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Game Thread: Baylor Men's Basketball Open Season against UT Rio Grande Valley

Head coach Scott Drew and Baylor men’s basketball open the season against the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
By Ashley Hodge
November 1, 2025
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WACO, Texas – Head coach Scott Drew and Baylor men’s basketball open the season against the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros on Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. CT, at Foster Pavilion. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (35), UTRGV (236)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 86-63
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (19), UTRGV (247)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 85-62
  • KenPom: Baylor (17), UTRGV (247)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 89-63
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (32), UTRGV (257)
    • Projected Score: Baylor 90-64

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr., Wyoming) 6-3, 185
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215
  • Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo., Tennessee) 6-5, 175
  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr., Cincinnati) 6-6, 200
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr., Oregon State) 6-8, 230

Baylor Bench

  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr., Rice) 6-9, 225
  • Guard: JJ White (5Sr., Omaha) 6-1, 195 
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So., Texas A&M Corpus Christi) 6-1, 190
  • Forward: Mayo Soyoye (Fr.) 6-10, 235 

Projected Lineups

UTRGV Starters

  • Guard: Always Wright (Jr., Rhode Island) 6-3, 180
  • Guard: Marvin McGhee III (Sr., CSU Bakersfield) 6-4, 195
  • Forward: Koree Cotton (Jr., Jacksonville State) 6-6, 210
  • Forward: Kwo Agwa (Sr., Texas A&M Commerce) 6-6, 220
  • Forward: Marshall Destremau (Jr., Clarendon College) 6-9, 250

UTRGV Bench

  • Guard: Zae Blake (Sr., Wagner) 6-1, 180
  • Guard: Jaylen Washington (So) 5-10, 166

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Game Thread: Baylor Men's Basketball Open Season against UT Rio Grande Valley

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9:25p, 11/2/25
Good to know that their guard is always right! Got to force him to his left a few times.
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6:49p, 11/3/25
About to hop on ESPN+. Fingers crossed they haven't dumped me. Sic em!
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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6:52p, 11/3/25
This isn't on TV/streaming at all, is it?
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In reply to Karab • 6:53p, 11/3/25
Karab said:
This isn't on TV/streaming at all, is it?

Only ESPN+
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In reply to ImABearToo • 6:59p, 11/3/25
ImABearToo said:
About to hop on ESPN+. Fingers crossed they haven't dumped me. Sic em!

Have you found it? I'm not seeing it on the "Live and Upcoming" page.
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7:01p, 11/3/25
Just started on ESPN+
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In reply to bear2be2 • 7:01p, 11/3/25
bear2be2 said:
ImABearToo said:
About to hop on ESPN+. Fingers crossed they haven't dumped me. Sic em!

Have you found it? I'm not seeing it on the "Live and Upcoming" page.

Wasn't on my Live and Upcoming page either but I put Baylor in the search bar and it brought it up.
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7:06p, 11/3/25
Woof… defense gonna be an issue again
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7:06p, 11/3/25
Down 0-7. Yuck
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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7:11p, 11/3/25
i like agbims energy
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7:11p, 11/3/25
9 quick points to tie it up. First game jitters conquered
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7:11p, 11/3/25
Tied 9-9. Three straight 3's by Bears.
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7:12p, 11/3/25
3 in a row from deep
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7:12p, 11/3/25
Glad to see Agbim come out and drain a couple from 3 to get his confidence going. His shooting was way off the mark in both exhibition games.
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7:14p, 11/3/25
Rough start, but we've stabilized things pretty well on both ends.

Yessefou was driving me crazy those first few minutes. One force after another.
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7:19p, 11/3/25
Can't stay in front the their guards is a bad sign of what's to come
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7:21p, 11/3/25
Not sure what to make of this team early on.
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7:21p, 11/3/25
Sanchez is gonna have his hands full.
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7:22p, 11/3/25
J-Mo, stop saying U-T-R-G-V. Just say Rio Grand.

It's annoying.
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7:22p, 11/3/25
This is getting truly pathetic.. run set plays…
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7:23p, 11/3/25
this is not looking good lol
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7:23p, 11/3/25
Street ball.
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7:23p, 11/3/25
Do we have any offensive sets? Ugly.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 7:23p, 11/3/25
Same **** every year. Haven't ran offense since the title season
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7:24p, 11/3/25
Are we sure #10 on UTRGV is not actually Jayden Nunn?
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7:25p, 11/3/25
Getting smoked on man to man.

Going to have to mix in some zone

They are driving in at will
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7:28p, 11/3/25
Hell of a hustle play by Skillings there leading to the dunk
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7:29p, 11/3/25
We've looked way better with Yessefou off the floor.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 7:30p, 11/3/25
bear2be2 said:
We've looked way better with Yessefou off the floor.

He actually looked much more poised in the exhibition games. Not sure what happened tonight but he came out with no thought about shot selection. Hopefully some of the bench time and discussions with the coaching staff will get him refocused.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 7:31p, 11/3/25
He was 0-5 in like 2 minutes. Passing the ball is part of the game.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 7:31p, 11/3/25
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bear2be2 said:
We've looked way better with Yessefou off the floor.

He actually looked much more poised in the exhibition games. Not sure what happened tonight but he came out with no thought about shot selection. Hopefully some of the bench time and discussions with the coaching staff will get him refocused.

His shot selection tonight has been atrocious.
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7:32p, 11/3/25
12-0 run.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 7:33p, 11/3/25
I think a really seasoned PG would help bring out the best in him. I'm afraid with no real leader/ballhandler on this team, some typical young, freshman mistakes may creep in.
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7:34p, 11/3/25
Carr & Agbim are the guys BU needs to play through this season imo.
Tonde has given the Bears really good minutes since he re entered
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7:36p, 11/3/25
Carr is one of those guys I've been waiting for us to have: a guy who is long, athletic and plays much bigger than his actual size (rather than a few we've had the past few years who played smaller). He has freakishly long arms. He's the one who stood out in both exhibitions.
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