Arizona Basketball 2016-2017 Season

[GatorAZ]

Oregon goes down @Colorado... Remember they play Arizona and @UCLA/@USC three straight games coming up. Tough stretch.

 

[TJ]

Two ugly games against the Washington schools. I know Zona won, but the combined effort in the two games was lackluster. Concerning moving forward.


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[TJ]

Big, if true

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[GatorAZ]

Beating UCLA seems like a lifetime ago right now

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I'm struggling to remember a top 5 team getting quite this owned. Phew.

 

[TJ]

I'm struggling to remember a top 5 team getting quite this owned. Phew.

Villanova dropped a game by 25 last season en route to a national championship. It happens more often than you think.

Oregon hit 70% of its 3s, most of which were contested, and Arizona's offense struggled. Perfect storm. This game is indicative of nothing. If Arizona responds and sweeps the NorCal schools next week, this will be meaningless.

 

[TJ]

Six Top 10 teams taken out today. Ouch. Arizona shouldn't fall too much come Monday


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[GatorAZ]

Villanova dropped a game by 25 last season en route to a national championship. It happens more often than you think.

Oregon hit 70% of its 3s, most of which were contested, and Arizona's offense struggled. Perfect storm. This game is indicative of nothing. If Arizona responds and sweeps the NorCal schools next week, this will be meaningless.

More worried about the offense/3pt shooting. They looked lost.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

More worried about the offense/3pt shooting. They looked lost.

Most worried about lauri's drop off lately. Maybedoesnt know his role with return of Trier?

 

[TJ]

Most worried about lauri's drop off lately. Maybedoesnt know his role with return of Trier?

There's still a learning curve going on with Trier back for everyone. It's hard for so many talented scorers to all of a sudden yield to another one coming in and taking 16 ppg.

I will say if there's a flaw in the game plan, it's that Miller has to get Lauri more than 6 shots a game. Fortunately, were having this conversation in early February and not mid March.

 

[GatorAZ]

http://www.azdesertswarm.com/recrui...-visit-schedule-duke-kansas-baylor-seton-hall

“I will be going to Arizona next in late February,” Duval said. “They need a point guard badly so they want me to come in and fill that role.”

Man this would be huge.

 

[TJ]

http://www.azdesertswarm.com/recrui...-visit-schedule-duke-kansas-baylor-seton-hall

“I will be going to Arizona next in late February,” Duval said. “They need a point guard badly so they want me to come in and fill that role.”

Man this would be huge.

Terrance Ferguson v.2.0. He's more likely to play overseas than in college.

 

[GatorAZ]

Terrance Ferguson v.2.0. He's more likely to play overseas than in college.

I've heard that too but Miller probably still kicks the tires considering he can't get a PG.

It really sucks T-Ferg didn't play but I don't look at it as something that made the program look bad. As long as Ayton makes it through there won't be a stigma on guys not qualifying here.

 

[Russ Smith]

Villanova dropped a game by 25 last season en route to a national championship. It happens more often than you think.

Oregon hit 70% of its 3s, most of which were contested, and Arizona's offense struggled. Perfect storm. This game is indicative of nothing. If Arizona responds and sweeps the NorCal schools next week, this will be meaningless.

I guess it depends who you are. Watching that game and then reading BRO we were all remarking we couldn't remember the lsat time UA gave up that many wide open 3's. The contested ones were largely by Brooks, Benson, Boucher and primarily Dorsey were open, many of them wide open.

That had to be fun for Dorsey you could see him looking over and talking to Miller after a couple of them, even saw Miller smile a couple of times.

 

[Russ Smith]

I've heard that too but Miller probably still kicks the tires considering he can't get a PG.

It really sucks T-Ferg didn't play but I don't look at it as something that made the program look bad. As long as Ayton makes it through there won't be a stigma on guys not qualifying here.

Basically Miller took a shot on 3 kids and 2 of them are huge parts of this team. One was Markkanen who lots of people figured was going pro, and him going to UA has improved his draft stock from late lottery to early to mid lottery. And Alkins who lots of people figured wouldn't qualify but in the end the NCAA did the right thing rewarding a kid who didn't take the easy way out like Ferguson did with phony schools and online stuff and qualified, and has been terrific.

