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Arizona Wildcats
Location: Tucson, Ariz. | Founded: 1885 | Enrollment: 37,000 | Colors: Cardinal and Navy
Coach: Sean Miller | Home Court: McKale Center | Capacity: 14,545

Record: (12-11, 6-5 Pac 10)
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Wildcats report: Strategy and personnel
 

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Strategy and personnel · Getting inside · Notes, quotes
 

 

Will Arizona's starters ever get tired? Four of them -- all but Kyle Fogg -- averaged more than 36 minutes each in the games vs. Oregon and Oregon State.

PLAYER ROTATION
Usual Starters -- F Chase Budinger, F Jamelle Horne, C Jordan Hill, G Kyle Fogg, G Nic Wise. Key Subs -- F Fendi Onobun; G Garland Judkins.

GAME REVIEW

Stanford 76, Arizona 60

Arizona 67, Oregon 52

Arizona 64, Oregon State 47

GAME PREVIEW

at UCLA, Thursday, Jan. 15

at USC, Saturday, Jan. 17

vs. Arizona State, Wednesday, Jan. 21

vs. Houston, Saturday, Jan. 24

IN FOCUS
From the start of the 1997-98 season through 2004-05, Arizona owned UCLA, winning 13 of 17 meetings. Since then, nothing. The Bruins have won seven straight over the past three seasons, including a 22-point rout last year at Pauley Pavilion. If the Wildcats hope to end that drought, they will need a big-time performance from junior post Jordan Hill, and point guard Nic Wise must contain his Bruins' counterpart, Darren Collison.

ROSTER REPORT

--F Jamelle Horne shot 5-for-5, including 2-for-2 from 3-point range, on the way to scoring 15 points against Oregon. But he had just six points against Oregon State and missed all four of his 3-point tries.

--C Jordan Hill just missed his 11th double-double with nine points and 12 rebounds against Oregon, then got it by putting together 15 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Oregon State.

-- PG Nic Wise had seven points, five assists and four rebounds, but also seven turnovers, in Arizona's win over Oregon. He followed that up with a modest three-point, four-assist effort against OSU.

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Arizona Wildcats Message Board
Reputation:85
Level:All-Star
Since:Nov 26, 2009

February 6, 2010 10:29 pm

I guess are hopes for an at-large bid are shot.  We could have survived the Washington lose, but this one is probably too much to overcome.  Unfortunately, I also think it will be very hard to win the Pac-10 tournament as well.  We have the talent and ability to win, but this conference is very evenly matched and anyone can win any game any night ...(more)

Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 7, 2008

February 5, 2010 12:01 pm

To say that was a tough loss to stomach was an understatement.  I think we played the best game possible under the restrictions the referees had put us in.  The foul trouble got to us early and hindered us from getting any rhythm on either end of the floor.  The final foul total was 29 for us to Huskies 25, so I dont have any statistics to back me up, but I thought the calls ...(more)

Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 23, 2006

February 5, 2010 1:21 am
Looking over the scoreboard, I was trying to figure out who we needed to lose (i.e. North Carolina, etc.) to leave Arizona in a better position to make the tournament. I didn't even look at teams with double digit losses. I immediately ruled them out for consideration. I think other people doing the same thing across the country are ruling us out with our 10 losses. They put our chances of making ...(more)
Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Apr 3, 2008

February 4, 2010 11:16 pm
Uh oh ESPN is reporting self imposed sanctions by the Uof A basketball team. Apparently it stemmed from an AAU event. No word as to when or who it involved. At least one scholarship is to forfeited.

