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Gameday Thread: #6 Baylor (9-0) vs Michigan State (4-5)

December 13, 2023
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#6 Baylor (9-0) travels to Detroit, Michigan to take on Michigan State (4-5) on December 16th at 1pm CST at Little Caesar's Arena.  The game will be televised on Fox.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 74 Michigan State 70

Torvik Prediction:  Baylor 72 Michigan State 71

Evan Miyakawa:  Baylor 78 Michigan State 72

Haslametrics:  Baylor 70 Michigan State 65


Coaches

Michigan State:  Tom Izzo (68) 691-285; 25 NCAAs; 14 Sweet 16s; 9 Elite 8s; 8 Final 4s; 1 NC

Baylor:  Scott Drew (53); 451-243 overall (431-232 at Baylor); 11 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  2-0 Drew


Michigan State Starters

Guard:  Tyson Walker (SR) 6-1 185 lbs; 20 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 47% FG; 33% 3pt; 60% FT

Guard:  AJ Hoggard (SR) 6-4 210 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 4 asst; 38% FG; 25% 3pt; 77% FT

Guard:  Jaden Akins (SR) 6-4 190 lbs; 10 ppg; 5 reb; 41% FG; 30% 3pt; 75% FT

Forward:  Malik Hall (SR) 6-8 220 lbs; 10 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 48% FG; 20% 3pt; 72% FT

Forward:  Mady Sissoko (SR) 6-9 250 lbs; 4 ppg; 5 reb; 67% FG; 92% FT

Michigan State Bench

Forward:  Coen Carr (FR) 6-5 220 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 reb; 65% FG; 50% FT

Guard:  Tre Holloman (SO) 6-2 180 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 asst; 41% FG; 46% 3pt; 100% FT

Forward:  Carson Cooper (SO) 6-11 240 lbs; 3 ppg; 5 asst; 44% FG; 59% FT

Guard:  Jeremy Fears (FR) 6-2 190 lbs; 4 ppg; 2 reb; 3 asst; 52% FG; 17% 3pt; 73% FT


Baylor Starters

Guard:  RayJ Dennis (SR) 6-3 180 lbs; 14 ppg; 4 reb; 7 asst; 54% FG; 44% 3pt; 87% FT

Guard:  Jayden Nunn (JR) 6-3 190 lbs; 11 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 46% FG; 41% 3pt; 78% FT 

Guard:  Ja’Kobe Walter (FR) 6-5 185 lbs; 15 ppg; 4 reb; 2 st; 42% FG; 38% 3pt; 88% FT

Forward:  Jalen Bridges (JR) 6-9 225 lbs; 11 ppg; 4 reb; 49% FG; 45% 3pt; 87% FT

Forward:  Yves Missi (FR) 6-11 220 lbs; 10 ppg; 7 reb; 2 blocks; 62% FG; 51% FT

Baylor Bench

Guard:  Langston Love (SO) 6-5 210 lbs; 12 ppg; 2 reb; 49% FG; 47% 3pt; 83% FT

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 4 ppg; 3 reb; 64% FG; 67% 3pt; 71% FT

Forward:  Josh Ojianwuna (SO) 6-10 240 lbs; 5 ppg; 5 reb; 79% FG; 53% FT

Discussion from...

Gameday Thread: #6 Baylor (9-0) vs Michigan State (4-5)

25,736 Views | 176 Replies | Last: 10 mo ago by DanaDane
ImABearToo
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A 10-0 run would be nice.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
historian
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It's not part of my Sling package
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
bear2be2
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Get Love out of the game. He's resorted to hero ball, and bad hero ball at that.
IowaBear
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Walker is and has been his entire career head n shoulders better than RayJ. And no that's not a diss on Dennis. Walker is just a better player
Fre3dombear
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Damn. Getting blown by in the regular
DanaDane
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Points from non-Starters

MSU 26
BU 4
ImABearToo
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Missi is missing
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
Fre3dombear
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We on pace for > 50 this half

Need stops
DanaDane
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Amazing. Sparty shooting 29% from 3 coming into this game. 70% today.
Fre3dombear
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Msu double bonus. We not even in bonus.
samsara108
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It's dumb to have any starter in this game…
ImABearToo
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Nunn, what's the deal? Turnover machine.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
bear2be2
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DanaDane said:

Amazing. Sparty shooting 29% from 3 coming into this game. 70% today.
We let Walker get confident with a couple of open looks early and then he got red hot from there. Everyone else fed off him.
Fre3dombear
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This thread like this team disappeared

We'll be back better in new threads
DanaDane
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Previous high for Steals against us was Florida with 9.