The general feeling on Duval is if Duke is recruiting him that means people think he CAN qualify. He's a really good player sounds like Duke is believed to be the favorite on him

 

[overseascardfan]

Isn't Barcello being brought in to PG? Duvall's tweet that "ARZ is desperately trying to land him to play PG" might not sit well with Barcello if Miller told him he would play PG. My question is what is up with McCoy and Bowen? Shouldn't they be close to a decision by now?

 

[Russ Smith]

Isn't Barcello being brought in to PG? Duvall's tweet that "ARZ is desperately trying to land him to play PG" might not sit well with Barcello if Miller told him he would play PG. My question is what is up with McCoy and Bowen? Shouldn't they be close to a decision by now?

Bowen pushed back his decision or at least now says he doesn't know when he's committing.

There's 2 schools of thought on him, that he has been to MSU so many times and not committed tells you there's an issue. Or in the end it's usually easier to pick the more local school, so he'll end up there with his buddy Jaren Jackson.

He's a bigtime recruit I think he's probably also waiting to see about other kids who's turning pro who isn't to decide where he fits best.

 

[GatorAZ]

Basically Miller took a shot on 3 kids and 2 of them are huge parts of this team. One was Markkanen who lots of people figured was going pro, and him going to UA has improved his draft stock from late lottery to early to mid lottery. And Alkins who lots of people figured wouldn't qualify but in the end the NCAA did the right thing rewarding a kid who didn't take the easy way out like Ferguson did with phony schools and online stuff and qualified, and has been terrific.

The general feeling on Duval is if Duke is recruiting him that means people think he CAN qualify. He's a really good player sounds like Duke is believed to be the favorite on him

I figured it will be a long shot with Duke and Kansas being the favorites. I go back and forth on PJC but he gets overmatched too easily. I don't know how in the world every major program gets a 5* PG every couple years and Miller can't get a single one since Josiah.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I figured it will be a long shot with Duke and Kansas being the favorites. I go back and forth on PJC but he gets overmatched too easily. I don't know how in the world every major program gets a 5* PG every couple years and Miller can't get a single one since Josiah.

At "point guard U" no less.

 

[DWKB]

I figured it will be a long shot with Duke and Kansas being the favorites. I go back and forth on PJC but he gets overmatched too easily. I don't know how in the world every major program gets a 5* PG every couple years and Miller can't get a single one since Josiah.

KU hasn't had a 5* PG playing since 2010. They aren't easy to acquire.

 

[TJ]

At "point guard U" no less.

Meh. That designation is obsolete for Zona, although McConnell has played well for Philly.

Most PGs in this day and age are 5* because they can score and are athletic. Simmons was technically a 5* PG but certainly doesn't fit the mold of a true facilitator. He's a combo guard.

 

[Russ Smith]

KU hasn't had a 5* PG playing since 2010. They aren't easy to acquire.

After Jrue UCLA couldn't get one until Lonzo either, and Jrue didn't play PG at UCLA because Collison, a 4 star, was there.

UK seems to be the only school that's able to consistently land 5 star PG's, even Duke doesn't have one this year, Frank Jackson is a good player but he's not really a PG.

KU has the best backcourt in the country this year IMO and neither of the 2 PG's were 5 stars but are now great players.

 

[GatorAZ]

After Jrue UCLA couldn't get one until Lonzo either, and Jrue didn't play PG at UCLA because Collison, a 4 star, was there.

UK seems to be the only school that's able to consistently land 5 star PG's, even Duke doesn't have one this year, Frank Jackson is a good player but he's not really a PG.

KU has the best backcourt in the country this year IMO and neither of the 2 PG's were 5 stars but are now great players.

Cal does it every year (some not exactly pure PG's)

Rose
Wall
Bledsoe
Knight
Teague
Goodwin
Harrison
Ulis
Fox

 

[overseascardfan]

Off topic, Ball's little brother went off for 92 points his last game, who did they play, an elementary school?

 

[DWKB]

Off topic, Ball's little brother went off for 92 points his last game, who did they play, an elementary school?

You need to watch the video, it wasn't what I would call "basketball" per se.