance of adversity never shifted within the many categories of suck. It was an all-around box score stuffing of suck, except for Benn Mathurin.

The thing about refs that every bitching fan knows in his heart: even if we had fixed our self-harm, those hyenas would have been there picking at the carcass.

[UAEebs86]

[AZCatGirl]

This explains a hell of a lot.

[HiCat]

ESPN is loving this SEC team beating us. The only call they’ve said was questionable all game was against Tennessee

Yep..ditto this. F'c espin.

[U.P. Zona Fan]

I knew Titus would have our backs!

[Merkin]