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Arizona Wildcats Basketball Forums => Arizona Wildcats Basketball => Topic started by: WILD on August 15, 2023, 07:06:43 PM
Are the CATS ranked too high or too low?
https://twitter.com/CBKReport/status/1691460615376941056
Interesting thing is our schedule both this year and especially next year. And UCLA not ranked.
I shocked that Colorado isn't ranked. They have a solid corps of starters. UCLA will always be competitive with Cronin in charge but their entire roster disappeared in the offseason.
The Buffs are ranked on a lot of other preseason lists. They will prob do ok OOC but come conf stumble, as Tad can't win away from Boulder. Boyle's showing in the USA U19 outta tell ya all ya need to know.
I have no idea where AZ should be ranked. Months ago I felt like maybe 15-18. Then I watch em vs Israel Select and I say "wowza, a 47 pt win" and my hopes go up. Ha! I'll take #11.
One things for sure tho, we have opportunities to rise quickly as we'll face 3 of the consensus top 5 teams. Win a few of those and we're off and running.
Yup. The Israel trip provides a nice opportunity for the players to start learning how to communicate with a completely different roster. I think there will be a few hiccups early in the season but barring injury, we have the depth to make a nice postseason run. #11 is good for now but it's likely that Lloyd surprises us for a third straight year and dominates the regular season!