Bear Down Wildcats

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Love has a high ceiling. His potential is NBA level. For whatever reason, we saw only brief moments of the greatness, mostly during the 2022 Tournament. With many players with great potential who are struggling, a change of scenery is just what the doctor ordered. I think Tommy's system and team dep...

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I think it's nice that Yormack thinks basketball is undervalued. But he doesn't get to make that determination; the market does. And fact is, college football doesn't have any competition from the pro league, as college is Saturday, and NFL is Sunday, for the most part. College basketball, on the ot...

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ESPN is losing cable/satellite subscribers. Each sub, regardless of whether they watch or not, pays ESPN monthly carriage fees. Carriage fees for the ESPN channels is $7.64 a month (https://digiday.com/future-of-tv/wtf-are-tv-carriage-fees/). In Q1 of 2023, ESPN lost 914,000 cable/satellite subs (h...

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ESPN is losing cable/satellite subscribers. Each sub, regardless of whether they watch or not, pays ESPN monthly carriage fees. Carriage fees for the ESPN channels is $7.64 a month (https://digiday.com/future-of-tv/wtf-are-tv-carriage-fees/). In Q1 of 2023, ESPN lost 914,000 cable/satellite subs (ht...

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The writing was on the wall for Lawn. Wish him nothing but the best in his days ahead, but it is time to get some new blood and a new pitching coach.

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Things that make you go hmmmm. Game 1, Denver shot 18 more free throws than Miami and won comfortably. Game 2, Denver only shoots 2 more free throws and Miami wins by 3.

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ESPN will eventually become a pay product. Losing too many subscribers from cable and satellite. Playing road games at BIG12 schools mean playing in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd window. 1st window is the B1G Noon, with a 2nd tier SEC or ACC game on ESPN. Maybe our game would be on FS1? And it's not like our...

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ESPN+ currently requires a separate subscription for sports bars and restaurants. And ESPN+ will be showing MLB games early in the football season, and NHL games later. Not to mention SEC and ACC games will on + as well. Our games will rarely get shown on linear TV, and be buried on +. We don't kno...

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ESPN+ currently requires a separate subscription for sports bars and restaurants. And ESPN+ will be showing MLB games early in the football season, and NHL games later. Not to mention SEC and ACC games will on + as well. Our games will rarely get shown on linear TV, and be buried on +. We don't kno...

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ESPN+ currently requires a separate subscription for sports bars and restaurants. And ESPN+ will be showing MLB games early in the football season, and NHL games later. Not to mention SEC and ACC games will on + as well. Our games will rarely get shown on linear TV, and be buried on +. We don't know...

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If true, how you enjoyed watching the Cats play on ESPN+ last night. Lots of that in the BIG12's future. And for all sports.

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The committee have us a second chance. And we poop the bed giving up over 20 runs in 2 days. Just horrid pitching. Proves we didn't deserve a bid. We didn't have the arms to win one game, let alone a national championship. Fire Lawn.

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Can't consistently throw strikes. And now can't play D. Hard to win games when you need to score 10+ every game because you give up runs like they are going out of style. Must put a ton of pressure on our guys at the plate.

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Yesterday, we're throwing BP to TCU. Tonight, can't find the strike zone. Fire Lawn.

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11 runs on 16 hits. It's TCU batting practice out there. Just terrible.

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More 2 strike baserunners. Just ridiculous. Awful. Not being able to put batters away goes to coaching. Fire Lawn.

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6 hits in the 1st inning. We're throwing batting practice out there for TCU. Just ugly. And way too many w strike hits.

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Fire Lawn.

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The only way I see ABOR allowing a split of ASu and Arizona is if both schools got a good deal in separate conferences. And both schools agree to split. Not likely to happen. But ASu not AAU (congratulations to ASu, and this is a good thing for the state), I can see USC and many B1G schools preferri...

