Bear Down Wildcats

azcat49 wrote:13,161 announced attendance. Just don’t get why the students wait until the second semester to get engaged

RaisingArizona wrote:Kicking the crap out of Gonzaga is irrationally important to me. I assume that I’m not the only one.

Baylor as well but for much different reasons.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:I doubt we will be favored against Gonzaga.

gronk4heisman wrote:Can we hire Lute as our AD and him be in charge of scheduling? This SEC football scheduling is getting old, especially when we have such a fun team like we do this year.

For reference for those who do not recall, Lutes last year we had the following OOC games.
@ Virginia
NM St
UNLV
Illinois (neutral)
Lousiville (neutral)
@ SD St.
Houston
Memphis
UNC

Longhorned wrote:

azcat49 wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

azcat49 wrote:13,161 announced attendance. Just don’t get why the students wait until the second semester to get engaged

I'll tell you why. They have absolutely no awareness of anything. For example, if you were to suggest to them what an awesome idea it was to go to a game, it would be the first time they've heard of it. Then, they'd have no idea how to go about getting tickets. You'd have to sit down with them and walk them through every step. Then at game time, you'd have to show up at their dorm, remind them, and take them there. And if, by chance, on the way to McKale, you were to ask them who will win the PAC-12 this year, it would be the first time they've ever heard of the PAC-12.

I'm not joking. There are a relatively few juniors and seniors who are on board.

They don't even know that impeachment hearings are going on, or what impeachment is.

They enjoy sitting in their dorm and playing video games.

Damn millennials. I kid, I kid, now get off my lawn

It's true, though. You used to listen to albums and discover songs. Your window to the world was today's Daily Wildcat. You had a T.V. in your dorm (maybe even your dorm room), and it got local channels that talked about Arizona Wildcat football and basketball.

All that's gone. Students have no idea where they are.

So we're looking for volunteers. Your help is needed.

RaisingArizona wrote:Baylor is going to be fascinating as it will be a great litmus test to see if dynamic point guard play (along with Zeke’s offensive virtuosity) allows us to shake off our typical struggles with zone defense.

RondaeShimmy wrote:

RaisingArizona wrote:Baylor is going to be fascinating as it will be a great litmus test to see if dynamic point guard play (along with Zeke’s offensive virtuosity) allows us to shake off our typical struggles with zone defense.

That game is at 10:00 am Arizona time, yikes.

I don't remember us doing well under Miller in super early games like that, but maybe this team is different.

threenumberones wrote:Just got my tickets for the Baylor game. Anyone else going?

azcat49 wrote:Feels like we are the basketball version of Ohio St in football. Literally no one has been as impressive as we have that I have seen. Of course with college football still going on you don’t hear a thing about us except from us fans.

That Zag game could be a pick-em and should be a great game. It is already sold out and tickets on stub hub are at a huge premium

ChooChooCat wrote:

gronk4heisman wrote:Can we hire Lute as our AD and him be in charge of scheduling? This SEC football scheduling is getting old, especially when we have such a fun team like we do this year.

For reference for those who do not recall, Lutes last year we had the following OOC games.
@ Virginia
NM St
UNLV
Illinois (neutral)
Lousiville (neutral)
@ SD St.
Houston
Memphis
UNC

Only thing bad about our current schedule is the weak tournament we're in, which we wouldn't have signed up for if we knew it would have this weak of a lineup. The Houston games always occurred during an ASU week, so you could argue we should bring that back, but it's harder to schedule during conference season now than it was then for numerous reasons.

gronk4heisman wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

gronk4heisman wrote:Can we hire Lute as our AD and him be in charge of scheduling? This SEC football scheduling is getting old, especially when we have such a fun team like we do this year.

For reference for those who do not recall, Lutes last year we had the following OOC games.
@ Virginia
NM St
UNLV
Illinois (neutral)
Lousiville (neutral)
@ SD St.
Houston
Memphis
UNC

Only thing bad about our current schedule is the weak tournament we're in, which we wouldn't have signed up for if we knew it would have this weak of a lineup. The Houston games always occurred during an ASU week, so you could argue we should bring that back, but it's harder to schedule during conference season now than it was then for numerous reasons.

