Non-Big XII Thread

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Aug 10, 2024 8:50 am

There’s a story coming out that George Mason got scammed out of $180K and a trip to the Bahamas.

When the team got to the airport their plane tickets were fake. They then realized they also didn’t have hotel accommodations and the games they were supposed to play hadn’t been set up.

They used a legit company that sets these things up so it was either a rogue employee or the whole company decided to Break Bad.

mofo · Post by **mofo** » Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:48 pm

Were they going to the Fyre Festival?

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Mon Oct 14, 2024 8:18 am

As someone who follows Kentucky basketball nearly as closely as Arizona, the (other) Wildcats are predicted to finish 6th in the SEC going into the season - from a CBS Sports preview:

"Not a single scholarship player is back from Calipari's final team, and scoring wing Jaxson Robinson is the only player coming with Pope from BYU. Thus, nearly everyone is both new to the school and new to each other. What the roster lacks in high-end sizzle it makes up for with depth and diversity. The Wildcats are a deep group of veterans with well-refined skill sets. Robinson is the most dynamic offensive weapon of the bunch after proving his chops as a three-level scorer for the Cougars last season. Former San Diego State point guard Lamont Butler and bombastic ex-Arizona guard Kerr Kriisa will handle the ball quite a bit."

I have ZERO faith in Mark Pope; he'll last two years before Lexington gives him the Billy Gillispie treatment:

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Oct 14, 2024 8:35 am

Is Pope the CBB for UK hoops?

Post by **UAdevil** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:23 pm

Tony Bennett stepping down. Wow.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:30 pm

UAdevil wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:23 pm Tony Bennett stepping down. Wow.

That is odd.

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:09 pm

Bennett recently gave an interview to ESPN's Jeff Borzello, where he made reference to the recent NCAA changes (specifically NIL issues):

I gotta call Jay Wright and see what he says, right? I always have said, when you’re doing this, you’re in this profession, whether you agree how it’s going or not, you have to be true to yourself and really look at it and say, who am I? Can I operate how I want and can it be successful enough? And you get to choose if you wanna be a part of it or not. And when you feel it’s time, like Jay did, like Coach K, maybe Saban, it’s their choice. And you can sit here and complain and gripe. Or you have a decision to make. Either you try to do it in your way or you get to make that decision. So I think Jay Wright probably foresaw the where this is going … It’ll be better whenever there’s regulations. Is that three to five years away? Who knows? But if it’s not — those are decisions that every man has to make when it’s his time.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:18 pm

Should’ve made this decision in April and not Oct right?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:49 pm

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:18 pm Should’ve made this decision in April and not Oct right?

Read elsewhere that he wanted UVA to hire his hand picked successor instead of going through the normal recruitment process.

Didn't read on to see who it was.

Could be too based on his comments above that the NCAA no longer requiring athletes to sign binding contracts (NLI) might have pushed him over the edge, since that is recent. Recruiting is hard enough without making athletes accountable.

Now the school has to leave a scholarship open for a player who might not even show up the day before classes start.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 7:32 pm

I agree that the timing is really weird.

Also, if he's healthy and only 55, it's not hard to imagine him coaching again. Plenty of good jobs are gonna open up in the next few years. I even wonder how long Scheyer lasts at Duke.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:50 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:49 pm
CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:18 pm Should’ve made this decision in April and not Oct right?
Read elsewhere that he wanted UVA to hire his hand picked successor instead of going through the normal recruitment process.

Didn't read on to see who it was.

Could be too based on his comments above that the NCAA no longer requiring athletes to sign binding contracts (NLI) might have pushed him over the edge, since that is recent. Recruiting is hard enough without making athletes accountable.

Now the school has to leave a scholarship open for a player who might not even show up the day before classes start.

Then he should've toughed it out this last year and THEN quit. He's completely screwing over his team by doing it now. Is trying to force your successor in THAT important?

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Fri Nov 08, 2024 1:28 pm

“Florida men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden has been accused by an undefined number of women for sexual harassment and stalking.”

“The claims regarding sexual harassment, which could also include sexual exploitation, cited sending photos and videos of his genitalia while traveling for UF, unwanted sexual advances on Instagram, requesting sexual favors, and various occasions of stalking.”

“There was allegedly more than one occasion in which Golden was taking photos of women walking or driving and sending those pictures to the subjects involved.”

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Nov 08, 2024 11:24 pm

New Mexico just defeated UCLA pretty easily. They might not be ranked by the time we play them.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:25 am

WBRC has learned "that a flight that appears to be carrying the Auburn men’s basketball team to Houston was diverted because of an altercation on the flight."

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:31 am

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:35 pm

Alabama/ Purdue a really good game

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 7:11 pm

Wisconsin currently losing to UT Rio Grande Valley. Because of course they are.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 8:12 pm

Wisconsin wins 87-84.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:36 pm

@wishtv.com‬
Purdue (4-1) hadn’t lost a regular-season nonconference game since falling 58-54 at Miami on Dec. 8, 2020, compiling the fourth-longest such streak in NCAA history.

