Bear Down Wildcats

enfuego wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:54 am

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:34 am

enfuego wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:17 pm

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:38 pm I can't wait for the season to start, Tommy has exceeded my expectations both years, this year I expect a 4-5 seed with about 7 to 8 losses maybe up to 4 or 5 losses in the non con and play in the finals of the pac 12 tournament. Let's see if Tommy can stay undefeated in Vegas this year!!

Yikes. That's a mid major mentality there.

Well you schmucks are averaging 7 to 8 losses per season and had 6 the year you won the NCAA tournament. Say all you want about the big 12, but our non-con slate of games might be the most difficult I've seen a high major team play in quite a while. We play 4 of the top 5 preseason ranked teams, according to Gary Parrish,(Purdue, Duke, FAU, MSU) plus Alabama, who was #1 most of the year last year, and Wisconsin. Colgate was a tournament team last year and Belmont is no slouch. We return 2 starters and our 6th man, and we have some exciting transfers, but we aren't paying 4 mil for Hunter Dickinson. So you got us there. But maybe we didn't take him cause we already ran circles around him.

I don't think it's mid major mentality, it's a reasonable person's appraisal of a difficult schedule with a group of players who mostly have had relatively little time together.

Schedule smack? Check out Kansas's schedule and I expect to win all of them because we're Kansas. You Arizona fans haven't won anything since 1997 and now have to walk in to a real conference which you will probably perennially finish 3rd or 4th behind Kansas, Baylor or Houston.

Hmm, what happened fuegs? You already dropped a game to the Illini

Still can’t believe how lightly Self and Kansas were disciplined. Slap on the wrist.

Is the game available anywhere?

Postmaster wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:23 pm Is the game available anywhere?

https://pac-12.com/live/university-arizona

Thanks
Now I need to my compuserv up and running

Has a built-in Chromecast link for those that have Chromecast on their TVs. Streams really well.

Why is there no Brian Jeffries? It was so nice being able to listen to him as we watch last game.

Is there a link for the radio stream? I really liked Jeffries too

AZCatGirl wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:03 pm Why is there no Brian Jeffries? It was so nice being able to listen to him as we watch last game.

Someone heard you!

Sloppy so far

arizonawildcats wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:11 pm

AZCatGirl wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:03 pm Why is there no Brian Jeffries? It was so nice being able to listen to him as we watch last game.

Someone heard you!

And we got Matt Muehlebach as a nice bonus!

Upping the defensive pressure

Krivas with some pretty good hands for the biggest UA player ever.

And KJ, don't hang on the rim. No one was there

Love what I've seen from Krivas so far.

Something you never want to see, a 7 footer leading the break

Raining 3's

15 turnovers for Arizona

It will be interesting to see what the actual rotation will be once we start playing good competition. I guess we won't really find out until Duke. Hopefully Pella plays in our next game

Caleb Love is going to be better than I had thought (wasn’t sure what to expect from him)

Love and Bradley will be very nice additions but we need more rim pressure from them.

I have no idea who all these white guys are!

Lots of new names and faces to learn

23 sure picked up his game. He was a step slow.

Alieberman wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:38 pm I have no idea who all these white guys are!

Lots of new names and faces to learn

Back from a walk into town and you took the words right out of my mouth: all these white guys look the same to me.

That kid clanked 2 FTs last game

I feel so techy, I was able send it from phone to the TV.

84Cat wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:04 pm It will be interesting to see what the actual rotation will be once we start playing good competition. I guess we won't really find out until Duke. Hopefully Pella plays in our next game

Boswell, Love, Pelle (when healthy), Johnson, Ballo, Bradley, Krivas, Lewis.

That's the set rotation. Murauskas has a chance to get some minutes as well.

Filli B not able to play his way in without an injury happening?

Not that I mind. Would like to see him play if we need some 3’s. He can really shoot it.

ChooChooCat wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:23 am

84Cat wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:04 pm It will be interesting to see what the actual rotation will be once we start playing good competition. I guess we won't really find out until Duke. Hopefully Pella plays in our next game

Boswell, Love, Pelle (when healthy), Johnson, Ballo, Bradley, Krivas, Lewis.

That's the set rotation. Murauskas has a chance to get some minutes as well.

Anderson?

IndianaZonaFan wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:48 am Filli B not able to play his way in without an injury happening?

Not that I mind. Would like to see him play if we need some 3’s. He can really shoot it.

He had an incredible off season too in FIBA.

We looked like shit last night. Careless and somewhat selfish at times. Better get their heads on right or we will be laughed out of Cammeron.

Here are the 40 minute "Bird" scores (think PER) for the Arizona scholarship players based on the Red-Blue game and the two exhibitions (# games):

40.0 Oumar Ballo (2)
34.8 Caleb Love (3)
29.2 Keshad Johnson (3)
24.3 Motiejus Krivas (2)
23.2 KJ Lewis (3)
20.0 Dylan Anderson (3)
19.4 Kylan Boswell (3)
18.8 Filip Borovicanin (3)
17.3 Henri Veesaar (2)
-----> 14.0 +/- = "average" D1 player <-----
13.3 Conrad Martinez (3)
13.0 Paulius Murauskas (3)
12.9 Pelle Larsson (1)
10.2 Jaden Bradley (3)

FWIW

Colombo said he heard Vessar was injured in a golf cart incident .

enfuego wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:54 am

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:34 am

enfuego wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:17 pm

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:38 pm I can't wait for the season to start, Tommy has exceeded my expectations both years, this year I expect a 4-5 seed with about 7 to 8 losses maybe up to 4 or 5 losses in the non con and play in the finals of the pac 12 tournament. Let's see if Tommy can stay undefeated in Vegas this year!!

