Bear Down Wildcats

Theme for next week maybe "Payback is a Bitch".

Could face Buffs, Ducks and Utes.

EastCoastCat wrote:Theme for next week maybe "Payback is a Bitch".

Could face Buffs, Ducks and Utes.

I hope we play all 3.

sounds good to me

So I just realized USC should return all their major players next year.

Frybry02 wrote:So I just realized USC should return all their major players next year.

Against all odds, Enfield actually really has done things with that program.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Frybry02 wrote:So I just realized USC should return all their major players next year.

Against all odds, Enfield actually really has done things with that program.

They could be really damn good next year

USC hired the right guy while UCLA did not.

Irish27 wrote:USC hired the right guy while UCLA did not.

Bing Bing Bing...and we have a winner! Spot on Irish27!

Yeah USC could be a top 15-20 kinda team next year

SCCats wrote:Oregon State 86, UCLA 82 @ Pauley

There's one stat in this game I just love, love, love. Bryce had no fouls called on him for the entire game (35 min played). That's just

Take a look at the box score. Take a look at all the fouls the refs were calling on the other players.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... =400841643" target="_blank

Bryce's jersey...clean.

I think we're seeing peak Bryce Alford: zero fouls now for the third half in a row of basketball.

The OSU-ASU game is starting very ugly. How long have the Schaftenaar family been at OSU? 10 years?

Liked the Enfield hire. Sure, he only had the one team, but it was one team in a short time at Florida GULF COAST and they weren't small/mid major grind/measured/execution players....they were straight outta Hollywood, CA, not FL. His style was going to be perfect for USC, especially as the lone sucker punch chance they had to unseat UCLA in LA...kind of what the Clips had to do to get eyes off the Lakers. USC hoops had no reason to rush, and you could see little pieces.

At USC best in the last 20 years, it has been the Lorenzo Orrs, Jeff Trepangiers, Harold Minors, the super athletic players that made USC relevant. Meanwhile, UCLA goes, if possible, more boring than Ben How and, ,but with less history of success and basic morals. This year was the ultimate stamp of approval for USC over UCLA....

Alford essentially created this USC program by refusing to create competition for his son and ignoring local talent and instead chased bigger fish before striking out and everything

I hated the Enfield hire, but it looks like I was wrong.

Thought it was a knee jerk hire at the time but sometimes u get lucky.

NOT a good start for Oregon State if it wanted to impress any committee members still awake at this hour.

Chicat wrote:I hated the Enfield hire, but it looks like I was wrong.

Hate was a bit strong but last year in year 2 of his hire, other than the strong incoming recruits, I could see why people would doubt the hire.......that and his lack of experience.....I wasn't a bit apathetic about it....but damn, in year 3 this looks like a home run hire for USC....especially compared to that idiotic hire of Alford across town.

The Dayton Archie Millers up early on the Spiders.

Nice timing Cal...

Tyrone Wallace broke his hand in practice

Oregon State, you had one damn job....

Cal down 12 to UC Irvine at home in the 2nd half.

Cal is missing both Bird and Rabb

going to ot

ASU lost by 19 to Northern Iowa

First Oregon goes down again, now Colorado is getting slapped around. Wonderful.

Washington state lost to Loyola Illinois.

Circle 12/3 on your calendar: AZ/Zaga, UK/UCLA, and KU/Stanford...Pac needs to win two of these games to have a fighting chance on Selection Sunday.

The old, shit the bed in nonconference but play your minds out against Arizona... Never gets old, does it.

Beachcat97 wrote:Circle 12/3 on your calendar: AZ/Zaga, UK/UCLA, and KU/Stanford...Pac needs to win two of these games to have a fighting chance on Selection Sunday.

Beyond stupid post.

Beachcat97 wrote:Circle 12/3 on your calendar: AZ/Zaga, UK/UCLA, and KU/Stanford...Pac needs to win two of these games to have a fighting chance on Selection Sunday.

Big day for the Pac-12 but no one expects Stanford or UCLA to be in those games, let alone win them.

For days now I've been predicting LBSU win vs UW...am I alone?

UW getting run out of the gym by tcu

Rough night for the pac

84Cat wrote:UW getting run out of the gym by tcu

TCU owns UW.