Agree to disagree. I see a huge problem with the scheduling outside of whatever preseason tournament we are in that year. KenPom has schedule rankings dating back to the 2001-2002 season. During Lute's time we never once had a schedule that was not in the top 80 in division I. In Sean Millers tenure we have had only one schedule ranked in the top 80 and that was his first year which I am sure was already set before he took over. I personally miss the days when we would play anyone anywhere any time as opposed to the we will play two decent teams and play in a preseason tournament each year. I would also argue the lack of competition our players are facing hurts us come March but that is harder to prove.

ChooChooCat wrote: Kenpom rankings of our OOC opponents:

NAU - 306 BAD
Illinois - 47 GOOD
San Jose State - 324 BAD
NMSU - 86 GOOD
South Dakota St - 213 MEH
Long Beach State - 287 BLEH
Pepperdine - 110 DECENT
UCF (likely matchup) - 114 DECENT
Providence (another likely matchup) 30 - GOOD
Baylor 18 - VERY GOOD
Omaha - 171 MEH
Gonzaga - 6 VERY GOOD
St. John's - 93 GOOD-DECENT

Ultimately this is a good schedule that is let down by the mediocre OOC tourney we're playing in. There's only 3 awful matchups for us and one of them was force fed onto us by the damn OOC tourney we're in (Long Beach).

YoDeFoe wrote:If we win our games this OOC will be just dandy. Wins over Gonzaga, Baylor, Providence, and Illinois will be plenty to validate our OOC resume, and a lifted Pac-12 provides a ton of opportunity for quality wins in that end of the season. We've been rewarded with a 1 or 2 seed multiple times under Miller with a similar profile.

Beachcat97 wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:If we win our games this OOC will be just dandy. Wins over Gonzaga, Baylor, Providence, and Illinois will be plenty to validate our OOC resume, and a lifted Pac-12 provides a ton of opportunity for quality wins in that end of the season. We've been rewarded with a 1 or 2 seed multiple times under Miller with a similar profile.

The Pac champ this year has a great shot at a 1 or 2 seed. I say that expecting the champ will be AZ, Oregon or UW.

PHXCATS wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:If we win our games this OOC will be just dandy. Wins over Gonzaga, Baylor, Providence, and Illinois will be plenty to validate our OOC resume, and a lifted Pac-12 provides a ton of opportunity for quality wins in that end of the season. We've been rewarded with a 1 or 2 seed multiple times under Miller with a similar profile.

The Pac champ this year has a great shot at a 1 or 2 seed. I say that expecting the champ will be AZ, Oregon or UW.

Way to go out on a limb

RondaeShimmy wrote:Dick Vitale also gives Arizona it's second best rank (9) in the ap poll

Catintheheat wrote:

RondaeShimmy wrote:Dick Vitale also gives Arizona it's second best rank (9) in the ap poll

I love the responses to the Jay Bilas tweet.

YoDeFoe wrote:Three Man Weave spoke glowingly about Arizona on their most recent podcast (legit CBB podcast if you don’t know it).

Heading into the season they were cautious. They weren’t sure what the class would provide to move beyond last season but are very impressed with each recruit - all three exceeding expectations. National championship contenders, legit title contenders. Nice to hear that from three outside experts. Validating.

I’m impatient with the polls (do people even watch these games?) but that’s how it is in the wide CBB landscape - blue bloods and recent winners get attention. In two weeks of wins we ought to be ranked in the top ten.

azcat49 wrote:13,161 announced attendance. Just don’t get why the students wait until the second semester to get engaged

RondaeShimmy wrote:Baker > Doutrive and Smith

RondaeShimmy wrote:Baker > Doutrive and Smith

ChooChooCat wrote:

RondaeShimmy wrote:Baker > Doutrive and Smith

Doutrive has been ridiculously disappointing based on how dominant he was in practice.

Baker and Hazzard both need more run.