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Title: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: WILD on March 15, 2024, 07:34:20 PM
https://twitter.com/BearDownU/status/1768827950919733266

Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: CatInFL on March 15, 2024, 07:55:25 PM
Quote from: WILD on March 15, 2024, 07:34:20 PMhttps://twitter.com/BearDownU/status/1768827950919733266



It could be, but that's 2 bad losses in 3 games.  Oh yeah, losing just sucks.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: Keithjacksontucson on March 15, 2024, 08:07:53 PM
Arizona will be a 2 seed , rested, injury free and highly motivated going into the ncaas.winning the pac12 tournament has not done them any favors in the past. Can't worry about the seed they're matched up against. High seeds frequently get knocked off early, even so called unbeatable teams like Houston and Connecticut
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: LeftCoastCats on March 15, 2024, 08:16:25 PM
Winning hasn't been great to us, so try losing?

At least this means we're incredibly unlikely to lose the 1st game.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: KansasCityCats on March 15, 2024, 08:59:42 PM
Hopefully, UNC falls and leaves Tennessee to be the top seed in the West. If we somehow make it to the Elite 8 in LA, the Arizona fans would dominate the Staples Center.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: WILD on March 15, 2024, 09:03:36 PM
Lute hated the PAC tourney due to high chance of injury playing 3 days straight and less rest for the players before March Madness.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: Keithjacksontucson on March 15, 2024, 09:10:56 PM
Exactly. Arizona may not make the final four, but they have a better chance being rested, healthy and highly motivated. I like their chances more not that they're out of the pac12 tournament,The conference tournaments serve no purpose except to make more money.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: KansasCityCats on March 15, 2024, 10:17:49 PM
Quote from: WILD on March 15, 2024, 09:03:36 PMLute hated the PAC tourney due to high chance of injury playing 3 days straight and less rest for the players before March Madness.

He definitely hated the tourney. Lute showed zero emotions during the PAC-10 matchups.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: Jdmarti on March 16, 2024, 09:24:23 AM
In a way I am glad we are now not winning pac tournament  I fill if we had this team would have gone on to lose early In NCAA tournament,

However it doesn't  mean we won't lose early but I fill the odds are better to have a deep run.

Hopefully arizona gets there act together, really struggling.
Title: Re: Losing right before the NCAA tourney could be a blessing in disguise
Post by: 808Wildcat94 on March 16, 2024, 06:45:24 PM
We used to make that argument when Lute lost early in the conf tourney.  Like it was a way of resting for the real games.  Never really panned out then.  Maybe this year is different, but the loses to me show weaknesses that will be exposed in the NCAAs.