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Gameday Thread: #11 Baylor (19-6; 8-4) at #25 BYU (18-7; 6-6)

February 18, 2024
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#11 Baylor (19-6; 8-4) travels to Provo, Utah to take on #25 BYU (18-7; 6-6) Tuesday February 20th at 8pm CST.  The game will be televised on ESPN2.  

 

KenPom Prediction:  BYU 79 Baylor 77

Torvik Prediction:  BYU 81 Baylor 76

Evan Miyakawa:  BYU 80 Baylor 76

Haslametrics:  BYU 78 Baylor 73


Coaches

BYU:  Mark Pope (51) 182-104 (105-48 at BYU); NCAA

Baylor:  Scott Drew (53); 460-249 overall (440-238 at Baylor); 11 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  1-0 Drew


BYU Starters

Guard:  Dallin Hall (SO) 6-4 195 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 5 asst; 45% FG; 38% 3pt; 62% FT

Guard: Trevin Knell (JR) 6-5 185 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 47% FG; 41% 3pt; 75% FT

Guard: Spencer Johnson (SR) 6-5 195 lbs; 11 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst; 42% FG; 30%pt; 78% FT

Forward:  Noah Watterman (SR) 6-11 220 lbs; 10 ppg; 6 reb; 46% FG; 38% 3pt; 85% FT

Forward:  Aly Khalifa (JR) 6-11 245 lbs; 6 ppg; 4 reb; 4 asst; 42% FG; 36% 3pt; 44% FT

BYU Bench

Forward:  Jaxson Robinson (SR) 6-7 190 lbs; 14 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 43% FG; 36% 3pt; 89% FT

Forward:  Foussenyi Traore (JR) 6-6 240 lbs; 11 ppg; 5 reb; 62% FG; 67% 3pt; 78% FT

Guard: Richie Saunders (SO) 6-5 200 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 53% FG; 33% 3pt; 71% FT

Forward:  Atiki Ally Atiki (JR) 6-10 220 lbs; 4 ppg; 3 reb; 62% FG; 46% FT


Baylor Starters

Guard:  RayJ Dennis (SR) 6-3 180 lbs; 13 ppg; 4 reb; 7 asst;  49% FG; 40% 3pt; 70% FT

Guard:  Jayden Nunn (JR) 6-3 190 lbs; 11 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 48% FG; 45% 3pt; 67% FT 

Guard:  Ja’Kobe Walter (FR) 6-5 185 lbs; 15 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 39% FG; 33% 3pt; 86% 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; 11 ppg; 6 reb; 2 blocks; 65% FG; 58% FT

Baylor Bench

Guard:  Langston Love (SO) 6-5 210 lbs; 12 ppg; 3 reb; 46% FG; 49% 3pt; 80% FT

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 2 ppg; 2 reb; 54% FG; 25% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Josh Ojianwuna (SO) 6-10 240 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 reb; 79% FG; 59% FT

Guard:  Miro Little (FR) 6-4 185 lbs; 2 ppg; 46% FG; 38% 3pt; 73% FT

Discussion from...

Gameday Thread: #11 Baylor (19-6; 8-4) at #25 BYU (18-7; 6-6)

41,409 Views | 398 Replies | Last: 8 mo ago by Oldbear83
MrGolfguy
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Just win Bears!
DanaDane
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Big game from Yves. I'm feeling it!!!!!!!
Crawfoso1973
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Yeah, great matchup for him against their non-athletic bigs. In fact great matchup for our team overall.
TXBEAR_bf
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Hopefully we play the back door cuts better. If so we have a great shot at this one.

If they win this one and somehow beat Houston, a 2 seed would be very possible if not expected, barring any other drops of course.
Bear living in the woods of Bend Oregon
Quinton
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Think this is the pivot game and our hardest remaining challenge. They win this and I think they win on Saturday. They probably drop one of @ Tcu or @ Tech and maintain our normal home/away split v Ku and Tex.

We have two Saturday/ Monday turnarounds which makes this harder. Hoping to see Walter turn a corner down the stretch
TXBEAR_bf
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I still think Houston is the tougher match up, but no doubt home court is probably worth 4-5 points. If we could beat BYU and play Houston really tight I would be damn happy. At minimum I hope they defend the hell out of LJ and make him irrelevant in this game.
Bear living in the woods of Bend Oregon
Oldbear83
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I see the staff has unanimously picked the Bears to lose tonight.


Hope you are very wrong, fellas!
william
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go bears!

- kkm

fight!!
DanaDane
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Seth Greenberg just basically said we got lucky against BYU in Waco and have no shot tonight since we won't shoot 40%+ from 3 and get so many FTs.

He then followed that up by declaring the SEC is the best conference in college basketball, much deeper and better overall than the Big 12 and much more likely to have teams win at least 1 game in the NCAAs.


Can someone please call ESPN and have one of the doctors check on Seth?
Quinton
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I can see that but just think road games are just so much more difficult. I think @ byu and @ tech are the two hardest remaining with home v Houston being third.

And I'm kind of the opposite. Would be disappointed in a home loss Saturday. If we come with the right motivation we match up decently. We completely controlled a similar Iowa st team before the officiating debacle (I don't blame the team).

Now at BYU, don't feel great. Would love to pull this one off. If they do I expect a strong finish down the stretch.
gobears20
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Staff
nice to see love warming up, but that doesn't mean that he will play because he warmed up against West Virginia. Also
IowaBear
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Yeah he warmed up at WV and looked great. Granted like I said in another thread huge difference between warm up speed and game speed.
Hopefully he goes, his scoring would be a great bonus tonight
gobears20
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Staff
This byutv is refreshing
Professional and enjoyable to watch
boognish_bear
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Oldbear83
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Wasn't tipoff at 8:10?
Fre3dombear
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Apparently Mormons aren't on schedule
Oldbear83
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Oldbear83 said:

Wasn't tipoff at 8:10?
ESPN News has the start, we are up 6-0 so far!
BearkatBear
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Walter w the great lefty finish
Oldbear83
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Meanwhile the app still says the game has not started ...
BearkatBear
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pretty sure they got away with fouls on both those offensive rebounds
Fre3dombear
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Man espn sucks
ImABearToo
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ESPN News has game
Oldbear83
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BYU finally gets a couple 3's to fall, Bears up 13-6 with just under 16 minutes
BearkatBear
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Loves back
BearFan33
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Jeez espn go to a top 25 matchup
Oldbear83
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Good start but we have to stay focused
DanaDane
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We're doing almost everything right but rebounding. Gonna have to up the physicality at some point tonight with that.
BearFan33
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I guess I don't have espn news
Mitch Henessey
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DanaDane said:

We're doing almost everything right but rebounding. Gonna have to up the physicality at some point tonight with that.
Yep. Allowing them to get multiple swings at it each possession is the difference between being up by 10 right now.
ImABearToo
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Should be switching once aggy game over.
DanaDane
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Toss out the KU game and a portion of the weird referee debacle with Iowa St and we've looked pretty darned poised the past month.
Oldbear83
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DanaDane said:

We're doing almost everything right but rebounding. Gonna have to up the physicality at some point tonight with that.
Yeah, getting only 28% of the rebounds is something we need to improve real soon.
Oldbear83
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Really good D out of that time out
DanaDane
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What a defensive play by Nunn!!!!!! Dang that was NICE!
Mitch Henessey
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Man, Nunn has turned around every single aspect of his game the past month. Great defense there.
 
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