ya know ive never been a fan of feeding the post from the top of the key. however, i do like high low action between our two bigs in the flow of the offense. in Lloyds system the post likes to initiate action early off the high feed at the free throw line while the opposite big ducks under aggressively. teams are keying on it now and sitting back in the paint doubling the duck. early on yesterday the wright state player guarding the big at the top of the high low never intended to guard the point and baited the feed immediately digging back crowding the duck. later on backside help came as well. AZ didnt adjust and it was hard to watch. also, the way the tournament will be officiated the small change wont be called and in those 50/50 situations AZ must toughen up if that is the action. too many possessions given away by the early high low action. take it when its there and continue offense if not. again, i was never a fan of feeding the post from the top of the key.
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And yet, we rely fairly heavily on this.
We have a size advantage vs. TCU, but as others have pointed out, so did Seton Hall.
I really think the key stat tomorrow, unsurprisingly, is turnovers. If we keep this total around 10 for the game, we win. If it's too much higher than that, we're in trouble.
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North Carolina can’t even inbound the ball
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Watching a #1 go down, can only help with this teams preparation and focus, right?
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I wouldn't count on it. Lloyd's former team didn't start playing well till about the 10 minute mark in the 2nd half on Thursday. Georgia State probably had Zags fans sweating bullets.
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it cant hurt but the tournament just has that open feeling to me. tomorrow is the biggest game before the Final Four for AZ - i do believe if they can get past TCU they will make the F4 but the Horned Frogs in this spot concern me.
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Our bigs will have to play..well, big.
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Think that's how most of us are feeling.
Look...if we're not good enough to beat TCU with the season on the line, then maybe our expectations for the tourney were a tad inflated. We are better than the Horned Frogs and would beat them 6 times out of 10, maybe 7.
All that's been made of their defense and all the freaking out about our turnovers and unimpressive play yesterday...none of this changes that we have better players and have already beaten better teams than TCU this year.
It'll just depend on whether our guys are locked in for two full halves. Need to play mostly error-free basketball to advance in this tournament. Can't get down by a lot. Ask Baylor.
I'm also hoping the refs aren't a factor.
Alright, final prediction: AZ 85, TCU 80
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If the score is in the 80's, TCU has no shot because they aren't scoring 80 points on us
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It'd be a lot less stressful in advance if we'd just stop talking about it.Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:05 pmGood point. My prediction is that we'll win by around 5. Potentially a stressful evening.
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As if .....dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:07 pmIt'd be a lot less stressful in advance if we'd just stop talking about it.Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:05 pmGood point. My prediction is that we'll win by around 5. Potentially a stressful evening.
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Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
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Making the Final FourRaisingArizona wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:03 amAre we talking about beating TCU or making the Final Four?dmjcat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:43 amUnwarranted???RaisingArizona wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:58 am The anxiety here is unwarranted IMO. Tubelis doesn't get called for a foul on that block he likely continues going off and we put the round 1 game away early. Even without Kerr we're really, really good. The tournament is full of chance of course but we're positioned very well for a deep run.
We have to play better to reach our goals but we picked a good game to play our sloppiest. We'll get it fixed.
Worth keeping in mind that TCU actually is far more turnover prone than we are . Over the course of the season they've turned it over on 21.1% of their possessions as opposed to us doing so 17.8% of the time. We play swarming defense and we may just run them off the floor.
The odds of a #1 seed reaching the Final Four is 41.67%. Thats worse than a coin flip.
Anyone not concerned is either nuts or just drinking too early in the day.
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Well if so then a coin flip isn't so bad, right? A coin flip odds to do something we haven't done in over 2 decades. I'll take those odds.
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clean yo fucking ass, Yo!RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
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Now that's downright insulting
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That's a reason to go.
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Meh...by the time we face them -- IF we face them -- he'll be fine.RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
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We play much better D than Kansas. TCU will soon find out.
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Yeah I meant Houston is even more likely to beat themBeachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:14 pmMeh...by the time we face them -- IF we face them -- he'll be fine.RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
Don't want to face Houston in their own state
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But this means they will have to play tomorrow without him right?Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:14 pmMeh...by the time we face them -- IF we face them -- he'll be fine.RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
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azgreg wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:18 pmBut this means they will have to play tomorrow without him right?Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:14 pmMeh...by the time we face them -- IF we face them -- he'll be fine.RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
I thought pink eye was like a 24 hour thing with some eye drops.
