Bear Down Wildcats

azcat49 wrote:I think the difference is that a Jazz player tested positive. I bet if one player gets tested positive, the tourney is over. That seems reactive but I guess limiting the large crowds flattens the curve and that is what we are seeking

100% agree. They had better quarantine all the players and coaches or the whole thing comes crashing down.

I think Arizona just won it's last game of the season.

Hang the Banner!!!!!!

azgreg wrote:

Nice job Fred.

Chicat wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Nice job Fred.

So Fred goes through the handshake line with Archie. Is Archie a spitter like Sean? Jesus! You can't make this shit up!

We are beating USC and then Oregon assuming we play

azcat49 wrote:We are beating USC and then Oregon assuming we play

It will be like AAU ball with only select family in the crowds!

Maybe then our team might give a damn.

azgreg wrote:

Chicat wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Nice job Fred.

Fred was diagnosed with the common cold

Love our chances vs. USC

What's the over under on number of NCAA tournament games get played?

84Cat wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Chicat wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Nice job Fred.

Fred was diagnosed with the common cold

Fred went to work sick even though everyone in the world has been told a hundred times to keep their ass home if they don’t feel well.

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:What's the over under on number of NCAA tournament games get played?

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Alieberman wrote:I think Arizona just won it's last game of the season.

Hang the Banner!!!!!!

They did. The banner should read 2019-2020 NCAA Underachievement Champions.

So stupid that the pac12 allowed fans at yesterday's games.

now they finally make the choice to not allow them.

because all of that potential exposure yesterday doesn't count? dumbass larry scott

AAC, B1G, Big-12 and SEC have cancelled their conference tournaments.

Basketball Season is over.

We are co-champs!

Is it too late to self punish for FBI scandal. Post-season ban!

The whole thing is a tragicomical farce. But glad we ended the season on a high note. By this season’s standards.

We ended the season with a win.


Just like '97 baby!

my question...and it is still me wondering...is how the closed arena idea isn't just as good as cancelling?

Nico Mannion is going to come home, go to the gym, go to a party or two, and be exposed to as many people as he would have been in the closed gym. Maybe more. Charter flight, cabin wipe down, sharing air with people he will be around anyway if we go back to Tucson (I assume they live off campus, so cancelling live classes, even if they close the dorms, won't send him home). And if he isn't coming back, it isn't like he is going to be going to class. But even the players who will be coming back...they have limited classes 2nd semester (load up online, summer, 1st semester). They are going to have a ton of free time. And they are going to go out...they aren't self-incubating.

The amount of security/workers at the gyms (you could downsize arenas) would be shrunk, and they would not need to be in close proximity of each other. So we are talking players/staff/refs. Cancel postgame handshakes. Players might be safer in that environment than if they were at home.

I really feel like/felt like the empty arena idea for the NCAA tournament (I understand getting out of Vegas might be a good idea) was smart. Eliminate 15,000 people interacting. But, unless players are forced to quarantine, they are going to mingle, hang out, get around.

Can we switch to an online tournament?

I saw all those conferences announcements picked up by CBS sports EXCEPT the PAC Scott can’t even get this right.

This decision certainly makes sense

EVCat wrote:my question...and it is still me wondering...is how the closed arena idea isn't just as good as cancelling?

Nico Mannion is going to come home, go to the gym, go to a party or two, and be exposed to as many people as he would have been in the closed gym. Maybe more. Charter flight, cabin wipe down, sharing air with people he will be around anyway if we go back to Tucson (I assume they live off campus, so cancelling live classes, even if they close the dorms, won't send him home). And if he isn't coming back, it isn't like he is going to be going to class. But even the players who will be coming back...they have limited classes 2nd semester (load up online, summer, 1st semester). They are going to have a ton of free time. And they are going to go out...they aren't self-incubating.

The amount of security/workers at the gyms (you could downsize arenas) would be shrunk, and they would not need to be in close proximity of each other. So we are talking players/staff/refs. Cancel postgame handshakes. Players might be safer in that environment than if they were at home.

I really feel like/felt like the empty arena idea for the NCAA tournament (I understand getting out of Vegas might be a good idea) was smart. Eliminate 15,000 people interacting. But, unless players are forced to quarantine, they are going to mingle, hang out, get around.

So just cancel the tourney as soon as there is 1 confirmed case of a coach / player?

Look at Utah Jazz.... 1 player confirmed... now a 2nd Jazz player.... you think that's it?

It's not a matter of if, but when and it would be a really bad look if the NCAA went on and pro leagues cancelled. (hearing hockey could suspend today.... baseball will as well.

Pac-12 cancelled ALL events in ALL sports.

jajoyce wrote:Pac-12 cancelled ALL events in ALL sports.

As well they should.

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And canceled.

This is the way ESPN dies.

This is the way ESPN dies.

This is the way ESPN dies.

Not with a bang!. . . but with a gurgling sound as DookieV drowns himself in gin.

EVCat wrote:And they are going to go out...they aren't self-incubating.

They might be self-incubating. I would, but I’m too old at this point.

EVCat wrote:my question...and it is still me wondering...is how the closed arena idea isn't just as good as cancelling?

Nico Mannion is going to come home, go to the gym, go to a party or two, and be exposed to as many people as he would have been in the closed gym. Maybe more. Charter flight, cabin wipe down, sharing air with people he will be around anyway if we go back to Tucson (I assume they live off campus, so cancelling live classes, even if they close the dorms, won't send him home). And if he isn't coming back, it isn't like he is going to be going to class. But even the players who will be coming back...they have limited classes 2nd semester (load up online, summer, 1st semester). They are going to have a ton of free time. And they are going to go out...they aren't self-incubating.

