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Gameday Thread: 9-Seed Baylor Faces 1-Seed Duke with Trip to Sweet 16 On the Line

No. 9-seed Baylor (20-14) faces the No. 1-seed Duke Blue Devils (32-3) at 1:40 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The game will be televised on CBS.
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No. 9-seed Baylor (20-14) faces the No. 1-seed Duke Blue Devils (32-3) at 1:40 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The game will be televised on CBS.  

KenPom Prediction:  Duke 77, Baylor 66

Torvik Prediction: Duke 76, Baylor 65

Evan Miyakawa: Duke 79, Baylor 66

Haslametrics: Duke 76, Baylor 66

Coaches

Duke: Jon Scheyer (37); 86-21; 3 NCAAs; Sweet 16; Elite 8

Baylor: Scott Drew (54); 486-269 overall (466-258 at Baylor); 12 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head: 1-0 Scheyer

Duke Starters

  • Guard: Tyrese Proctor (So.) 6-6 185 lbs; 12 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 44% FG; 40% 3pt; 69% FT
  • Guard: Kon Knueppel (Fr.) 6-7 215 lbs; 14 ppg; 4 reb; 47% FG; 39% 3pt; 91% FT
  • Forward: Sion James (Sr.) 6-6 220 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 3 asst; 52% FG; 41% 3pt; 83% FT
  • Forward: Cooper Flagg (Fr.) 6-9 205 lbs; 19 ppg; 8 reb; 4 asst; 49% FG; 37% 3pt; 83% FT
  • Forward: Khaman Maluach (Fr.) 7-2 250 lbs; 8 ppg; 7 reb; 70% FG; 75% FT

Duke Bench

  • Forward: Maliq Brown (Jr.) 6-9 225 lbs; 3 ppg; 4 reb; 37% FG; 38% FT
  • Forward: Mason Gillis (Sr.) 6-6 225 lbs; 4 ppg; 3 reb; 41% FG; 33% 3pt; 83% FT
  • Guard: Caleb Foster (So.) 6-5 200 lbs; 5 ppg; 2 reb; 41% FG; 34% 3pt; 67% FT
  • Guard: Isaiah Evans (Fr.) 6-6 175 lbs; 8 ppg; 44% FG; 42% 3pt; 81% FT

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Rob Wright (Fr.) 6-1 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 asst; 42% FG; 36% 3pt; 79% FT
  • Guard: VJ Edgecombe (Fr.) 6-5 190 lbs; 15 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst; 2 st; 43% FG; 35% 3pt 79% FT
  • Guard: Langston Love (Jr.) 6-5 215 lbs; 9 ppg; 3 reb; 39% FG; 32% 3pt; 89% FT 
  • Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7 215 lbs; 7 ppg; 4 reb; 38% FG; 36% 3pt; 79% FT
  • Forward: Norchad Omier (Sr.) 6-7 245 lbs; 16 ppg; 11 reb; 56% FG; 29% 3pt; 75% FT

Baylor Bench

  • Guard: Jeremy Roach (Sr.) 6-2 180 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 asst; 38% FG; 34% 3pt; 69% FT
  • Guard: Jayden Nunn (Sr.) 6-4 190 lbs; 9 ppg; 3 reb; 41% FG; 41% 3pt; 63% FT
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Gameday Thread: 9-Seed Baylor Faces 1-Seed Duke with Trip to Sweet 16 On the Line

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4:08p, 3/23/25
we're gonna have better roster construction and get the guys off the team who don't contribute (nunn, roach, hopefully celestine moves on). gotta get some pieces in the portal though. big men
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In reply to Assassin • 4:08p, 3/23/25
Definitely not a pure shooter. He's like a lot of the guys we've recruited over the past few years -- a really good scorer, but not a highly accurate shooter from the outside. Has a weird, flat trajectory.
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In reply to Guitarbiscuit • 4:09p, 3/23/25
Guitarbiscuit said:
I'm thinking that someone with the motor that Omier has should be able to find a spot in the NBA.


