Bear Down Wildcats

I’m watching ISU and OU play. Watching OU’s slow and white AF big man. The Cats would destroy this fool.

One can dream.

Looking at images from the WBB game yesterday, saw a lot of single layer and cloth masks, which obviously are not surgical grade.

This is the same guy (Robbins) I saw on tv during women's tournament with his mask below his nose constantly.


On a positive note, KU and Puke both lost today.

g32knights wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:21 pm https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2022/0 ... ce=twitter

Yes, thank you might PAC-12 gods for protecting USC. What an absolute joke.

Wow. Just wow.

That article made it sound like we were trying to force them into a game.

Postmaster wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:10 pm This is the same guy (Robbins) I saw on tv during women's tournament with his mask below his nose constantly.


On a positive note, KU and Puke both lost today.

I'm not convinced that KU or Duke is Final Four bound. Of the teams currently in the top 15, I feel most confident putting Baylor and Gonzaga there, followed by AZ and Auburn. Still don't think USC has proven they deserve their ranking. Their win over SDSU is aging well, but aside from that, cupcake city. Let's see how they do vs. UCLA and AZ.

Why the hell is a home game this week start at 9pm?! So ridiculous.

phxcat23 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:21 am Why the hell is a home game this week start at 9pm?! So ridiculous.

Thank you! This just dawned on me today, as well. I’m going to have to take a nap in order to stay awake on the drive home.

U.P. Zona Fan wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:42 pm

g32knights wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:21 pm https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2022/0 ... ce=twitter

Yes, thank you might PAC-12 gods for protecting USC. What an absolute joke.

Wow. Just wow.

That article made it sound like we were trying to force them into a game.

From the article "The reality of the situation is that USC is traveling to the Bay Area to play Cal on Thursday. Asking USC to play Arizona on Saturday in a different location is a logistical nightmare." Must be that USC education. You are already traveling home idiot and it follows the normal Thurs/Sat for games. The only difference is you would be playing at HOME instead of Stanford.

WTF.... Not like you don't have literally multiple flights each day between each city even if you do fly commercial.

Logistical nightmare.

Fuck the Pac 12- they don't care about AZ only their large markets.

Don't forget that we make every team fly to Boulder and then Salt Lake (or vice versa) to play on the same turnaround.

Does UCLA & USC basketball make that much more money for the conference than UA? I hope we don't get fucked over with this strategy the Pac-12 is pursuing. I mean USC basketball has been a joke historically

Pac12: "Players can leave the plantation but the teams can't!!"

I would gladly bail for big 12 or even mountain west. Our conference is shit.

Some things never change. Brown, Matthews and Fuller went off for 55 points against us. So far, against Buffy they total 17 nearly 3/4 of the way through the game.

prh wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:55 pm Don't forget that we make every team fly to Boulder and then Salt Lake (or vice versa) to play on the same turnaround.

How about the UW/WST trip?

Postmaster wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:31 pm

prh wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:55 pm Don't forget that we make every team fly to Boulder and then Salt Lake (or vice versa) to play on the same turnaround.

How about the UW/WST trip?

Brutal, although I think it's not so bad now with chartering. Long ass flight though.

https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/st ... layer-week

If you think USC is the 5th best team in the country, I've got a bridge to sell you.

Also, we're still looking good in the rankings that matter most for tourney seeding:

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketbal ... t-rankings

Bummer that our next two opponents are so low here.

Bordercat wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 2:19 pm I would gladly bail for big 12 or even mountain west. Our conference is shit.

Its all about TV revenue and money. And as long as cash is king its difficult to see where divorcing the CA schools makes sense economically.

Now if the ban football movement in CA ever gains traction then we should drop the PAC12 and run. The only problem is run to what.

I see 2 options:

A large 12 school Southwest/MWC conference or an East/West 16 team conference similar to the SEC.

The 12 team conference might look like: UA/asu/Utah/BYU/TTech/Houston/TCU/Baylor/OSU/Colorado/Kansas/KState

A 16 school conference might add Iowa State/Colorado State/New Mexico/Wyoming Or Boise State

I doubt either of those options would generate more TV revenue than our existing arrangement.

Now #6 in AP.

I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge anyone who correctly predicted AZ to be ranked this high in mid-January, in Lloyd's first season. It's pretty mind-blowing, imo.