The amount of security/workers at the gyms (you could downsize arenas) would be shrunk, and they would not need to be in close proximity of each other. So we are talking players/staff/refs. Cancel postgame handshakes. Players might be safer in that environment than if they were at home.

I really feel like/felt like the empty arena idea for the NCAA tournament (I understand getting out of Vegas might be a good idea) was smart. Eliminate 15,000 people interacting. But, unless players are forced to quarantine, they are going to mingle, hang out, get around.

There’s a liability factor at work here. If Nico catches Covid at this tourney, passes it along to 30 people, two of which die, the Pac-12 has blood on its hands and massive lawsuits coming.

If Nico gets it standing in line at In&Out, that’s not on the conference.

jajoyce wrote:Is it too late to self punish for FBI scandal. Post-season ban!

Way underrated post. Might be the best of 2020 so far.

Chicat wrote:

EVCat wrote:my question...and it is still me wondering...is how the closed arena idea isn't just as good as cancelling?

Nico Mannion is going to come home, go to the gym, go to a party or two, and be exposed to as many people as he would have been in the closed gym. Maybe more. Charter flight, cabin wipe down, sharing air with people he will be around anyway if we go back to Tucson (I assume they live off campus, so cancelling live classes, even if they close the dorms, won't send him home). And if he isn't coming back, it isn't like he is going to be going to class. But even the players who will be coming back...they have limited classes 2nd semester (load up online, summer, 1st semester). They are going to have a ton of free time. And they are going to go out...they aren't self-incubating.

The amount of security/workers at the gyms (you could downsize arenas) would be shrunk, and they would not need to be in close proximity of each other. So we are talking players/staff/refs. Cancel postgame handshakes. Players might be safer in that environment than if they were at home.

I really feel like/felt like the empty arena idea for the NCAA tournament (I understand getting out of Vegas might be a good idea) was smart. Eliminate 15,000 people interacting. But, unless players are forced to quarantine, they are going to mingle, hang out, get around.

There’s a liability factor at work here. If Nico catches Covid at this tourney, passes it along to 30 people, two of which die, the Pac-12 has blood on its hands and massive lawsuits coming.

If Nico gets it standing in line at In&Out, that’s not on the conference.

Yep. This is about stewardship and taking the lead publicly so people understand why this is a big concern. It truly is terrible it came to this, but the NBA domino forced everyone's hand

oh look. larry scott and the pac12 were finally able to make the obvious decision.....after wasting a day putting people at risk.

fucking morons

I knew we'd make the final 4 this year!!

Chicat wrote:

jajoyce wrote:Is it too late to self punish for FBI scandal. Post-season ban!

Way underrated post. Might be the best of 2020 so far.

That is funny. We should definitely do that right now.

Also hanging an elite 8 NET ranking banner somehow seems more legit when no games are played...

So each player gets a Bird scooter to ride home from Vegas so they don’t have to get on a plane?

There's a poetry thread on the General Discussion board.

PAC 12 Tournament Co- Champions!!!

Carcassdragger wrote:PAC 12 Tournament Co- Champions!!!

apparently they're giving the tourney trophy to oregon

PieceOfMeat wrote:

Carcassdragger wrote:PAC 12 Tournament Co- Champions!!!

apparently they're giving the tourney trophy to oregon

Whatever, they didn't win a game, it's ours, Cal, OSU, and WSU

Feels good to end the season on a winning note!

I saw our NET ranking was 14. Does that mean we get to hang a NET Sweet 16 Banner?

To add insult to injury, they have to bus home to Tucson.

SabinoDrifter wrote:To add insult to injury, they have to bus home to Tucson.

Packing up this morning to head back to AZ from Vegas. At least I got to see the UW game.

There were a boatload of AZ fans who showed up thursday morning/afternoon. Obviously a lot of Wildcat fans assumed AZ was going to get a bye.

The casinos are still full of people, but attendance is noticeably down. I had dinner at the MGM buffet last night.......they had servers with gloves on to pass out the food in the line (no handling of tongs/spoons).

I have never seen so many people using hand sanitizer in one place in my life. There are hand sanitizer stations everywhere.

Pity about the tournament.......I think we would have taken USC. Mannion & Green were both playing well for the first time in a long, long spell.

dmjcat wrote: Mannion & Green were both playing well for the first time in a long, long spell.

There's got to be at least a small part of them that wants to experience the NCAA tournament. That part will probably be overwhelmed and silenced by the instinct to sign a ginormous NBA contract, but who knows.

I understand that the scholarship math wouldn't add up, but these are some seriously extenuating circumstances we're living through. I'd think all options are on the table.

This guy is a member of BracketMatrix and ran simulations of all conferences.

PAC 12 Tournament BracketMatrix Simulation Champions!!!

I can wear my S16 Net Rankings shirt to that banner hanging ceremony!

Automatic bid baby! Staying in the West!

catgrad97 wrote:Automatic bid baby! Staying in the West!

Actually he has us in the South.

azgreg wrote:

catgrad97 wrote:Automatic bid baby! Staying in the West!

Actually he has us in the South.

Which should tell everyone how non- of a "Power" conference the Pac has fallen to.