Bear Down Wildcats

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

AZCatGirl wrote:Is Kentucky going to be like us last year? I saw Utah Valley played them pretty close today. Keep in mind I'm only going off scores, as I haven't seen them play yet.

It was a 4 point game most of the last 8 minutes in the game. They couldn’t really stop penetration and were generally poor on defense. They definitely need a lot of work.

Sounds like Kentucky in 2014.

California beat Prairie View A&M by 4. Oh well, as long as they don’t lose I guess it doesn’t matter.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:California beat Prairie View A&M by 4. Oh well, as long as they don’t lose I guess it doesn’t matter.

They've jumped 40 spots on KenPom to start the season. Thank God.

Between Cal's hiring of Mark Fox and Wazzu's hiring of Kyle Smith... the bottom of the Pac has seriously firmed up. Add in Jerrod Haase at Stanford, Hopkins at Washington, and Cronin at UCLA and this is the best group of coaches the Pac-12 has had in some time.

Last point: I said before the season began that I thought KenPom had every Pac-12 team about ten spots too low. Since then, every team has moved up nine or more spots besides Washington and USC (who have roughly held). We now have 4 teams in the top 50 (tournament teams, with UW at 51 for 5 total), 9 teams in the top 100 (quality opponents), and every team is in the top 150. If that holds - this is the strongest top to bottom Pac-12 since 2013 and one of the top three strongest of the past fifteen years.

Gonzaga is beating Texas Arlington by 1 at the half.

azgreg wrote:Gonzaga is beating Texas Arlington by 1 at the half.

Woolridge has some durty in his game. And the refs have decided they need to be in the box score.

Imagine the meltdown and worry if we beat a team like UTArlington by just six at McKale?

zonagrad wrote:Imagine the meltdown and worry if we beat a team like UTArlington by just six at McKale?

Would be written off and take a hit on the rankings.

Longhorned wrote:

zonagrad wrote:Imagine the meltdown and worry if we beat a team like UTArlington by just six at McKale?

Would be written off and take a hit on the rankings.

I've been big on Gonzaga but they've got some real weaknesses. They play only 8 deep with two forwards and one guard on the bench. That back-up guard is a question mark (tons of potential but lacks consistency/confidence?) and the two bench forwards are freshman four stars (good players but still adjusting). Corey Kispert the starting SF is useless if he's not hitting threes. Their starting PG is a former mid-major star and it's still questionable how he'll perform against elite competition. Four of their top eight are newcomers.

Hmm... it's still early and clearly my impressions are fluid at this point, but I've got more confidence in our ability to take the W against them then I had entering the season.

Gonzaga is going to have some loses this non conference.

They're going to Battle 4 Atlantis. The second round matchup they're going to face at least one top #15 team in Seton Hall or Oregon, the possible championship game would be vs North Carolina.

Then they play @ Washington
Then they play @ Arizona
The they play North Carolina again at home in Spokane

If they go through that with 1 or 2 loses they'll likely be a top 2 seed

That schedule is brutal. Why can't we schedule like that?

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:That schedule is brutal. Why can't we schedule like that?

Because we don’t play in a conference filled with borderline Div 1 schools. They have to.

How would we feel if we had just a 2 point lead at home against Elon with 3:58 to go in the first half? North Carolina is not the 5th best team in the country.

Louisville was down in the 2nd half tonight before pulling away late

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:That schedule is brutal. Why can't we schedule like that?

Because we don’t play in a conference filled with borderline Div 1 schools. They have to.

Cal & Wazzu would finish middle of the pac in that conference.

zonagrad wrote:How would we feel if we had just a 2 point lead at home against Elon with 3:58 to go in the first half? North Carolina is not the 5th best team in the country.

I was thinking the same exact thing. They have no business being ranked #5.

zonagrad wrote:How would we feel if we had just a 2 point lead at home against Elon with 3:58 to go in the first half? North Carolina is not the 5th best team in the country.

I've been saying this since before the season tipped off. UNC is not a top ten team this season and I doubt they ever will be.

UNC fans are finally getting the picture with that struggle session against Elon (ranked 315th by KenPom). Some are still saying "well we'll get Brandon Robinson and Sterling Manley back soon and that will change everything." Those are two former three star recruits who have spent their whole career as bench players. While we've never brought in players ranked that low under Miller, it'd be something like if we were struggling this season and blamed it on Ira Lee and Dylan Smith being out with injury.

