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Gameday Thread: Baylor Heads to Lubbock to Face No. 13 Texas Tech

February 3, 2025
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Baylor (14-7, 6-4) travels to Lubbock, Texas, to take on No. 13 Texas Tech (17-4, 8-2) on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. CST. The game will be televised on ESPN2. 

KenPom Prediction: Texas Tech 76, Baylor 69

Torvik Prediction: Texas Tech 76, Baylor 68

Evan Miyakawa: Texas Tech 77, Baylor 69

Haslametrics: Texas Tech 74, Baylor 68

Coaches

Texas Tech: Grant McCasland (48); 195-92 (40-15 at Texas Tech); 2 NCAAs

Baylor: Scott Drew (54); 480-262 overall (460-251 at Baylor); 12 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head: 1-1

Texas Tech Starters

  • Guard: Elijah Hawkins (Sr.) 5-11 165 lbs; 9 ppg; 3 reb; 6 asst; 34% FG; 33% 3pt; 90% FT
  • Guard: Chance McMillan (Sr.) 6-3 190 lbs; 15 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 55% FG; 46% 3pt; 88% FT
  • Guard: Kerwin Walton (Sr.) 6-5 210 lbs; 5 ppg; 39% FG; 42% 3pt; 80% FT
  • Forward: Darrion Williams (Jr.) 6-6 225 lbs; 15 ppg; 5 reb; 4 asst; 50% FG; 80% FT
  • Forward: JT Toppin (So.) 6-9 225 lbs; 15 ppg; 8 reb; 56% FG; 26% 3pt; 70% FT

Texas Tech Bench

  • Guard: Christian Anderson (Fr.) 6-2 165 lbs; 9 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 45% FG; 40% 3pt; 75% FT
  • *Guard: Kevin Overton (So.) 6-5 200 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 46% FG; 35% 3pt; 66% FT
  • Forward: Federiko Federiko (Sr.) 6-11 215 lbs; 7 ppg; 5 reb; 74% FG; 44% FT

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Jayden Nunn (Sr.) 6-4 190 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 39% FG; 43% 3pt; 61% FT
  • Guard: Rob Wright (Fr.) 6-1 180 lbs; 13 ppg; 5 asst; 46% FG; 36% 3pt; 84% FT
  • *Guard: VJ Edgecombe (Fr.) 6-5 190 lbs; 15 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst; 2 st; 44% FG; 39% 3pt 77% FT
  • Forward: Norchad Omier (Sr.) 6-7 245 lbs; 15 ppg; 10 reb; 56% FG; 31% 3pt; 73% FT
  • Forward: Josh Ojianwuna (Jr.) 6-10 255 lbs; 8 ppg; 7 reb; 76% FG; 63% FT

Baylor Bench

  • *Guard: Jeremy Roach (Sr.) 6-2 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 asst; 41% FG; 35% 3pt; 70% FT
  • *Guard: Langston Love (Jr.) 6-5 215 lbs; 7 ppg; 3 reb; 36% FG; 29% 3pt; 75% FT 
  • Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7 215 lbs; 9 ppg; 3 reb; 41% FG; 40% 3pt; 88% FT
  • Forward: Jason Asemota (FR) 6-8 200 lbs; 2 ppg; 2 reb; 32% FG; 24% 3pt; 33% FT

*questionable with injury*

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Gameday Thread: Baylor Heads to Lubbock to Face No. 13 Texas Tech

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Bearsalwayswin
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In reply to boognish_bear • 10:02p, 2/4/25
dumb question
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vanillabryce
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10:02p, 2/4/25
Road game v top 15 team with 6 players. Mission impossible.

When you get tired it's not just your legs that give out. You make mental mistakes. Bad shots, missed box outs.

Let's go beat UCF
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In reply to Oldbear83 • 10:03p, 2/4/25
This… long defended him but that's done and over. Not sure why he's even allowed to practice or travel. He's cleared but is just choosing not to play that's beyond obvious at this point
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10:04p, 2/4/25
Has Roach added any value all year?
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bear2be2
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In reply to greggor25 • 10:04p, 2/4/25
greggor25 said:
Has Roach added any value all twar?
He had the biggest shot in our best win. But other than that, he's been pretty average.
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Johnny Bear
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In reply to vanillabryce • 10:07p, 2/4/25
vanillabryce said:
Road game v top 15 team with 6 players. Mission impossible.

When you get tired it's not just your legs that give out. You make mental mistakes. Bad shots, missed box outs.

Let's go beat UCF

Agree.
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Quinton
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In reply to greggor25 • 10:20p, 2/4/25
greggor25 said:
Has Roach added any value all year?


He's regressed offensively. He made open looks last year and had a solid mid range game. This year he's been poor even when off ball.

Hopefully he embraces playing off Wright and Vj. With two guys taking most of the attention I still think he could be decent. Huge whiff in Nil though, I'm with you there.
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In reply to Quinton • 10:22p, 2/4/25
Quinton said:
greggor25 said:
Has Roach added any value all year?


He's regressed offensively. He made open looks last year and had a solid mid range game. This year he's been poor even when off ball.

Hopefully he embraces playing off Wright and Vj. With two guys taking most of the attention I still think he could be decent. Huge whiff in Nil though, I'm with you there.
I'm just amazed by how little explosiveness he has off the dribble. There's just nothing at all dynamic about his offensive game. If he's not hitting jump shots, he brings very little else to the table.

It's not all his fault necessarily, but he's not at all the player I thought we were getting after the season he had last year.
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In reply to vanillabryce • 10:25p, 2/4/25
vanillabryce said:
Road game v top 15 team with 6 players. Mission impossible.

When you get tired it's not just your legs that give out. You make mental mistakes. Bad shots, missed box outs.

Let's go beat UCF
I'll ask again…why do these other ****ers even make the trip OR suit out ever if they're good enough to get any minutes?!
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10:27p, 2/4/25
Hindsight is obviously 20/20 but all I know is that at the rate we paid him (confirmed by at least 3 media guys with whom Drew usually confides), we could have split that into 3 players the way Houston, Tech and Iowa St did and had a much more balanced roster that would have guarded against our annual influx of injuries and likely had transfers that had more than 1 year available so that we have some continuity for next year.
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 10:30p, 2/4/25
BellCountyBear said:
vanillabryce said:
Road game v top 15 team with 6 players. Mission impossible.

When you get tired it's not just your legs that give out. You make mental mistakes. Bad shots, missed box outs.

Let's go beat UCF
I'll ask again…why do these other ****ers even make the trip OR suit out ever if they're good enough to get any minutes?!
Every team has guys on the end of their bench who never play. Most teams play an eight-man rotation -- just as we would be doing if we ever had the same eight players healthy/available on a given day.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 11:37p, 2/4/25
Only reason he had to make that OT shot was because he missed a free throw to ice the game.

Roach has been so bad. Wright now looks like he could run laps around him. Roach has zero explosiveness or crafty ability so not sure how he could ever play at the next level, at least NBA.

I have the feeling that both Roach and Omier thought they would come to Baylor and prove they could play out of their natural position. Jeremy wanted to prove he could play point, he can't; and Omier wanted to show he could hit the outside shot so he could improve draft stock and so far he can't. I think the lesson learned is you have to have a roster mostly of guys that are willing to worry more about their college career vs. trying to show for the pros. If they develop during that time like Udoh, Jefferson, Motley, Prince, Mitchell, Butler awesome, but can't sell guys on playing roles they just can't play. I admit I was excited for both Roach and Omier, but they just haven't panned out quite like expected. Norchad has been really good but agree with a lot of posted that something is off. Maybe he just has to bear too much burden and it is showing.
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