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Arizona Post Game Thread

MuchoDogYears said:
He has a tendency to just pound the ball and not pass it. There were times where he literally ran all over the court dribbling for 20 seconds. He needs to stop playing as if he’s at Dayton and realize that his job is to make assists not pound the ball.
Posters here have a recency bias where because he played well in the last five minutes they talk about him having a good game but he actually had a bad game except for the last five minutes.
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So, you weren’t the only one to see this too?
 
Peat beat us silly...we had no answer.

Missed 9 FTs... Make 5 of those they win.

Also shot 40% from the floor... Shoot 45%, they win.

Actually not bad given that Reed was out.

But really a sad loss.
 
RuffRuff said:
It's an opportunity - we missed the opportunity to beat a top 4 team on our home floor. We don't get many of those chances. Do you think the committee just waves off a game? Do you think they waved off the games McNeeley missed last year?

Also realize we'll likely be battling an Arizona for seeding - they beat us on our floor, it's an advantage. These games matter.
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I really don't get why some are so worried about what seed we'll land in the dance.

Don't get me wrong, if we get a one seed I won't be upset, but i don't believe we need to be a one seed to win the tournament.

We've won twice as many titles when we weren't the one seed as we have when we were. We wount be counted out if we are a seed line or two lower than ideal.
 
uconngb said:
Some positives yes….but some big concerns:

1. Demery completely disappeared tonight
2. Solo….what on earth were you thinking
3. Did Ross play tonight?
4. Not one to complain about the refs normally but they let Peat take 4 steps at least 3 times in the 2nd half, plus he completely discarded Stewart on an and 1 in the first half
5. Foul shooting…..really?
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Demary was great in the first half and kept us close. Stupid fouls took him out of his game in the 2nd half.
 
RuffRuff said:
Yeah we do. Oh the hyperbole and hand picking. You are one righteous dude and seem to think you're smarter than the masses.

AZ has two lottery picks on their team - those type of kids usually just get better, especially with a great coach, as the season matures. They have Dwayne Aristolde on the bench.

We didn't hear a thing about Reed's ankle until 30 minutes before pregame. It's Wednesday after a Saturday injury. In his presser, he said they didn't realize how hurt he was until Monday. None of it makes sense.
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So what’s your theory then? That Hurley held Reed out even though he knew he was good enough to play and also without any good reason to think he might aggravate the injury and prolong his recovery?

None of us know how the injury’s affecting Reed. I trust that the coaches consulted with medical people on the decision to hold Reed out and that they had good reasons to do so.
 
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It’s one of those games like Florida where I still can’t get over it because the loss was very avoidable. Just shoot our free throws, get some boards.

Just simple things like that and we win. Missing two starters wasn’t why we lost here.
 
KingAG said:
This isn’t going the way he thought he would lmfao
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My original point is that AZ is a great team, to LongJohns dismay. That they will only get better because they’re young, and kids like Burries haven’t clicked yet.

Burries was high on all early mocks because of his HS ranking in this class. These things move around by the week based on how a kid is playing, others are playing. Mullins hasn’t moved off his HS ranking because he hasn’t played. But you two eagle eyed scouts, true bird dogs, are saying a kid ranked higher than Mullins is worse than Mullins based on 4 games he played and zero games Mullins has played, Now that is hysterical.
 
FearThePups said:
So, you weren’t the only one to see this too?
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I think on the worst of those possessions, he was on the floor with Ross, Stewart and Koroma and we basically had no offense to run. None of those guys are coming off screens and doing anything. We were mostly just biding time until the break.

Thought Smith was great the whole second half with a couple blips. Missed a couple shots, which is fine, but after we went up 2 and the place was rocking, he was blown by too easily - which led to a Peat basket (the one where Reibe stayed vertical on the first try, but then Peat just caught the rebound and finished on his second jump).
 
RuffRuff said:
My original point is that AZ is a great team, to LongJohns dismay. That they will only get better because they’re young, and kids like Burries haven’t clicked yet.

Burries was high on all early mocks because of his HS ranking in this class. These things move around by the week based on how a kid is playing, others are playing. Mullins hasn’t moved off his HS ranking because he hasn’t played. But you two eagle eyed scouts, true bird dogs, are saying a kid ranked higher than Mullins is worse than Mullins based on 4 games he played and zero games Mullins has played, Now that is hysterical.
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All I said is he won’t be a lottery pick and you proceeded to call me a nobody lmao. You then appealed to people who agree with me. Lol
 
KingAG said:
All I said is he won’t be a lottery pick and you proceeded to call me a nobody lmao. You then appealed to people who agree with me. Lol
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lol - you’re not a nobody. You’re special and people love you.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
I really don't get why some are so worried about what seed we'll land in the dance.