Double double machine has value
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4:10p, 3/23/25
If Duke meets Houston or Tennessee and a loose whistle in the final four I'd be interested if they can handle it
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4:10p, 3/23/25
Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast.
It jumped up a notch.
It did, didn't it?
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4:12p, 3/23/25
No 3 point defense
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4:13p, 3/23/25
We need a 20 point play
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4:13p, 3/23/25
The ladies are up by 4 over Ole Miss
"All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed."
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4:14p, 3/23/25
Was really hoping BU would somehow miraculously bust my bracket but it wasn't to be. Switching to the women's game.
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4:15p, 3/23/25
Duke now shooting almost 60% from 3.

The story of our year encapsulated in two phrases:

Baylor left wide open for a three = High probability of miss
Opponent (insert name) left wide open for a three = Almost guaranteed make
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4:16p, 3/23/25
The Refs decided this one in the first half. We never had a chance
"All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed."
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In reply to PaperBear89 • 4:16p, 3/23/25
PaperBear89 said:
Time to put the big Croat back in and at least let Duke know it's gonna hurt when they come inside.


House of Pain Houston Oilers style.
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4:17p, 3/23/25
Well, as my son once tweeted after a big loss in high school: "There's ass kickings ... and there's that."
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In reply to BearFan33 • 4:17p, 3/23/25
BearFan33 said:
Guitarbiscuit said:
I'm thinking that someone with the motor that Omier has should be able to find a spot in the NBA.


Double double machine has value


One would think.
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4:17p, 3/23/25
Load up on 3 pt snipers and find a guy who can coach defense. Biggest off season priorities
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In reply to Assassin • 4:18p, 3/23/25
Assassin said:
The Refs decided this one in the first half. We never had a chance


All fouls stopped once Duke was up 20 off free throws
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:19p, 3/23/25
IowaBear said:
Load up on 3 pt snipers and find a guy who can coach defense. Biggest off season priorities
100% + don't go into the season with 2 front court players.
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:19p, 3/23/25
IowaBear said:
Load up on 3 pt snipers and find a guy who can coach defense. Biggest off season priorities


It would be nice to make 3s again
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4:20p, 3/23/25
Need to improve defense, that hast been the same after the team with Kendall Brown and Sochan. Hats off to Duke. Tyrese Proctor played the game of his life
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4:20p, 3/23/25
We got screwed by the committee when they put us in this region with our seed.

Everyone got screwed with too many teams left out so SEC could get more teams in. At least 6 did not deserve it.
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4:20p, 3/23/25
FINAL FOUL TOTALS

Baylor 16 (12 at the half)
Duke 13 (6 at the half)

Just like clockwork. Has been for as long as I've watched Duke.
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:21p, 3/23/25
And a deeper front court
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4:21p, 3/23/25
This is pretty cool though

"All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed."
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In reply to Assassin • 4:23p, 3/23/25
no
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In reply to historian • 4:25p, 3/23/25
You're dumb… maybe 2 didn't deserve to be in… everyone else absolutely
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:26p, 3/23/25
No team with a sub .500 conference record should be in. Not when there are teams with much better records. It's not only Texas & OU.
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In reply to boykin_spaniel • 4:26p, 3/23/25
boykin_spaniel said:
If Duke meets Houston or Tennessee and a loose whistle in the final four I'd be interested if they can handle it

LOL. Based on NCAA's dislike for Sampson and UH's physical defense, Cougs will have so much foul trouble they'll be recruiting students out of the stands at halftime.
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In reply to historian • 4:26p, 3/23/25
You do realize them putting a B12 team in 4 years ago at 7-11 set that standard right?
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In reply to historian • 4:30p, 3/23/25
historian said:
No team with a sub .500 conference record should be in.

1 game under with quality wins, I am fine with it.

More than that, no. Putting OU and UT in was stupid and frankly the committee should apologize for it. They were very intentionally trying to get SEC the record.

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5:33p, 3/23/25
Great thing for recruits to hear.

Best of luck to you in the league VJ.

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5:36p, 3/23/25
Wise beyond his years

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In reply to boognish_bear • 5:37p, 3/23/25
Matt's last sentence is the most important.
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