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Colorado fans on All Buffs (PAC 12 Losing USC and UCLA thread) are mostly 2:1 against going to the BIG12. Or the Buc-ee12 as many of them refer to it. In other news, ASu, along with George Washington, UC Riverside, Miami, Notre Dame, and South Florida have been invited to become AAU schools (https:/...

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Love has a much higher ceiling than Martin. Nothing against Martin, but at Love's best, he has NBA capability. Martin was a great college player, but never was going to be NBA. Last I saw, Remy was playing in Greece. The key to Love is making sure he plays within the system. Love took too many shots...

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If Love gets benched, I hope he understands why, works his tail off in practice, earns the special jersey, and comes back with a vengeance. If not, then we're better off with him riding pine. And if that means some future prima donna doesn't come to Tucson, then we're better off for that too. Love c...

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We have a lot of vets on the team that have been here a couple of years already like Oumar and Pelle. I would hope they would, at this point, be leaders in the locker room and ensure the team is united. Team chemistry hasn't been a problem under Tommy yet (knock wood), and it was Pelle and Henderson...

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We got a second chance. Let's make the most of it! Selecting the last at-large bids for a college tournament is an impossible task. As long as the committee seems consistent, then at least you can see why some teams made it and others did not. It looks like this year, RPI and SOS were the the most i...

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Chip Hale was a mistake. He knows nothing of the college game, and it shows. And Dave Lawn has got to go. Regardless of whether or not we pull the game out against OSU, this team is way too talented to be a bubble team this year. Should be in hosting consideration, but the pitching stinks to high he...

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Since no fan who isn't also a massive multi-million dollar donor has any influence on college athletics departments, I've been mostly sitting back waiting for events to unfold. I've said my personal preference would be to take action and move to the Big XII, but that perhaps a quick and large enoug...

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Looks like the ACC is sticking together for the time being. Probably means two things. One thing for sure, the GOR agreement is iron clad. If lawyers from 7 schools couldn't figure out a way to break it, it's not being broken. The other thing is the B1G and SEC aren't looking to expand right now. Fr...

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Which of our 4 centers is the backup 4 Or is it going to be Paulius Murauskas Good question. But nice to know we have a lot of options, and if we wanted to, go really big when we put in the 2nd line. Would create some match-up nightmares for opponents who are unlikely be able to match up with our s...

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Keshad makes us a much better defensive team. Both Mathurin and Terry were legit perimeter defenders, and we were missing that last year. And for those worried about scoring, good defense leads to easy offense in Lloyd's system. That, and shooting is a skill that can be improved. Just look at Terry,...

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All our Euros were success stories before Lloyd? You including Kyryl Natyazko and Robertas Javorkas? Personally, I think we have been spoiled with Tommy's early success. He took over a bubble team that was facing potential sanctions. Many of the returning stars had one foot out the door. And all he'...

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Oregon and Washington were just vetted by the B1G. Really think they are going to a conference where full membership is worth $31 million a year, when even partial payment in the B1G will be temporarily worth more money? Oregon, Washington, and the top ACC schools like Clemson and FSU are pipe dream...

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Would a move to the BIG12 really be a step up for top ACC schools? No. And the B1G isn't likely to choose any ACC teams if they are to hold to AAU schools only, other than Notre Dame. Slim picking for the B1G, with Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Pitt, and Virginia the only AAU schools in the ACC. T...

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Fresno St average attendance last year was about 33,000. SDSU, about 28,500. Not much of a difference. And adding a school to a conference is much more than football attendance. Other sports count too. SDSU just made a Final Four run. It's also about area. San Diego produces a ton of D1 prep talent....

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I'm not a lawyer, but have a few in the family. As the saying goes, everyone hates lawyers...until they need one. JDL's lawyers statement helps shed some more light on the truth. If I'm reading the statement right, JDL and Latu were charged with a felony assault, but that's not the crime they plead ...

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Just a guess, but how the JDL Lawyer statement reads, JDL and Latu were charged with the Class 2 assault, but plead guilty to a lesser charge. What they actually plead to? it is sealed, and we may never know.

