Winger wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 7:10 am
PHXCATS wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 9:05 pm
84Cat wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:13 pm
Offical stat keeper in McKale. Tommy's remark are not sitting well with some people
Hasn't been stat keeper since 2013....oooooffffffffffff
You keep posting that D wasn’t referring to Lloyd with that tweet. I ask again, who was he referring to?
JMJ - I think you were being charitable in labeling this Arizona team as “mediocre” (if one is using Arizona basketball program as the standard).
The idea Arizona with a 5-12 record vs Tournament Teams is anything but mediocre this season is a coping mechanism.
Briefly, when it barely lost at Tech, avenged WVU loss on road, swept Baylor, beat BYU on road, and Hail Mary’d vs Iowa State, it looked like the small but smart changes to this flawed roster were creating pathways to ideal outcomes. They really competed vs Houston. But since that game it has been Loss to every single Tournament team, even if one was because of Padilla.
This team doesn’t have a defining skill. It can’t shoot worth a damn vs solid Defenses, and can’t defend down low or on the perimeter. It is solid on the glass but consistently also gets out-rebounded. It doesn’t have depth enough to come at you in waves. It doesn’t have levels of facilitators or iso scorers who will consistently pressure point of attack and the lane. They are a good FT team, but don’t generate a ton of FTs.
Basically, they are average across the board with just enough height or skill or Tommy to beat the majority of the teams they should beat (Oklahoma, KSU, and BYU notwithstanding), but not enough to consistently compete or outscheme quality teams.
No amount of snide comments changes this.
Add to the fact they are a terrible closing team, consistent losing leads or games late, yes, mediocre is generous.