Bear Down Wildcats

Holy crap, feels so good to say we are tied for first with a 2 game lead over 3rd and a 4 game lead over Kansas and Baylor! That is amazing. Really impressed with how this team has grown!

And this year we are more of the hunter as opposed to the hunted.

Because of how poorly this team can play as shown in the earlier part of the season, they can’t afford to mail games in. Hope that continues to be a motivating factor for the remainder of the season and in the Tourney.

Kenpom
3. Houston
8. ISU
9. Texas Tech
10. Arizona
11. Kansas
26. Baylor
36. BYU
45. WVU
57. ASU
59. Kansas St

That's why these games are so fun. We're playing good teams that challenge us almost every game

84Cat wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:53 am Kenpom
3. Houston
8. ISU
9. Texas Tech
10. Arizona
11. Kansas
26. Baylor
36. BYU
45. WVU
57. ASU

That's why these games are so fun. We're playing good teams that challenge us almost every game

Where's Colorado? -500?

UAEebs86 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:55 am

84Cat wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:53 am Kenpom
3. Houston
8. ISU
9. Texas Tech
10. Arizona
11. Kansas
26. Baylor
36. BYU
45. WVU
57. ASU

That's why these games are so fun. We're playing good teams that challenge us almost every game

Where's Colorado? -500?

104 and Okie st is 109. Colorado beat UCONN somehow

Remaining games.

Arizona

@KSU
Houston
@Baylor
BYU
Utah
@Iowa St
Fighting Hurley’s
@Kansas

Houston

Baylor
@Arizona
@ASSU
Iowa St
@Texas Tech
Cincinnati
Kansas
@Baylor

Texas Tech

ASSU
@oklahoma St
@TCU
West Virginia
Houston
@Kansas
Colorado
@ASSU

Iowa St

@UCF
Cincinnati
Colorado
@Houston
@Oklahoma St
Arizona
BYU
@Kansas St

OSU is clearly one of the few exceptions to a good crowd. Of course they're 3-8 in the Big 12 playing another team with the same record. Not much of an incentive to come out on Super Bowl Sunday.

AZCatGirl wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:24 pm OSU is clearly one of the few exceptions to a good crowd. Of course they're 3-8 in the Big 12 playing another team with the same record. Not much of an incentive to come out on Super Bowl Sunday.

Feel like Stillwater was the only PAC12 level crowd we’ve experienced this season but I don’t expect that to last. They’ve got a pretty good tradition and fanbase. Just having a down year.

azcat49 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 12:57 pm Remaining games.

Arizona

@KSU
Houston
@Baylor
BYU
Utah
@Iowa St
Fighting Hurley’s
@Kansas

Houston

Baylor
@Arizona
@ASSU
Iowa St
@Texas Tech
Cincinnati
Kansas
@Baylor

Texas Tech

ASSU
@oklahoma St
@TCU
West Virginia
Houston
@Kansas
Colorado
@ASSU

Iowa St

@UCF
Cincinnati
Colorado
@Houston
@Oklahoma St
Arizona
BYU
@Kansas St

Isu could go 7-1

Yeah... Iowa St and Texas Tech surely have the easier remaining schedules.

This race looks to tighten up between all 4 of these teams

So could we.

Here's a modest proposal:

BTFD!!!!

All 4 could go between 7-1 and 4-4 with I think the exception of TTU, I only see 2 losses there.

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:35 pm All 4 could go between 7-1 and 4-4 with I think the exception of TTU, I only see 2 losses there.

i know ku is going through a rough stretch during enfuego's "busy season" at work, but i could see them winning 7 of their remaining 8. regardless of how things go at houston, they'll probably be fired up and with an extra day's rest for the finale & senior day against us at AFH. it's not hard to imagine them heading into the postseason with a lot of momentum.

okie state is having a down year but it's wild how many eyeballs (and money) have been diverted from mbb to wrestling. as of this season, they have a superstar new coaching staff + undefeated team + multiple individual title contenders + insanely deep pockets pouring money into the sport. they're setting attendance records and ticket sales are up 30% over their last highest season. would love to see okstate's wrestling and wbb siphon NIL money away from mbb. dubious for sure, but still.

This is damn impressive.

They ARE a damn impressive program. Can't say I expect us to win, but I do expect us to play our fucking guts out.

