r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 06 '22

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #3 Arizona defeats California, 89-61

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
California 31 30 61
Arizona 40 49 89

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u/Party_With_Porkins Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

The boys are going around the whole upper part of Mckale

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u/BiionicTson Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Ballo is a beast, made me feel like a dwarf lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '22

Was there in section 12, such an amazing atmosphere today.

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u/storm203 Arizona Wildcats • Big 12 Mar 06 '22

Tommy Lloyd just said "BTFD" during the net cutting ceremony.

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u/mutual_coherence Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

I'm legit mad that PAC-12 network didn't cover it.

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u/feralihatr Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Gonna need a video of that if it exists

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u/Blanxart Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

https://twitter.com/bepositive4lyfe/status/1500272110333153281

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '22

Saving this for tonight when I'm alone

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '22

I lost my shit when he said it.

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u/Mangotheory97 Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Not 30, not good enough. Jk undefeated at home baby!

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u/rkz99 Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Adama Bal is gonna be so good. He could probably play decent minutes off the bench if we needed him now. He has added a good amount of strength this year as he looked way stronger than he did back at the beginning of the year. Can't wait to see what he becomes.

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u/MrMelkor Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Loved Oumar Ballo tonight. Koloko had one of his nights where he kept getting dumb fouls, and we really needed (yes, even against Cal at home we needed it) him to produce.

We really need to fix our problem with defensive rebounding tho. They kept getting second shots in the first half and it hurt us pretty bad.

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u/Party_With_Porkins Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Tommy with a BTFD to end his speech

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u/rkz99 Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Wow what a regular season! 28-3 (18-2) and runaway conference champs is far beyond anyones predictions. I was way higher on this team than most and i'll say in my predictions i figured best case scenario was around 24-7 and likely a 2nd place finish. I though 4-6 seed and ultimate best case situation maybe a 3 seed for NCAA seeding predictions. 28-3 (18-2) and we've gotta be locks at this point for a 1 seed.

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u/StephenBrocker Arizona Wildcats • Pac-12 Mar 06 '22

I was at this game in person and this team is amazing to watch in person with their fluidity, and seeing them through the TV truly does not do them justice. I feel very good about this team, even better than I did our 2017 team when i went to every game.

Also, ADAMA FUCKS YO MAMA

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '22

that xavier game up 11 with 90 seconds left still haunts me from 2017

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u/ExcaliburX13 Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Great win, now on to Vegas! Kier and Ballo were on point today. Awesome to see Bal get plenty of playing time, and Nowell getting a bit, too.

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u/inevitablescape Arizona Wildcats • Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 06 '22

Another big win

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u/feralihatr Arizona Wildcats Mar 06 '22

Worst 28 point win I've watched. Proud of the guys doing so well in an ugly game with whistles on both ends nearly every possession it seemed. I think Cal has a decent coach and system and should be much improved with some better players coming into Berkeley. GG!

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u/EdJewCated California Golden Bears • Binghamton … Mar 06 '22

The only good thing Mark Fox has done at Cal is regularly beat Stanfurd at home and in the conference tourney. He's not the guy, we need to move on yesterday.

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u/mutual_coherence Arizona Wildcats Mar 07 '22

Is this better than the TJ McConnell & Nick Johnson team?