2024-25 Arizona Basketball

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:33 am

No, why is Iowa st and Kansas higher?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:37 am

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:33 am No, why is Iowa st and Kansas higher?

Iowa St was #3 last poll- not dropping that fast…. Kansas being ranked ahead of us is cute though

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:45 am

Kansas being preseason #1 still has juice. A lot of voters don’t want to admit they were THAT wrong yet.

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:13 pm

If we beat Iowa St in Ames and Kansas in Lawrence and they keep is below, I'll have an issue.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 1:55 pm

BYU favored by 1.5

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:35 pm

Love this:

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:39 pm

Oh hell yeah!!!

Postmaster · Post by **Postmaster** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:40 pm

I'm surprised Hurley would do that based on his brother's thoughts on AZ.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:42 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:35 pm Love this:

We just can’t have enough Hurley’s?

Will be coming to ECC’s backyard. Hope they play at the Xcel center and not in shit hole Storrs.

Will obviously be representing.

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:37 pm

The Athletic ranks the Cats #18 today.

18. Arizona

Arizona has become the team everyone thought it would be in the preseason. The Wildcats have cut down on their fouling, and they’ve started shooting and making more 3s with the insertion of Anthony Dell’Orso into the starting lineup.

In addition, 6-foot-8 freshman wing Carter Bryant and sophomore 7-footer Henri Veesaar have seen their minutes go up. The offense is thriving, but it feels like the defense could go to another level, especially with Bryant and Veesaar on the floor. Using on-off numbers, they’ve been the Wildcats’ two best defenders.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:41 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:35 pm Love this:

This will be close enough to me that I could attend the game in Connecticut.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:52 pm

I just realized a muti-national title coach is willing to do a home and home with us but Cronin is too chicken shit to do the same.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:01 pm

pc in NM wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:37 pm like the defense could go to another level, especially with Bryant and Veesaar on the floor. Using on-off numbers, they’ve been the Wildcats’ two best defenders.

Can't argue with 10-1 or whatever that Cats have done lately.

Wonder if other schools may try the hockey line scenarios where you keep some of the good players on the 2nd line.

You mad Bobby?

Winger · Post by **Winger** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:27 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:35 pm Love this:

Wow, one of my guys told me a while back that we couldn't get this one across the finish line.

Course maybe he was telling me that b/c I am always bitching to him about the lack of quality opponents on our home OOC slate lol.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:40 pm

How are we still not ranked?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:42 pm

ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:40 pm How are we still not ranked?

We are 20 in both polls released today

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:01 pm

Terrible news for wildcat fans:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/asu-basket ... 06953.html

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:39 pm

OOC tournaments don't have the same quality they used to, so quality home and homes are the way to go. Good way to get butts in the seats too.

Postmaster · Post by **Postmaster** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:09 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:52 pm I just realized a muti-national title coach is willing to do a home and home with us but Cronin is too chicken shit to do the same.

To be fair, I would probably be looking to get out of CT during that time of year too.

PHXCATS · Post by **PHXCATS** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:29 pm

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:41 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:01 pm Terrible news for wildcat fans:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/asu-basket ... 06953.html

We can't have nice things, but at least for now we got Bobby Dearest.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:51 pm

His last game will be an epic beat down in McKale.....

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:36 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:51 pm His last game will be an epic beat down in McKale.....

The CBI is still a thing, isn’t it?

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:11 am

ASU isn't the end of the season. We have to go to Kansas while they go back home for Texas Tech.

So Bobby has a chance to end things at ASU on another embarrassing note.

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:35 am

My thought was the beatdown would be so bad they would fire him on the spot and make him walk home.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:19 am

Tonight at BYU is probably going to be a very tough 1 to win.

Have a feeling we may drop this 1.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:21 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:19 am Tonight at BYU is probably going to be a very tough 1 to win.

Have a feeling we may drop this 1.

Does your lucky underwear not work for road games?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:26 am

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:21 am
Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:19 am Tonight at BYU is probably going to be a very tough 1 to win.

Have a feeling we may drop this 1.
Does your lucky underwear not work for road games?

I do not own the right kind of underwear to play BYU

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:35 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:26 am
UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:21 am
Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:19 am Tonight at BYU is probably going to be a very tough 1 to win.

Have a feeling we may drop this 1.
Does your lucky underwear not work for road games?
I do not own the right kind of underwear to play BYU

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:25 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:19 am Tonight at BYU is probably going to be a very tough 1 to win.

