2023-2024 Arizona Basketball

[dirtbags]

espn put up a nice graphic showing arizona with the most outright conference titles (15, counting tonight) since joining the pac in 1978

[PHXCATS]

Great job winning the conference

PAC-12 champs forever

Fuck the haters

[arizonawildcats]

[arizonawildcats]

espn put up a nice graphic showing arizona with the most outright conference titles (15, counting tonight) since joining the pac in 1978

[AZCatGirl]

I love how phoned in the final shirt feels.

[Merkin]

Who is the kid in the middle?

[Chicat]

Who is the kid in the middle?

I think that’s Rem Bakamus, Director of Player Development. Also, I think he’s like 30, so not a kid unless you’re an old dude.

[Chicat]

[wyo-cat]

[arizonawildcats]

[EastCoastCat]

That’s awesome. Love RJ so much and his broadcast last night was hilarious. It’s like he spoke for all of us don’t you think?

For me there is no better fucking ambassador for Arizona basketball.

[azcat49]

What in the world are they saying?

[Alieberman]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

[EastCoastCat]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Excellent question Ari. More and more I get the feeling this team just loves to compete. Our bad stretches, when they happen, seem to only last 2-3 possessions.

We don’t get pushed around anymore. That’s why Pastner’s comments - and I’ve heard him say the same thing 4x about how Arizona will react against a grind it out/ punch you in the mouth team - is not applicable to this team if you watch them game after game. We’ve got some warriors.

[PHXCATS]

What in the world are they saying?

It is a song by Puff Daddy aka Diddy aka a million other things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yd4GG3bed0

The part they are singing

We ain't, goin' nowhere, we ain't, goin' nowhere
We can't be stopped now 'cause it's Bad Boy for life
We ain't, goin' nowhere, we ain't, goin' nowhere
We can't be stopped now 'cause it's Bad Boy for life

[wyo-cat]

That must some formula.

ISU has scored 68, 60 and 58 in their last 3 games.

[g32knights]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Caleb said last night that they'll celebrate tonight, but they came to Sweep LA. That sounds pretty damn hungry to me.

[Chicat]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Caleb said last night that they'll celebrate tonight, but they came to Sweep LA. That sounds pretty damn hungry to me.

This team seems to have a killer instinct that the last two Arizona teams did not.

That’s not to say we can’t come out flat or go through lulls, but this team in particular seems to be aware that there’s a direct line between their effort and their results.

[dirtbags]

I love how phoned in the final shirt feels.

lmaooo, what in the microsoft office clipart hell??

[TheCatInTheHat]

Regarding Pac titles, a few points are pertinent. The whole reason number of titles is mentioned is to quantify Arizona's dominance in the league. To begin with, we ranged between mediocre and terrible for our first few years in the league. So it makes sense to compress the dominance into the most recent 40 years after we hit our stride to see its true impact. Also, apparently the "15" titles comes from ignoring the co-championship with Oregon St in 1989, with the league not recognizing one over the other, although we won the tournament title that year, which should be an adequate tie-breaker to count it in any event. It also omits two NCAA-mandated "vacated" titles in 2017 and 2018. Regardless of any piety about that, 18 titles in 40 years is a better reflection of the story of dominance. And regarding head-to-head with UCLA, over the past 40 years, we lead 47 to 41 (including a 7-5 record in Pac-12 Tournament games.)

Arizona's Pac Titles 
1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017*, 2018*, 2022, 2024

[dovecanyoncat]

OK knuckleheads, since we have rules I'm not gonna go there, but the true golden ticket to the latter half of our season is on deck. Maybe after the Conference Tourney I'll bring the receipts ..........

......... maybe not.

[arizonawildcats]

[84Cat]

[AZCatGirl]

We forever own this conference.

[dovecanyoncat]

Formative relationships are unique. They blend teachers and students together in an interactive virtue that literally is transcendent. Just one of the artifacts I love about our program culture is that the player(s), with both love and absolute respect, call their coach/mentor/leader/boss/icon-of-their-college-career-creator ....... Tommy.

This is special. It is precious to me.

[arizonawildcats]

[TheCat]

Is this what UCLA gives as facilities to opposing players/teams. No wonder everyone wants to kick their ass.

[UAEebs86]

I'd love to get something like this on a t-shirt.

[Lute4God]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Excellent question Ari. More and more I get the feeling this team just loves to compete. Our bad stretches, when they happen, seem to only last 2-3 possessions.

We don’t get pushed around anymore. That’s why Pastner’s comments - and I’ve heard him say the same thing 4x about how Arizona will react against a grind it out/ punch you in the mouth team - is not applicable to this team if you watch them game after game. We’ve got some warriors.

Exactly. Pastner's energy is fun but was he even watching the same game we were watching with that comment!?

Did he see the way the UA ignored the refs and flopping and foul trouble and kept on attacking? Did he see the way our bench came in and even raised the level of intensity to dominate and close out the first half?

His halftime speel made me wonder if he was appealing to the East Coast Network of preconceived notions about Arizona.

[pc in NM]

I haven't felt this discouraged since Arizona got swept in the Bay Area trip in 1997...

[Chicat]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Caleb said last night that they'll celebrate tonight, but they came to Sweep LA. That sounds pretty damn hungry to me.

