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Gameday Thread: #19 Baylor (10-3; 0-1) vs #17 TCU (12-1; 1-0)

January 2, 2023
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#19 Baylor (10-3; 0-1) takes on #17 TCU (12-1; 1-0) Wednesday January 4th at 8pm CST in Waco.  The game will be televised on ESPN2.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 74 TCU 69

Torvik Prediction:  Baylor 74 TCU 68

Evan Miyakawa Prediction:  Baylor 76 TCU 70


Coaches

TCU:   Jamie Dixon (57) 457-208 (129-85 at TCU); 13 NCAAs; 3 Sweet 16s; 1 Elite 8

Baylor:  Scott Drew (52); 429-236 overall (409-225 at Baylor); 10 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  7-4 Drew


TCU Starters

Guard:  Mike Miles  (JR) 6-2 195 lbs; 19 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 52% FG; 30% 3pt; 68% FT

Guard:  Damion Baugh (SR) 6-4 195 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 reb; 5 asst; 46% FG; 31% 3pt; 63% FT

Forward: Charles O’Bannon (SR) 6-6 215 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 34% FG; 32% 3pt; 74% FT

Forward:  Emmanuel Miller (SR) 6-7 220 lbs; 14 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 57% FG; 47% 3pt; 68% FT

Forward: Eddie Lampkin (SO) 6-11 265 lbs; 7 ppg; 7 reb; 55% FG; 40% 3pt; 88% FT

TCU Bench

Forward:  Xavier Cork (SR) 6-9 230 lbs; 4 ppg; 2 reb; 62% FG; 50% FT

Forward:  Micah Peavy (JR) 6-7 215 lbs; 9 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 37% FG; 15% 3pt; 81% FT

Forward:  JaKobe Coles (SO) 6-7 215 lbs; 8 ppg; 5 reb; 44% FG; 30% 3pt; 91% FT


Baylor Starters

Guard:  Adam Flagler (SR) 6-3 185 lbs; 17 ppg; 3 reb; 5 asst; 48% FG; 50% 3pt; 81% FT

Guard:  LJ Cryer (JR) 6-1 190 lbs; 15 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 45% FG; 37% 3pt; 92% FT

Guard:  Keyonte George (FR) 6-4 185 lbs; 16 ppg; 4 reb; 4 asst; 38% FG; 34% 3pt; 83% FT

Forward:  Jalen Bridges (JR) 6-7 225 lbs; 9 ppg; 5 reb; 47% FG; 18% 3pt; 78% FT

Forward:  Flo Thamba (SR) 6-10 250 lbs; 5 ppg; 5 reb; 1 blk; 63% FG; 48% FT

Baylor Bench

Guard:  Dale Bonner (SR) 6-2 170 lbs; 6 ppg; 2 reb; 4 asst; 2 st; 46% FG; 36% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 6 ppg; 5 reb; 56% FG; 33% 3pt; 69% FT

Guard:  Langston Love (FR) 6-5 210 lbs; 8 ppg; 3 reb; 43% FG; 31% 3pt; 82% FT

Forward:  Joshua Ojianwuna (FR) 6-10 235 lbs; 6 ppg; 4 reb; 1 blk; 69% FG; 68% FT

Discussion from...

Gameday Thread: #19 Baylor (10-3; 0-1) vs #17 TCU (12-1; 1-0)

35,501 Views | 361 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by BluesBear
bear2be2
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DanaDane said:

KG just showing off for the scouts now. Wow. Great move!
This has been the best game of George's young career so far. Hopefully he can stay hot through halftime.
bear2be2
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DanaDane said:

Johnny Bear said:

Impressive offensive performance so far. For one thing Cryer being on the floor makes a big difference.
Having Cryer on the floor and suddenly having 3 others who are showing they can score: Love, Josh O and Bridges. We don't need double figures from them. We just need them to be somewhat of a scoring threat and suddenly that opens doors for Flagler, George and Cryer (whoever is on the floor).
Our spacing gets so much better just by having LJ on the floor. It's like night and day.

And if Love can start hitting shots from the outside (he's hit two big ones tonight), that allows us to maintain that dynamic when Cryer hits the bench.
Stefano DiMera
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Dawn Rogers leaving Baylor athletic department to take asst AD job at SMU according to John Morris.
DanaDane
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Bears shot 69% from 3 in the first half; TCU shot 13%.

Likely that numbers will start moving toward the norm in the 2nd half so Bears gonna need to keep finding ways to score and keep Miles from heating up. Great job so far!
BluesBear
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61% from the field...Those TO's costing us 8-10 points...We won't continue this shooting percentage...
MashedPotatoes
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ImABearToo said:

Flo getting bench time tonight.
God bless him, but he stinks this year.
BearBuck
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Hopefully our TOS and fouls go down in the second half.
Johnny Bear
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ImABearToo said:

Why can we not make something happen when holding ball for last shot of half? Every time it's a bust.

We never seem to never have any other options in these last shot situations besides setting the screen for the point guard, who simply tries to drive it to the basket as most of the defense collapses on him forcing a bad shot that almost never goes. Why can't we start the play a couple of seconds or so earlier with some kick out options or something other than what we always do with the opponent knowing exactly what we're going to do.
DanaDane
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OK, Flo is always good for 1 offensive laugh a game. WTH?????
Johnny Bear
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LOL - Flo. What an offensive liability.
DanaDane
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Good on, Flo! He comes back the next possession and scores with the chance for the and one!
mtenery14
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DanaDane said:

OK, Flo is always good for 1 offensive laugh a game. WTH?????


Ok at least he made that and got the "and 1"
vanillabryce
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Nails the FT too.
ImABearToo
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Foot on gas Bears!
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
vanillabryce
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We're getting the ball into the paint.
vanillabryce
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ImABearToo said:

Foot on gas Bears!


And the throat
bear2be2
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How does Flo end up on Miles? That's just bad team defense.
ImABearToo
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And did not put ball on the floor.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
vanillabryce
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If you're gonna foul him, foul him
DanaDane
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OMG. Flagler. What??????
DanaDane
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Cringed the minute I saw it.
vanillabryce
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Refs gotta give flag the foul on the last one
bear2be2
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DanaDane said:

Cringed the minute I saw it.
That's on the guards. Someone go double him and force a pass.

Just bad recognition.
DanaDane
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Cryer has no idea how to play D on Miles.
bear2be2
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Horrible transition D on back-to-back possessions.
Married A Horn
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They have 1 player. Please stop that one player.
vanillabryce
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Lamkin has the largest waist to ankle ratio in the NCAA. Prove me wrong.
Johnny Bear
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DanaDane said:

Cryer has no idea how to play D on Miles.

Who on our team does?
vanillabryce
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DanaDane said:

Cryer has no idea how to play D on Miles.


First half the entire bench was telling him to get a hand up on Miles on the left wing. Hand down, man down.
ImABearToo
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Air out of balloon.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
MashedPotatoes
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vanillabryce said:

We're getting the ball into the paint.
TCU is.
DanaDane
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I'm kinda shocked Kentucky didn't tell Miles to go into the portal and then pay him big dollars to transfer.
bear2be2
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Hell of a play by Bridges on that block.
Waco2116
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No more press. Get back and play D.
Oldbear83
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I liked this game a lot more when we led by 17.

Can we get back to that game, Bears?
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
 
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