Pac-12 Tournament 2015

FightWildcatsFight · Post by **FightWildcatsFight** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:41 pm

Doesn't matter how much motivation we have, refs wont allow anything resembling a bloodbath.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:45 pm

FightWildcatsFight wrote:Doesn't matter how much motivation we have, refs wont allow anything resembling a bloodbath.

The refs cannot stop what is coming. Hell they tried in Maples, didn't work. Tried in Tah, didn't work...even ran up the fouls this weekend. Didn't work.

Being better than the officials is what Miller has coached to. There is no stopping what is coming this year, officials be damned.

azthrillhouse · Post by **azthrillhouse** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:45 pm

Chicat wrote:Prepare your anus Pac12.

This.

I want every game to be a humiliating destruction of the opponent's will.
I want to see their cheerleaders cry.
I want to see the few opposing fans that show up leave for the craps table at halftime. I want them to avert their eyes in shame when passing us in the halls of MGM.

Analogies that come to mind for what I want these 3 games to be:
-Sherman's March to the Sea
-France 1940
-The Battle of Hoth
-The Battle of Blackwater Bay (h/t to SHB in the other thread)
-Dueling "to the pain" (http://youtu.be/I_keWS1i3RA) - can't get the embed to work. "It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever."

Anything less would be a bit of a disappointment.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:46 pm

FightWildcatsFight wrote:Doesn't matter how much motivation we have, refs wont allow anything resembling a bloodbath.

CU and Utah games were bloodbaths last year.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:00 pm

azthrillhouse wrote:
Chicat wrote:Prepare your anus Pac12.
This.

I want every game to be a humiliating destruction of the opponent's will.
I want to see their cheerleaders cry.
I want to see the few opposing fans that show up leave for the craps table at halftime. I want them to avert their eyes in shame when passing us in the halls of MGM.

Analogies that come to mind for what I want these 3 games to be:
-Sherman's March to the Sea
-France 1940
-The Battle of Hoth
-Dueling "to the pain" (http://youtu.be/I_keWS1i3RA) - can't get the embed to work. "It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever."

Anything less would be a bit of a disappointment.

The collective rage will be tantamount to opening the Ark of the Covenant...

azthrillhouse · Post by **azthrillhouse** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:08 pm

Chicat wrote:
The collective rage will be tantamount to opening the Ark of the Covenant...

Yep I'm smiling happily thinking of Larry's face melting off.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:19 pm

Hey azcat49, Chi and everyone else who's met me in person--

Ever wonder why I always seem to have that serious, focused look on my face? Times like these are why. It is "Battle on the Ice" from Alexander F*cking Nevsky time now.

ODogg, what say you to $75 for a championship-game ticket?

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:39 pm

catgrad97 wrote:Hey azcat49, Chi and everyone else who's met me in person--

Ever wonder why I always seem to have that serious, focused look on my face? Times like these are why. It is "Battle on the Ice" from Alexander F*cking Nevsky time now.

ODogg, what say you to $75 for a championship-game ticket?

I'll make you a deal: I'll leave them on Stubhub for now, but if gametime is approaching I'll take them down and sell them to you. Are you in Vegas on Friday?

Newportcat · Post by **Newportcat** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:31 pm

I have never felt so confident about anything in my life regarding sports that Arizona will dominate in Vegas this weekend.

I have no idea how we do in the tournament but there is no way now we lose the tournament after TJ got straight robbed, so did Miller and so did RHJ

BLOODBATH

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:34 pm

Olsondogg wrote:
catgrad97 wrote:Hey azcat49, Chi and everyone else who's met me in person--

Ever wonder why I always seem to have that serious, focused look on my face? Times like these are why. It is "Battle on the Ice" from Alexander F*cking Nevsky time now.

ODogg, what say you to $75 for a championship-game ticket?
I'll make you a deal: I'll leave them on Stubhub for now, but if gametime is approaching I'll take them down and sell them to you. Are you in Vegas on Friday?

Planning on it. Just PM me if they don't get sold by Thursday. Cool?

Dosia · Post by **Dosia** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:38 pm

Olsondogg wrote:
catgrad97 wrote:Hey azcat49, Chi and everyone else who's met me in person--

Ever wonder why I always seem to have that serious, focused look on my face? Times like these are why. It is "Battle on the Ice" from Alexander F*cking Nevsky time now.