MSU has 12 with 8 minutes to go in the game.
ImABearToo
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Hope this game is an anomaly and we don't write too much into it. It's always about match ups and so whatever MSU is, hope we don't see that again for awhile.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
Wangchung
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Wow, they can just maul us with impunity but we get called for touch fouls.
Our vibrations were getting nasty. But why? I was puzzled, frustrated... Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts?

"Jesus is Lord!"- random in the crowd
"You are at the wrong rally!" Kamala Harris' response
bear2be2
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DanaDane said:

Previous high for Steals against us was Florida with 9.

MSU has 12 with 8 minutes to go in the game.
This has just been an ass-kicking all around. Take it like men and regroup for Duke.
DanaDane
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IB - My dude. You get Fan of the Year for driving 10 hrs (?) to watch this mess today. Ugh.
ImABearToo
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Quit watching, has that silly "overrated" cheer started yet?
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
DanaDane
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Yep. Nothing else to do with this one. We weren't even able to close the gap by 10 in the second half.

On to Wednesday night and Duke.
Just a Bear in Frog World
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We've been dominated in every aspect of the game. Turnovers, unable to penetrate, hit shots, limit penetration, or defend the rim. Bummer.

Would like to have seen Jakobe be more assertive.
IowaBear
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8.5 hrs lol I'm currently sulking in the nose bleeds
BUGWBBear
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DanaDane said:

Yep. Nothing else to do with this one. We weren't even able to close the gap by 10 in the second half.

On to Wednesday night and Duke.


God only knows how piss poor we'll be for that one.
PaperBear89
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As my son said after getting blown out in a high school football game: "There are ass kickings, and then there is that"
samsara108
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There's no excuse for how bad this has been start to finish.
DanaDane
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If Michigan St loses to Oakland Monday night, I'm really gonna be pissed.
Quinton
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DanaDane said:

Yep. As you and I agreed earlier in the season, just totally soft in the middle and inexperienced on D. Gonna struggle with physical teams particularly when the refs allow it to be a physical styled game. I expect the O to respond somewhat in the 2nd half.


Nunn and Dennis were completely shook up. Don't know if playing back home contributed but they kept talking about looking forward to this one. Again I trust my eyes on offense. But feeling uneasy about the defense and intensity.

Knew Michigan St would come with it but that was a ridiculous performance.
WA Jim
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We just don't play good defense- Drew might consider zone - heck I don't know - just not good defenders
DanaDane
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As was JaKobe, who looked closer to his real age and experience level than a lottery pick in April. Oh well, hopefully they do a little soul searching and respond Wednesday night against Duke. If it's the same look, then it is time to start adjusting expectations significantly.
Killing Floor
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IIRC we had 1 (one) rebound first half.

Move on. Win the next one. Learn from this one.
Let’s Go!
Oldbear83
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They won't the first half, we won the second.
bear2be2
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Quinton said:

DanaDane said:

Yep. As you and I agreed earlier in the season, just totally soft in the middle and inexperienced on D. Gonna struggle with physical teams particularly when the refs allow it to be a physical styled game. I expect the O to respond somewhat in the 2nd half.


Nunn and Dennis were completely shook up. Don't know if playing back home contributed but they kept talking about looking forward to this one. Again I trust my eyes on offense. But feeling uneasy about the defense and intensity.

Knew Michigan St would come with it but that was a ridiculous performance.
It was a ridiculous performance by both teams. One of those perfect storm games for our Bears. We played about as poorly as we possibly could on a day when they played at their ceiling. All you can do is tip your hat and move on.

If we dwell on this performance, we'll likely be looking at another ugly loss on Wednesday.
Oldbear83
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BUGWBBear said:

DanaDane said:

Yep. Nothing else to do with this one. We weren't even able to close the gap by 10 in the second half.

On to Wednesday night and Duke.


God only knows how piss poor we'll be for that one.
We will beat Dook. Some of our fans may take longer to bring around to where they should be.
william
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they were mauled that day in Detroit, the bears.

- kkm

D!

hope CSD grew a spine and withheld the post game S'Mores.

edit:
Thx to Izzo & Crew - good lesson for The S'mores Boys.

We need less of Joe Smith U and more challenging games earlier on.

We have a very talented team - need to be hardened, tho.

- tbp*


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