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If he would stop shooting dumb early 3s I would be 87% happier.

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Thank you all, and thanks JMJ, it wasn't that onerous and I don't know when I'll be making another post this long again, haha. This was 11,000 words, which is unreal, basically.

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5. Kevin Ollie (41) How do you solve a problem like Kevin Ollie? Where do you put a guy after two regular seasons of fairly nondescript basketball and one of the flukiest national championships of all time? If not the flukiest it’s gotta be right up there with Villanova in 1988, NC State in 1983…ma...

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CatzManiac wrote:I don't remember Hill ever going for a single hand dunk while he was at Arizona.

He basically finished Belmont on a breakaway with one in the tourney in 2013 and he had one balling out against Washington in a loss in 2012. Two that stick out in my mind.

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Yeah, I doubt he ever plays a minute for Kentucky but there's no reason for them not to take the commitment.

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What a shame it had to happen in front of fans known to be so much better than Arizona's too.

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I like it.

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Olsondogg wrote:If you want to be entertained for a few hours: http://csnbbs.com/forum-499.html

Haha I knew you'd be all over this shit.

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I like stats. They help explain a story...but seldom do they tell the complete story. Arizona's offense is fine, irregardless of what you are told on a message board. Stats will support my comment as we move throughout the year. For now, win please. I agree, I think the offense is fine too. We don'...

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I like stats. They help explain a story...but seldom do they tell the complete story. Arizona's offense is fine, irregardless of what you are told on a message board. Stats will support my comment as we move throughout the year. For now, win please. I agree, I think the offense is fine too. We don'...

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KaibabKat wrote:Arizona has never had a season where the team shot "north of 50-37-75."

Arizona's has 3 seasons in the last 10 years where it shot 50-37-74, all coinciding with elite offenses: 2005, 2011, and 2013. My bad on the last percentage point. You got me.

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Having a great offense is definitely more important than having a great defense, and you need a great offense to win the title (this year's UConn mega-outlier notwithstanding). No one's seriously disputing that. What we're disputing is 1) that systemic offensive changes need to be made, and 2) that ...

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97cats wrote:I can't believe someone thinks all those National Champs were bad at defense??

am I reading that right??

No - I mean Kansas was "OK."

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"Who can disprove what I personally believe based solely on my own eye test and set of subjective criteria and nothing else?"

No one. No one can. Now take your ball and go home.

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Selectively: like how you ignore that the Kansas team had a great offense and two great guards. Like I said before, great offense the whole season, defense steps up in March. Arizona doesn't have neither on the offensive part. Not a great offense + no two great guards = 0/2 on what championship tea...

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I still haven't stopped laughing from him calling Kansas's #1 ranked defense in 2008 "OK." If you're too lazy to even know what you're talking about I don't see why any of us should bother responding to you any further.

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Well Lute had a 1 or 2 seed play Bennett at Wisky and we got beat in the second round and h e was using the pack line to beat an uptempo good metric offense that year. Like I said, I like Miller in March, the rest is window dressing Well we lost 78 to 86 to Oklahoma in 1988, but at least we scored ...

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"Packline slows the tempo down" Yes, the two best defenses in the country played packline last year. So you're saying you would prefer our defense be worse? Our #1 defense? You would prefer the other team scoring more quickly for increased tempo and some perceived subjective benefit (hint: there isn...

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Also, there is no correlation between a high forced turnover percentage and an elite offense, so the whole "we need to force turnovers to turn into offense" doesn't really hold water. You're asserting things without data to support what you're asserting. If you show me some data backing up what you'...

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So we should change our #1 defense to help our offense? Got it. Besides that, you're asking us to refute something yet providing no evidence yourself that a different defense would somehow help our offense. Again, noteworthy that there is no correlation between tempo or average possession length on ...

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Olsondogg wrote:Agreed. This team's identity will not be found beyond the arc. It is within...

Watching the game in McKale, I noticed that TJ passed up shots (again). One exhibition in, but it was addressed by him in the presser.

11 assists though, and probably a few hockey assists too.

