Cal vs The Boring Washington Zone on Thursday

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oskidunker
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Who is going? I will be there. .
Go Bears!
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What players are going?
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When Boeheim had good players at Syracuse, I thought the zone defense was sort of fascinating to watch because they seemed to generate turnovers from it.
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UW is #61 in Defensive Efficiency according to Ken Pom, which is not great (UCLA is #2) but is not horrible (Cal is #215).
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I probably can't make it, but I hope to go to the WSU game to cheer on the seniors (still love that moment).

Saw some UW highlights yesterday. That #34 looked like a monster. Braxton Meah. Listed 7-1, 250. Didn't look that tall, but long arms and athletic. From California (sigh... ). Lars is gonna have his hands full.
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calumnus said:

UW is #61 in Defensive Efficiency according to Ken Pom, which is not great (UCLA is #2) but is not horrible (Cal is #215).

If anybody needed one, that should be the final indictment on Fox. Fairly experienced roster, seven-footer in the middle and decent height, PG who defends on the ball pretty well... and we suck at defense (supposedly his specialty... well, by process of elimination).
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Big C said:


I probably can't make it, but I hope to go to the WSU game to cheer on the seniors (still love that moment).

Saw some UW highlights yesterday. That #34 looked like a monster. Braxton Meah. Listed 7-1, 250. Didn't look that tall, but long arms and athletic. From California (sigh... ). Lars is gonna have his hands full.
Lars does well when he's not double-triple teamed (e.g. AZ has the top back court in the country with 2 seven-footers, but they only defend him one-on-one ... Lars has had two of his best games vs AZ)

so we will see how UW defends Lars (but I assume they will zone, and collapse on anyone driving, or on any post who gets the ball in the paint

that means Nowell will have to bust their zone again with his mid-range (Okafor and Lars also can hit that mid-range)
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HoopDreams said:

Big C said:


I probably can't make it, but I hope to go to the WSU game to cheer on the seniors (still love that moment).

Saw some UW highlights yesterday. That #34 looked like a monster. Braxton Meah. Listed 7-1, 250. Didn't look that tall, but long arms and athletic. From California (sigh... ). Lars is gonna have his hands full.
Lars does well when he's not double-triple teamed (e.g. AZ has the top back court in the country with 2 seven-footers, but they only defend him one-on-one ... Lars has had two of his best games vs AZ)

so we will see how UW defends Lars (but I assume they will zone, and collapse on anyone driving, or on any post who gets the ball in the paint

that means Nowell will have to bust their zone again with his mid-range (Okafor and Lars also can hit that mid-range)

Kinda crazy, isn't it: Teams "double-triple" teaming Lars... and we can't take advantage.

Was speaking more of Lars needing to defend and rebound against #34; he seems much quicker than Lars.

I continue to like Okafor's potential!
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I predict the Huskies will be our female dogs when we get through with them on Thursday!
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If Cal can keep Kieon (Keon?) Brooks in check, they have a good chance against the Huskies. They should tell Alajiki to follow him all over the court.
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HearstMining said:

If Cal can keep Kieon (Keon?) Brooks in check, they have a good chance against the Huskies. They should tell Alajiki to follow him all over the court.

Now I have this viual and I can't get it out of my head: Alijiki actually following him all over the court.
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Big C said:

HearstMining said:

If Cal can keep Kieon (Keon?) Brooks in check, they have a good chance against the Huskies. They should tell Alajiki to follow him all over the court.

Now I have this viual and I can't get it out of my head: Alijiki actually following him all over the court.
Fair enough - if Sam was literally following him on defense, that wouldn't do much good, would it?
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Clayton out for tonight's game
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The most important questions are:

1. Which color commentator will be rubbing our nose in our doo doo tonight?

2. How many times will the broadcast team point out what a tremendous coach MF is and that he is snake bit by bad luck injuries?

3. What inane subjects will the broadcast team banter about when the game becomes uncompetitive?

4. How long will I last watching Custer's Last Stand at Haas before I watch the season finale of Undercover?

Undercover (TV Series 2019 ) - IMDb


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7263154/

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I would bet Recasner will be doing the game in which case there'll be lots of UW fluffing and miscellaneous ramblings
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to the title maker: who are you calling boring? (ever see Mark Fox's offense?)
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To a guy my age that is too tall for his hair, Ben Braun's hair is AWESOME IN ITS AWESOMENESS!


*I haven't seen a crowd that amped at the steps of Haas since Occupy Oakland.
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I was surprised to see that Wyking is a Washington assistant
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This has been the most entertaining 20 point half that I can recall.
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I refuse to watch this crud and so should everyone else.
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Big Dog said:

to the title maker: who are you calling boring? (ever see Mark Fox's offense?)


Immobile rock meets immobile object.
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oskidunker said:

Who is going? I will be there. .

I 'm here. Another ugly first half with only 24 points on 23% shooting. Ugh!
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The half time show was entertaining but even they were wearing purple
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Obinna blocks shot on one end, then gets tough O board, gets fouled on putback and hits both free throws

He's good for at least 1 scrappy play per game

I like the 2K aggressive slam attempt after the huskie dunk. Then two flushes by the Irish!
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Bowser ?
Start Slowly and taper off
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Monty scores back to back baskets then gets a truly ticky tak foul then a double techical
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One of worst officiating games this year

Refs think we came to watch them
Golden One
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One ref in particular seems to love technical fouls tonight.
Golden One
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I've never seen a D1 team with as little talent as this Cal team. This team is a recruiting disaster.
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Golden One said:

I've never seen a D1 team with as little talent as this Cal team. This team is a recruiting disaster.


UC San Diego, still transitioning to D1, was more talented AND better coached (and their coach makes only $70,000 a year).
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Golden One said:

One ref in particular seems to love technical fouls tonight.



He wasn't even the ref on the play

Eject the ref
sonofabear51
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Another phantom foul call, this time on Brown
Start Slowly and taper off
HoopDreams
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So there was a cheap foul on Cal and a clear body foul on Lars and no call???

I don't expect Lars to play vs WSU
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Wow. Even our yell leader is injured
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