Yikes. That's a mid major mentality there.

Well you schmucks are averaging 7 to 8 losses per season and had 6 the year you won the NCAA tournament. Say all you want about the big 12, but our non-con slate of games might be the most difficult I've seen a high major team play in quite a while. We play 4 of the top 5 preseason ranked teams, according to Gary Parrish,(Purdue, Duke, FAU, MSU) plus Alabama, who was #1 most of the year last year, and Wisconsin. Colgate was a tournament team last year and Belmont is no slouch. We return 2 starters and our 6th man, and we have some exciting transfers, but we aren't paying 4 mil for Hunter Dickinson. So you got us there. But maybe we didn't take him cause we already ran circles around him.

I don't think it's mid major mentality, it's a reasonable person's appraisal of a difficult schedule with a group of players who mostly have had relatively little time together.

Schedule smack? Check out Kansas's schedule and I expect to win all of them because we're Kansas. You Arizona fans haven't won anything since 1997 and now have to walk in to a real conference which you will probably perennially finish 3rd or 4th behind Kansas, Baylor or Houston.

Except you lost to Illinois the other night.

Wah wah wah waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

Beachcat97 wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:58 am

ChooChooCat wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:23 am

84Cat wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:04 pm It will be interesting to see what the actual rotation will be once we start playing good competition. I guess we won't really find out until Duke. Hopefully Pella plays in our next game

Boswell, Love, Pelle (when healthy), Johnson, Ballo, Bradley, Krivas, Lewis.

That's the set rotation. Murauskas has a chance to get some minutes as well.

Anderson?

Another whitey to confuse the fans.

Had some good exhibition games. Ran the court well, boxed out well, and has decent hands. Figured he would be 3rd center off the bench ahead of Veesaar.

At least Veesaar has some hope for playing time now, assuming he can avoid injuries.

Mike Luke has a major man crush on Dylan.

I don't see Anderson playing major minutes at UA. He'll still be behind Krivas next year and Emmanuel Stephen is a freak athlete who will be hard to keep off the floor.

Anyone know when the 2023-24 Media Guide will be available?

We’re getting a lot of “Love” to start the season.

pc in NM wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:56 am

How does one exactly predict the Final Four before the first game of the season? Is that guy predicting that those four teams will have just the right amount of luck and talent to maximize the seed they receive and the matchups they will be faced with in their region? Like that Arizona will be a 3 seed but seeds 1 & 2 will be vulnerable and upsets will take out dangerous 4-7 seeds early?

Or is he just pulling that out of his ass?

Chicat wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:04 am

pc in NM wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:56 am

How does one exactly predict the Final Four before the first game of the season? Is that guy predicting that those four teams will have just the right amount of luck and talent to maximize the seed they receive and the matchups they will be faced with in their region? Like that Arizona will be a 3 seed but seeds 1 & 2 will be vulnerable and upsets will take out dangerous 4-7 seeds early?

Or is he just pulling that out of his ass?

Come on, Chi! You know that EVERYTHING shared by preseason sports commentators is pulled directly from their asses, right??

Jay Bilas has the UofA ranked #10. He has Duke #2. Here is what he wrote about Arizona:

No. 10. Arizona Wildcats: The Wildcats had the look of a national champion last season, winning 28 games and playing their best at the end of the season. Then, Arizona played Princeton in the NCAA tournament, and it was all over. Next, the doors opened and six players were out the door, including Azuolas Tubelis and Kerr Kriisa. But, coach Tommy Lloyd can recruit, and the transfer portal works both ways; you can bring good players in just as quickly as they can leave. Lloyd still has Oumar Ballo, Pelle Larsson and Kylan Boswell returning, and Boswell has overcome injury to put himself in position to take off as a sophomore. The portal helped bring in North Carolina transfer Caleb Love, who had 23 points in his first exhibition game as a Wildcat; Alabama transfer Jaden Bradley; and versatile San Diego State transfer Keshad Johnson. Love will not be the primary handler, but he was often better playing off the ball for the Tar Heels. He can score and play up-tempo, and Bradley can really drive the ball but had not yet figured out the shooting piece. Other key performers should be freshman wing KJ Lewis, sophomore big man Henri Veesaar, freshman big man Motiejus Krivas and sophomore big man Dylan Anderson. The Wildcats will not be quite as powerful early, but Lloyd will help them figure it out. There is really good talent there.

You can tell from Bilas’ write-up on AZ that he has zero idea what he’s talking about.

Especially about the bigs. Don't expect Veesaar to get more than 5-10 minutes a game assuming he can stay healthy. I think Filip B will get more minutes than Lewis too and he was not even mentioned.

Merkin wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:55 am Especially about the bigs. Don't expect Veesaar to get more than 5-10 minutes a game assuming he can stay healthy. I think Filip B will get more minutes than Lewis too and he was not even mentioned.

I would be shocked if Filip has more minutes than Lewis. Lewis brings defensive intensity and athleticism that Filip lacks.

I hope Filip gets some minutes and is able to knockdown 3s to keep the floor spread for the guards to drive and slash.