Pac-12 Tournament Game 3, vs. USC (2017-2018)

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:05 pm

Jesus, Dylan Smith. Did Miller expressly tell him, "We don't need you to shoot in this tournament" back on Thursday?

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:05 pm

Fuck Yes!!!

Pac-12 regular season Champs

Pac-12 Tournament champs

Peaking at the right time

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:05 pm

at least smith hit 2 there.

usc finally makes a 3.

U.P. Zona Fan · Post by **U.P. Zona Fan** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:05 pm

This should help our adj D

SunnyAZ · Post by **SunnyAZ** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:05 pm

PAC12 Champs!!

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:06 pm

ayton! from pjc pass!

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:06 pm

75-61 CATS WIN!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:06 pm

PAC 12 champs... AGAIN!

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:06 pm

Playing our best at the best time. Ayton 32 and 18.

Hell yeah!!!!

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:06 pm

Ayton with the best two games in two nights in the history of this conference's postseason tournament.

Somebody show me otherwise.

Post by **UAdevil** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:07 pm

After all the adversity this year...to still win the regular season and tourney titles...me like. Good season guys. Let's make some noise in the NCAA!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:07 pm

Peeking

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:07 pm

So damned PROUD!!!

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:08 pm

Looks like Romar is having some fun

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:08 pm

btw, our fans, could hear them all game long.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:10 pm

Ayton: "I can't stop smiling. My cheekbones hurt."

Go be our sunbeam, young man!

3goggles · Post by **3goggles** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:10 pm

catgrad97 wrote:Ayton with the best two games in two nights in the history of this conference's postseason tournament.

Somebody show me otherwise.

#1 pick!!!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:11 pm

"My cheekbones hurt."

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:12 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:"My cheekbones hurt."

Yeah, you can't help but smile. This team looks ready.

3goggles · Post by **3goggles** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:12 pm

God damn the championship gear is so damn cheap looking. I am looking forward to our fans booing the shit out of Larry Scott!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:14 pm

84Cat wrote:Fuck Yes!!!

Pac-12 regular season Champs

Pac-12 Tournament champs

Back to back. Haven't done that since the 1988-1989-1990 threepeat.

Bear the fuck Down my friends.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:14 pm

3goggles wrote:God damn the championship gear is so damn cheap looking. I am looking forward to our fans booing the shit out of Larry Scott!

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:15 pm

Rise & Fire, where are you????

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:15 pm

Cathartic as fuck. {emits internal primal scream}

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:15 pm

We have a winning tactic: sandbag 'em for the first half and take the game in the second.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:16 pm

ahahahahah our fans booing scott

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:16 pm

Booing that muthafucker..

Love our fans!!!!!

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:16 pm

Larry Scott is starting to look like that guy on "Star Trek" from the Enterprise who always dies first in every episode.

Rain the boos down! Time to exit stage right Larry!

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:16 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:ahahahahah our fans booing scott

A guy whose name rhymes with harry cock.

Post by **UAdevil** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:17 pm

Fuck Larry Scott. What a roller coaster season. My girlfriend is out of town for work, so to celebrate this year I'm going to go get fucking high as shit, rub one out, and then get higher. See you all tomorrow.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:18 pm

My little league trophy was more impressive than the Pac 12 tourney MVP trophy. Larry Scott, you cheap bastard!

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:18 pm

UAdevil wrote:Fuck Larry Scott. What a roller coaster season. My girlfriend is out of town for work, so to celebrate this year I'm going to go get fucking high as shit, rub one out, and then get higher. See you all tomorrow.

See you for our 3 seed in the West, baby!

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:18 pm

zonagrad wrote:Rise & Fire, where are you????

We beat 3 zone teams winning this thing. I thought zone was the key to winning? Guess not

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:20 pm

84Cat wrote:
zonagrad wrote:Rise & Fire, where are you????
We beat 3 zone teams winning this thing. I thought zone was the key to winning? Guess not

And we did it with mediocre outside shooting. Trier was ice cold the last two games and we still shredded the zone.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:20 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:ahahahahah our fans booing scott
A guy whose name rhymes with harry cock.

The glare of Miller to that cocksucker was priceless.

phxcat23 · Post by **phxcat23** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:26 pm

zonagrad wrote:
84Cat wrote:
zonagrad wrote:Rise & Fire, where are you????
We beat 3 zone teams winning this thing. I thought zone was the key to winning? Guess not
And we did it with mediocre outside shooting. Trier was ice cold the last two games and we still shredded the zone.

New strategy, alley oop to Ayton

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:26 pm

They just showed that whole replay of Rawle's dunk. Casey Jacobsen asked him, point-blank, "Was that an and-one?"