Maybe if we play no further games we will be ranked #1...

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:50 am Maybe if we play no further games we will be ranked #1...

I'd prefer to play two at McKale at this week.

I wish we were ranked #6 AFTER playing UCLA and USC

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:53 am I wish we were ranked #6 AFTER playing UCLA and USC

Sounds like you're implying we won't be.

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:02 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:53 am I wish we were ranked #6 AFTER playing UCLA and USC

Sounds like you're implying we won't be.

No... I'm saying our team should have played them both already instead of hanging out at TopGolf

Alieberman wrote: ↑No... I'm saying our team should have played them both already instead of hanging out at TopGolf

Check out that setup at the top though. Kids a natural

Jefe wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:03 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑No... I'm saying our team should have played them both already instead of hanging out at TopGolf

Check out that setup at the top though. Kids a natural

Wait, this happened? The Koloko pics on normal human clubs should be hilarious.

Didn't see any pics of C-Lo

Spaceman Spiff wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:08 pmWait, this happened? The Koloko pics on normal human clubs should be hilarious.

Nice little Sunday for the team. More pics on IG; Ballo holding a club, Mains with a real nice pose and Kerr with the Emoy hat:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiBe9DFlSB/

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:30 pm https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/st ... layer-week

If you think USC is the 5th best team in the country, I've got a bridge to sell you.

USC lost to Stanford today. Worried about our lay off.

TheCat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 pm

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:30 pm https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/st ... layer-week

If you think USC is the 5th best team in the country, I've got a bridge to sell you.

USC lost to Stanford today. Worried about our lay off.

USC should have played and lost to us. Would have been a better loss.

TheCat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 pm

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:30 pm https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/st ... layer-week

If you think USC is the 5th best team in the country, I've got a bridge to sell you.

USC lost to Stanford today. Worried about our lay off.

I hear you, but I also think we’re better than USC and get our first two games since the lay off at McKale.

Trojans are not a top 10 team, imo. Maybe top 15.

By the way, our win @Illinois is aging like fine wine.

TheCat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 pm

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:30 pm https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/st ... layer-week

If you think USC is the 5th best team in the country, I've got a bridge to sell you.

USC lost to Stanford today. Worried about our lay off.

Stanford hadn’t played in like 20 days.

USC played 5 days ago.

Chicat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:24 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 pm

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:30 pm https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/st ... layer-week

If you think USC is the 5th best team in the country, I've got a bridge to sell you.

USC lost to Stanford today. Worried about our lay off.

Stanford hadn’t played in like 20 days.

USC played 5 days ago.

Exactly. In fairness, winning on the road in conference is always hard, regardless of the opponent. And Stanford isn't terrible. But USC, imo, was exposed tonight. If they're still ranked in the top 15 in late February, I'll be very surprised.

https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/ ... 88832?s=20

You wanted em, we got em.

So lame, the game allegedly couldn't happen earlier because they wanted exposure so they reschedule an 11 PM EST game on a Tuesday? Seems to me like Tommy let them walk all over him agreeing to a Tuesday game in LA after a road trip to the Bay concluding on Sunday.

Frickin' ESPN.

This is not UA football which deserves very late games.

gronk4heisman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:42 pm So lame, the game allegedly couldn't happen earlier because they wanted exposure so they reschedule an 11 PM EST game on a Tuesday? Seems to me like Tommy let them walk all over him agreeing to a Tuesday game in LA after a road trip to the Bay concluding on Sunday.

We really just need a split with ucla. Doesn't matter if we beat them at their place or ours. Losing to them twice probably means a 3 seed is our ceiling.

We are getting royally fucked by this scheduling bullshit.

Sean Miller would be putting the conference on blast. I wonder if Lloyd will do the same.

I don't care as long as UCLA is playing 2 on the road before their 3rd game against Az. in 6 days. Just want a level playing field.

Get out the broken broomsticks for Whiny Tad and his team.

TheCat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:28 pm I don't care as long as UCLA is playing 2 on the road before their 3rd game against Az. in 6 days. Just want a level playing field.

They're not. They've got the NoCal schools at Pauley before their game at McKale.

Why that is no advantage at all. Okay looks like the conference picked the perfect time.

But ucla has the mountain road trip before our game in LA, so at least we are both getting screwed by the reschedule.