Arizona Vs Washington St 🏀 Game Preview/Discussion Thread 2/22/24 9pm FS1

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Arizona Vs Washington St 🏀 Game Preview/Discussion Thread 2/22/24 9pm FS1

The Washington State Cougars and Arizona Wildcats face off on Thursday in a college basketball showdown at the McKale Center.

Washington State Has Confidence
Washington State has a ton of confidence heading into this game and the defense has been really stepping up. In the last game against Stanford, Washington State gave up only 59 points and they ended up winning by 13 points. Washington State is averaging 75.5 points while their defense is giving up 66.5 points per game. The defense is ranked 43rd in the league and the defense is going to need to step up here. Washington State on the season is averaging 75.5 points while their defense is giving up 66.5 points per game. Myles Rice is averaging 15.9 points while shooting 45.7 percent from the field and 33 percent from behind the three point line.

Arizona Offense Has Been Dominant
Arizona's offense has been dominating heading into this game and they are going to need the offense to run up the score here. In the last game against Arizona State, Arizona scored 105 points and they won in blowout fashion. Arizona on the season is averaging 90.7 points while their defense is giving up 72.9 points per game. The offense is ranked 1st while the defense is ranked 215th. Jaden Bradley had a strong game putting up 21 points, five assists, and four rebounds.

BDU's Free Pick
This game is going to be higher scoring. Arizona is averaging 90.7 points and they are going to have no issue here against the Washington State defense. Washington State is averaging 75.5 points and they are going to have no issue running up the score here. Arizona could easily get 100 points in this game and that is going to be the difference here as this game is going to go over the total. Back the over to cash.


Arizona is favored at 11.5 and the Over/Under is 150.5

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[arxpert]

If there is a game that is upgraded to Must-Win it would be this one.

That said, blame me if it all goes terribly wrong. I put Tommy in the W column on the prediction post. My bad.

[WILD]

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[KansasCityCats]

That says everything about coaching, practice and execution (but primarily coaching).

[arxpert]

If there is a game that is upgraded to Must-Win it would be this one.

That said, blame me if it all goes terribly wrong. I put Tommy in the W column on the prediction post. My bad.

It's my fault. I take the blame. I should have never given Tommy the benefit of the doubt. I sincerely hope Boswell is looking for a new school to attend next season. He is effectively the worst player out of any Ranked Team at this point.

[arxpert]

That says everything about coaching, practice and execution (but primarily coaching).

The worst coaching I have seen in a long time. Tommy actually starts Boswell and can't even finish a game with him in there. Tommy has never learned. Tommy will never learn. We are a 1st round out again. This is not a team with any poise to make a deep run until Boswell is taken out of the equation.

To think Boro, Paulius, or even Conrad sit there and watch this is disgusting to me. All players who could be more impactful if they were given proper opportunities and it is too late for them.

Shame on Tommy. Shame on Boswell.

For those who think Boswell is going to be "Miles Simon" come March... that would be akin to hell freezing over.

[KansasCityCats]

Unless you have a biased opinion, this was a well-coached game for both teams. 

Lloyd recognized when Jones was taking advantage of the isolation and he put in Krivas to double-team him in the interior, which sparked the Arizona comeback. 

The Cats had a higher shooting percentage and outperformed Wazzu in rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

Yes, losing this game had negative implications towards the conference title but it was a well-played game by both teams.  One slip was enough to cost us the final opportunity...

[KansasCityCats]

And FWIW, Jakimovski is typically the guy that kills us from Wazzu.  100% credit to Boswell for keeping him in check all game.  I didn't think he had the ability to guard a guy with a significant height advantage but he shot a miserable 1 for 8 with Bam Bam primarily taking the assignment.

[arxpert]

Unless you have a biased opinion, this was a well-coached game for both teams. 

Lloyd recognized when Jones was taking advantage of the isolation and he put in Krivas to double-team him in the interior, which sparked the Arizona comeback. 

The Cats had a higher shooting percentage and outperformed Wazzu in rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

Yes, losing this game had negative implications towards the conference title but it was a well-played game by both teams.  One slip was enough to cost us the final opportunity...

I'm not going to quote both posts, but any one can have a bad shooting game. Boswell has them every game just about. SO your point of defense for Boswell doesn't work.

There's no bias when it is a proven fact. We don't play better basketball with Boswell. Said it for months. You've attempted to defend it for months. No one besides hopeless robotic fans believe this is going to get better anymore. We shouldn't be in a position where we are overwhelmingly happy if Boswell doesn't cost us a game. It is almost March. Simple as that.

And I truly mean it - The only ones who defend this are either blind to the negative effect or they are going to root for Zona as a rah rah fan who is merely happy to watch "their team", but doesn't care about winning nor the expectations.

The disappointment in a loss is not really the main point. Tommy squandered the Pac12 title last year being a chicken shit head coach sticking with Mr 2-8 Kerr and now he's doing it with Boswell. At some point it is just his coaching philosophy and it has not been proven to be good enough. Don't care if he got extended. Don't care he got paid. No contract disproves me.

[KansasCityCats]

Boswell isn't playing like a first rounder but we have no other options as a true PG. Bradley's numbers are never better when he gets increased minutes and the Cats are still projected to be a top seed so I don't understand why there's so much pessimism towards a team that is elite for the first time in 9 years.