Bear Down Wildcats

Beachcat97 wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:I am just about sooooo over college basketball.

Maybe it's a good time to pose this question, then: what is it that sustains your interest/enthusiasm in AZ hoops?

Aside from just rooting for your alma mater's premier athletics program, is there something more? A love of the sport? Nostalgia for Lute Olson?

I'll admit, my enthusiasm has waned. This past season, I watched fewer games than ever. With all due respect to our guys, the Justin Coleman Era just didn't do it for me. And even going back to the previous season, with Ayton dunking and Trier slashing, it still felt off. Those TJ/Nick Johnson teams have so far been the highpoint of the Miller era, and I've been waiting to see if we can get back there.

As a native of Detroit, which is among the worst sports cities in America during my lifetime, UofA has been my only team to consistently feel good about. And while I've repeatedly been patient with our football program, they just disappoint again and again and again. Only hoops has given us a reason to be excited from year to year.

So contrary to CST, I am far from being "over college basketball." I want to see Miller get a FF and see his haters forced to sing his praises. If the Miller Era is indeed nearing its end, I just hope it happens on our schedule, not the fucking media's. If this season comes to pass without a FF and with unmet expectations, maybe both parties (Miller and the school) decide to part ways amicably. I'd be good with that. The program can recover, and Miller will find another job. But I do hope that his first FF happens at AZ. It would be a really tough pill to see him climb that ladder and cut down the nets as coach of a different school, especially if we're closing in on a quarter century without a FF.

azgreg wrote:

azgreg wrote:

NYCat wrote:Dawkins could've plead guilty and saved time but they were trying to cause damage. I wouldn't be surprised if Dawkins and his defense start leaking taped/wiretaps that weren't played during trial.

NYCat wrote:Dawkins could've plead guilty and saved time but they were trying to cause damage. I wouldn't be surprised if Dawkins and his defense start leaking taped/wiretaps that weren't played during trial.

NYCat wrote:Dawkins could've plead guilty and saved time but they were trying to cause damage. I wouldn't be surprised if Dawkins and his defense start leaking taped/wiretaps that weren't played during trial.

"I wasn’t there," Dawkins said. "I just got out of criminal court case for the last two months. I had no involvement with Deandre Ayton, that’s a fact. So the whole (February 2018) ESPN report (that said Dawkins and Miller discussed paying Ayton), that’s something I couldn’t say is accurate because I never had conversations about delivering Deandre Ayton to Arizona for Sean Miller. Didn't happen."

Gilbertcat wrote:Dawkins says ESPN reported conversation did not take place

"I wasn’t there," Dawkins said. "I just got out of criminal court case for the last two months. I had no involvement with Deandre Ayton, that’s a fact. So the whole (February 2018) ESPN report (that said Dawkins and Miller discussed paying Ayton), that’s something I couldn’t say is accurate because I never had conversations about delivering Deandre Ayton to Arizona for Sean Miller. Didn't happen."

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Gilbertcat wrote:Dawkins says ESPN reported conversation did not take place

"I wasn’t there," Dawkins said. "I just got out of criminal court case for the last two months. I had no involvement with Deandre Ayton, that’s a fact. So the whole (February 2018) ESPN report (that said Dawkins and Miller discussed paying Ayton), that’s something I couldn’t say is accurate because I never had conversations about delivering Deandre Ayton to Arizona for Sean Miller. Didn't happen."

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On Friday, a defense attorney asked Dawkins twice on the witness stand whether Miller knew that Arizona players were being paid. In both cases, the government objected before Dawkins could answer; judge Edgardo Ramos sustained the objections.

Dawkins was asked Wednesday what he would have said had he been able to answer the question.

“I’m not going to answer that," he said. "Because this is the thing, I don’t see nothing wrong with it so I’m not gonna throw nobody under the bus for something that I agree with.

“I’m not going to put (Miller) in a position that could hurt him. It’s just too sensitive for me. I don’t care that much. I don’t want him to lose his job.”

Asked if the payments actually took place, Dawkins said: "I wasn’t there. I just got out of criminal court case for the last two months. I had no involvement with Deandre Ayton, that’s a fact. So the whole (February 2018) ESPN report (that said Dawkins and Miller discussed paying Ayton), that’s something I couldn’t say is accurate because I never had conversations about delivering Deandre Ayton to Arizona for Sean Miller. Didn't happen."

As for the wiretapped conversation between he and Richardson, "look at the transcripts," Dawkins said.

“Book is saying, ‘Sean gave Ayton X,Y,Z.’ I’m just listening,” he said.

CalStateTempe wrote:All that shit for truly nothing....

Fuck it all

Fuck college bb.

NYCat wrote:Is Book expected to speak during his sentencing?

Gilbertcat wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:When’s schlemachy gonna get shit canned?

I hope Arizona nation lights up him twitter

I am so fucking pissed over the past 1 year right now.

CalStateTempe wrote:What station is Jodi on? I tried finding it on my phone but had no such luck.

FBI wiretaps intercepted telephone conversations between Arizona coach Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins, a key figure in the FBI's investigation into college basketball corruption, in which Miller discussed paying $100,000 to ensure star freshman Deandre Ayton signed with the Wildcats, sources familiar with the government's evidence told ESPN.

According to people with knowledge of the FBI investigation, Miller and Dawkins, a runner working for ASM Sports agent Andy Miller, had multiple conversations about Ayton. When Dawkins asked Sean Miller if he should work with assistant coach Emanuel "Book" Richardson to finalize their agreement, Miller told Dawkins he should deal directly with him when it came to money, the sources said.

The telephone calls between Sean Miller and Dawkins were among 3,000 hours of conversations intercepted from Dawkins' phone by the FBI.