Game Thread: Baylor Basketball Takes on Tarleton at Foster Pavilion

Sic 'em Bears!

UCF has a good chance to beat the Aggies.

We have our first Kip Kissinger sighting of the season.

Bear Pit got the pre-tipoff banner twisted. It read "Sic 'Em Ears"

Nice lob!!

7 made shots, one airball.

So far fantastic on the offensive end. Terrible on the defensive end. And racking up fouls to boot.

Powell with 3 and 10 mins left.

Better on the defensive end after going to zone.

Great dunk by Carr!!

Baylor 55
Tarleton 42
halftime

Carr with 17 pts, Skillings with 10 & Agbim with 11

Main scoreboards froze up with about 2 min left. Don't even run any annoying ads that block the stat boards.

Score is only correct on the ribbon boards.

is our defense playing bad…..i can tell cam isn't

Ags go down at home to UCF 86-74.

3s aren't dropping in the second half so far but good looks.

Playing hard on defense. I think TS is pretty skilled.

Rataj is pretty skilled down low

After Drew's timeout our defense is looking better

We're making this Dior Johnson cat look like Ja Morant

Great defense for awhile and now not so much.

Tarleton is playing better than Baylor the last couple minutes.

Mitch Henessey said:

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We're making this Dior Johnson cat look like Ja Morant

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Single-handedly keeping TS in the game

Mitch Henessey said:

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We're making this Dior Johnson cat look like Ja Morant

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Single-handedly keeping them in the game

Johnson is going off for them, and good for him, but I love Isaac Williams. That dude is a grinder, and his ability to get into the paint is a difference-maker.

Not a good sign that somebody like Tarleton State has absolutely destroyed us on the boards.

Why isn't Powell playing more? Is he hurt?

historian said:

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Why isn't Powell playing more? Is he hurt?

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Foul trouble

historian said:

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Why isn't Powell playing more? Is he hurt?

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3 fouls in 5 minutes in the 1st half. Was out of position a lot.


Meanwhile, Kip Kissinger keeps making his presence known.

I knew about the fouls but thought maybe it was more.

Johnny Bear said:

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Not a good sign that somebody like Tarleton State has absolutely destroyed us on the boards.

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Powell being limited to eight minutes had a lot to do with that. But rebounding is probably going to be a constant struggle for this team.

Losing Bodo Bodo sucks so bad. I think we'd be really good with him healthy.

Big12Fan2024 said:

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Two steps forward Sunday night. Step to a step and half backward tonight. Kinda what you'd expect with an entirely new team in only their 3rd game.

We have a team who can shoot the lights out. From the opposite spectrum, thank god there's no Press Virginia in the Big 12. I'm not sure this bunch (other than maybe Williams) could break a press.

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Just win this time of year. Nobody remembers how you did it in March.

Just avoid bad losses and pick up a few good wins, so you can get into the tournament with a .500 (or preferably better) Big 12 record.

It's clear that given Bodo Bodo's completely unknown status we have no "plan B" for rebounding and at least a modicum of rim protection if Powell gets in foul trouble.

There were some positives.

--Carr is a stud. He's emerging as our go-to guy.
--Williams is legit. He's going to play 25-plus minutes a game for this team and be a significant contributor.
--Agbim is really steady with the ball and a marksman from 3. He continues to handle the combo guard role wll.
--We shot well from the field, 3-point range and the free-throw line.
--Skillings is the blue-collar stat stuffer we all knew he was.
--This team is really balanced offensively, so we don't need too rely to heavily on any one player.

We've just got kep playing together and get better. The defense can use some work, obviously, and we've got to rebound better. But this team has the puzzle pieces. Just need to put them together.

Johnny Bear said:

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It's clear that given Bodo Bodo's completely unknown status we have no "plan B" for rebounding and at least a modicum of rim protection if Powell gets in foul trouble.

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It is what it is. We couldn't afford more than two rotation post players in this portal class and one went down before the season started. Bad luck.

bear2be2 said:

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Johnny Bear said:

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Not a good sign that somebody like Tarleton State has absolutely destroyed us on the boards.

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Powell being limited to eight minutes had a lot to do with that. But rebounding is probably going to be a constant struggle for this team.

Losing Bodo Bodo sucks so bad. I think we'd be really good with him healthy.

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We need another big body. I don't see how we make it through a Big 12 schedule with just Powell. Too many physical teams. A little disappointed that Rataj isn't more of a pounder. I just never saw him play much at Oregon St. Carr, Skillings, Tounde -- all good at what they do, but they just don't have the physical bodies to do that. I will be interested to see how Sanchez gameplans for Ejiofor in two weeks.

bear2be2 said:

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There were some positives.

--Carr is a stud. He's emerging as our go-to guy.
--Williams is legit. He's going to play 25-plus minutes a game for this team and be a significant contributor.
--Agbim is really steady with the ball and a marksman from 3. He continues to handle the combo guard role wll.
--We shot well from the field, 3-point range and the free-throw line.
--Skillings is the blue-collar stat stuffer we all knew he was.
--This team is really balanced offensively, so we don't need too rely to heavily on any one player.

We've just got kep playing together and get better. The defense can use some work, obviously, and we've got to rebound better. But this team has the puzzle pieces. Just need to put them together.

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Williams continues to surprise me. You were correct on him.

And, like you, the best thing I like about this team offensively compared to the past few years is that so many on this team can score so an off night shooting by someone isn't going to kill the entire offense.