Those were the days. In the 70s on 2 diff occasions when inside IAH terminals, saw the Rockets players walking toward the gate to get on Commercial flight.
But then again our parents/grandparents had the worse of the worse getting to School.
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Iâm sure the desire to fly home has a lot to do with treatment, sleeping in their own beds and maintaining some semblance of a routine if possible. When you fly charter and donât have to go through normal airport security and wait times, travel is really not too bad. Agree I trust the staff to know whatâs best for the kids.
And sorry @Jesse22. Definitely didnât catch the sarcasm.
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A la basura lo azul
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No problem at all 2002Coog. Yea, I was making light of how now Commish gonna give CKS a sit down bc he didnât take adv of how thgs were set up. Makes no difference to me how Coach chooses to use his Travel or non-travel time. Just looking for another BIG12 Reg Season Title.
Fans simply should be aware that The Wildcats, like most teams, have a Home Court advantage.
I have watched a very large number of their games over the past 10 years.
They score a lot at home. They average 81. That means they score above that in 1/2 of the games. The crowd is large and loud. They get turnovers. They rebound. They score.
The 70 they scored last night at K State is not what they will score at home on Saturday.
The good news is our Cougars can score. A lot. When Sampson called off the dogs with 6 minutes left vs Baylor we were at 71 points. Over 34 minutes that is 2.09 points per minute. Over 40 minutes that is 84 points. We can score enough to beat Arizona at The McKale Center.
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I dont understand why they named their arena after a former Minnesota Gopher and Boston Celtic
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Itâs a charter flight. Its not as if the squad is spending two hours at the airport with checking in, tsa clearance, walking to gates, etcâŠ
They drive up to plane. Board. Take off. And itâs about two hours of actual flight time.
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Viva la azul!!!
From Tempe where the ASU campus is at to Tucson you are looking at anywhere from 2:30hrs to 3:30hrs depending on traffic. This is not a franchise. These are student athletes too. We donât know or know quite to nothing about THAT side.
Cost? What plane are we using?
Arizona would have to dictate tempo for that to happen. The highest point total UH has given up at end of regulation this season is 78 to Bama. UH committed 24 fouls in that game. If UH was around their average of 16-17 fouls per game, Bama is closer to 68-70 points in regulation.
Every game Houston gave up more than 70 in regulation this season, they committed 20 fouls or more. See point totals and foul correlation below for UHâs highest opponents point outputs (regulation only) this season.
Auburn 74 - 20 fouls
Alabama 78(EoR) - 22 fouls (excludes OT fouls)
SDSU 65(EoR) - 19 fouls (excludes OT fouls)
UCF 68 - 20 fouls
KU - 66(EoR) - 14 fouls (excludes OT fouls)
Texas Tech 72(EoR) - 22 fouls (excludes OT fouls)
Again, I donât care how electric the building is, that intangible element does not support Arizona pushing the score to a high 70s/low 80s game without some crazy anomalies. There is ZERO evidence to support that type of game between these two teams.
This may not age well
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110 mi - campus > campus.
More like 1.5 hrs w some trafficâŠmaybe 2 hrs w heavy traffic.
Edit: Iâve done Tucson > Tempe ( Phoenix) twice through my travels.
We are a fouling machine lol
We played the top two offenses in the country and neither got into the 80s in regulation. Arizona averages 81 on the year but 79.5 in conference. So expecting them to beat their average when going up against the best defense in the league seems like a bit much to me. I think the only way they get up that high is if Caleb Love has one of his occasionally efficient games or they turn us over a bunch. I think low 70s is probably closer to the target score.
No, we actually rank in the top half (152/364) in fouls per game. Now when you break it down per possession we rank 252/364 at a 25.4% clip which isnât great.
But if you compare that to last yearâs squad we averaged more fouls with a tighter rotation. Our fouls per possession ranking was 324/364 at a 26.9% clip.
The biggest thing youâll notice is Milos fouled out in those 3 losses to Auburn, SDSU, and Bama early in the season. Heâs hit 4 fouls twice in conference play (KU and @WVU). Heâs playing 35+ mpg in the close in-conference games.
We foul more than the average team per possession, but we have improved A LOT in the foul trouble department compared to early in the season.
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Since January 1 the lowest home court score for Az is 78.
Tucson, who you gonna be rooting for? 
Itâs actually kind of funny though not so much in a game thread. Iâm going to cut him some slack because he is very ill.
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I root for my Coogs. Always.
A Granddaughter graduated from U. of Az. In solidarity with her I root for Non-UH opponents of The U. of A.
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I know youâre a Loyal Coog. I was messing w ya. Prob best not to have Granddaughter over on Saturday. 
