Bear Down Wildcats

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Merkin wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 8:28 am
CopaCat wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 8:08 am So a game against UCLA in PHX would count as a defacto home tilt.
So all the season ticket holders will have to drive up there? I would not be too happy about that.

Almost positive that a game in PHX ca not count toward the home slate for season ticket holders.

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Awesome if it is UCLA Lloyd really loves Phoenix It is UCLA and I hate it. I'm fine with a yearly big OOC game in Phoenix. I just don't see the point in it being UCLA. That should be a McKale/Pauley thing only. On account of what UCLA and SC did to the Pac, if I was Arizona, I would never schedule ...

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Merkin wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:58 pm I imagine UCLA is willing to do home and homes, since it would be an automatic sellout in Pauley.

Playing Arizona would have to be forced down Cronin's throat, especially at McKale.

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Wow, scheduling issues? Not sure I buy that. Same. When Sean Miller canceled the UNC series, Miller said he did it because his teams couldn't compete with UNC and would reschedule when they could, which never happened. At least they need to be honest about it. Flashback to having the Trident opened...

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Lol on Pope trying to pull a Barcello 2.

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Chicat wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 2:00 pm
gouacats wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 1:47 pm My son said that the UA vs Purdue game in Vegas has been postponed or cancelled?
That really sucks.

Wow, scheduling issues?

Not sure I buy that.

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If I go to ESPN, I see: 1. Houston 2. Kansas 3. Iowa State 5. Baylor 9. Arizona That's pretty good in my mind. I just want to get to a ff every 5 years or so Sure, I agree, and it's still early, and 9th is significantly better than 24th. But ... Houston is a single-coach Johnny Come Lately and so i...

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Arizona better not perennially enter the season as the 5th highest ranked B12 team. If that occurs without some elite NCAAT success to offset it we have problems. Once every 5 or so seasons, fine, but the rest Arizona should be 1 or 2, or at the worst 3rd. This is a quasiblueblood program entering t...

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Does this impact Henri? Will Tobe have 2 years eligibility or 3? Henri is a 4. He has to earn minutes, but I was told last fall, after Henri was hurt, that Lloyd still really likes his skill set. Up to Henri if he wants to take advantage of it. Think many folks here are assuming Awaka is a 4 on acc...

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SCCats wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:05 am You’re not feeling the Conference of Truck Stops?

I am super bummed that SC and UCLA killed off the Pac.

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the second I saw we were going after Townsend I assumed he was coming here. he is a perfect fit for what tommy wants even if that isn't ideally how to play basketball in 2024. assuming both love and KJ come back that should be the team. if awaka comes I guess Henri would leave Seems iffy that Awaka...

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So to be clear, if Love returns, we don’t expect Sanon to remain committed to AZ? That is what I heard. One problem with that logic is that Caleb could make a lot more money by transferring elsewhere (think Ballo) You think there are programs that will pay Love more than $1 mil next season? I don’t...

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6 of the 8 B12 tournament teams did not make it out of the 1st weekend and the conference’s record was sub 500. Last year’s tournament record off the top of my head was about the same. Adding ASU CU and Utah isn’t going to help. If KU starts to decay … Ah, but that wasn’t my question. In any case, ...

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the second I saw we were going after Townsend I assumed he was coming here. he is a perfect fit for what tommy wants even if that isn't ideally how to play basketball in 2024. assuming both love and KJ come back that should be the team. if awaka comes I guess Henri would leave Seems iffy that Awaka...

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6 of the 8 B12 tournament teams did not make it out of the 1st weekend and the conference’s record was sub 500. Last year’s tournament record off the top of my head was about the same.

Adding ASU CU and Utah isn’t going to help. If KU starts to decay …

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I thought he was reclassifying??? Evidently not. https://twitter.com/joson_sanon/status/1782787724295971019 No reason for him to reclass yet until Love makes a decision. He can then reclass and say he's opened up his recruitment if Love returns. Sanon’s post reads like a solicitation for 2024 offer...