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Keshad is an Oakland kid that just spent several years in San Diego. Lexington, KY is a very nice college town, but is far from home, and may be a bit of a culture shock. Can't ever fault a kid for choosing to go to Kentucky for basketball, but if geography and non-basketball culture play a role in ...

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We can guess why the punishment was only a written apology and no jail time when the ages of the kids, and nature of the crime meant they could have been charged as adults and facing a maximum penalty of 15 years. But all we can do is speculate. I think we would all want to know the reason why the p...

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If the University kicks JDL off the team, it's doing so with limited information. We have the allegation of what happened based on the civil suit filings. And those allegations are awful. And we have the fact JDL and Latu plead guilty to a juvenile offense. But what we don't have is a lot more than ...

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WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU! His juvie record last year was the exactly the same as it is now. The known and unknown is certainly not the same now. That is the only basis of judgement in the matter. By that I mean my judgement and any judgement as an executor of personal moral estate, not as an...

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You really make my brain hurt. I do follow lots of sports... and I'm sure I have or do root for some people that unbeknownst to me are awful human beings. But I do have this amazing superpower to stop rooting for them once I find out they are a piece of shit. And I can do this without worrying that...

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What JDL did is awful, and for the record, I'm not defending him or his actions. I'm defending the schools' decision to keep JDL and Latu on the Arizona and Wisconsin rosters respectfully. Fact is, like it or not, if you rooted for Arizona football last year, you cheered for a rapist. JDL's juvenile...

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You can personally do whatever you wish. Never said you can't. And if you want JDL off campus so much, gather the troops, set up protests, and make him feel persona-non-grata in Tucson. But the University shouldn't act upon juvenile records. It's an awful precedent to set. You love of sports may no...

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You can personally do whatever you wish. Never said you can't. And if you want JDL off campus so much, gather the troops, set up protests, and make him feel persona-non-grata in Tucson. But the University shouldn't act upon juvenile records. It's an awful precedent to set. You love of sports may no...

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Don't like the fact juvie records are sealed and records expunged at adulthood? Jesus dude, juvenile records are not expunged if there is a conviction. Quit making shit up. Plenty of testimony under oath in the civil trial. Why is that not good enough for you? Aren't you the same poster who said th...

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I ask again, what difference does it make if the convicted rapist is a QB, LB, Center for the basketball team, or 3rd baseman on the baseball team? Zero, nada, zilch. I'm pretty consistent in not supporting rapists. This isn't a grey area for me I don't need to see their juvie records to make my et...

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LOL at AzCatFan2 still hiding behind the legal intracacies of juvenile court. You know he’s a convicted rapist. But the court in which that conviction happened in apparently allows you to memory-hole that fact and pretend it didn’t happen? Truly happy for you my man. Don't like the fact juvie recor...

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Ok AZCat let's simplify this? Do you have any problem watching / supporting AZ football knowing a rapist is your starting QB? Simple question... don't need to hear about juvenile yada yada yada prosecutor yada yada yada. Yes or No I'm certainly not happy about it. But I support the legal precedent ...

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Ok AZCat let's simplify this? Do you have any problem watching / supporting AZ football knowing a rapist is your starting QB? Simple question... don't need to hear about juvenile yada yada yada prosecutor yada yada yada. Yes or No I'm certainly not happy about it. But I support the legal precedent ...

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The questions have been answered multiple time - you are just too dimwitted to process it. No they haven't. And certainly not to my satisfaction. The first question can't be answered, because the criminal files are sealed. The second one, someone suggested appointing a special master to look at all...

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I don't care about the play on the field. I said before, I believe Fifita has a much better upside. We can win the JDL, but his ceiling is likely late NFL draft choice, and most likely UDFA. Fifita has the tools to be a first day pick, in my opinion. The game just needs to slow down for him. If Fifi...

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