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Very good news, he has been awful on the field and a knucklehead off the field but still gets PT for some reason.

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I'm sure Larry Scott is still cashing them checks.

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We also have Baker for two more years and if a miracle happens and Brandon Williams can come back, he would have three years of eligibility remaining.

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A lot of people on here complaining about the recruiting class are the same ones complaining about OnD players. Do you guys want them or not? You seem to want the long term 3-4 star guys, but when we miss out on 5* guys, and end up with what you’ve been asking for...”Miller has lost his touch.” But...

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A lot of people on here complaining about the recruiting class are the same ones complaining about OnD players. Do you guys want them or not? You seem to want the long term 3-4 star guys, but when we miss out on 5* guys, and end up with what you’ve been asking for...”Miller has lost his touch.” But...

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I would be interested to hear what the pitch is to current players, those are the ones we struggle to recruit/retain.

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I'm pretty concerned we're going to lose Walton now that UNC has a scholarship for him.... Only their 6th transfer in 17 years, I think we have that many in the last 5 years. Additionally, rarely do you see the Brandon Randolph's, Chance Comanche's, Kobi Simmon's of the world leaving before they sh...

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Among the last 4 NCAA champions, there have been two OAD players (Spellman from Nova and Bradley from UNC). You don’t need OADs to win big in March. You need roster continuity and good coaching. It’s questionable whether the impact of a OAD like Aaron Gordon outweighs the roster discontinuity it en...

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I'm pretty concerned we're going to lose Walton now that UNC has a scholarship for him.... Only their 6th transfer in 17 years, I think we have that many in the last 5 years. Additionally, rarely do you see the Brandon Randolph's, Chance Comanche's, Kobi Simmon's of the world leaving before they sh...

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And if things continue to go south with Miller over the next year, well, we could do a lot worse than Terry as our next coach. And we could do much better. Former-player turned coach with zero collegiate coaching experience..yikes! It's working out okay for Juwan Howard at Michigan. Jury still out ...

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And if things continue to go south with Miller over the next year, well, we could do a lot worse than Terry as our next coach. And we could do much better. Former-player turned coach with zero collegiate coaching experience..yikes! It's working out okay for Juwan Howard at Michigan. Jury still out ...

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Luckily he speaks Italian.

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I'll say this, Sean Miller has made additions to his coaching staff for different reasons. Some times he's chosen guys because he know he can trust them (Phelps, Peters, Gainey, Whitford) and some because he thinks they can help him in one way or another. He didn't know Pasternack, but he thought h...

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I love JET, but I would prefer Brandon Roy and his HS connections and experience over JET. I would however be happy with either.

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Lando05 wrote:Brandon Roy?

That was going to be my guess. Not much better NW connection with coaching experience (He is coaching at Garfield HS) out there. I would be very excited if that was the hire, although his Washington teams are right at the top of my list of teams I hated the most.

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ChooChooCat wrote:FWIW this is probably not the only combo guard we are taking if things go right.

Do you consider Walton a combo guard?

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Disappointing but I would probably do the same if I was in his position I am disappointed because I kept dreaming of a Dwill type sophomore season Dwill Frosh 15.7 pts, 57 fg%, 7.1 REB Soph 19.5 pts, 60 fg%, 8.3 REB (not to mention his vastly improved 3p%) Nnaji Frosh 16.1 pts, 57fg%, 8.6 REB Soph ...

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This issue goes way beyond Miller. Miller takes these guys knowing what the deal is. There's no secrets or anything unexpected here. Zeke Nnaji came to Arizona because he had full intentions of being a one and done and he knew the PT was guaranteed here. Nico and Josh made their intentions clear as...

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What I got from the article: He makes up for his lack of defensive athleticism by being a poor shooter. I mean, Lonzo Ball was a MUCH better freshman than Nico, and it’s taken him a few years (and a trade to a different team) to find his NBA footing. I have a hard time envisioning Nico being as goo...

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Beachcat97 wrote:https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/289 ... -nba-draft

Sophomore year is for LOSERS! #oneanddonelife

Will go before any of our Freshman.

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Is there any chance at all that any of the 3 would come back? I imagine not having the ability to have work outs for any teams right now is not a good thing for some of these guys. They're all gone. There's a reason we're offering every grad transfer that comes available. Even if all of the freshma...

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Is there any chance at all that any of the 3 would come back? I imagine not having the ability to have work outs for any teams right now is not a good thing for some of these guys. They're all gone. There's a reason we're offering every grad transfer that comes available. Even if all of the freshma...

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If you went 16, we could have our own little Arizona theoretical March Madness.

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My prediction is one of the 3 freshman (besides Koloko) will be back. My prediction is none of them will be back. Neither will Williams IMHO. His knee issues are too extensive and persistent to risk returning. At this point next year is looking pretty dismal. It will only get worse when the NCAA dr...

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Anyone seen these Wichita St guys we are looking at?

Stevenson looks like the better player, but appears to have an entitlement mentality that may not clash well with Sean Miller.

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More Dylan! More Chase! More Max! What more could you ask for?

