Bear Down Wildcats

If we could just BTFD for two more minutes...

Like to see love handle the ball a bit more and give Bradley a rest

dirtbags wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:08 pm uzan's a real pest

Career high of course

Fun game either way!

Wish we had another 2 guys on bench who could play top tier defense and help spread the load
Rough how TT and ADO are basically for show only and can’t be used in high leverage games

Air ball 3

Not what we wanted

Air balls no legs

Not a good 3 from Love - think we are gassed so driving not so effective

Houston has shut Caleb down in the 2nd half

Need a stop! Love the effort sticking in this one

Oof that is a tough break

That hurts

Lucky bastards.

Back to back bad breaks for us

I can't remember. Have we lost in OT this year?

Turnovers are killing us down the stretch

Terrible end of game

dammit

Sloppy ending - think big part is due to being exhausted

Good effort though- we had a lot of chances here

Ugh. Great effort tonight Cats but ran out of gas.

Like frannie said, loss does not hurt

No matter what happens here, heck of a game against a 1 seed. Proud of these guys

Regardless of outcome- I feel better about this team after the game than before

We are ready

Merkin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:22 pm Like frannie said, loss does not hurt

Hope it hurts the guys enough to play their asses off next week.

Probably won't see a team this tough until the Elite 8 if the 'Cats can advance past opening weekend.

Another air ball 3, we have dead legs

Why are we fouling them with 7 seconds left?

Tank is empty - lots of short shots

Love the fight though - this is what we needed to see before NCAA

Guess Tommy wants to practice foul situations for next week.

Your typical UA Elite 8 effort. Play really well for most of the game and crap the bed at the end. At least no one got hurt.

Only people that care now are the gamblers

I feel like Henri just fucked over some bettors with that foul lol

gg, can't be mad about how the 'cats played this tournament. hope everyone gets some solid rest before the dance!

Nuts.

Great coaching job by Tommy to keep it close with only 6 players that belonged out there. Just can't run 6 3 games in 3 days.

Merkin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:29 pm Great coaching job by Tommy to keep it close with only 6 players that belonged out there. Just can't run 6 3 games in 3 days.

Honestly we kept it closer than I thought we would considering Houston had an easy win last night.

Merkin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:29 pm Great coaching job by Tommy to keep it close with only 6 players that belonged out there. Just can't run 6 3 games in 3 days.

This is it. Can’t be upset with our results but man I can’t believe ADO and TT are on this roster. They can’t guard, not tough and get lost a lot.

Win two next week and I will be very happy. Just avoid the upset in the first round please

In the 2nd half, Houston outscored us 15-5 on points off turnovers.

Turning point to me was two bad plays in a row down the stretch where Jaden and KJ took back to back 3's and then we were playing catch up. This was also probably CB's worst game defensively. Houston scored at least 4 three pointers on his defense. Learning curve. We also could never really establish a inside game.
You can see how much Houston was hurt with their big man out. We would have never been able to hedge like we did with him in the game.

Proud of the effort. Really wanted this one.

azcat49 wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:33 pm

Merkin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:29 pm Great coaching job by Tommy to keep it close with only 6 players that belonged out there. Just can't run 6 3 games in 3 days.

This is it. Can’t be upset with our results but man I can’t believe ADO and TT are on this roster. They can’t guard, not tough and get lost a lot.

Win two next week and I will be very happy. Just avoid the upset in the first round please

Shhhhhh…..a few LOUD posters here will be very unhappy with you. We can’t criticize the players - it’s UNwildcat like and bad fans

Djcat wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 6:12 pm

azcat49 wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:33 pm

Merkin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:29 pm Great coaching job by Tommy to keep it close with only 6 players that belonged out there. Just can't run 6 3 games in 3 days.

This is it. Can’t be upset with our results but man I can’t believe ADO and TT are on this roster. They can’t guard, not tough and get lost a lot.

Win two next week and I will be very happy. Just avoid the upset in the first round please

Shhhhhh…..a few LOUD posters here will be very unhappy with you. We can’t criticize the players - it’s UNwildcat like and bad fans

I think TT plays very hard and gives his all, regardless of his limitations…..and I appreciate him for that

TT had a very good game vs Tech

Alieberman wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:56 pm TT had a very good game vs Tech

As noted in Lev's article, the Cats were stymied on offense in the final 5 minutes...

... not at all surprising when ADO and TT only get 13 minutes PT, combined. I understand that ADO's defensive liabilities limited him, and TT wasn't effective, especially with penetration. Had to limit both!!

Essentially we played a team that cruised to two prior victories while we competed hard in both of ours. We played a six-man rotation vs their (functionally) seven man rotation. They had a key starter on the bench.

Honestly, there aren't many teams that expose both of these guys like Houston (a great team - no dispute!!) - Duke, did. But, as always, the NCAA's are MOSTLY about match-ups, and, overall, I think were well situated