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Who is Baylor's No. 1 scoring option?
The contenders: Obi Agbim or Tounde Yessoufou or Michael Rataj

Prized Wyoming transfer Obi Agbim was Baylor's alpha in July when the Bears competed in the World University Games held in Germany, but Scott Drew didn't have his full arsenal. Neither ballyhooed freshman Yessoufou or Rataj, a Oregon State transfer, were allowed to play in the tournament due to their international statuses.

Now fully together, Baylor will find out real quick who the top dog will be for this squad. Rataj seems best-suited as a strong complementary piece. The skilled forward will be a valuable connective piece of this team thanks to his pass, dribble and shoot skillset, which opens the door for Agbim or Yessoufou to become the dude. Agbim is a boatload of fun. When the pull-ups are dropping, you're plum out of luck, and he'll put you on a poster if you're not careful. Yessoufou's rapid development from a high-energy forward to a legit ball-handling weapon is tantalizing. The visions of Anthony Edwards are hard to ignore. The ceiling is high, but he needs some seasoning.

Agbim is slated to be the head of the snake offensively for awhile, but do not be surprised if Yessoufou earns more and more of the pie as the season progresses.

Early lean: Agbim

Is the guy from Italy out for season?

Rataj is our only true inside scoring threat, so I would slightly lean toward him. We have a plethora of guards/wings that will need to share shots from the outside. I could see them both being the leading scorer in a significant number of games. (Agbim and Rataj)

Sounds like it, torn ACL from what I have read. I have zero insider intel.

Didn't Rataj play in the university games but just for Germany? I think a BU player was their leading scorer.

BearFan33 said:

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Didn't Rataj play in the university games but just for Germany? I think a BU player was their leading scorer.

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Rataj is a candidate

From AI:

Michael Rataj is a German basketball player who recently competed for Germany in the 2025 FISU World University Games held in Germany. As the Best Forward of the tournament, he helped lead Germany to a quarterfinal victory over Romania before they ultimately won the silver medal in the tournament. A player for Baylor University's men's basketball team, Rataj also received First Team All-Tournament honors at the event.
Key facts about Michael Rataj

• Country:Germany
• Team:Germany at the 2025 FISU World University Games
• College:Baylor University
• Award:Best Forward of the World University Games
• Additional Honors:Named to the First Team All-Tournament at the event
• Performance:Recorded 27 points and 10 rebounds in a quarterfinal win against Romania, among other impressive statistics.

Will Baylor MBB even have a player averaging 15 ppg?

If not, top scorer is simply a tallest midget award.

I hope its Rataj, that means we are distributing the ball and running our offense through the post. Thats a more consistent way to score than relaying on the three ball all the time.

TXBEAR_bf said:

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I hope its Rataj, that means we are distributing the ball and running our offense through the post. Thats a more consistent way to score than relaying on the three ball all the time.

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Rataj is a stretch 4 not a traditional post. Rataj himself puts up lots of 3s and hits them at a 34% clip.

Fair, in the highlights I saw of him he had a lot of activity down in the post, but knew he liked to take threes. Everybody does now a days.
I guess what I was trying to say is I would rather have the ball move out of our 1 to other players. A lot of time in our offense it would get stuck in the pgs hands at the last second and chucking up a bad contested three.