Have a feeling we may drop this 1.

Bettors feeling the same way. Line is now AZ +2.5

TheCat · Post by **TheCat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:28 am

They have a true home court advantage. They also have a distraction behind the basket that I was wondering if it was legal. It is optical so I guess it is but I have seen video of it from a shooter perspective and it is distracting. If our guards can get up inside of theirs we have a good chance. KJ will be huge in this game so he must stay out of foul trouble. This will be a tough game no doubt. This is the best shooting team from distance in the Big 12.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:35 am

I'm sure the guys will take being underdogs as a challenge.

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:22 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:28 am They have a true home court advantage. They also have a distraction behind the basket that I was wondering if it was legal. It is optical so I guess it is but I have seen video of it from a shooter perspective and it is distracting. If our guards can get up inside of theirs we have a good chance. KJ will be huge in this game so he must stay out of foul trouble. This will be a tough game no doubt. This is the best shooting team from distance in the Big 12.

the black & white stripey things? they're def distracting, but idk if they're all that different from a section of fans waving pool noodles, or air wavers, or goofballs behind a curtain. marriott is a very tough venue no matter what, though.

also, when you mentioned an optical distraction i was wondering if they had some wacky new configuration for the seating. didn't one of the miller-era teams play an early round tournament game or two in a venue that was like, the court just sort of floating in the middle of an arena with a huge setback between the hardwood and seats? or maybe it was elevated or something? i seem to remember our guards worrying that the setup might mess with their 3pt shooting

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:41 pm

That does look pretty tough. Just focus on the rim. Free throws are all about muscle memory.

https://www.tiktok.com/@marchmadnessmbb ... 8327131438

Postmaster · Post by **Postmaster** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:38 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:41 pm That does look pretty tough. Just focus on the rim. Free throws are all about muscle memory.

https://www.tiktok.com/@marchmadnessmbb ... 8327131438

Dammit,
Now the Chinese are all over my phone.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:44 pm

Line up to -3.5

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:51 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:41 pm That does look pretty tough. Just focus on the rim. Free throws are all about muscle memory.

https://www.tiktok.com/@marchmadnessmbb ... 8327131438

I think the best approach I've seen is: take the ball from the ref, close eyes, deep breath/exhale, look down for a couple of bounces, then look up, sight the rim, and immediately shoot it. Makes you relax and focus, and there's no time to be distracted by much of anything. So fans world-wide are welcome to scheme away and dream up more and more gimmicks and go crazy at their brilliance when the statistics eventually play out. But with a fundamentally solid approach, it shouldn't make any difference.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:40 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:41 pm That does look pretty tough. Just focus on the rim. Free throws are all about muscle memory.

https://www.tiktok.com/@marchmadnessmbb ... 8327131438

Now THAT'S a real distraction. All without a dumb gimmick too.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:07 pm

Just saw that ESPN Gameday is going to Iowa St vs TCU game Saturday... instead of to Tucson for Texas Tech at Arizona... why?!!!!

Post by **UAdevil** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:35 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:44 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:07 pm Just saw that ESPN Gameday is going to Iowa St vs TCU game Saturday... instead of to Tucson for Texas Tech at Arizona... why?!!!!

Gameday STILL owes us an apology for how they railroaded CSM.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:20 pm

Much like at ASU we only missed ONE free throw all night. (I'm not counting when the walk-ons came in). That's so huge in a tough league like this and will be even bigger if we can keep up that consistency in March.

Also so damn proud of this team for not letting up after the emotional week we had last week. Keep it up boys!

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:21 pm

Big game on Saturday. Redemption for sure

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:23 pm

cats101 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:21 pm Big game on Saturday. Redemption for sure

Yep, both teams have been playing well too

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:24 pm

Big game after big game in the big12.

I love it!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:25 pm

This is a very different team than it was in December. So much tougher and so much more together. All the credit to the players and coaches. I had notched this as a down year. They didn’t.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:33 pm

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:24 pm Big game after big game in the big12.

I love it!

And no morgues in sight. So refreshing to play in loud stadiums.

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:39 pm

These guys are now playing for 40 minutes a game without any real letups. Nice to see.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:56 am

Merkin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 2:41 pm That does look pretty tough. Just focus on the rim. Free throws are all about muscle memory.

https://www.tiktok.com/@marchmadnessmbb ... 8327131438

Turned out to not be a distraction afterall.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Feb 05, 2025 6:07 am

Hell of a turnaround for this team over the last month

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