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Gameday Thread: #13 Baylor (16-5; 5-3) vs #23 Texas Tech (16-5; 5-3)

February 5, 2024
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#13 Baylor (16-5; 5-3) hosts #23 Texas Tech (16-5; 5-3) Tuesday February 6th at 8pm CST at Foster Pavilion.  The game will be televised on ESPN.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 78 Texas Tech 72

Torvik Prediction: Baylor 78 Texas Tech 73

Evan Miyakawa:  Baylor 80 Texas Tech 75

Haslametrics:  Baylor 75 Texas Tech 70

Coaches

Texas Tech:  Grant McCasland (47) 171-82 (16-5 at TT); NCAA

Baylor:  Scott Drew (53); 457-248 overall (437-237 at Baylor); 11 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  0-0

Texas Tech Starters

Guard:  Joe Toussaint (SR) 6-0 190 lbs; 13 ppg; 3 reb; 4 asst; 43% FG; 31% 3pt; 85% FT

Guard:  Pop Isaacs (SO) 6-2 170 lbs; 18 ppg; 3 reb; 4 asst; 37% FG; 33% 3pt; 82% FT

Guard:  Kerwin Walton (SR) 6-5 200 lbs; 8 ppg; 2 reb; 56% FG; 52% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Darrion Williams (SO) 6-6 210 lbs; 9 ppg; 7 reb; 3 asst; 42% FG; 39% 3pt; 87% FT

Forward:  Warren Washington (SR) 7-0 225 lbs; 10 ppg; 8 reb; 2 blks; 62% FG; 59% FT

Texas Tech Bench

Guard:  Chance McMillan (JR) 6-3 185 lbs; 10 ppg; 4 reb; 48% FG; 44% 3pt; 91% FT

Forward:  Robert Jennings (SO) 6-7 225 lbs; 3 ppg; 2 reb; 54% FG; 67% FT

Baylor Starters

Guard:  RayJ Dennis (SR) 6-3 180 lbs; 13 ppg; 4 reb; 6 asst;  50% FG; 39% 3pt; 69% FT

Guard:  Jayden Nunn (JR) 6-3 190 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 45% FG; 42% 3pt; 66% FT 

Guard:  Ja’Kobe Walter (FR) 6-5 185 lbs; 15 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 40% FG; 35% 3pt; 85% FT

Forward:  Jalen Bridges (JR) 6-9 225 lbs; 11 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 45% FG; 39% 3pt; 86% FT

Forward:  Yves Missi (FR) 6-11 220 lbs; 10 ppg; 6 reb; 2 blocks; 63% FG; 53% FT

Baylor Bench

Guard:  Langston Love (SO) 6-5 210 lbs; 12 ppg; 3 reb; 46% FG; 49% 3pt; 82% FT

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 3 ppg; 2 reb; 55% FG; 29% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Josh Ojianwuna (SO) 6-10 240 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 reb; 78% FG; 63% FT

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Gameday Thread: #13 Baylor (16-5; 5-3) vs #23 Texas Tech (16-5; 5-3)

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In reply to Crawfoso1973 • 10:27p, 2/6/24
Makes sense with a sprain. Would probably sink any conference chances without him. Love is the last guy who needs another injury. Goodness
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10:27p, 2/6/24
Question for those in attendance:
Were TTech fans chanting "No Means No" at times?
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In reply to Russell Gym • 10:28p, 2/6/24
Russell Gym said:
Question for those in attendance:
Were TTech fans chanting "No Means No" at times?
When you struggle to get a GED, that's the level of "wit" you can reach.
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In reply to Oldbear83 • 10:30p, 2/6/24
Oldbear83 said:
Russell Gym said:
Question for those in attendance:
Were TTech fans chanting "No Means No" at times?
When you struggle to get a GED, that's the level of "wit" you can reach.

Totally agree. Just wanting to know if it actually happened tonight. Would be classless, even for Tech.
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In reply to IowaBear • 10:34p, 2/6/24
IowaBear said:
MAKE YOUR FTS


Bazinga

Sucks what it has and will cost us. 500 a day. Easy. Everyone lazy. No discipline.
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In reply to Russell Gym • 10:48p, 2/6/24
Russell Gym said:
Question for those in attendance:
Were TTech fans chanting "No Means No" at times?
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No
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In reply to IvanBear • 1:18a, 2/7/24
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IowaBear said:
The amount of empty seats is ridiculous

It's called pricing out fans

It might be that many season tickets holders are out of town and have to work in the morning. An 8:00 pm game ends at about 10:00 pm so it means getting home very late if y the pure in north Dallas, Houston, or other more distant places. I'm not as far but I think about such things. However, I'm also priced out of most games because season tickets are no longer as affordable as they were at the Ferrell Center.
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In reply to Russell Gym • 1:45a, 2/7/24
Russell Gym said:
Question for those in attendance:
Were TTech fans chanting "No Means No" at times?

Baylor fans were chanting that in reference to Pop Isaacs and it was loud!
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In reply to historian • 1:57a, 2/7/24
historian said:
IvanBear said:
IowaBear said:
The amount of empty seats is ridiculous

It's called pricing out fans

It just be that many season tickets holders are out of town and have to work in the morning. An 8:00 pm game ends at about 10:00 pm so it means getting home very late if y the pure in north Dallas, Houston, or other more distant places. I'm not as far but I think about such things. However, I'm also priced out of most games because season tickets are no longer as affordable as they were at the Ferrell Center.