ODogg, what say you to $75 for a championship-game ticket?
I'll make you a deal: I'll leave them on Stubhub for now, but if gametime is approaching I'll take them down and sell them to you. Are you in Vegas on Friday?

My buddy still needs a thurs and fri ticket if you still have those. Let me know if price comes down.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:43 pm

Dosia wrote:
Olsondogg wrote:
catgrad97 wrote:Hey azcat49, Chi and everyone else who's met me in person--

Ever wonder why I always seem to have that serious, focused look on my face? Times like these are why. It is "Battle on the Ice" from Alexander F*cking Nevsky time now.

ODogg, what say you to $75 for a championship-game ticket?
I'll make you a deal: I'll leave them on Stubhub for now, but if gametime is approaching I'll take them down and sell them to you. Are you in Vegas on Friday?
My buddy still needs a thurs and fri ticket if you still have those. Let me know if price comes down.

Thursday's sold...we still have 2 tix for Friday, but we are amongst the lowest on that site so they should move soon.

VegasCatFan · Post by **VegasCatFan** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:02 pm

Was just wandering around the MGM a little while ago and was able to throw out my first Bear Down's of the week to a couple guys in U of A hats. And got a high five in return.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:20 pm

Pac-12 log5

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog ... c_12_log52

One of the things that has come out of doing preseason ratings is that a team can survive a lot of attrition is they return a high-usage player. Oregon’s roster was gutted in the offseason for a variety of reasons, but they still had Joseph Young. They were preseason 34th and enter the Pac-12 tournament the 2-seed. (Though, their overall ranking is 49th.)

I’m sure Dana Altman has done a good job this season—actually I’m, not because it’s really difficult to evaluate coaching ability.—but because he had an extremely efficient, high-usage player coming back, there was a bigger margin for error in filling out the rest of the team. At least, that’s my theory.

Arizona won the league by three games, and to this point is the second-biggest favorite to win its tourney (Gonzaga was at 66.6%). Thus, the all-kenpom.com team is dominated by Wildcats. I’m pretty sure the Ducks are the least likely two-seed champ in all the land. They made up a three-game deficit on Utah with five to play to force a tie that was decided by Oregon’s win over the Utes, which was conveniently played in Eugene.

Utah’s rating is so much better due to its complete annihilation of the opponents in its wins. The Utes had just one single-digit win in Pac-12 play (at Washington State) and three all season (Wichita State and at BYU).

The top three seeds are locks for the NCAA tournament, with UCLA and Stanford looking to play their way in with a couple of wins.
Pac-12
All-kenpom.com: Stanley Johnson, Arizona (kPOY); Delon Wright, Utah; Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona; T.J. McConnell, Arizona; Brandon Ashley, Arizona.

March 11-14 at Las Vegas.
Code: Select all
              Qtrs Semis Final Champ
 1 Arizona      100  95.8  85.6  64.9
 3 Utah         100  78.5  63.1  24.3
 2 Oregon       100  68.5  19.8   3.6
 4 UCLA         100  60.8   8.7   2.9
 6 Stanford    74.8  18.9  11.1   2.2
 5 Arizona St. 73.3  33.1   4.1   1.2
10 Colorado    53.6  17.6   3.0   0.3
 7 Oregon St.  46.4  13.9   2.1   0.2
 8 California  61.1   3.0   0.9   0.2
11 Washington  25.2   2.6   0.8   0.08
12 USC         26.7   6.1   0.3   0.05
 9 Wash. St.   38.9   1.2   0.3   0.03

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:43 pm

dirtbags · Post by **dirtbags** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:02 pm

call me a bad fan, but i've generally been pretty ambivalent about the conf tourneys. granted, it's always fun to get together and watch our guys play, but the pac-12 tournament usually ends being more of a drawback for us than a benefit; and playing a team for possibly the third time in a season doesn't quite have the frisson of tipping-off against fresh blood during the big dance. remember how dismissive Lute was when the pac-10 tournament returned?

that being said, the chip on our guys' shoulders are really gonna make our games this week fun to watch. guess we won't have to worry about the team's motivation. nastiness? required!

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:54 am

dirtbags wrote:call me a bad fan, but i've generally been pretty ambivalent about the conf tourneys. granted, it's always fun to get together and watch our guys play, but the pac-12 tournament usually ends being more of a drawback for us than a benefit; and playing a team for possibly the third time in a season doesn't quite have the frisson of tipping-off against fresh blood during the big dance. remember how dismissive Lute was when the pac-10 tournament returned?

that being said, the chip on our guys' shoulders are really gonna make our games this week fun to watch. guess we won't have to worry about the team's motivation. nastiness? required!

