Bear Down Wildcats

I guess I could have posted about the China game here. Oh well.

Anyways........

And Mississippi Valley State is no joke. Utah will be formidable.

/idon'tknowwhati'mtalkingabout

This is the weirdest Friday night ever. Been flipping back and forth between uofa W BBall and Soccer, meanwhile there’s a Pac-12 football game on the same time ASU and Colorado are playing basketball. So weird. Does that game count as a conference game?

*nevermind: I read your other post. Not a conference game. OK can we fire Larry Scott now?

Washington takes down #16 Baylor

Really great win for Washington. Maybe the Pac 12 won't be seen as a joke this year!

Well that is a game that the PAC 12 has lost literally every time in the last 6-7 years

ASU losing means today was a good day.

Oregon is really jacking up shots. They don't look fluid at all right now.

Sooooo conflicted. I know I should be rooting for Oregon. But fuck those guys.

Memphis looks exactly how you'd expect a team of freshmen to look. Oregon looks exactly how you'd expect a bunch of mid level grad transfers to look.

Both teams suck but Oregon should win.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Sooooo conflicted. I know I should be rooting for Oregon. But fuck those guys.

With you

They're talking about us! They like us! They really like us!

But seriously it's nice to hear the recognition on a national broadcast.

YoDeFoe wrote:They're talking about us! They like us! They really like us!

But seriously it's nice to hear the recognition on a national broadcast.

Still...Having to listen to Jay Bilas. I used to really like his analysis too. But his "jump the gun" analysis on Arizona hurt us on the national stage.

YoDeFoe wrote:They're talking about us! They like us! They really like us!

But seriously it's nice to hear the recognition on a national broadcast.

Seems that someone told espn idiots to stop shitting on us. Don't care, still hate them.

prh wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:They're talking about us! They like us! They really like us!

But seriously it's nice to hear the recognition on a national broadcast.

Seems that someone told espn idiots to stop shitting on us. Don't care, still hate them.

Sorry, it's just a dream you're having. You'll wake up soon.

These teams suck. Oregon looks like every Florida State team from the last 5 years. YDF, is this an aberration? I know you've watched them already this year.

dovecanyoncat wrote:

prh wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:They're talking about us! They like us! They really like us!

But seriously it's nice to hear the recognition on a national broadcast.

Seems that someone told espn idiots to stop shitting on us. Don't care, still hate them.

Sorry, it's just a dream you're having. You'll wake up soon.

Just wait for our first loss...

“Obviously the allegations that Sean Miller drops off bags of cash to recruits are heavily weighing on his squad.”

prh wrote:These teams suck. Oregon looks like every Florida State team from the last 5 years. YDF, is this an aberration? I know you've watched them already this year.

Yeah this is Oregon right now. Their flaws match my concerns for them heading into the season and since it's structural I'm not sure that it gets better.

Ton of roster turnover. Pritchard is their best player and only reliable point guard. Their next three best players are all transfers (mid major and JUCO). Their best recruit isn't eligible. Their next best (Walker) is a tweener forward who isn't ready to play PF in college but is forced to with their roster.

They actually looked really good against their previous two opponents but those were sub-100 mid-majors... aka what the transfers are all used to playing. Playing against bigger athletes / better players is going to give this team trouble, at least to start.

There's a lot of question marks and wildcards to this team - for me at least - and I don't see their ceiling as high as others. There's some very nice pieces but not enough for me to think they're top shelf.

My Memphis review is uncharacteristically brief: 2019-20's best AAU team.

Thanks YDF. Just watching this game, I don't see anything to be excited about for Oregon. Definitely not a top 15 team. And frankly after watching this and UW/Baylor, who the fuck should we be concerned about in the Pac? Colorado barely beat a short handed asu team, that game was closer than the final score. Pac is winning games but no one is looking nearly as good as we have so far.

EDIT: And right after posting this, espn shows the league projections. Oregon, UW, CU, asu, just confirms my thoughts

It’s still early. A few days ago, Kentucky had the best win in the country.

I’ve watched only the last two minutes. Has Pritchard looked this bad the whole game?

prh wrote:Thanks YDF. Just watching this game, I don't see anything to be excited about for Oregon. Definitely not a top 15 team. And frankly after watching this and UW/Baylor, who the fuck should we be concerned about in the Pac? Colorado barely beat a short handed asu team. Pac is winning games but no one is looking nearly as good as we have so far.

