Bear Down Wildcats

ChooChooCat

This TV deal is going to be colossally bad and I wouldn't be surprised to see us sign on for it all in the name of academics.

ChooChooCat

azcat49 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:50 am With JJ’s recruiting chops and LSU’s money, I am afraid this is going to be a regular thing for them

JJ can go f*** himself. He'll look good celebrating his national title sitting in a booster seat.

ChooChooCat

dmjcat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:55 pm

Good chance he reclassifies into the 2024 class fwiw.

ChooChooCat

ESPN is losing cable/satellite subscribers. Each sub, regardless of whether they watch or not, pays ESPN monthly carriage fees. Carriage fees for the ESPN channels is $7.64 a month (https://digiday.com/future-of-tv/wtf-are-tv-carriage-fees/). In Q1 of 2023, ESPN lost 914,000 cable/satellite subs (h...

ChooChooCat

Reorganizing for the future is in no way, shape, or form “failing”. Try again. Is he making the argument that because ESPN doesn't have the windows or money to offer the Pac-12 what it would require to keep the conference together that they're the ones that are failing? Is he seriously doing that?

ChooChooCat

PHXCATS wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:26 am espn is failing

That is the biggest issue

And they are doing such a good job convincing others that they are not the main issue here

ESPN is failing at what exactly?

ChooChooCat

Look any argument is shut down completely by the TV deal. If a Hail Mary exists and a good TV deal with good exposure and pay comes from out of left field we will stay. If the deal is putrid and vast majority streaming like Apple then our hands are truly tied. It’s a death sentence for everyone to s...

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PHXCATS wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:08 pm Moving to the Big 12 will result in more 7pm and 8pm home kickoffs

And earlier games when we play on the road. God forbid.
It’s too hot to play earlier in Tucson in the months of September and October. You’re arguing garbage.

ChooChooCat

If Arizona goes it’ll be because the TV deal just isn’t there, in which case ASU will be right behind us.

ChooChooCat

So Apple Pay’s 30m per team for say 5 years and hopes at worst the PAC fans subscribe. Banking on the fans of this conference is a fools errand. Who would you bet on, PAC fans or Big12 fans subscribing more to a streamed channel? I don’t think it would be close. Still this argument of streaming is ...

ChooChooCat

On a streaming service like Apple, they will work hard to make their investment work. Paramount+ lost $500M last year even though it was the only medium you could watch the biggest movie in the world (Top Gun) after it left theaters. You’re acting like these companies are rational actors. They aren...

ChooChooCat

ESPN+ currently requires a separate subscription for sports bars and restaurants. And ESPN+ will be showing MLB games early in the football season, and NHL games later. Not to mention SEC and ACC games will on + as well. Our games will rarely get shown on linear TV, and be buried on +. We don't kno...

ChooChooCat

ESPN+ currently requires a separate subscription for sports bars and restaurants. And ESPN+ will be showing MLB games early in the football season, and NHL games later. Not to mention SEC and ACC games will on + as well. Our games will rarely get shown on linear TV, and be buried on +. We don't kno...

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azcat49 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:16 am Sounds like we have hope but no reason to get excited like a kid at Christmas until the PAC announces what its TV deal is.

Just want some finality on this thing. Is this Swaim guy reliable?

No, he is the opposite of reliable.

ChooChooCat

If true, how you enjoyed watching the Cats play on ESPN+ last night. Lots of that in the BIG12's future. And for all sports. 30% of their deal will be ESPN+. Stark difference from the at least 80% the Pac12 has working with Apple. You're an utter jackass to even compare these two. Your own loved on...

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azcat49 wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 10:14 am UC Irvine got jobbed. They were 8-1 vs the PAC and mid forties in RPI and were left out.

Who would have thought that late season game would have been so important.

They were 49th in RPI, which is why they were left out.

ChooChooCat

Literal last team into the field! LFG!

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Postmaster wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 10:21 pm
ChooChooCat wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:08 pm
Postmaster wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:07 pm What happened with Michigan?
He didn't have the grades to get into Michigan via transfer. Wouldn't be a problem at Arizona.
How did they not figured out before he declared at Michigan?

Juwan Howard is really really really bad at this job.

ChooChooCat

The PAC-12 and Big Ten are very similar academically. Yeah Arizona can still partner with those schools but the overall image of the University academically will take a hit moving the the Big 12. LMAO according to fucking whom? My god no Arizona alum goes around bragging about Arizona's academic pr...

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Postmaster wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:07 pm What happened with Michigan?

He didn't have the grades to get into Michigan via transfer. Wouldn't be a problem at Arizona.

ChooChooCat

Agree with that so why even spend 3 minutes on the topic when he isn’t going yo give you anything. Would have loved to hear deeper questions on the baseball and softball programs along with more NIL questions. The blowing up of our coaches(and Heeke)could have been left out but as you said, that is...

ChooChooCat

Hate playing those fucks in their home area, but debatable how many of their fans will show for a 10 am Tuesday game. They've drawn around 3K for their bigger series games and over 5K for us. I'll agree with Hansen in his Sunday column, when he said 11 of the 14 games in the Pac-12 Tournament last ...

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Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 9:27 am Well. It seems like we have our team. What do you guys think? Is this team going to contend for the PAC title? Is it a team that can make a run?

Roster isn't done yet.

ChooChooCat

84Cat wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:08 am Do we have a time for the Keshad Johnson decision?

Sometime this afternoon.

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RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 10:40 am Which of our 4 centers is the backup 4

Or is it going to be Paulius Murauskas

Paulius will be the primary backup 4.

