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Gameday Thread: #9 Baylor (20-6; 9-4) at #5 Kansas (21-5; 9-4)

February 17, 2023
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#9 Baylor (20-6; 9-4) travels to Lawrence, Kansas Saturday February 18th at 3pm CST to take on #5 Kansas (21-5; 9-4) at Allen Fieldhouse.  The game will be televised on ESPN. 

KenPom Prediction:  Kansas 78 Baylor 74

Torvik Prediction:  Kansas 78 Baylor 75

Evan Miyakawa Prediction:  Kansas 77 Baylor 73


Coaches

Kansas:   Bill Self (60); 782-233 (575-128 at Kansas) 23 NCAAs; 14 S16s; 11 E8s; 4 FF; 2 NC; 5 LV1 Violations

Baylor:  Scott Drew (52); 439-239 overall (419-228 at Baylor); 10 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  27-8 Self

Last 7:  4-3 Drew

Records Last 4 Years:  Drew 101-19; Self 104-23


Kansas Starters

Guard:  DaJuan Harris (JR) 6-1 175 lbs; 8 ppg; 3 reb; 6 asst; 46% FG; 39% 3pt; 67% FT

*Guard:  Kevin McCullar (SR) 6-6 210 lbs; 11 ppg; 7 reb; 3 asst; 43% FG; 28% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  Jalen Wilson (JR) 6-8 225 lbs; 20 ppg; 8 reb; 3 asst; 42% FG; 36% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  Gradey Dick (FR) 6-8 205 lbs; 15 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 46% FG; 43% 3pt; 85% FT

Forward:  KJ Adams (SO) 6-7 225 lbs; 11 ppg; 4 reb; 64% FG; 60% FT

Kansas Bench

Guard:  Joseph Yesufu (JR) 6-0 180 lbs; 4 ppg; 36% FG; 29% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  Ernest Udeh (FR) 6-11 250 lbs; 3 ppg; 2 reb; 79% FG; 43% FT

Guard:  MJ Rice (FR) 6-5 215 lbs; 3 ppg; 41% FG; 15% 3pt; 67% FT

*left OSU game with an ankle injury, status unknown


Baylor Starters

Guard:  Adam Flagler (SR) 6-3 185 lbs; 16 ppg; 2 reb; 5 asst; 43% FG; 42% 3pt; 85% FT

Guard:  LJ Cryer (JR) 6-1 190 lbs; 15 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 47% FG; 43% 3pt; 88% FT

Guard:  Keyonte George (FR) 6-4 185 lbs; 17 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst; 39% FG; 34% 3pt; 81% FT

Forward:  Jalen Bridges (JR) 6-7 225 lbs; 10 ppg; 6 reb; 49% FG; 27% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  Flo Thamba (SR) 6-10 250 lbs; 5 ppg; 5 reb; 58% FG; 65% FT

Baylor Bench

Forward:  Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua (SR) 6-8 245 lbs; 6 ppg; 5 reb; 50% FG; 100% FT; 44% 3pt

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 4 ppg; 4 reb; 52% FG; 23% 3pt; 62% FT

Guard:  Langston Love (FR) 6-5 210 lbs; 7 ppg; 2 reb; 43% FG; 37% 3pt; 77% FT

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Gameday Thread: #9 Baylor (20-6; 9-4) at #5 Kansas (21-5; 9-4)

27,961 Views | 159 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by BQHOME
Fre3dombear
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Pretty catastrophic JTT getting his 3rd. Just stupid
Quinton
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Drew just essentially said they need to call more fouls. Foul difference is a little crazy even with all the deep balls taken. They've taken quite a few too.
Johnny Bear
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All in all great first half, although once again we inexplicably don't give ourselves a realistic chance to score with the last possession. I'll for sure take the 13 point lead with a smile, but you know KU is going to make some runs in the second half and their teammates in the striped shirts have only just started to help them.
wgeralds
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just waiting for higgins to intervene at this point...
Mitch Henessey
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It's inexplicable why we wait until under 6 seconds to make a move towards the basket at the end of halves, especially with as good as we are on the offensive glass.
Fre3dombear
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Quinton said:

Drew just essentially said they need to call more fouls. Foul difference is a little crazy even with all the deep balls taken. They've taken quite a few too.


Yep. Closest I've ever seen Drew come to
Calling out the officials

That's Higgins plan though. Soften our interior defense to give Kansas a chance by ticky tack fouls so they can free throw their way back into the game

Kansas blown the F out other than those dumb weak weak fouls

Fre3dombear
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wgeralds said:

just waiting for higgins to intervene at this point...


He already did. It's what he always does

Such a shame for the fans. That dude is an abortion
Fre3dombear
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Johnny Bear said:

All in all great first half, although once again we inexplicably don't give ourselves a realistic chance to score with the last possession. I'll for sure take the 13 point lead with a smile, but you know KU is going to make some runs in the second half and their teammates in the striped shirts have only just started to help them.


Better than a TO or an early shot leading to a 3. I consider it a win with what John Higgins did to
Our bigs
tomiathon
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We're going to have to play another perfect half to beat these refs
mtbmarc
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Great half by the Bears! It will be hard to continue hitting threes at this rate. The foul trouble could bite us in 2nd half.
Fre3dombear
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20 minutes for a chance at history if John Higgins doesn't f it up
Fre3dombear
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Kansas will shoot 20 FTs this half and likely makes more 3's while our bugs sit on the bench.

Can we make enough shots to negate the officiating crew?
Johnny Bear
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Obviously, our guards were incredible in the first half, but we're going to have to get some scoring help from elsewhere this half as the odds tell you they are likely going to cool off and regress a bit more to the mean this half. Still You obviously like where we are right now.
Fre3dombear
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See if Flo can go > 2 mins without a foul
Johnny Bear
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Geez bridges how in the world do you miss that?
Fre3dombear
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Nope. Didn't make it 45 seconds

So predictable
Mitch Henessey
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Bridges HAS to hit that layup. Leads to a runout on the other end.
Fre3dombear
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Hat a collapse. Good job officials
Fre3dombear
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Mitch Henessey said:

Bridges HAS to hit that layup. Leads to a runout on the other end.


Yep. I been saying for weeks he does so Much well but that dude misses a lot of layups.
ImABearToo
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Friggin' Higgins.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
Johnny Bear
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Playing right into their hands.
wgeralds
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WHAT WAS THAT FOUL
Fre3dombear
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Not really so much a total collapse but just a Higginsing
historian
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5 vs 8
wgeralds
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and no call on dick there with the reach in
Quinton
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That steal from behind was a hack.
Johnny Bear
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What has happened to our defensive rebounding?
Fre3dombear
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wgeralds said:

and no call on dick there with the reach in


Dick mauled him. No foul

We've seen this before. So many times. Higgins is the Big 12s equalizer. He was ***** Barnes bag man for 20 years.

Our guys gotta man up and push through

Bricking layups and uncontested free throws won't work though. That's 4 points left in the court so far.
Fre3dombear
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Total

Collapse

mtbmarc
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If we don't step up this could get ugly.
Quinton
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They should have 6 team fouls right now.
Fre3dombear
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Flagler hammered in the layup

Nomcall
Fre3dombear
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There's the Higgins effect on full display

That D by keynote
PaperBear89
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The Higgins effect is real. We are TERRIFIED of playing defense.
Hotsauce
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What a collapse.

Defense on life support.
 
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