This team seems to have a killer instinct that the last two Arizona teams did not.

That’s not to say we can’t come out flat or go through lulls, but this team in particular seems to be aware that there’s a direct line between their effort and their results.

This aged poorly in the matter of 33 hours or so.

[TheCatInTheHat]

I realize the "correct" thing for an Arizona basketball fan is to act out the final reel of Dances With Wolves with great anguish over any loss, but I'm not feeling it. Yeah, Kentucky beat Tennessee and some will claim clairvoyance and say we blew a chance at a 1 seed. Maybe. Or maybe we were already locked into a 2, or maybe it all depends on various teams and their respective performance in their tournaments. So, after Washington did us a great favor, and we won the game most our of fans wanted the most at Pauley, and we had another Pac-12 title year already painted on the upper deck wall at McKale and the top seed in Vegas ... we had a letdown in a debatably-significant last game at Historic South Central. I believe their parade starts at 11 am tomorrow at Figueroa and Jefferson, but they can't finish above 8th place in a year when many picked them to win it. We won the conference. Again. Our season will be remembered by how we do from here on out.

[TheCatInTheHat]

If ESPN is correct about tie-breakers, we would play the winner of Cal and ASU on Thursday.

[AZCatGirl]

Pac 12 is claiming we play the winner of Washington/USC, which is hilarious.

https://pac-12.com/article/2024/03/09/b ... nted-acura

[TheCatInTheHat]

Yeah, saw that from Scheer too. So be it.

[ChooChooCat]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Caleb said last night that they'll celebrate tonight, but they came to Sweep LA. That sounds pretty damn hungry to me.

This team seems to have a killer instinct that the last two Arizona teams did not.

That’s not to say we can’t come out flat or go through lulls, but this team in particular seems to be aware that there’s a direct line between their effort and their results.

This aged poorly in the matter of 33 hours or so.

Unless of course this team didn't really care to put in the effort last night. Not saying that's the case for sure or anything, but best believe if the Pac-12 title was on the line last night then the effort wouldn't have ever been in question.

[pc in NM]

I'm very interested in seeing how we look out of the gate vs USC.

Hungry... or Satisfied?

Caleb said last night that they'll celebrate tonight, but they came to Sweep LA. That sounds pretty damn hungry to me.

This team seems to have a killer instinct that the last two Arizona teams did not.

That’s not to say we can’t come out flat or go through lulls, but this team in particular seems to be aware that there’s a direct line between their effort and their results.

This aged poorly in the matter of 33 hours or so.

Unless of course this team didn't really care to put in the effort last night. Not saying that's the case for sure or anything, but best believe if the Pac-12 title was on the line last night then the effort wouldn't have ever been in question.

IMNSHO, the Pac-12 title was in their possession.

If a #1 seed was not enough motivation, one can only ask: "Why the fuck not?"

I'm not so sure that "motivation" was the issue last night. Let's hope not! Teams that think they can turn-on/turn-off motivation aren't gonna win a 6-game single elimination tournament.

USC, at full, uninjured personnel is clearly a team that is MUCH better than their record. They played great defense, frustrating out perimeter players, and Arizona's response was poor. And, the more frustrated they got, the weaker their team play became - a perfect formula for upset - just like last year against Princeton.

[Alieberman]

This team has the potential to be great but they lack the consistency we have seen from teams like Purdue, UConn and Houston this year

[Dave]

We win the regular season title and 3 of our 5 losses come from the #10, #11 and #12 placed teams. This has to be some kind of record.

[arizonawildcats]

[PHXCATS]

[UAEebs86]

Tuscon?

Fuck off Kari

I wouldn't step foot in The Maverick

[Merkin]

If she was there when I walked in I would have walked out.

[Carcassdragger]

Is that piece of shit an alum?

[Merkin]

University of Iowa.

[AZCatGirl]

Can't she stay in Phoenix and leave us the hell alone? We don't want her.

[SabinoDrifter]

Surprised she could bring herself so close to a Whole Foods

[arizonawildcats]

[84Cat]

Caleb is POY
Big O 1st team
Pelle 2nd team
Kyle Smith Coach of the year

[Merkin]

Well deserved!


FIRST TEAM

NAME SCHOOL POS. YR. HOMETOWN
Oumar Ballo** Arizona C R-Sr. Koulikoro, Mali
Adem Bona UCLA F So. Ebonyi, Nigeria
Keion Brooks Jr. Washington F Gr. Fort Wayne, Ind.
Branden Carlson** Utah C Sr. South Jordan, Utah
N'Faly Dante** Oregon C Sr. Bamako, Mali
Isaac Jones Washington State F 5th Spanaway, Wash.
Caleb Love Arizona G Sr. St. Louis, Mo.
Myles Rice Washington State G R-Fr. Columbia, S.C.
KJ Simpson Colorado G Jr. Panorama City, Calif.
Jaylon Tyson California G Jr. Plano, Texas
SECOND TEAM

NAME SCHOOL POS. YR. HOMETOWN
Jermaine Couisnard Oregon G Sr. East Chicago, Ind.
Tristan da Silva Colorado F Sr. Munich, Germany
Boogie Ellis USC G 5th San Diego, Calif.
Pelle Larsson Arizona G Sr. Nacka, Sweden
Maxime Raynaud Stanford F Jr. Paris, France