Arizona Hoops 2023-2024 - Getting Up from the Mat After Princeton

[Chaplin]

They had a pretty good practice last night.

 

[Lefty]

They had a pretty good practice last night.

They are better than last year's team. It is so nice to see guards penetrate the lane and take it to the basket. This e team is tougher under the basket too. With all the ranked non-conference games they have, they will not be soft like they were last year.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Wowwwwwwww gooooooo wcats hugeeeee dub vs duke!!!

420 sunny sunrise sativa to w

Been wcats fan since bibby teams

 

[Lefty]

Tommy is the best hire since Lute.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Nice W to start the season!

It’s still weird not seeing Coach K on that sideline.

 

[TJ]

Arizona just punked Duke. That was no fluke. Arizona is the better team

 

[GatorAZ]

That’s why you schedule big time games.

 

[Russ Smith]

I didn't see the 2nd half but I was impressed with the big freshman kid Krivas in the first half I wasn't expecting him to look that good based on what I'd read.

UA is clearly the best team in the Pac right now.

 

[Chaplin]

I didn't see the 2nd half but I was impressed with the big freshman kid Krivas in the first half I wasn't expecting him to look that good based on what I'd read.

UA is clearly the best team in the Pac right now.

Based on yesterday they are pretty close to being the best team in the COUNTRY right now. We’ll have to see if they can sustain it.

 

[Russ Smith]

Based on yesterday they are pretty close to being the best team in the COUNTRY right now. We’ll have to see if they can sustain it.

The part I saw there were quite a few "homer" calls for Duke that seemed to keep them in the game. Filipowski committed his 3rd foul in the first half at least twice and didn't get called, even Bilas mentioned that.

Looks like UA will be a better defensive team this year and the offense still looks impressive.

So early I haven't seen many games so hard for me to say who's the best but if Duke was really the 2nd best team in the country then yeah you can argue UA should be #1.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

There’s no doubt tommy is absolutely one of the very best regular season coaches in the country. 62 wins in his first two seasons is a record and in his third he comes out and punches #2 Duke in the mouth on their homecourt and the game never seemed fluky or out of Arizona’s control. Now he has to prove it in the tourney.

That said, looks like he took my advice and got some tougher, more athletic kids again. The PF from SDSU is a REALLY good addition.

And Boswell is a stud.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Not sure about Love but he is better then Keriisa by a mile

 

[Chaplin]

Leaped up to #3 today.

 

[TJ]

Leaped up to #3 today.

Two games in, but winning by 63 and then winning in one of the hardest environments in college sports merits at least top three consideration

 

[TJ]

I think there’s a good chance that this game against Southern tonight is gonna be closer than the -30 point spread. To play a few days after an emotionally taxing win against any team is difficult.

 

[TJ]

Well… the first half was close

 

[Cheesebeef]

I like that there’s athletes back on this squad.

 

[GatorAZ]

Scott Foster ref show.

 

[Chaplin]

Another day another ranked opponent goes down.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Today was a gritty win. When they went down late I wasn’t sure they had the fortitude to come back. I was thoroughly impressed.

 

[Chaplin]

So #2 in the nation now and will be meeting the #1 team in a few weeks.

 

[GatorAZ]

So #2 in the nation now and will be meeting the #1 team in a few weeks.

On Peacock streaming!

 

[TJ]

On Peacock streaming!

Makes the PAC-12 network look like ESPN

 

[Dback Jon]

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[Russ Smith]

FWIW a guy on BRO gave Casey Jacobsen an uber ride and they talked hoops during the trip. Casey says Arizona is "in another league" from the rest of the Pac 12 this year.