You hit the nail on the head. Drive from Dallas is close to 2 hours, and there's work and school in the morning. And other tomfoolery.
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In reply to DanaDane • 7:24a, 2/7/24
DanaDane said:
The CURSE of CINCINNATI

The very next game of the last 9 teams that played Cincinnati:

Evansville, Lost to Indiana St.
BYU, Lost to Baylor
Texas, Lost to West Virginia
Baylor, Lost to Kansas St.
TCU, Lost to Iowa St.
OU, Lost to Texas
Kansas, Lost to Iowa St.
UCF, Lost to Baylor
WVU, Lost to BYU


Guess who Cincinnati's last game was against?


Add Texas Tech, Lost to Baylor.

And that makes 10

AMAZING!!!!!!
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In reply to Guitarbiscuit • 7:36a, 2/7/24
We all have lives that might interfere with a weeknight game. It's not surprising at all that there are empty seats. On the other hand, it's too bad more if those season tickets holders didn't find a way to give those tickets to students or other Baylor fans to help "Fill the Foster". We certainly don't want many opposing fans at our games.
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In reply to DanaDane • 7:37a, 2/7/24
I wish I could create a graphic for this. What an amazing coincidence!
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In reply to historian • 7:40a, 2/7/24
historian said:
I wish I could create a graphic for this. What an amazing coincidence!
Cincinnati has one of the "byes" this week, so their next opponent isn't until UH on Saturday. Then, UH has a bye early next week before playing its "next game after UC" when they host UT at the Fertitta Center. If they lose that game.................
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7:44a, 2/7/24
Cincinnati plays TCU on Feb 24. Guess who TCU plays 2 days later on Feb 26!
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In reply to SIC EM 94 • 7:51a, 2/7/24
SIC EM 94 said:
Russell Gym said:
Question for those in attendance:
Were TTech fans chanting "No Means No" at times?

Baylor fans were chanting that in reference to Pop Isaacs and it was loud!

I thought I heard it on TV. Classy.
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In reply to Russell Gym • 7:53a, 2/7/24
It's fair game… tech and other fanbases still chant no means no to BU.
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7:56a, 2/7/24
Baylor fans chanting "no means no" should probably never happen
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In reply to Big_Pumpin • 8:43a, 2/7/24
Big_Pumpin said:
Baylor fans chanting "no means no" should probably never happen


Exactly. Our student section should do and know better. Hopefully it gets cleaned up.
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In reply to historian • 12:42p, 2/7/24
historian said:
We all have lives that might interfere with a weeknight game. It's not surprising at all that there are empty seats. On the other hand, it's too bad more if those season tickets holders didn't find a way to give those tickets to students or other Baylor fans to help "Fill the Foster". We certainly don't want many opposing fans at our games.


Completely agree. I believe there is a sort of moral obligation for season ticket holders to ensure there is a butt in their seats even if it is not theirs.
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In reply to Guitarbiscuit • 2:26p, 2/7/24
Of course, it's also easy for me to say what someone else should do with something they own, at considerable cost. I don't blame owners of expensive tickets wanting some cash for tickets they don't use. It's a dilemma because in theory they can get decent money for tickets through a third party or Sicem365's exchange but at some point they can't & we end up with empty seats. And for people like me it's almost impossible because tickets are still too expensive. At least I can go to some WBB games!
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In reply to Guitarbiscuit • 3:12p, 2/7/24
Guitarbiscuit said:
historian said:
We all have lives that might interfere with a weeknight game. It's not surprising at all that there are empty seats. On the other hand, it's too bad more if those season tickets holders didn't find a way to give those tickets to students or other Baylor fans to help "Fill the Foster". We certainly don't want many opposing fans at our games.


Completely agree. I believe there is a sort of moral obligation for season ticket holders to ensure there is a butt in their seats even if it is not theirs.
I know one season ticket holder who offered 2 FREE tickets last night to several people who lived in Waco who could not or did not use them. They were offered to me and a family member who live in Dallas, but we couldn't make the trip down on a Tuesday night. On his behalf, I offered the tickets to 4 other sets of people and couldn't find any takers either. I imagine that, like the season ticket holder to whom I referring, MANY season ticket holders who can't be there try their hardest to get Baylor butts in their seats. Sometimes it just doesn't happen, but it's not for lack of trying.
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In reply to mcleod66 • 4:08p, 2/7/24
Good point. It's the reality of these kinds of events: even people who would like to attend might not be able because they aren't available on short notice. They might be working, have done another event planned for weeks in advance, be unable to travel the distance because of early morning work, or any of a dozen other reasons. Families multiply those issues. So do weeknight games. So many variables complicate things.

I wish I could suggest a solution.
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In reply to mcleod66 • 6:02p, 2/7/24
mcleod66 said:
Guitarbiscuit said:
historian said:
We all have lives that might interfere with a weeknight game. It's not surprising at all that there are empty seats. On the other hand, it's too bad more if those season tickets holders didn't find a way to give those tickets to students or other Baylor fans to help "Fill the Foster". We certainly don't want many opposing fans at our games.


Completely agree. I believe there is a sort of moral obligation for season ticket holders to ensure there is a butt in their seats even if it is not theirs.
I know one season ticket holder who offered 2 FREE tickets last night to several people who lived in Waco who could not or did not use them. They were offered to me and a family member who live in Dallas, but we couldn't make the trip down on a Tuesday night. On his behalf, I offered the tickets to 4 other sets of people and couldn't find any takers either. I imagine that, like the season ticket holder to whom I referring, MANY season ticket holders who can't be there try their hardest to get Baylor butts in their seats. Sometimes it just doesn't happen, but it's not for lack of trying.

Well in that case, I may have stepped over the line. I rephrase: I believe season ticket holders have a moral obligation to attempt to ensure that butts are in the seat, even if it's not their butts.


In this case, the season ticket holder made reasonable efforts to try and is thus morally off the hook.
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