Bear Down Wildcats

EVCat

I'm not ready to abandon the #1 seed ship.

Go, teams that play Virginia, Villanova, Gonzaga, Dook, maybe Virginia again, Kansas, Wisconsin (again), maybe Dook again because they are Dook.

The path is right in front of us. See?

EVCat

Two Pac teams in the last four in and one in the last four out. Which is pretty incredible for what is essentially a terrible conference. I think we are somewhat influenced by the terrible we know best. Because there aren't a lot of teams in that area around the bubble that are much better, or that...

EVCat

Mature response guy. And thanks for answering the question. Your question does not need a response. The zoo camped out overnight, were lined up by the thousands at 530am, were completely rocking at 7am, 12 hours before tip-off, and yet in your mind they were diminishing Miller's accomplishments. Yo...

EVCat

Offense is always the eye catcher for fans. But Zeus played a very good 2nd half, and Ristic is a dumpster fire on defense. Yeah, he had a great scoring first half, including the shot he tossed up without glass that fell through even though his control on the shot was about zero. But Zeus held the d...

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As much as I want Thornton, doesn't it seem very unlikely given who we are competing with? Also I'm pretty sure he doesn't like Trier very much, so that's not going to be an easy sell unless CSM can claim Trier is a OND. That might be the case, but it's hardly a guarantee something like that did ev...

EVCat

We could find room for Thornton. Well, to be more accurate, he could make room for himself.

Kid is too special a talent not to fully pursue, roster makeup be damned. If he chooses not to come here due to other PGs on the roster, so be it. But he would, IMO, be a star from day one.

Want.

EVCat

midnightx wrote: If the goal is winning the Pac-12 regular conference championship, yes it is. If AZ and Utah both win out, and Utah upsets AZ in Utah, who wins the tie-breaker?

It goes to penalty kicks

EVCat

I used to enjoy going to Staples. As a basketball junkie, I loved showing up to the first day (that mattered) at Noon, purchasing a ticket in the "premier" section of the lower bowl that had its own entrance/concessions. Can't remember what that section is called...PR1-12, maybe? Whatever...those wh...

EVCat

I think U of A fans are discounting how important the game on 2/28 is. I have not seen much talk about it and lots of people seem to think it will be a layup. A two seed is likely on the line in this one. WTF are you on? I have not heard one single person say the game at Utah will be an easy game. ...

EVCat

Some people just need to be fans and quit analyzing the team and the games. Just be one of those 80-year-old ladies who love their cats no matter what and cheer and get all giddy when we win There really isn't much wrong with that, in my view. There is no medal for best fan analysis. That said, it ...

EVCat

Stupid gimmicks.

(I'll be there)

EVCat

we trade TV for attendance. Crazy start times = more revenue but less butts in seats. It washes, and really isn't that big a deal. If a program cannot find a way to entice people to come to a game, so be it. This attendance discussion exists across sports, yet revenue is healthy. Why? Televised spor...

EVCat

No coach "develops" players with real minutes if said players hurt the team. Ristic gets his minutes when he shows he is engaged and contributing. And there have been games Miller has kept him in because of that. What other big do you want to see "develop"? Korcheck? Jeez. Victor got exactly the min...

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seemed as though he played better after the slip. I imagine he is a little rattled, But kids take that stuff all the time. As a smallish point guard in the fantastic world of the rec center with some handle and quick but no shot, I spent the better part of my recreational/intramural hoops life being...

EVCat

It would be excellent to return to the national scene in softball. I have always found it to be one of the most entertaining of the "minor" sports, along with soccer. Quite frankly, it is more exciting to watch than baseball, and I am a baseball fan. Plus, it is really fun to have one last sport to ...

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Chicat wrote:He was a machine tonight.

Change the date from Jan 30 to Feb 13. Same message.

Maybe save it as a signature...

EVCat

We need to stay out of foul trouble. We have a tendency to foul slashers. Move our feet and no hand checking. And UW's MO, especially during the Venoy Overton days, was to commit as many fouls as possible and dare the refs to call all of them. Shower the refs with neverending "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

EVCat

gumby wrote:{fatigued by thread. raises hand for sub}
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Suck it up. There's another break coming in 30 seconds...

Do you really want us to send in Machina for you?