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Are teams rotated for this so they left all of us newbies out? https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1782897645402374417 Has to be a scheduling issue. Meaning, the newcomers have their schedules set for 24 and don’t have openings during the dates of the B12 - BE games. On another note, the awesom...

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the second I saw we were going after Townsend I assumed he was coming here. he is a perfect fit for what tommy wants even if that isn't ideally how to play basketball in 2024. assuming both love and KJ come back that should be the team. if awaka comes I guess Henri would leave Seems iffy that Awaka...

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I like it when Clip gets excited about a guy. Just wait till I really like a guy. This portal season has been pretty underwhelming, but this dude is fun to watch bulldoze his victims. He was really good @ U19 FIBA for TUSA. Never could translate that for Barnes, however. At face value this read to ...

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This is almost as bad as a certain powerhouse in the West having to settle for a no name lifelong assistant coach... Worse, Pope was high up on Arizona’s list so be careful throwing stones. Also, not being able to turn the corner at BYU has zero bearing on what kind of record he will have at Kentuc...

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I like it when Clip gets excited about a guy. Just wait till I really like a guy. This portal season has been pretty underwhelming, but this dude is fun to watch bulldoze his victims. He was really good @ U19 FIBA for TUSA. Never could translate that for Barnes, however. At face value this read to ...

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What I heard wasn’t a “they”, it was money from a “booster”, earmarked for Love.

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Don’t know what the deal was last season, but this one is $1 mil, for Love. If CCC was told that Lloyd would welcome him back that is good enough for me.

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You might be right CCC but I am not sure on that. I can’t think of one reason why he wouldn’t have announced he was back. I am sure there are some I don’t know about but I can’t come up with a single thing. He isn’t getting drafted. No other program would give him even 50% of what his Arizona number...

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So for those of you who have looked into Damon more than I have (minimal) who would you rather have? Freshman Sanon (is he a 1&Done?) Or Super Senior Love? Love was my favorite player to watch in an Arizona uniform this past season. I am not big on 1&Ds who aren’t game changers from day 1, which Sa...

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So for those of you who have looked into Damon more than I have (minimal) who would you rather have? Freshman Sanon (is he a 1&Done?) Or Super Senior Love? One thing that most Arizona losses shared was Love shooting and missing a lot. At the end of the season as he was shooting and missing and turn...

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So for those of you who have looked into Damon more than I have (minimal) who would you rather have? Freshman Sanon (is he a 1&Done?) Or Super Senior Love? Love was my favorite player to watch in an Arizona uniform this past season. I am not big on 1&Ds who aren’t game changers from day 1, which Sa...

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ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:13 am
For all intents and purposes, Sanon's role on the team would be the same as Love's. Boswell wouldn't have impacted that as much. So it's more of a role issue rather than minutes.

Agree, that Boswell reference in relation to Sanon doesn’t make sense.

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Shitty tweet for what reason? It's been discussed openly he was looking at 500k+ on the open market. It comes off to me as mocking Ballo’s value, showing off inside info that Scheer probably fed him, and as the resident Arizona-media-homer I would think he would be bummed to have lost Ballo to tran...

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It does feel odd and 1 of the pieces ESPN used above to rank the Cats #8 is gone. Saw that Ballo was ESPN’s #1 ranked transfer as well. This is the first time Lloyd has had the option of running with the freshmen, will be interesting to see if he does so, as that is much less common than it was circ...

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I trust Lloyd and it sounds like he wants Boswell More than good enough for me He didn't want Boswell. Was Vegas the final straw or was Tommy already done with Boswell before then? I don’t know and that post of mine comes off like I do. I was judging off of Boswell transferring, i.e. if Lloyd wante...