We can talk about the greatness of Cole Anthony (who took 14 FGAs to get 9 pts last night, and took 24 attempts to get 20pts two games prior)... and Garrison Brooks is a nice two way forward... but the rest of that team is shaky. Can't wait to see them tumble down the rankings with the games they have coming up (Ohio State, UVA, Alabama, Gonzaga, Michigan / Iowa St, Oregon / Seton Hall / Gonzaga). Wouldn't be surprised to see them with a dozen losses by the end of the year.

prh wrote:Louisville was down in the 2nd half tonight before pulling away late

Crushed that ending ten minutes though, so gotta respect that despite letting a horrible team stay in the game for 30 min. Still finished with a 1.23ppp vs 0.81ppp (incredible offense and defense in total).

How great of Duke to play Cal who is rebuilding their program. Would be great if somehow the beats beat those dipsh$ts

zonagrad wrote:Imagine the meltdown and worry if we beat a team like UTArlington by just six at McKale?

Oops.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

zonagrad wrote:Imagine the meltdown and worry if we beat a team like UTArlington by just six at McKale?

Oops.

Well it was 7 so I'm not freaking out too bad, it should have been 10 but for a prayer of a shot.

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

zonagrad wrote:Imagine the meltdown and worry if we beat a team like UTArlington by just six at McKale?

Oops.

Well it was 7 so I'm not freaking out too bad, it should have been 10 but for a prayer of a shot.

I tend not to overreact to any single data point in a season. My blood pressure is too high as it is.

I thought Duke actually played a game west of the Mississippi. Nope.

Coastal Carolina giving it to Baylor, that brewton kid is good.

Pot licking refs are trying to keep Duke in the game against Georgetown

Dukes team right now, Jones, Carey, ref, ref, ref.

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:Pot licking refs are trying to keep Duke in the game against Georgetown

Dukes team right now, Jones, Carey, ref, ref, ref.

It’s so ridiculous! My son is screaming at the TV!

ralmom22 wrote:

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:Pot licking refs are trying to keep Duke in the game against Georgetown

Dukes team right now, Jones, Carey, ref, ref, ref.

It’s so ridiculous! My son is screaming at the TV!

Worst officiated game I've ever seen in my life. Worst. Worst. Worst!!!

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:

ralmom22 wrote:

U.P. Zona Fan wrote:Pot licking refs are trying to keep Duke in the game against Georgetown

Dukes team right now, Jones, Carey, ref, ref, ref.

It’s so ridiculous! My son is screaming at the TV!

Worst officiated game I've ever seen in my life. Worst. Worst. Worst!!!

Gotta get K to pass Wooden and set the record for most wins as an AP #1 team somehow.

I mean, if they lost they’d probably slide all the way down to #2 and it might take a few games to get another shot at it.

Villanova and Baylor locked in a tight on in Myrtle Beach.

Baylor about to get a big W vs. Nova. Our game against the Bears just got a little more meaningful.

Dayton looks strong

Down goes Sparty.

azgreg wrote:Down goes Sparty.

Getting blitzed on the boards doesn't matter if you take 21 3s and make nearly half of them.

azgreg wrote:Down goes Sparty.

Heck of a win by the Hokies.

Richmond over Wisky. That’s a shame.

Let's go chaminade, take out fuegshawks!!

zonagrad wrote:Richmond over Wisky. That’s a shame.

Bless their hearts

If Kansas loses this game, does it count against them since chaminade is D2?

YoDeFoe wrote:

zonagrad wrote:Richmond over Wisky. That’s a shame.

Bless their hearts

Took the words right outta my mouth. Now, if instead of Richmond it were us, Bo Ryan would have morphed out of a bench cushion, Stankface & Cracker would have suited up and, and..... thank fucking god we beat Illinois.

YoDeFoe wrote:

zonagrad wrote:Richmond over Wisky. That’s a shame.

Bless their hearts

Trailing New Mexico by 9 at the half.

Aaaaaand lose by 9 to the Lobos.

Whoa, Dayton. Boy they looked good and where did this kid. Toppin come from. They are definitely America’s underdog. If they play Kansas tomorrow watch out. FF worthy or at least a threat

I deeply desire for Barcello to bust out a 40 point game tonight against the JayCucks.

9 minutes to go in the 2h and Dook just can't put the Jacks away.

dovecanyoncat wrote:9 minutes to go in the 2h and Dook just can't put the Jacks away.

I’m sure the refs will take care of it eventually.

DIE DOOK! DIE DIE FUCKING DIE!!!

Watching this games makes me wish we could play at Duke.

OT

Groan

AZCatGirl wrote:Watching this games makes me wish we could play at Duke.

Same

DIE YOU PUSTULANT ABOMINATION!! DIE DIE FUCKING DIE!!

OH MY GOD1!!1!1@2