EVCat

The fatigue a college player experiences over the course of a season is probably 80% mental. With travel, practices, classes, exams, the training room, team events, and any kind of social life, the amount of down time they have is probably really small in comparison to the average college student. ...

EVCat

One of the most overrated aspects of the college game is the idea of a deep bench. 40 minute games. 40 minutes. Less than half of a soccer player in full motion. Breaks mandated at every 4 minute interval. In the NCAA's, these turn into 2:45 breaks. Then halftime. Never more than 2 games a week. An...

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I would have added "Ticketmaster purposely keeping tickets for Vegas out of Arizona fans hands", but I finally got tickets today for the semi-finals and finals after initially being told they were sold out. So that could be changed to "Ticketmaster (and Larry Scott) purposely kept $12 tickets out of...

EVCat

Here's hoping we're finding more about Miller to praise than to pan this spring. I think the fact that we are not a crater of a program remembering some past glory after an amazingly ugly two year protracted end to the run of a legend, but rather a program that keeps falling a shot short in the Eli...

EVCat

Ristic came into the game and looked lost.

You can't coach a game saying "this player must get X minutes a game."

There are games Ristic plays plenty. There are others he doesn't. And it has everything to do with whether he should stay in the game.

EVCat

We are 8 deep every game that the top 8 are healthy. We are 9 deep with PJC is there. We went 10 deep when needed successfully in the Bay What is this about a shrinking bench? Who isn't getting PT they should? Ristic goes as long as he is effective, and he was lost his first run onto the court in Te...

EVCat

Was a coaching change necessary after Lute Olson took a 2 and 3 seed and drove them off a cliff in the first round? This is such a ridiculous conversation. Playing in Elite Eights means playing for Final Fours. Sean Miller is young and will improve as a coach. The pipeline will continue to be strong...

EVCat

ESPN just did a 15 player fantasy draft, Stanley wasn't picked??? https://twitter.com/ESPNCBB/status/564100686800236544 Looking for good players on bad teams that dominate the stat sheet or unbalanced teams that depend too much on one player. In any given game, Stanley could go 24/8/5 or 4/3/1. Eno...

EVCat

The converse is true, too. We have been a less active team on the offensive boards, but certainly have the athletes to be very active. And, if teams scout us properly and zone us in the tournament, there will be even more offensive boards to go get. So, while our defensive rebound conversion rate mi...

EVCat

We used to do it during the first ASU game week but not the second game. Probably started as an RPi thing, especially as rough as the PAC was when Lute started. And RPI got us into the tournament and higher seeded a few times despite losing a few of those games (2009 is the best example). But I don'...

EVCat

I want a 1 because there is a pretty significant power gap from my observation from the 3 line to the 4 line, and no indication that they snake the seeds that low, so as a 2 you could get the best 3 due to region setting, whereas a 1 will get a 4, and even the best 4 is a number of seeds below the ...

EVCat

Was bummed he didn't take the handoff from the PBP guy to talk about Amy van Dykken's return to the mic earlier in the day. Something tells me he knows nothing of her story. He jumped off that free platform to talk about the greatness of the spirit or the will of the human or however he could have r...

EVCat

The fact that we can pull this kind of stuff off without putting the right color "free" sponsor t-shirts on the seats is amazing.

There is no reason to limit having fun with the crowd. It's not like we are doing these things to get people to show up...

EVCat

With him running the offense, we can just about get a layup on every possession if we are patient enough. Tonight, especially early, we were trying to score too quick against a pretty damn good zone. But when we didn't try to hit 7 point shots and started being patient, we eventually found a way int...

EVCat

So, did anyone catch this in the presser? I think it's a classic Miller diss, but want to confirm. Starts: 5:28 http://www.arizonawildcats.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3690705&startTime=05:28 And is this the same reporter who ticked him off earlier in the season? If so, so many LULZ That reporter...

EVCat

I want a 1 because there is a pretty significant power gap from my observation from the 3 line to the 4 line, and no indication that they snake the seeds that low, so as a 2 you could get the best 3 due to region setting, whereas a 1 will get a 4, and even the best 4 is a number of seeds below the w...

EVCat

Can we get greedy and get him and Thornton? Please?