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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39895473/mens-college-basketball-way-too-early-top-25-rankings-2024-25-season This is more legit than those rankings posted upthread. And I think we could rise higher once the dust settles from the transfer portal. Interesting how they do it t...

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PHXCATS wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:04 am I trust Lloyd and it sounds like he wants Boswell

More than good enough for me

He didn't want Boswell.

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AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:51 pm Glad he's getting payed. Assuming he does indeed end up at Indiana that came against Illinois should be something to watch.

Me too but that is a shitty tweet.

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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39895473/mens-college-basketball-way-too-early-top-25-rankings-2024-25-season This is more legit than those rankings posted upthread. And I think we could rise higher once the dust settles from the transfer portal. Interesting how they do it t...

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Tommy's not leaving for Kentucky, right? Got mixed messages on that yesterday which is to say that I am clueless on that right now. Winger, do you know if anyone from Kentucky has even reached out to Tommy at all to gauge his interest? Or is this all message board paranoia? Message board paranoia. ...

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Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:23 pm Tommy's not leaving for Kentucky, right?

Got mixed messages on that yesterday which is to say that I am clueless on that right now.

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I’m just curious what some of your ideal starting 5s are for next season. It is a good question but it is also impossible to answer. No one really knows what Lloyd is doing behind the scenes with the current roster and the same holds for the portal (and for the portal you can add that no one even k...

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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39895473/mens-college-basketball-way-too-early-top-25-rankings-2024-25-season This is more legit than those rankings posted upthread. And I think we could rise higher once the dust settles from the transfer portal. Interesting how they do it t...

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Most importantly though Winger, have you interacted with the new AD and do you like what she brings to the department? No, not yet and haven’t heard a word. She looks very good on paper imo. Leaving money aside, it appears to me that she has an immediate issue wrt Love coaching softball and, though...

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When you say doesn't work well I guess you mean it wont work in the B12 but won the PAC 12 ? While I agree Love and Johnson were first year players at Arizona they were far from first year players in terms of experience. If you are right we will get 2 of the top 10 in the portal that can start. Tha...

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Love last 6 games: 1-10 ORtg of 24 4-13 ORtg of 97 2-11 ORtg of 42 6-17 ORtg of 113 6-15 ORtg of 97 5-18 ORtg of 70 Arizona’s record: 3-3 To be fair to Love, I also am out on PGs who no show 1/3 of the time and centers who are a TO every time they are sent to the line. This year’s version didn’t wo...

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Love last 6 games: 1-10 ORtg of 24 4-13 ORtg of 97 2-11 ORtg of 42 6-17 ORtg of 113 6-15 ORtg of 97 5-18 ORtg of 70 Arizona’s record: 3-3 To be fair to Love, I also am out on PGs who no show 1/3 of the time and centers who are a TO every time they are sent to the line. This year’s version didn’t wor...

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If Lloyd was considering bringing Love back I’d be highly disappointed.

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Wanted to share something that I may have posted elsewhere here (if I have I apologize for the repeat). There were several things about the end of this administration’s tenure that I never completely understood. One of them was how Robbins could go MIA during the coaching search after his buddy Fisc...

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Yep. Everything said about Kriisa last year is being said about Boswell now... Everything said about Boswell last year is being said about Bradley now..... That’s what happens when you’re the PG, you play like crap, and your team flames out of the NCAA Tournament. Boswell is played out at Arizona. ...

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Was at a table a couple months back with several Robbins acolytes and told them my understanding was that Robbins will be done when this contract terms (end of summer). They all skoffed, told me how many ABOR members he had “in his back pocket”, and one Arizona coach actually said to me “you need b...

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Some rumblings that Boswell is gone. Not enough to bank on, yet, but might want to keep your eyes and ears open.

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Was at a table a couple months back with several Robbins acolytes and told them my understanding was that Robbins will be done when this contract terms (end of summer). They all skoffed, told me how many ABOR members he had “in his back pocket”, and one Arizona coach actually said to me “you need be...

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