Rawle: "That was a foul. I'm still bleeding."

That answer ALMOST made up for a terrible first half. WTG Rawle!

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:44 pm

zonagrad wrote:My little league trophy was more impressive than the Pac 12 tourney MVP trophy. Larry Scott, you cheap bastard!

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:44 pm

that's pretty damn funny right there

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:46 pm

Arizona had more rebounds in the first half (20) than USC had all game (19).

Arizona had more rebounds in the second half (22) than USC had all game (19).

Arizona out-rebounded USC 42-19.

The entire USC team out-rebounded Ayton by 1 freaking rebound. One.

That's something to behold.

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:52 pm

Andy Enfield after the game said he thought his team's defense was good and they lost because they missed a lot of open shots they usually make.

WTF?

How many dunks did Ayton have on the Trojan defense? If we hit a few more wide open three's (Dylan Smith 0-5, Arizona 4-17 from 3) then the game is a blowout.

Lute4God · Post by **Lute4God** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:02 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:You have got to be shitting me with these calls.

That moment in the game was some hilarious reffing: on the network provided replay Metu clearly dose a huge clearout on Ayton, who somehow flies away. Then somewhere behind Metu was Alkins, hands up getting whistled for no apparent reason.

MrKyle · Post by **MrKyle** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:46 pm

zonagrad wrote:Andy Enfield after the game said he thought his team's defense was good and they lost because they missed a lot of open shots they usually make.

WTF?

How many dunks did Ayton have on the Trojan defense? If we hit a few more wide open three's (Dylan Smith 0-5, Arizona 4-17 from 3) then the game is a blowout.

This is status quo for Enfield - living in SoCal and listening to local sports talk rip him up for his post games where he places the blame on everyone but himself is hilarious. Always the same narrative, "Our game plan was solid we just didn't do X/Y/Z (the players)"

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:09 am

I thought Miller out coached Enfield. USC stayed in that zone when it was clear Arizona had it solved and was getting a ton of easy shots inside.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:47 am

zonagrad wrote:I thought Miller out coached Enfield. USC stayed in that zone when it was clear Arizona had it solved and was getting a ton of easy shots inside.

It's really choose your poison when we figure out an opponents zone. I would give credit to Miller and his staff for making the right adjustments (over the top passes) at halftime more than anything.

Brings up another good point. It feels like this group is more and more comfortable against zone defenses than ever before. Ball movement is crisp most of the time and getting the ball to one of our bigs at the high post provides a lot more options - elbow jumper (which either Ayton or Duse can hit), lob to the other big at the rim, or pass out to the wing for an open 3.

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:19 am

EastCoastCat wrote:
zonagrad wrote:I thought Miller out coached Enfield. USC stayed in that zone when it was clear Arizona had it solved and was getting a ton of easy shots inside.
It's really choose your poison when we figure out an opponents zone. I would give credit to Miller and his staff for making the right adjustments (over the top passes) at halftime more than anything.

Brings up another good point. It feels like this group is more and more comfortable against zone defenses than ever before. Ball movement is crisp most of the time and getting the ball to one of our bigs at the high post provides a lot more options - elbow jumper (which either Ayton or Duse can hit), lob to the other big at the rim, or pass out to the wing for an open 3.

The defensive adjustment at halftime against the pick and roll should be noted too

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:29 am

But I was assured by Rise&Fire that Sean Miller doesn't make defensive adjustments and can't coach against a zone.

MrKyle · Post by **MrKyle** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:50 am

Frybry02 wrote:
EastCoastCat wrote:
zonagrad wrote:I thought Miller out coached Enfield. USC stayed in that zone when it was clear Arizona had it solved and was getting a ton of easy shots inside.
It's really choose your poison when we figure out an opponents zone. I would give credit to Miller and his staff for making the right adjustments (over the top passes) at halftime more than anything.

Brings up another good point. It feels like this group is more and more comfortable against zone defenses than ever before. Ball movement is crisp most of the time and getting the ball to one of our bigs at the high post provides a lot more options - elbow jumper (which either Ayton or Duse can hit), lob to the other big at the rim, or pass out to the wing for an open 3.
The defensive adjustment at halftime against the pick and roll should be noted too

For sure - we were getting torched on that play over and over in the first half. Don't know that they ever scored on it in the 2nd Half? I know they tried it once and we knocked the ball away for a TO.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:35 pm

Replaying right now on Pac 12 Network.

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:49 am

AZCatGirl wrote:Replaying right now on Pac 12 Network.

Also on YouTube too.

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