6'7" shooting guard. Massive. MASSIVE! #3 national in Rivals, #2 in 24/7 class of 2016. #1 shooting guard in both.

Us and Kansas it appears. Will this be a quick courtship, or is he going to "enjoy the process" like Ivan Rabb?

EVCat

Not to be confused with the Start Pitts crowd. I'd like to be treasurer of the "Start Rondae and Stanley at the wings, but play Pitts more than York" club. Or maybe secretary. I am not certain enough of my position to pursue the presidency, but I am pretty sure this is the club I want to be a part ...

EVCat

for the people who do it, it will be fun. Others won't. There are no rules...just a student section trying some stuff to get the less - than - psycho fan into the game. The Show has fun. Why not pick and choose what works elsewhere and just make it work better here? End of the day, this is still jus...

EVCat

TJ is a ridiculous weapon if he can make shots, because he can create his own shot and shots for others. Steve Nash was an MVP because he could do that...TJ is no Steve Nash, but when he gets hot offensively, someone else's game is soon to blow up because once the opposition looks to actively defend...

EVCat

Dykes was the worst of all time. Just awful. So glad he is gone. Seth Greenburg drives me up a wall no matter his role...just a microphone in his hand makes me shudder. Greg Anthony makes some amazing points during his broadcasts, and is intelligent, but makes one or two comments a half that are nea...

EVCat

But Quinnipiac is playing mostly other Quinnipiacs. So the level of overall talent isn't really an issue. It's the comparable talent against opponent. If Quinnipiac, or some other random funny-named school was #1 in the nation in FG%, it wouldn't be because they had the greatest shooters in the hist...

EVCat

I'd be more concerned with tampering and questionable tactics if LSU wasn't his home school. He may have had a list he presented, but it was always a list of one. And a logical line of thought can be drawn...he wanted to play at home, had pressure to play at home, but Arizona came calling. Sean Mill...

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Like with most things national media, it is a lagging talking point. No one pays attention to the Cats like local media/fans. So they heard Seth Greenburg say on a pre-season show that "Arizona's shooting is what will limit them in the postseason" and they regurgitate it. They probably still think w...

EVCat

Thornton, Thornton, Thornton.... That would be the top of the Santa recruiting list for me. Maybe even more than Rabb...maybe. I love PJC, but I see a kid leading Findlay as a 1st year player last year, and I swear I watched him for an entire game before I could figure out what hand he was. No reaso...

EVCat

He can annoy if calling a tight game where no one is in the mood. But most of the games he does are far from close, and I love anticipating (impossible) what he will say next. Will he critique FTs? The officials? The people who dislike the officials? The salsa at the shop he ate lunch at? Who knows....

EVCat

Cowherd will be "straight up" with his picks and opinions and will "keep it real" with ramped up hyperbole... ...until he is wrong, and then he will deflect the point, make excuses, or flat out lie about never having said what he said (still running from his "Aaron Rodgers cannot win a big game" ta...

EVCat

We executed a couple of near-pro level pick and rolls. If we ever learn to do that consistently in the college game...and we have the point guard and the 3/4 and maybe the 5 in Ristic to finish it...we will be unstoppable. No one runs it particularly well in the college game, but if we can do so a c...

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Cowherd will be "straight up" with his picks and opinions and will "keep it real" with ramped up hyperbole... ...until he is wrong, and then he will deflect the point, make excuses, or flat out lie about never having said what he said (still running from his "Aaron Rodgers cannot win a big game" tak...

EVCat

RichRod won the coach of the year. That must've been a landslide considering he squeezed 10 wins out of this sorry collection of players, right? If the shoulder chip was starting to slide off amidst all the love we have been receiving, this cemented it back in place with super glue... Lots of snubbe...

EVCat

https://twitter.com/TedMillerRK/status/539938682577235969 Agree. Ohio State will be hard to keep up in the mix unless they win big because, well...this isn't a poll. This is about who is best now with body of work to support it, and Ohio State, sadly for them, are a broken team right now. When ther...

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Stanley Johnson = 21-26 in Maui people only remember the 5. That's just how it works. Most people would insist FT shooting is way worse today than back in the olden days, too. They also had to go up hill both ways to go to school and think all kids get participation trophies and are coddled in win-...

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