No. 15 Marquette defeated No. 6 Purdue 76-58 on Tuesday night to snap the Boilermakers’ 39-game regular-season nonconference winning streak.

https://www.wishtv.com/sports/college-b ... -6-purdue/

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:39 am

84Cat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:36 pm No. 15 Marquette defeated No. 6 Purdue 76-58 on Tuesday night to snap the Boilermakers’ 39-game regular-season nonconference winning streak.

A top 15 Purdue-Marquette game is the perfect matchup to burn a Tuesday evening during football season.

Marquette's Kam Jones achieved the third triple-double in school history, and the first since Dwayne Wade's memorable Elite Eight game Vs Kentucky in 2003. We hear plenty about triple-doubles in the NBA occurring quite often, but Marquette only has three in their history? I hadn't considered how the triple-double translates to college basketball with a higher degree of difficulty.

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:28 am

Yeah, I caught some of that. Followed them a bit when I lived in the area eons ago. Al really did battle with Digger Phelps at Notre dame in those days. He had his starters run over and shake the opposing coach's hand during pre-game introductions. So, Phelps handed each one a packet of mustard and said "Mustard for hot dogs" with each handshake. Al was a pioneer in flashy uniforms, as there was a local company that provided them. Kind of cool that they currently have uniforms that harken back to the Maurice Lucas era.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 7:05 pm

In the rash of all these "Feast Week" tournaments, I learned that the Greenbrier Tip-Off, played at a resort in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, and wrapping up today with Wisconsin beating Pitt, is played in the actual hotel ballroom of the hosting resort:

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 8:07 pm

Not even sure you could attempt a half court shot there without breaking a chandelier.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 9:53 pm

They should have played it in the bunker!

(Look it up)

Fishclamps · Post by **Fishclamps** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:16 pm

Hey we might feel bad about our early season but UCONN just lost to unranked Memphis

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:16 pm

Memphis just beat UCONN in OT thanks to a Hurley tech.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:23 pm

Hurley was riding the refs from the opening tip. Guess they got tired of hearing his yapping.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 9:37 pm

Not the time to channel your brother, Dan.

Fishclamps · Post by **Fishclamps** » Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:55 pm

They lost again! To Tad Boyle of all coaches!

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:16 pm

Looks like Atlantis is where ranked teams go to get beat by unranked teams.

Fishclamps · Post by **Fishclamps** » Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:24 am

The fuck happened to UCONN?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:31 am

UConn now on a 3 game losing streak, going down to Dayton.

I don't think they'll be in a hurry to return to Maui.

Fishclamps · Post by **Fishclamps** » Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:36 am

Danny Hurley is starting to turn into Bobby too

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Thu Nov 28, 2024 1:45 am

UConn pulled the famous 18 Zona move.
They'll win the big east and lose to some no name team with an up and coming head coach in the first round of the tourney!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Thu Nov 28, 2024 2:37 pm

Boswell playing on CBS. Illinois is kicking Arkansas' ass right now.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 6:54 pm

Indiana losing but interesting stats:
Top Performers
K. Boswell
#4 - ILL
22PTS 7REB 3STL

O. Ballo
#11 - IU
16PTS 15REB

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:30 pm

Ballo got ejected. Looks like he punched someone after a play when both sides were kinda pushing each other.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:29 am

Just saw Gonzaga lost at Oregon State. 97-89

Welcome to our world, Zags!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:21 pm

Miller just pulled it out.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:24 pm

Yeah that got crazy at the very end. But glad Miller pulled off the upset.

Post by **UAdevil** » Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:46 pm

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ ... 6346&ei=42

Yet, on Tuesday night, Hurley, who is known for his fair share of outbursts and coaching with clear emotion, faced some backlash after he made a heated remark towards an official while the team faced off at home with the Butler Bulldogs.

According to Jeff Goodman of “Field of 68”, Hurley reportedly said, "Don’t turn your back on me. I’m the best coach in the fucking sport.”

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:41 pm

Hurleys are cocky fucks.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:24 pm

Both Florida and aTm won games tonight where they took their first leads of the entire game on their game-winning shots.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Jan 25, 2025 2:58 pm

Way to go Vandy!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:22 pm

UConn/Xavier in a close one on Fox.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:12 pm

Sean, don't Coug it.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:20 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:12 pm Sean, don't Coug it.

He didn't! Great win, Sean!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:07 pm

Trollops v Condoms on deck

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Jan 29, 2025 6:52 pm

DIE WISCY! DIE! DIE! FUCKING DIE!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Jan 29, 2025 7:00 pm

Retirement can't save you Bo Ryan. 10 years older than me and I WILL piss on your grave before my death.

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