Bear Down Wildcats

Game 15: ARIZONA VS. UTAH

Date: January 5, 2019
Tip Time: 12 p.m. (MST)
TV: Pac-12 Network (Bernstein/Jefferson)
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries/Hansen) 1290am, 107.5fm, Sirius 126, XM 198

Game Article: https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2019/1 ... -utes.aspx" target="_blank
Game Notes: https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2 ... _Notes.pdf" target="_blank

I haven’t studied Utah.* But like AZCatGirl says, any win this year is a relief. And I do not anticipate us breaking any zone. So hoping for the best.

* I don’t study Utah, and I don’t assemble My Ikea furniture. These are domains for people with lives I no longer relate to.

Well, I would be seriously concerned if anyone here is taking the time to study Utah...

Anyway, from what I read they have length and shoot the 3's very well - sort of live and die with that especially from their Sr. PG Barefield who shoots 40% from behind the arc.

They also turn the ball over a lot - 13 a game - which could be a big factor.

They are just a decent rebounding despite their size but we still need everyone to crash the glass today.

Hoping the Utes come down to earth after their stomping of the Scums.

UofA - 74
Larry's Utes - 69

I have to assume that this pregame show is gonna go into overtime so that we miss the first 10 minutes if the game.

We need more stops - Utes cutting us up.

Utes are gonna kill us if we keep giving them open 3's and open driving lanes.

We made the adjustment. And another Doutrive sighting. Looks like he’s worked his way into the rotation.

Cats trying too hard to get Jeter the ball. At least the second time they give up a wide open shot 8 feet away to pass to a covered Jeter

Merkin wrote:Cats trying too hard to get Jeter the ball. At least the second time they give up a wide open shot 8 feet away to pass to a covered Jeter

A number of situations where they have dribbled into trouble. Luther also had a wide open 8 footer in the lane and tried to force it in resulting in a turnover.

Haha, nice clipboard slam out of coach K’s assistant’s hand.

tied up 36 at the half. considering we were down 10 at one point, i'll take it.

utes have 1 guy that we just need to shut down, and we can win this.

I don't know if I have ever seen a half of basketball with so few fouls.

Not a travel!

How do you penalize a player like that for going for a loose ball?

Just telling my wife that it looks like refs are going to call a lot of fouls in second half to make up for first half

I don’t think it should have been called but when he slid I see why they called it

Doutrive taking Barcello’s minutes, not Coleman’s

Barcello no minutes today.

We need that from Luther!!!!

Luther on fire

They are just making highly contested circus shots. Keep up the pressure and they’ll stop falling.

Both teams are scoring at will

how did jeter foul him?

oh yeah, he didnt

This Tillman kid can't miss.

i hate this timeout

Spaceman Spiff wrote:This Tillman kid can't miss.

We might want to stop giving him wide open looks.... but I'm no coach...

Luther needs to stay on that guy. twice he went off him, and the guy made the 3

Luther can't cover Tillman, just way too slow.

Especially when he he is double teaming someone else

Does Smith not know how to pull up from midrange?

Mustafa Shukur thinks Dylan Smith steps out of bounds too much

Coach K destroys Sean every time.

another patented sean miller offensive dry spell going on

4+ minutes without a bucket

Alieberman wrote:Mustafa Shukur thinks Dylan Smith steps out of bounds too much

+10

PieceOfMeat wrote:another patented sean miller offensive dry spell going on

4+ minutes without a bucket

guess I should have mentioned it sooner, cuase suddenly we can score again

Coleman stepping it up!

That pass to Jeter was incredible

SunnyAZ wrote:Coach K destroys Sean every time.

By what measure? Can you actually destroy someone by losing to them? Bold strategy!

so get get a stop on d with the shot clock violation. and then follow that up with a turnover, and giving up a wide open dunk.

sigh.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

SunnyAZ wrote:Coach K destroys Sean every time.

By what measure? Can you actually destroy someone by losing to them? Bold strategy!

The measure that helps improves your teams chances to win in a specific matchup. Utah probably has 2 of the best 20 players in the Coach K vs. Miller era, of course we should win.

I like how we've responded since that open dunk we gave up.

let's make throws and cloe this out

SunnyAZ wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

SunnyAZ wrote:Coach K destroys Sean every time.

By what measure? Can you actually destroy someone by losing to them? Bold strategy!

The measure that helps improves your teams chances to win in a specific matchup. Utah probably has 2 of the best 20 players in the Coach K vs. Miller era, of course we should win.

Haha, ok. If he was just a little better of a coach maybe they would win. Too bad.

big board from Luther. gotta make the throws

um, coleman, wtf

ByJoveByJingle wrote: Haha, ok. If he was just a little better of a coach maybe they would win. Too bad.

Ty Lue has won an NBA championship as a coach. He doesn't even have a basketball coaching job three years later. You should win when you have better players.

WTF Coleman?

Uggg

That shot was garbage

SunnyAZ wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote: Haha, ok. If he was just a little better of a coach maybe they would win. Too bad.

Ty Lue has won an NBA championship as a coach. He doesn't even have a basketball coaching job three years later. You should win when you have better players.

Ok, man. I get your point. It’s an irrelevant point, but I get it.

Coleman = poor man's PJC

Jcole was 1 for 6, why is he taking the shot?