I completely agree - although Washington could get it together on offense, will be tough on defense, and has a very high ceiling with their roster. I made the point in another post: nobody in college basketball has looked great besides Louisville and Arizona. Between the two, I like Arizona. I'm absurdly high on this team.

I missed Washington v Mount Saint Mary's (because why would that be a game) but yikes the Huskies are not a good offensive team right now. Not even close. Washington won 56-46 on 42 / 28 / 50 shooting splits as a team.

WAZZU playing really uptempo. My first look and I was expecting more St Mary’s tempo

Yikes! Utah getting throttled by Coastal Carolina.

And Omaha up late vs WSU

Not a good start for PAC-12 hoops tonight.

Well that good start for the conference was nice while it lasted.

Pretty bad night for the Pac.

Utah gets blown out by Costal Carolina (They looked crazy bad)
WSU loses to Omaha (They were leading, no excuse here)
Cal gets blown out by Duke (Expected)
UCLA loses to Hofstra (Made lots of bad decisions once they were down)

Only us and Stanford won.

I haven’t seen enough of this Tyger point guard for UCLA . . . but any chance he does for them what PJC did “for” us? One can hope . .

ByJoveByJingle wrote:I haven’t seen enough of this Tyger point guard for UCLA . . . but any chance he does for them what PJC did “for” us? One can hope . .

Tyger didn't look last night but UCLA was bound to revert to the mean. Too much Alford to overcome

San Jose St went on the road and beat Hofstra and they beat the bruins? Just crazy. Bad night for the conference

Nice job, Trojans.

Since we don't have a Long Beach State game thread up, I'll give my much-anticipated breakdown here:

I wasn't aware they got rid of the 49ers name and mascot, and replaced that with "The Beach".

They are officially "The Long Beach State University The Beach".

First of all, I admire the bravery in the face of their own utter stupidity. That's really something.

Secondly -- and I'm learning this 30 years too late -- but apparently their baseball team hasn't been called the 49ers since the 1980s. And so the baseball team at least is not adopting "The Beach", and instead remaining what they've been: "The Dirtbags."

To which I say: I'm jealous. Why isn't that us? How did Long Beach State beat us to that in the 1980s? I would gladly throw away "Wildcats" for "Dirtbags". Wouldn't you? I feel like somebody else is wearing my pants.

Wyoming and Colorado are tied at 15 at the half...............at the half.

Watching Washington and San Diego. Just how young is the San Diego coach? He looks like he should be out there playing.

Also, Washington should really have a much bigger lead.

AZCatGirl wrote:Watching Washington and San Diego. Just how young is the San Diego coach? He looks like he should be out there playing.

Also, Washington should really have a much bigger lead.

Except Washington isn't as good as billed yet.

First look at Furd and color me impressed so far. Up 17-0 on undefeated Oklahoma and really moving the Ball well and shooting it very well. The Terry kid is good, really good. Looks like they will be a tourney team. I think we might have 7 tourney teams this year

Watching BYU/UCLA. Barcello playing well and has quite frequently has used the dribble drive. Something I don’t remember him doing much in an Arizona jersey

Frybry02 wrote:Watching BYU/UCLA. Barcello playing well and has quite frequently has used the dribble drive. Something I don’t remember him doing much in an Arizona jersey

Here’s what I’m taking from this - an Alex Barcello led BYU team cooked UCLA tonight.

YoDeFoe wrote:

Frybry02 wrote:Watching BYU/UCLA. Barcello playing well and has quite frequently has used the dribble drive. Something I don’t remember him doing much in an Arizona jersey

Here’s what I’m taking from this - an Alex Barcello led BYU team cooked UCLA tonight.

I’m telling you, Tyger is the new PJC.

UCLA boredly hanging in there with Michigan State

Goodman’s #1 team in the nation is down by 16 to Seton Hall in the 2nd half. Way to go Oregon. And Goodman.

Not impressed with Oregon. They’ll be tough to beat in Eugene but struggle on the road.

The curse in full effect.

I've watched Oregon tonight and against Memphis. Very much not impressed

Who does Oregon have as backup PG when Pritchard is in foul trouble? Oregon is overrated.

When Mannion is out we still have Baker and Hazzard to run the team, and won't struggle. I like our chances against Oregon.

Tough to beat a team shooting 60% from 3. OU is also 10/18 from the line

Haha, you’re welcome Oregon. Random dude in Tucson won the game for you.