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So, our roster is looking like this: 90% or more likely: PG: Akinjo Wing: Baker, Terry, Mathurin Bigs: Brown, Lee, Koloko Greater than 25% likelihood: Bigs: Nnaji Coach: Miller Less than 25% liklihood: PG: Williams, Nico Wings: Green, Ziaire, Walton That's a lot of openings. Any predictions on our f...

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There's just not the sense of an Arizona family anymore... and that makes me sad. I would venture to guess that 90% of this team does not even know where Sean Miller lives versus Lute's house being like a second home for his players. Sean actually hosts regular get togethers for the players at his ...

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Alieberman wrote:There's just not the sense of an Arizona family anymore... and that makes me sad.

I would venture to guess that 90% of this team does not even know where Sean Miller lives versus Lute's house being like a second home for his players.

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Kyle Fogg was there Saturday.

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The two most up to date mock drafts I have seen have Nico, Josh and Zeke have their projected picks listed as 17/21, 20/24 and 23/28 respectively. That would put each of them in the somewhere between $5-8M range over three years on a team that will most likely be competing for championships, not cod...

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Brandon Lloyd is not good at lip reading.

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Who do I want? There are a lot of guys who I think would be an improvement.
I start with the following list and work from there (top 3 are unlikely, but worth a call)
Leonard Hamilton
Chris Beard
Bruce Pearl
Kelvin Sampson
Mark Pope
Randy Bennett
John Beilien
Russell Turner
Scott Nagy
Eric Musselman

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/sports/ncaabasketball/arizona-sean-miller.html I am all for getting rid of Sean Miller, but the NY Times should be ashamed or are incredible desperate to have published this article. To sum it up for those who do not want to waste their time, the article essential...

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Anyone else catch RJ not-so-subtly arguing that Nico and Josh are nuts to go pro after a year of college? He said Baron Davis was way better than Nico and played two years at UCLA. Iggy was way better than Josh and also played two years. Baron and Iggy had (or for Iggy, “have had”) long, productive...

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My point was not that it’s the BEST strategy. But that it has worked for other teams. Just making sure we are t discounting the importance of 5 star players. Not saying it’s the best strategy to have to replace more than half of your starters every single year. It’s just hard to navigate with playe...

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Any word on what is going on with Max? Are the personal reasons really discipline/unhappiness reasons or something outside that Miller guys control?

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Good luck Nico, I do not see it working out well for you in the future without serious development. Hopefully you find an NBA team that will help you with that.

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Average viewers per game on ABC, CBS, Fox, FS1, ESPN Networks, SEC Network and Big Ten Network for football this year of conference games SEC 4.186 Million Big Ten 2.740 Million Big 12 1.888 Million PAC-12 1.470 Million (would be far less if PAC-12 networks games included, but they are not) ACC 1.3...

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https://twitter.com/GottliebShow/status/1227673552003817472 I hope you shared this ironically as opposed to thinking he's correct. He is 100% correct about the time zones and lack of viewership on espn, abc and Fox. I would love to see your stats that back that up. The highest rated non playoff gam...

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What I am saying is that I think our teams' poor performances are as much a function of the decline of the Pac-12 as they are a cause. And my remarks clearly were in agreement. If USC football dominates and contends for national titles every year, if Arizona and UCLA (the two biggest national baske...

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lol complaining about four games over four random years. I’ve been living out of Arizona since 2004 and could watch any game for any team on fox sports. Even games with same start times!! And you can get a service provider with PAC-12 network and get every game now. So what is the issue? I am not f...

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As long as our coach doesn't have to try to develop a player for his rigid schemes that require a lot of experience, things will work great!

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Well Machina, except that ASU is a shitty team, and a loss is still a loss whether it's by 1 or 100. Remember ASU losing to St. Mary's by 40 points? A little surprised you didn't bring up that home court advantage is usually a 3.5 point advantage, so UA technically won by 2.5 points. Home court adv...

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I was fine with the loss at first, because I have seen us play on the road and did not expect much. What really turned me off on Miller was the post game comments. He says this teams problem is they lack confidence and then literally two questions late states how he lost confidence in Max Hazzard be...

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If we land Ziaire, would that be the final member of our '20 class? Terry, Mathurin, Williams, and ?? Also, we definitely lose Nico, Josh, Zeke, Chase, Stone, Max and Dylan. That's seven players! Are there whispers of any other transfers, early departures, etc.? Walton is the more obvious one. Akin...

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Nick Johnson clearly pushes the defender away with his left arm extended. It is not as bad of a call as you all want it to be <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WcreAETUipg?start=54" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture...

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Honestly outside of Dylan Smith, Miller's transfers have all been guys from the west coast that he literally finished 2nd for the first go around or they went to a school he has recruited players from in the past. It's a recipe that's working for him. Or from the Pitt area (Luther, TJ) or from Alab...

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2-0 this week. It's happening. Co-signed I think people fall into the trap that this years "good" teams are as good as previous years "good" teams...but to be honest just look at the BB landscape...being #1 was a curse until Gonzaga hit it at the right time (and will hold it until the end)...major ...

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I would expect Tinkle to have a field day if Nnaji is guarding him. I could see him going for 30 if that is the case.

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