Sweet 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaoTosiFanClub]

You may come up with hundreds of reasons. And you may be right about Pennell but you might be wrong too. And if you think the Pitt coach will find UA a more attractive job, you may be fooling yourself.

Dixon has been out of the running for months.

There's better options anyways than being UCLA and Howland's little brother.

And hiring Russ would be a disaster, Pennell is the HC of this team in name only.

 

[Renz]

How do you justify letting Pennell go if you are the UA AD? The guy is coaching brilliantly.

Pennell and his staff have done a commendable job this season, but realistically, if he had been the head coach three years ago neither Hill, Budinger or Wise would have signed with UA.

 

[Hazzard29]

It'll be interesting watching UofA playing against its future coach... Pitino in 2009!

Great job by the Cats in the tourney thus far. Bear Down and beat the Cardinals!

 

[Skkorpion]

Distorted perception or not - just like you think the brand Notre Dame carrys weight in football we do the same in basketball.

Thank you for slamming home my point. I believe with certainty no proven coach worth a damn wanted or will want the Notre Dame football job. ASU had the same problem so they hired Erickson.

Both schools had to settle on risky hires.

You guys may have to settle on a riskier choice too.

In the meantime, keep kicking ass in the tournament. Pitino and Louisville are good but they can be beaten. Take care of the ball and you turn them into just another good team.

 

[DWKB]

Being the last PAC 10 school left at the dance is something to be proud of, even for a team that shouldn't have been there in the first place .

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Thank you for slamming home my point. I believe with certainty no proven coach worth a damn wanted or will want the Notre Dame football job.

Many including Urban Meyer (2x National Championship winner) wanted the Notre Dame job. The problem was Kevin White couldn't convince the administration to let in a few marginal students in every class like they did with Holtz. That's why Notre Dame settles.

ASU had the same problem so they hired Erickson.

ASU Football and UofA Basketball don't even belong in the same conversation. Arizona has sold out their games for the last 20+ years and generates the revenue to pay top 10 money nationally for their next hoops coach, ASU is in the middle of the conference with football from both a tradition and revenue standpoint.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

Being the last PAC 10 school left at the dance is something to be proud of, even for a team that shouldn't have been there in the first place .

We couldn't have gotten any luckier with how the brackets broke down. Almost reminiscent of the Arizona Cardinals end to the season and how things broke come the post season just right that allowed them to get hot.

IMO Louisville is the most beatable of the #1's (I think they missed Pitt and UConn all together in the Big East) and if you guys can get by Izzo into the Elite 8 the Cats will have a ton of confidence playing a team they already whupped this year (cue DWKB's argument about being a young team during non-conference play.....)

Revenge is a dish best served cold, eh?

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

One game at a time...

 

[Lefty]

This has been a great week and more to look forward to. The Cats get to play in the Sweet 16 and we also have the excitement of having a new coach within the next month.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

One game at a time...

I know.

But if the Cardinals can go to the Super Bowl and the Wildcats can win a Bowl game in the past 3 months who am I to think that this just isn't my year and it will keep rolling?

 

[DWKB]

We couldn't have gotten any luckier with how the brackets broke down. Almost reminiscent of the Arizona Cardinals end to the season and how things broke come the post season just right that allowed them to get hot.

Hey last year getting to the Final Four on our way to the National Championship (heh heh) we played nos 16,8,12,10. It's not about the path, it's about winning games.

IMO Louisville is the most beatable of the #1's (I think they missed Pitt and UConn all together in the Big East) and if you guys can get by Izzo into the Elite 8 the Cats will have a ton of confidence playing a team they already whupped this year (cue DWKB's argument about being a young team during non-conference play.....)

Revenge is a dish best served cold, eh?

MSU will be the barometer about how much we've grown from the non-con schedule. Despite the closer score I actually think we were in the game more against UofA than we were MSU.

 

[binkar]

Congrats to UofA from an ASU fan. I actually really enjoy watching this team play and would love to see Jordan Hill in purple and orange next year (not gonna happen though). Best wishes in the rest of the tournament and all be rooting for you.

(Does this make me not a true ASU fan?)

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

I know.

But if the Cardinals can go to the Super Bowl and the Wildcats can win a Bowl game in the past 3 months who am I to think that this just isn't my year and it will keep rolling?

Yeah, let's hope for the best. We're playing with house money at the moment.

An then when we do lose, let's just shred Jordan Hill to pieces despite him being the biggest reason we got here so he hopefully leaves millions of NBA dollars on the table and returns for a completely unnecessary senior season!