Arizona has spent 39 weeks at No. 1 in the AP Poll, which is ninth-most all-time; 30 weeks at No. 2, ninth most all-time; 174 weeks in the Top 5, seventh all-time; 347 weeks in the Top 10, sixth all-time; and 613 weeks in the top 25, seventh all-time.[11

Under coach Lute Olson, the University of Arizona Wildcats were in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for 97 consecutive weeks. This was the second-longest streak in the country at the time.

That is impressive by Houston though given it was done while mostly in the Big XII

The coolest thing about this conference is being able to respect coaches, opponents, and programs instead of hating them out of principle and unremarkable good taste. It makes losing to them an edifying experience instead of a shameful one.

Can our frontcourt defend all 3 of Houston's 6'8" forwards for an entire game without fouling out?

Houston defeated Baylor with little issue to no one's surprise. Once again we need a win tomorrow to keep up with them.

A win tonight keeps us up with them, but win or lose, Saturday game is for 1st in the conference. Even with a loss tonight, a W Saturday gives us a tie for first in Big12 record and the tie breaker in the head to head. But let's win tonight anyways!!!!

Do they do tiebreakers? I thought the Big 12 did a shared championship, unless that changed.

g32knights wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:08 pm Do they do tiebreakers? I thought the Big 12 did a shared championship, unless that changed.

Probably just for the #1 seed in the conference tourney.

In truth, the UA game was a game both teams should have lost. What a terrible exhibition of basketball. Both teams last night would have been bounced in the first round of the tourney.

We break yet another team. No one can win after losing to us. lol

Grant v Bobby Dearest

Heh heh heh

Not even a full season done and I’m in total love with this league.

Boy did ASU get lucky there

Double OT.

God I love this conference.

Hella penultimate sequence there.

Pac-12 refs would still be reviewing that.

Anderson is nails.

Enough reviews already

Ball don't lie

All for a fucked up dribble hand off.

That's a shame.

AZCatGirl wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:26 pm We break yet another team. No one can win after losing to us. lol

A double OT heartbreaker is an even better reverse jinx than I had planned.

If Grant McCasland is going to keep giving postgame interviews like that he’s going to mess around and make me fall in love and he doesn’t want that.

At some point I’m going to need to hate Texas Tech. Don’t make this hard on both of us Grant!

If I was Indiana that is the guy I would go for.

TheCat wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:51 am If I was Indiana that is the guy I would go for.

He's got a better job now.

He'd do better to wait for KU

Kansas better keep their damn dirty paws off my beautiful Grant baby…

Chicat wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:47 pm If Grant McCasland is going to keep giving postgame interviews like that he’s going to mess around and make me fall in love and he doesn’t want that.

At some point I’m going to need to hate Texas Tech. Don’t make this hard on both of us Grant!

I love Grant McCasland too, he is a class act.

Utah beat Kansas?! Damn no wonder Fuegs hasn't stopped by during our losing streak.

Oh, and Colorado finally won a game. Wonder if they stormed the court.

dirtbags wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:19 pm

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:35 pm All 4 could go between 7-1 and 4-4 with I think the exception of TTU, I only see 2 losses there.

i know ku is going through a rough stretch during enfuego's "busy season" at work, but i could see them winning 7 of their remaining 8. regardless of how things go at houston, they'll probably be fired up and with an extra day's rest for the finale & senior day against us at AFH. it's not hard to imagine them heading into the postseason with a lot of momentum.

okay, so this wasn't exactly how i imagined kansas would go about winning 7 of their last 8. wtf is happening at ku? will they fall out of the top 25 next week?

Ooh, Kansas last three are TT, Houston and Arizona, oooowweeee, that's a rough stretch.

Welcome to the Big 12 Fuegs!!

two of those last three are at AFH, though and they're 3-7 on the road. next one at byu could be rough - they'll probably step onto the hardwood with guns blazing. dropping two in the state of utah would send fuegs into permanent busy season. ku also had a bit of a rough time putting away 'rado at home but i'd be shocked if they lost in boulder. that would be a very tough loss to swallow.

Late season, at Colorado, didn't matter how bad Colorado was, that place was always tough to play.

Kansas State now on a two game losing streak having just lost to Utah. Guess we broke them too!

I don’t think Kansas could have even won the Pac2 this year