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Yeah he's playing but he said he couldn't see anything especially when he's going rightUAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:19 pmazgreg wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:18 pmBut this means they will have to play tomorrow without him right?Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:14 pmMeh...by the time we face them -- IF we face them -- he'll be fine.RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
I thought pink eye was like a 24 hour thing with some eye drops.
(It's actually his left eye)
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No. He'll play tomorrow for sure.azgreg wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:18 pmBut this means they will have to play tomorrow without him right?Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:14 pmMeh...by the time we face them -- IF we face them -- he'll be fine.RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:14 pm Trent Frazier of Illinois has pink eye, his right eye is almost swollen shut. Houston looking good.
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Haha...we will see you escargots.
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Props to 97- he saw Michigan all the way!
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Our crowd has a pretty good record buddy, just ask Peter Kiss. We shut that cocky sucker out.
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TCU is good, and I'm sure they feel they have a good handle on this matchup. However, CTL has seen this movie before, so he should be ready.
If the Cats commit to playing the outrageous defense they started the season with, we'll be fine.
If the Cats commit to playing the outrageous defense they started the season with, we'll be fine.
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Late in the day tomorrow I want to feel like a tool for having fretted so much about TCU.
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I wish these reporters asked real questions, because of course teams are going to feel confident in March. Everyone left is coming off a win, and we all know crazy shit happens.
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Look Seton hall looked like trash in the first half against TCU and it was still close. I think the key is starting off hot and making them doubt that they can match up to us. Both teams looked very shaky the first 8 minutes of the game last night. TCU wasn’t shooting many 3s and if that’s the case, I think we will be ok. Just need to take care of the ball and play the way we’ve played in big games.
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you create an advantage when you call them all all many didnt turn out like i "said they could" but this one did. Michigan busted Tennessee and the breaks continue for AZ.
must capitalize tomorrow and advance in the round of 32
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Damn, I’m getting really frickin’ nervous about tomorrow vs TCU…… BTFD and let’s make the Sweet 16!
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Hard not to be. Baylor lost, Kansas had a hell of a battle and Gonzaga is down by 10 heading to halftime. Me thinks these 8-9 seeds are pretty good!Bangkok Wildcat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:27 pm Damn, I’m getting really frickin’ nervous about tomorrow vs TCU…… BTFD and let’s make the Sweet 16!
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This all day.dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:17 pm Late in the day tomorrow I want to feel like a tool for having fretted so much about TCU.
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Nobody is getting an easy game. Should expect the same
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Memphis is an incredibly bad draw as an 8/9 winner for Gonzaga though. Glad we landed in the South
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I post here very seldom because I know so little about basketball. I watched the TCU game yesterday from some very good seats. I wish you guys who know more than me could've seen it live. TCU looks very physical and very, very fast. They played great defense and are definitely hungry. Hoping our guys are ready to bring it.
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Very cool Carcass…..am very envious. Have a blast tomorrow.Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:12 pm I post here very seldom because I know so little about basketball. I watched the TCU game yesterday from some very good seats. I wish you guys who know more than me could've seen it live. TCU looks very physical and very, very fast. They played great defense and are definitely hungry. Hoping our guys are ready to bring it.
On another note, while the timing is good for me way over here with the time difference, I hate being the last game on the final day of the round…..hard to watch and enjoy the other games while stressing about your own!
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Updated list:
These are the only teams I'm worried about in the South Region:
Michigan
Ohio State
Villanova
Illinois
Houston
TCU
Teams I'm not worried about:
Bryant
Wright State
Colorado State
Longwood
Loyola Chicago
Delaware
Chattanooga
UAB
Seton Hall
Tennessee
These are the only teams I'm worried about in the South Region:
Michigan
Ohio State
Villanova
Illinois
Houston
TCU
Teams I'm not worried about:
Bryant
Wright State
Colorado State
Longwood
Loyola Chicago
Delaware
Chattanooga
UAB
Seton Hall
Tennessee
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It's 6am and I am already having a nervous breakdown.
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I had my clothes laid out for the day and I looked at the pair of socks I had put and said to myself, I think I wore those the day we lost to Colorado.
So I put them back and grabbed different ones!
So I put them back and grabbed different ones!
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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