I understood this take, I really did.

Then I went to Vegas.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:11 am

So who you all got?

Wed

Wazzu/Cal Wazzu
USC/ASSU ASSU
CU/OSU OSU
UDub/Furd Furd

Thursday

AZ/Wazzu AZ
ASSU/UCLA UCLA
Oregon/OSU OSU springs the upset
Utah/Furd Furd springs an upset

Friday

AZ/UCLA AZ (but this one will be close as it always is with rivals)
OSU/Furd Furd

Saturday

AZ/Furd AZ Another physical bloodbath as Furd fights for its tourney life but we finally prevail and get to boo Larry Scott

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:06 am

2 Tickets for Thurs: http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tix/4925579208.html

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:28 am

I like ASU over uCla, no joke.

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:48 am

I'm predicting that the Wildcats will win three games this week in Las Vegas...

... and come in third.

Oilfield Cat · Post by **Oilfield Cat** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:38 am

Chalk in the Weds games...

Then Tempe Normal upset UCLA

I think Utah comes from the other side.

Utah and Az in the Saturday game.

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:43 am

Am I the only one to notice that Florida State replaced WSU as the 9 seed in Andy Katz's Pac-12 bracket?

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:16 pm

May actually stay for the UCLA ASSU just to poke fun at both, specifically assu

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:21 pm

Who would have thought...

1) Oregon takes the 2 seed from Utah?
2) ASU takes the 5 from Stanford?
3) Ernie Kent outcoaches Romar in his 1st year without players...from Pullman?

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:23 pm

[quote="azcat49"]So who you all got?

Wed

Wazzu/Cal WAZZU
USC/ASSU ASSU
CU/OSU OSU
UDub/Furd Furd

Thursday

AZ/Wazzu AZ
ASSU/UCLA UCLA
Oregon/OSU Oregon
Utah/Furd Utah

Friday

AZ/UCLA AZ
Oregon/Utah Oregon

Saturday

AZ/Oregon AZ

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:47 pm

Wed

WSU/Cal
USC/ASSu
CU/OSU
WASH/FURD

Thursday

AZ/CAL
UCLA/ASSu
OREGON/OSU
UTAH/FURD

Friday

AZ/UCLA
OREGON/FURD

Saturday

AZ/OREGON

BibbysTowelDude · Post by **BibbysTowelDude** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:12 pm

Opening Round:
8) California vs. 9) Washington State
- Cal is beat, Washington State by 9
5) Arizona State vs. 12) Southern California
- Arizona State craps the bed late, Southern Cal wins by 5 in OT.
7)Oregon State vs. 10) Colorado
-Oregon State can't score. Colorado is the better ball club and wins by 15.
6)Stanford vs. 11) Washington
-Stanford is better all over the court. Stanford is playing for their life, and the three seniors are dangerous. Stanford by 19.

Quarterfinals:
1) Arizona vs. 9) Washington State
-Arizona is gonna be angry. You won't like them when they're angry. Arizona by 27.
5) UCLA vs. 12) Southern California
-SC comes out hot but they don't have the horses to make it two in a row at this juncture. UCLA pulls away in the final 10 to win by 19.
2)Oregon vs. 10) Colorado
-Colorado pulls off the real first "upset"in this tournament. Though I think the margin between 2 and 11 is just about nothing. Colorado ends winning by 3 because Askia Booker hits one from deep, at the buzzer.
3) Utah vs. 6) Stanford
-Utah is not the same team after we took their happy place. Those Stanford seniors are still very dangerous. Win this game late at the free throw line by 6.

Semi-Finals:
1) Arizona vs. 5) UCLA
-Arizona is on a mission, and is flat out better than UCLA. This game is gonna be talked about as being a close one. BTD doesn't see it. Miller and Co, know what's required this time of year. Arizona by 22.
6) Stanford vs. 10) Colorado
-Stanford is playing some serious ball at this point. Josh Scott is balling as well for Colorado. Stanford realizes again, that it's completely mediocre because Chasson Randle is such a freaking chucker. Askia Booker, one of the conference's greatest chuckers ever stays warm for another W. Scott stops Nastic, and Xavier Johnson does enough for Colorado to pull out the 4 point win.

