10 Predictions for 2014-15

[gumby]

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[Longhorned]

I'm back to seeing this team as a Final Four team that can seriously contend to take the whole thing, provided they can keep their focus even with 20-point leads because they need every possession between now and March to hone their defense and offense. They didn't quite do that against ASU.

If Rondae Hollis-Jefferson returns to a supporting role off the bench, I'm back to Sweet 16 ceiling.

[Beachcat97]

I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination game against any of these teams. We just need to avoid getting seeded in UK's bracket.

[Longhorned]

I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination game against any of these teams. We just need to avoid getting seeded in UK's bracket.

None of those teams you mention start their seventh best player and reserve a supporting role for their best defender, best rebounder, most frequent player at the stripe, and second highest field goal percentage. If they do, then I won't like their chances of getting out of the Sweet 16, either.

[Beachcat97]

I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination game against any of these teams. We just need to avoid getting seeded in UK's bracket.

None of those teams you mention start their seventh best player and reserve a supporting role for their best defender, best rebounder, most frequent player at the stripe, and second highest field goal percentage. If they do, then I won't like their chances of getting out of the Sweet 16, either.

So...if we make an early exit, it's on Miller? Is that what you're implying?

[Longhorned]

I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination game against any of these teams. We just need to avoid getting seeded in UK's bracket.

None of those teams you mention start their seventh best player and reserve a supporting role for their best defender, best rebounder, most frequent player at the stripe, and second highest field goal percentage. If they do, then I won't like their chances of getting out of the Sweet 16, either.

So...if we make an early exit, it's on Miller? Is that what you're implying?

Not at all. First, I don't think Miller return RHJ to a sixth man role.

Second, I thought this thread was for predictions for 2014-15 by your general run-of-the-mill idiot like me. You can't predict things you don't believe and if you don't understand how those projections would materialize. I don't understand how Arizona can expect to beat Sweet 16 talent without playing RHJ and SJ together regularly so that the best possible lineup is clicking together by March.

Third, I may be an idiot, but I'm not such an idiot that I don't defer to Miller. He doesn't need me to understand anything to make a Final Four.

[gumby]

I'm back to seeing this team as a Final Four team that can seriously contend to take the whole thing, provided they can keep their focus even with 20-point leads because they need every possession between now and March to hone their defense and offense. They didn't quite do that against ASU.

If Rondae Hollis-Jefferson returns to a supporting role off the bench, I'm back to Sweet 16 ceiling.

Threat noted,

Signed,

CSM

[az91]

Will this team make the Sweet 16? It is easy to see them as a one and done.

[PieceOfMeat]

I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination game against any of these teams. We just need to avoid getting seeded in UK's bracket.

Am I correct in assuming you no longer think we can reach the FF?

[Beachcat97]

I still think we can get to the FF. Look at the rest of the field. Which teams out there, aside from UK, would you say we have very little chance of beating? Maybe Duke, but I think our depth is as good as theirs. Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaga, Nova...I like our chances in an elimination game against any of these teams. We just need to avoid getting seeded in UK's bracket.

Am I correct in assuming you no longer think we can reach the FF?

That is correct. The progress/improvement I was expecting -- between Dec and Feb -- hasn't happened. I try to be an optimist, but Miller's teams keep making my optimism look like naiveté.

[gumby]

Only way to hit 50 percent is to have minimal three-point attempts and Kerr shooting them. The 1987-88 team did it, but teams didn't shoot a lot of threes back then.

As for all those guys among the league leaders in minutes, I wonder. Suggests we won't have many blowouts. Hope this is wrong. I mean, we should blow teams out, right?

Think T.J. will log the most.

How about this prediction: Ashley will be a four-year player. Tough to resist the exodus (see: 2001), but will he really be coveted? Michael Wright thought he would be. Seems to be a tweener.

Another: We will exceed last year's free throw percentage. Bold, I know.

I was skeptical of 50 percent shooting, but we're close -- 49.1. Limited three-point attempts helps. Fewest in the conference. Ashley prediction should come true, but who knows. I didn't see the poor FT shooting coming,

[gumby]

Will this team make the Sweet 16? It is easy to see them as a one and done.

[Olsondogg]

az91 is the worst kind of Eeeyore ever.

[Longhorned]

Will this team make the Sweet 16? It is easy to see them as a one and done.

Will I go to the fridge for a snack? It is easy to see me as pinned beneath a fallen bookshelf on my way to the kitchen.

[PieceOfMeat]

7. Cats lose in the Elite 8, again.

Well, not every predictions turns out right, but unfortunately that one did.

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[cats101]

My "fearless" predictions

Stanley Johnson leads the team in PPG and finishes top 3 in RPG
Arizona loses 2 games all year
Undefeated at home
Regular season and tournament champions
Riots on Uni/4th Ave
Tarc stays for his Senior season
Ivan Rabb becomes a Wildcat
Undefeated OOC season
One of the original starters loses their starting position
Sean Miller turns down several offers.

I had a few right

The one I thought would really happen in Tarc coming back.

[Puerco]

I'll be one happy guy if Stanley is a more effective offensive player than Nick was last year.

Not quite. Nick had 3.6 OWS, and SJ had 2.8. Not shabby, either one.

[ASUHATER!]

1. Cats lose at least 1 OOC game.
2. Cats lose at least 3 pac12 regular season games.
3. Cats still win the pac12 conference regular season.
4. Cats win the pac12 tournament. Larry Scott is seen firing the 3 game refs for letting it happen.
5. Cats have at least 1 major injury this season.
6. BAsh isn't the same player as before the injury, much to the lament of the fans, but does start playing better near the end of the season and has good tournament showings, but not good enough to prevent #7.
7. Cats lose in the Elite 8, again.
8. Miller sticks to a 7 man main rotation (with an 8th guy getting a few minutes here and there, but nothing really impactful), much to the lament of the fans.
9. Ristic is the most popular guy on the bench for the fans, gets brought up any time we lose, fans want to see him on the floor more.
10. Cats have at least 1 player leave early who shouldn't, or who transfers for more playing time.

You got 1,3,4,6,7, sort of 9 and 10 right

[Spaceman Spiff]

I don't think the "Ashley won't be the same player" came true. If you look at his stats, there are areas he was better and areas he was worse. On the whole, I'd say it was a wash with the previous year.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla ... ley-1.html

[PieceOfMeat]

You got 1,3,4,6,7, sort of 9 and 10 right

Always happy when #5 doesn't happen.

[Spaceman Spiff]

You got 1,3,4,6,7, sort of 9 and 10 right

Always happy when #5 doesn't happen.

Unfortunately, lately, #7 always seems to happen.