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Exactly. Everyone should be better. Stanley will bring more to the table as a scorer than Gordon ever did. It should be good. I am responding in earnest to the OP, no sarcasm, but this isn't rocket science. As I've said before and will continue to say throughout the season, the players just need to ...

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Merkin wrote:Maybe the blondie in the back should be giving Zimmerman a hug. That's the way it worked in the movie Lute was in.

Some serious 'mirin going on there.

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I am responding in earnest to the OP, no sarcasm, but this isn't rocket science. As I've said before and will continue to say throughout the season, the players just need to make shots. If you actually look at our metrics when we do that compared to other teams with so-called "good" offenses there's...

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But what will it be like...in the year 2525...

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I've been to three Arizona games in the last two years, and two of them were losses to UCLA in the Pac-12 tournament. Getting sick of this shit.

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Cancel the season.

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On this day exactly one year ago, we lost a scrimmage to St. Mary's and the team and program never recovered.

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I remember a lot of strong disagreements on the old site about Doug. I like the guy. He seems to always give Arizona plenty of run when he's writing/on tv/radio & he seems to be pretty well informed on Southern California since he's from there. I think you're being a little harsh...but that's just ...

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gumby wrote:Douche. That's gotta hurt.

OTOH, if the Harrison Twins aren't the best at those particular skills, then, wow, they've really added to the team. Chemistry notwithstanding.

Missed you too Gumby.

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I don't particularly care what the most delusional fan base in the world thinks, nor Douche Davis, nor anonymous NBA scout who probably would have said the same thing last year. Here's what I think: invincible Kentucky has some serious problems that, while not fatal to a successful season, will have...

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I'm so happy.

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I'm very confused as to what is going on these last couple pages. Something about personal threats from someone against someone and something about EGB being an asshole because he was doing something to someone....I'm lost. Ace from PGU basically drove 97 away from posting for a while because he's ...

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Do I need to start taking Arizona recruiting / inside info more seriously? For many years now I've been going to TOS (and now here) with the hopes of bonding with fellow Cats fans, making people laugh, finding out the best places around campus to take a dump, discovering the nuances of drinking one...

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There's a reason Dante reserved the Ninth Circle of Hell for Betrayers.

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Main Event wrote:So EGB was the one relaying the Scout Info directly to PGU the entire time?

That, and worse. Dude's a snake.

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Jesus, that baby face. It's easy to forget these guys are just kids.

If we get Rabb too with Smith and PJC we'll lead the nation in guys who look 13.

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azcat34 wrote:
the real dill wrote:New Rivals 150 is out:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... ank-3252/0
So there's a good chance Arizona could end up with 4,10,12 and 23?

You missed a spot.

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Houston is a perfect situation for Nick. He should get every possible chance to succeed there. They seem to value intangibles and people who contribute over potential. They had Chuck Hayes playing for a while, and he had zero star potential. Nick's star potential is limited b/c of his height, but h...

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Houston is a perfect situation for Nick. He should get every possible chance to succeed there.

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97cats wrote:have you ever heard the phrase, 'playing to the crowd'?

ya, thats her fo sho
Why exactly has Arizona never truly been in that recruitment? Just bothers me to no end that UNLV is such a player for him and we're not.

I can't speak for Miller, but I'm perfectly fine with Zimmerman not coming here.

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So the UCLA just had three players drafted in the first round. I never want to hear anything about Miller underachieving with talent ever again.

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1) That girl is quite attractive
2) Stanley is hilarious
3) Cliff Alexander looks 42

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PhatKat wrote:We didn't connect. Salim had to work and had a narrow window of opportunity that would have required me to get packed up and checked out of my hotel in time to meet him downtown. I didn't wake up until 10:30 and spent the day chilling at the pool.

Aye. Perhaps next time?

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Ashley had the highest eFG% of anyone besides Zeus.

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I have nothing to contribute but in the interests of encouraging others (coughKatzcough). Has anyone contacted krono about our new digs? Katz, if you read this, Matt Dudek has been tweeting club shields/crests or whatever in the style of the U of A. I think it's a neat idea but all the ones he's twe...

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So excited. I'm pretty excited for this year too!

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He was classy about it, best for all parties. Sometimes the fit just isn't right, no reason to force things.

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