YoDeFoe wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Circle 12/3 on your calendar: AZ/Zaga, UK/UCLA, and KU/Stanford...Pac needs to win two of these games to have a fighting chance on Selection Sunday.

Big day for the Pac-12 but no one expects Stanford or UCLA to be in those games, let alone win them.

Seems like the power in the Pac-12 has swung back to UCLA and may be there to stay given their incoming class. Looks like Alford was the right hire for the job and may be the best coach in the conference?

enfuego wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Circle 12/3 on your calendar: AZ/Zaga, UK/UCLA, and KU/Stanford...Pac needs to win two of these games to have a fighting chance on Selection Sunday.

Big day for the Pac-12 but no one expects Stanford or UCLA to be in those games, let alone win them.

Seems like the power in the Pac-12 has swung back to UCLA and may be there to stay given their incoming class. Looks like Alford was the right hire for the job and may be the best coach in the conference?

So Arizona's incoming class doesn't count? And neither does the fact that we're currently missing 6 of our 13 scholarship players that we thought we'd have?

Arizona would probably be a top 3 team if we had PJC, Trier, Smith, Ferguson, and Simon all on the roster like we thought we would in May.

Haha Fuegs. How did that 20 year anniversary of your 96-97 team that won the.......oops big 12 go yesterday. Forgot you lost to a 4 seed that year in Birmingham. Dam, I can still see crying Roy
LOL

This is what I was talking about yesterday. Everyone puts too much stock in one game.

UCLA wins at Kentucky, Cats lose to the Zags and suddenly the whole balance of power has shifted in college basketball? Hardly.

UCLA also beat Kentucky last year and finished at the bottom of the conference. Now, this year's team is obviously very talented and have been impressive thus far, and this win was at Rupp rather than Pauley, but it does give some credence to taking November and December games with a grain of salt. Alford's UCLA teams have always had lots of talent and under performed. May not be the case this year, but it is clearly a testament to the right top recruits falling right onto his lap this go round rather than him being a good coach A broken clock is always right twice per day. I mean, the dude is lucky to even have a damn job and I cant think of many coaches who are on the hot seat by consensus who pull in these types of classes.

enfuego wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Circle 12/3 on your calendar: AZ/Zaga, UK/UCLA, and KU/Stanford...Pac needs to win two of these games to have a fighting chance on Selection Sunday.

Big day for the Pac-12 but no one expects Stanford or UCLA to be in those games, let alone win them.

Seems like the power in the Pac-12 has swung back to UCLA and may be there to stay given their incoming class. Looks like Alford was the right hire for the job and may be the best coach in the conference?

Alford certainly is recruiting at a very high level now. He also seems to finally have a team that is not underachieving in the non-conference season. It will be interesting to see if he can take this year's team to the Elite 8 or beyond. If they flame out early, the questions about him will remain open.

UW is down 25 to Gonzaga with 7:24 left to play in the 1st half.

rgdeuce wrote:UCLA also beat Kentucky last year and finished at the bottom of the conference. Now, this year's team is obviously very talented and have been impressive thus far, and this win was at Rupp rather than Pauley, but it does give some credence to taking November and December games with a grain of salt. Alford's UCLA teams have always had lots of talent and under performed. May not be the case this year, but it is clearly a testament to the right top recruits falling right onto his lap this go round rather than him being a good coach A broken clock is always right twice per day. I mean, the dude is lucky to even have a damn job and I cant think of many coaches who are on the hot seat by consensus who pull in these types of classes.

There are a lot of random nuggets in here

Tad Boyle with a nice win for the conference

Washington getting their teeth kicked in currently.

Should be final year for Romar. Team looks terribly unorganized. No semblance of defense.

gumby wrote:Should be final year for Romar. Team looks terribly unorganized. No semblance of defense.

you'd think. this is his 15th season. they went to the tournament 6 times in his first 9 years with 3 conference tourney titles and 3 sweet 16s. in the 5 years since...they've missed the tournament every year despite his talent there never being better and putting guys in the nba.

So what has Basnight to say about that?

He's a good guy (Romar, not Basnight), but chasing one-and-dones has killed the program.

Michigan with 12 threes in first half. Bruins have 7. Only five misses total.