Let's hope for the best.
Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Feb 5, 2007

January 31, 2010 6:09 pm
12 - 9 Overall
6 - 3 Pac -10 (Tied for 1st Place)
Top 5 SOS
Top 50'ish RPI
One Signature Win

The question I pose is WHAT IF... We duplicate the second half of the Pac-10 Season and finish  6-3, plus 2-1 in the P10 Tourney

20 - 13
12 - 6 (Top 2 Pac-10 Teams)
Top 10-15 SOS
Top 40'ish RPI
Likely still one signature win
...(more)
Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Aug 16, 2006

February 3, 2010 12:51 am
The Cats have a swagger now that they didn't have when they were laying down against SDSU and BYU. They have the experience of closing games that they didn't against Wisconsin, Vandy, UNLV and Oregon St. They have a clue offensively and defensively. But a road trip is a road trip is a road trip. It won't be easy.

Sweep and the Cats maintain first place and maybe gain a game (Cal plays
...(more)
Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Jul 8, 2009

February 2, 2010 9:06 am
Well, Jordin Mayes only took a couple of days to decide that Point Guard U is the hottest program.  Mayes decommitted from UCLA last season & was highly recruited.  It's a great pickup for the Cats, but his decision may have influenced McCallum, Lamb, and Selby that the Cats are full (until the 2011 class with Tharpe & Turner).


I assume that Book/Miller are go
...(more)
Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Feb 5, 2007

January 29, 2010 8:59 pm

A win versus cal would mean 12-9 (6-3), but what does it really mean?

First place in the Pac - 10?

6 wins on the "4 Home 5 Away Part of the PAC-10 Schedule?

That is absolutely huge.  12-9 with a top 5 SOS would be amazing for the squad.  Not to mention the P10 losses were all winable. 

Lets say that we can go 6-3 for both halves of t ...(more)

Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Apr 4, 2007

January 26, 2010 10:31 am
(POLL) What grade does Sean Miller get at this point in his tenure?  Please justify your vote.
Reputation:92
Level:All-Star
Since:Sep 18, 2006

January 31, 2010 6:21 pm

Can you believe these kids?  WOW!  Great job Cats for hanging in there in a game that the officiating was ...well lets just say it wasn't very good.  Nic awesome WILL to win.  Parrom is a beast defensively and Williams was his usual ho hum double double.  I just wish So Hill would pick it up some.
I do have to say I'm really tiring of Horne.  That kid thinks h ...(more)

Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Feb 25, 2007

January 29, 2010 7:32 pm

This was such a fun read that I thought I'd share it with y'all:

Miller's methods still stir flashbacks to early Olson years

by Todd Walsh

Yes, I was having flashbacks. No, not THOSE
...(more)

Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 12, 2006

February 8, 2010 8:22 am

My best week yet, going 7 - 2 and raising my season record to 30 - 24.  But this was NOT the week that I wanted to finally get both Arizona games right.  I had a feelng we'd lose them, but I was hoping to be wrong.  Regardless, we still control our own destiny so lets see if we can get back on track against the Oregon schools this week.

Thursday:
Oregon St. @ ...(more)

Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 7, 2006

February 1, 2010 8:30 pm
I heard Jordin Mayes (rivals #106) may have committed to AZ today. He was visiting on sun during the cal win.
Any thoughts out there from people in the know?
If it's true....We got a badley needed point guard or next year.
 
Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 12, 2006

February 2, 2010 5:15 am
Back over .500 for me and my reverse psychology for Arizona is working so I will implement it again this week in hopes that it works again.  I was 6-3 for the week, bringing me to 23 - 22 overall.

Here are the games for this week:

Thursday

Arizona @ Washington 10:30pm - Is Washington back on track? Will Arizona have a let-down after the Cal wi
...(more)
Reputation:90
Level:All-Star
Since:Aug 21, 2006

January 27, 2010 11:51 am
7 of the next 11 games are at home, if we can pull off a sweep of the bay schools this weekend then we have an opportunity to possibly control the conference & win the PAC-10.  Anybody else on board out there ??  I knew from the get go we would be able to compete near the top of the conference this year..., my question was would it be enough to get in the tournament because of the ou ...(more)
 
 
 
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