Don't get me wrong, if we get a one seed I won't be upset, but i don't believe we need to be a one seed to win the tournament.

We've won twice as many titles when we weren't the one seed as we have when we were. We wount be counted out if we are a seed line or two lower than ideal.
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Exactly. If we’re the best team we’re the best team. Seeding won't matter and is trivial.
 
Dove said:
What a fight!!! Eric Reibe was the Husky star of the game. We have a playa!!!

We're a team of really good parts.
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Except for his missed FTs to tie at the end. Otherwise his was a valliant effort.
 
superjohn said:
Frustrating on so many levels because we would've rolled that team if we were at full strength. Refs were bad and then Eric who was our player of the game has the ball roll off the rim in what should've been an and 1 to tie the game and then missed his ft's. Everyone needs to rally around Eric and let him know he's the reason we were in position to win that one.

The loss means nothing because we are nowhere near healthy but a missed opportunity to let everyone know we're the best team in the country. So bullish on this team, now get healthy and no more injuries.
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He should have dunked that ball, along with several others. Dunking when that close to the rim is a must to avoid what happened on that play.
 
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Hunt for 7 said:
Never been a big proponent of moral victories but this game will help us down the road. Obviously Reibe is going to benefit the most.

But on the flip side Ball and AK having bad games is not ideal.

We almost beat them and we played poorly with two starters out of the game and two of our major role players having bad games. You see the difference between role players and go to star players.

I think we will see Reibe for two years but by the end of next year I think he is a monster and going to the NBA. But pairing him now as Reed’s back up is going to give us a big edge on most teams at the center position.

I guess we won’t be seeing much from Furphy this year, I liked what I saw of him during the FIFA games but he must not be practicing too well. Has to be defense as the player I have seen has a high BBIQ offensively.

This game reinforced two things to me is that we are better defensively and we will be very good this year if we can get and stay healthy.
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Furphy is out with an ankle injury along with Mullins and Reed.
 
HW611 said:
Exactly. If we’re the best team we’re the best team. Seeding won't matter and is trivial.
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If you think that’s how it works, god bless. It’s a single game elimination, matchups matter. Every advantage matters. How often has the best team not won it?
 
Gurleyman said:
I think on the worst of those possessions, he was on the floor with Ross, Stewart and Koroma and we basically had no offense to run. None of those guys are coming off screens and doing anything. We were mostly just biding time until the break.

Thought Smith was great the whole second half with a couple blips. Missed a couple shots, which is fine, but after we went up 2 and the place was rocking, he was blown by too easily - which led to a Peat basket (the one where Reibe stayed vertical on the first try, but then Peat just caught the rebound and finished on his second jump).
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Serious issues on momentum-swinging defense. It was like every time we tied or led, there would be an easy bucket on the other end. I don’t know if it was being distracted or whatever but we never got consistent stops to control the game.
 
HW611 said:
Exactly. If we’re the best team we’re the best team. Seeding won't matter and is trivial.
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Eh, disagree. You play the regular season to have an advantage in the post-season. It's not trivial in a single game elimination tournament. It can be a handicap, but you never really know how a bracket is going to break, so it doesn't have to be. At the same time, losing to Arizona by a single possession isn't going to single-handedly doom our seeding prospects, especially in early February without 2 starters. Nobody is going undefeated in the regular season.
 
Mike Honcho said:
Eh, disagree. You play the regular season to have an advantage in the post-season. It's not trivial in a single game elimination tournament. It can be a handicap, but you never really know how a bracket is going to break, so it doesn't have to be. At the same time, losing to Arizona by a single possession isn't going to single-handedly doom our seeding prospects, especially in early February without 2 starters. Nobody is going undefeated in the regular season.
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Exactly. Almost everyone will have a worse loss than this one.
 
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RuffRuff said:
If you think that’s how it works, god bless. It’s a single game elimination, matchups matter. Every advantage matters. How often has the best team not won it?
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If they didn't win it they weren't best team. In 2014 we played the overall 1 seed in Florida.

2004 we beat Duke. Again in 1999.

Can't be afraid to play anyone on the way to a championship. The expectation is when you get there, you're playing the best.
 
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