Championship Game:
1) Arizona vs. 10) Colorado
- Arizona is better, Arizona is on a mission. They get their regular season/tournament championship double. On Sunday they get their number 1 seed out West. Arizona wins the title game in dominant fashion, Colorado sticks around for about 10-15 minutes but gets blitzed in the final 30-35 minutes, and wins by 33.

Pac-12 In the NCAA Tournament-
Arizona 1 Seed
Utah 5 Seed
Oregon 11 Seed

Headed to the NIT-
Stanford
Washington
Oregon State
Arizona State
UCLA

Headed to the CBI/CIT-
Colorado
California
Washington State (Might have to agree to travel).

Katzenfreund · Post by **Katzenfreund** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:29 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:59 pm

What a bunch of fucktards.

ZONACAT · Post by **ZONACAT** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:02 pm

Who is that?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:14 pm

ZONACAT wrote:Who is that?

The Golden Shower fan base.

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:01 pm

Katzenfreund wrote:I like your predictions, my friend. Although I'd love to see the 'Cats fist Cal for a third time in a row, elbow-deep. Just to stick it to their fanbase of Napoleon complex-ridden sociopaths.

Their message board is an embarrassment to human decency...

Cal blowhard wrote:

check out the down on his luck unemployed former arizona basketball player photobombing to the right of las chicas bonitas

big sauce & young ivee, that could be you in a few years if you decide to go to an academically mediocre school in tuscon

if you go to arizona & get injured, you are ******
Nothing says 'intellectual supremacy' quite like misspelling “Tucson“.

Damn it Katz, I think I love you

. Thanks for making me spit up my morning coffee, you hilarious bastard!!!

I so much want us to destroy Cal again for the same reasons you posted....too bad the frickin' game is at 2am my time.....BTFD and hope we get to give Cal and their arrogant, delusional fanbase 'reality check' #3!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:42 pm

We are screwed:

Boivin: This is the year Arizona wins Pac-12 Tournament

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/c ... /24717401/

Arizona has long had a conflicted relationship with the Pac-12 Tournament. Lute Olson once called it asinine, and Sean Miller was tagged with a technical during one that led to an investigation of a conference official.

This season? This is the one the Wildcats win.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:42 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:We are screwed:

Boivin: This is the year Arizona wins Pac-12 Tournament

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/c ... /24717401/

Arizona has long had a conflicted relationship with the Pac-12 Tournament. Lute Olson once called it asinine, and Sean Miller was tagged with a technical during one that led to an investigation of a conference official.

This season? This is the one the Wildcats win.

No shit. She is so fucking accurate.

Machina · Post by **Machina** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:08 pm

She is very nice in person

PerpEph · Post by **PerpEph** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:30 pm

Cal fans are easily my least favorite in the Pac-12. They are arrogant, insecure douchebags.

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:54 pm

PerpEph wrote:Cal fans are easily my least favorite in the Pac-12. They are arrogant, insecure douchebags.

see you Thursday -- let's do this!!

PerpEph · Post by **PerpEph** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:20 pm

97cats wrote:
PerpEph wrote:Cal fans are easily my least favorite in the Pac-12. They are arrogant, insecure douchebags.
see you Thursday -- let's do this!!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:07 am

Made it to the MGM and have bumped into several cat fans. No other team fan sightings yet. Of course its late for those teams and fans that have to play tomorrow

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:32 am

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:34 am

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:40 am

azgreg wrote:

that's funny

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:48 am

Our Friday night tix have now sold. All we have left is the Saturday championship game. They are listed for $175 apiece on Stubhub....but I am willing to go for $130 for someone on here. $130 is the cheapest in the section.

If you need tix let me know, much rather sell for less to someone on here.

Oilfield Cat · Post by **Oilfield Cat** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:04 am

Keep the beers cold and the tables hot! More of the Arizona army inbound today...I can't get any work done at this office - just thinking about getting on a plane later today and getting to Vegas!

I love walking around there and seeing the sea of RED!

BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:52 am

Actually saw 2 USC fans and have seen several scummy fans wearing their curtain of distraction t-shirts.

Lobby is full of AZ fans checking in. I have not seen many Ute fans which has surprised me

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:58 am

Phylek · Post by **Phylek** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:20 am

UofA fans everywhere in the MGM. Loving it.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:34 am

Tucson is ready to make Vegas it's bitch.

Dosia · Post by **Dosia** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:43 am

Be there in 5 hours.

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