Bear Down Wildcats

Good game aggies, Houston on cruise control

I don't mind Houston winning because they have better odds of taking down Duke.

Fair enough. They are gonna give us trouble in the b12

Houston trying to Coug it.

Crazy A&M still in this - those 2 3s they only counted as 2s looking large now

This game is lunacy

I hope Tommy is taking notes that Houston doesn't foul up 3.

HOLY SHIT

No way! Wild

HOLY SHIT ARE YOU KIDDING ME

This is why you foul up 3. lol

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:29 pm This is why you foul up 3. lol

The most perfect use for that strategy and Houston never even bothered

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:29 pm This is why you foul up 3. lol

Life comes at you fast!!!

This is why March is my favorite time of the year.

Houston will win. Book it.

Shead is nails

#4 on AM just chucking even when he’s struggling

Great time of the year, always fun watching close games!

On the vast majority of nights Shead is utterly indominable.

MrKyle wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:42 pm Shead is nails

#4 on AM just chucking even when he’s struggling

Great time of the year, always fun watching close games!

I wouldn't mind this game going to another OT because the last game of the night is already over.

Texas A&M rebounds the fn ball. Played hard the whole game. I think we need an annual series with GCU soon.

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:57 pm Texas A&M rebounds the fn ball. Played hard the whole game. I think we need an annual series with GCU soon.

Annual one game a year - NAU one year, GCU the next.
Or home and home - NAU one year, GCU the next?
Or "Great Desert University Challenge" - Arizona, NAU, GCU, ASU (early season non-conference)

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:57 pm I think we need an annual series with GCU soon.

RichardCranium wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:07 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:57 pm Texas A&M rebounds the fn ball. Played hard the whole game. I think we need an annual series with GCU soon.

Annual one game a year - NAU one year, GCU the next.
Or home and home - NAU one year, GCU the next?
Or "Great Desert University Challenge" - Arizona, NAU, GCU, ASU (early season non-conference)

ABOR already forces us and ASU to play NAU, so an all 4 AZ university challenge actually sounds like a way to make it fun.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:09 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:57 pm I think we need an annual series with GCU soon.

This. GCU is a for profit Christian school that offers nothing to the UA. Beating them is like a 6th grader beating up a kindergartener, and losing to them would be a disaster.

Merkin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:19 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:09 pm

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:57 pm I think we need an annual series with GCU soon.

This. GCU is a for profit Christian school that offers nothing to the UA. Beating them is like a 6th grader beating up a kindergartener, and losing to them would be a disaster.

I know what they are. If they are your definition of a kindergartner you haven't seen them play much or seen their fans. Losing to them would not be a disaster since they are a worthy tournament team. Certainly losing to them would be no worse the Oregon State.

Why would we want to help bring visibility to a growing program in our recruiting backyard?

It only makes sense if Colangelo wanted to pay us to kick their ass.

Charles telling it like it is

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:58 am Why would we want to help bring visibility to a growing program in our recruiting backyard?

WOW not sure kids can understand or read these days eh? Their fans are crazy and they play really hard and get a lot of players from the portal. Not to mention their coach hit one of the most famous NCAA tournament shots. We are Arizona and playing good teams should be our model going forward. Our recruiting backyard is anywhere in the country.

Big whoop.

I could give two shits about what their fans want. Too much downside risk to Arizona to prop them up. Let them build on their own.

In short, much like ASU, Fuck GCU.

84Cat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:01 am Charles telling it like it is

Watching that game flat wore me out.

I think, as a fan, it's perfectly fine to appreciate the genuine excitement of GCU fans having a chance to get out on the big stage. My experiences with their alumni and campus personnel is that they're generally pretty nice people. That said, we're certainly under no obligation to give them a helping hand, and any efforts on their behalf somehow trying to force the issue of some on-going tournament format at the Suns arena with ASU/NAU on a twin bill or something like that should be rejected. Doesn't benefit us, and there is some potential downside, although we're certainly not recruiting the same players. I guess I might play them at McKale (as we've done in the past), but I wouldn't play them at their place or anywhere else in Phoenix any more than I'd play at NAU.

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:53 am

84Cat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:01 am Charles telling it like it is

Watching that game flat wore me out.

GCU in the tradition of Ben Lindsey!!!

There is absolutely no reason to play GCU anywhere but our own court. There are only 31 game’s available and the MTE we play in are a much higher profile and resume builder then having a two game set with the other three in state schools. Hard pass and wondering what the cat was drinking when he posted that

That's a beatdown. If Clemson was any good, UA would have lost by as much.

A machine

You gotta think holidays at the Hurley household are really awkward.

Go bama, fuck it all to hell

Go Illini…

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:35 pm Go Illini…

Never.

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:35 pm Go Illini…

my boss/owner of company I work for is an Illini alum - I'd like to humor him and root for Illini but after our debacle to that Illinois team I don't think I can!

I think someone from Duke put a curse on the North Carolina team, and included Caleb Love in that.

Still can't take that win in Cameron away from us though!

watching Sears and RJ Davis in this game tells you how much a top tier PG means in March

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:50 pm

CalStateTempe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:35 pm Go Illini…

Never.

Never not ever

Oof, what could have been...

All of no one had Alabama or Clemson in the Final 4.

Madness indeed.

AZCatGirl wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:07 pm All of no one had Alabama or Clemson in the Final 4.

Madness indeed.

Or Illinois. My bracket is now all blown up

See I don’t fault the Illini too much. Tough loss but we, or should I say Shakur, did it to ourselves.

I can’t wait to play in the big 12. It will toughen up Arizona for march

WTF Iowa St.

Geez UConn aside I guess tonight is upset night.

Just give UConn the crown already