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Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 9:56 pm
VegasCatFan wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 7:14 pm With Caleb Love decommitting from Michigan, is this the transfer guard Choo might have been talking about?
Zero chance. We can’t afford him.

We don’t have the amount of shots available either. I don’t know if we even know who our guard target is yet to be honest.

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Dave wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 7:06 am Is Johnson a perfect fit to team up with Ballo? My answer would be no. Maybe I am missing something. He can’t hit a perimeter shot and is a liability at the free throw line.

He’s a perfect defensive fit to team up with Ballo.

ChooChooCat

Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 2:13 pm Haven't heard anything about Nkamhoua lately? Has that ship sailed, Choo?

Unless something changes he’s expected to just go pro.

ChooChooCat

Where does this leave us with Johnson or Kaluma? Do any of these guys squeeze them out? No. Johnson or Kaluma would start. So is it fair to say with the 2 new Euro's in, the only additional roster moves of significance for next year will be either Johnson and/or Kaluma? A transfer guard will be add...

ChooChooCat

Where does this leave us with Johnson or Kaluma? Do any of these guys squeeze them out? No. Johnson or Kaluma would start. So is it fair to say with the 2 new Euro's in, the only additional roster moves of significance for next year will be either Johnson and/or Kaluma? A transfer guard will be add...

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84Cat wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 8:36 am Where does this leave us with Johnson or Kaluma? Do any of these guys squeeze them out?

No. Johnson or Kaluma would start.

ChooChooCat

Any more transfers? If you believe the twitter rumblings, it looks like Johnson to UK. How we looking with Kaluma? I expect, if any of these guys are strongly considering the Cats, they're waiting to see what Zu does with the draft... He’s not coming back. Arizona is telling all its recruits that h...

ChooChooCat

4 centers on the roster now Probably adding another big from Europe lol He's not a center. Still too much frontcourt All of them will likely shrink and become useless in March I agree with this. Even as there've been some excellent performances from big men in recent tourneys (Sanogo, Bacot), you G...

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RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 10:40 am 4 centers on the roster now

Probably adding another big from Europe lol

He's not a center.

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EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 9:31 am Let’s go!

The Awe Shucks Assassin strikes again.

He's not done with adding players from that side of the world this class.

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CardiacCats97 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 8:20 am Looks just like Veesaar and Anderson.

He's infinitely more polished than Anderson and weight 50-60lbs more than Veesaar.

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EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 8:12 am Nice pick-up but didn't see any highlights with him shooting farther than 5 feet from the basket.

Does he have any range or do we have another low block big?

He can shoot a midrange J, but not deep. He knows what his role is, he's a 5 man.

ChooChooCat

https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1658215316768583680 https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1658216116634914817 Streaming will only work if the product on the streamer is in high demand, like NFL playoffs for instance. Pac 12 sports is not in high demand. That's always been the problem with going w...

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CardiacCats97 wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 2:33 pm The ACC 7 think they can dissolve the conference by all opting out together. Lawyers aren’t so sure.

They'd need one more school to hop the fence with them. The issue is the GOR though. ESPN isn't going to take that laying down whatsoever.

ChooChooCat

What kind of year did Dunn have at UNC? If I am going to the portal, I would prefer a proven commodity. One plus is I think Miller recruited him do he must be talented Last guy off the bench. Hubert Davis does suck and Dunn does have talent. We’d be taking a major gamble if he’s the guy we choose t...

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Kaluma is officially in portal. So is Julian Phillips. Choo (or anyone else in the know), are we recruiting Kaluma? We will be, yes. If we land Keshad though that's the end of that recruitment. Thanks, Choo! Has Keshad announced a timeline for his decision? Haven't seen that posted anywhere. Genera...

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Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 9:43 am
IndianaZonaFan wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 3:34 pm Kaluma is officially in portal.

So is Julian Phillips.
Choo (or anyone else in the know), are we recruiting Kaluma?

We will be, yes. If we land Keshad though that's the end of that recruitment.

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Merkin wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 7:46 pm Thought I read Scheer said that Dennis Rodman's son transferred to USC, so a good sign for UA.

It's Arizona or Kentucky at this point.

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Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:10 pm If it's truly between us and Oklahoma, I love our chances. I say this not knowing if KJ has ties to OU.

This guy has had the juice all transfer portal season. Not sure who he is, but he's very keyed in.

ChooChooCat

Frybry02 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 5:29 pm
84Cat wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 6:03 pm

Help me. Why is he considered “major?” What am I missing?

He provides things that we don't have on the roster at the moment.

ChooChooCat

Dave wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 8:14 am Is the NIL bidding war true?

I don't know about that. If NIL was all that mattered here he would've committed to Memphis long ago. I'm sure NIL is a factor here, but it's not the sole factor and I'm not sure if it's a primary factor either.

ChooChooCat

RondaeShimmy wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:34 pm Is Jaden Bradley thing serious

Yes

ChooChooCat

Dave wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 11:01 am I hope we take a close look at Utah Valley transfer Aziz Bandaogo.

We're not going to add a transfer 5. I don't think we're going to add a transfer 4 either.

ChooChooCat

Looks like we may have an alternative to Zoom Diallo/Dedan Thomas https://twitter.com/BrucePascoe/status/1652580200780283906 I wouldn't count on it getting serious. How are we doing with Diallo and Thomas? We're still recruiting both. Sounds like Thomas is making a decision soon. https://twitter.co...

ChooChooCat

dmjcat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:08 am Looks like we may have an alternative to Zoom Diallo/Dedan Thomas

I wouldn't count on it getting serious.

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