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Game Thread: Baylor Faces First True Road Test in Memphis

Baylor men’s basketball (6-1) travels to the FedEx Forum to take on the Memphis Tigers (3-4), on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on CBS.
December 5, 2025
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Baylor men’s basketball (6-1) travels to the FedEx Forum to take on the Memphis Tigers (3-4), on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on CBS.


Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (42), Memphis (66)
    • Projected Score: 79-77 Baylor
  • KenPom: Baylor (29), Memphis (74)
    • Projected Score: 80-77 Baylor
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (34), Memphis (75)
    • Projected Score: 79-76 Baylor
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (45), Memphis (86)
    • Projected Score: 79-78 Memphis

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (17 ppg; 6 reb)
  • Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (23 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (12 ppg; 8 reb)
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (10 ppg; 6 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (5 ppg; 6 reb)
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 2 asst)

Projected Lineups

Memphis Starters

  • Guard: Dug McDaniel (Sr.) 5-11, 170 (13 ppg; 6 asst)
  • Guard: Julius Thedford (So.) 6-4, 195 (9 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Guard: Ashton Hardaway (Jr.) 6-8, 225 (7 ppg; 2 reb)
  • Forward: Zach Davis (Sr.) 6-7, 205 (7 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Forward: Simon Majok (Fr.) 7-1, 220 (5 ppg; 4 reb)

Memphis Bench

  • Guard: Sincere Parker (Sr.) 6-3, 210 (9 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Guard: Quante Berry (Jr.) 6-4, 185 (8 ppg; 2 reb)
  • Guard: Curtis Givens (So.) 6-3, 190 (7 ppg)
  • Forward: Aaron Bradshaw (Jr.) 7-1, 215 (6 ppg)
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Game Thread: Baylor Faces First True Road Test in Memphis

9,399 Views | 152 Replies | Last: 4 days ago by DP4LIFE
william
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lomers with the tip.

- kkm

go bears!
Delmar 2.0
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Just win Bears!
IowaBear
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Leaving BS tomm at 7 for Memphis! Should be a fun trip
Big12Fan2024
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When this game was scheduled, I was excited because I thought it would be another chance at a Quad 1 win and at worse, a Quad 1 loss, which really doesn't hurt you that much. Instead, Memphis has been pretty disappointing so far and is #148 NET, so it's a chance for a Quad 3 win which isn't really meaningful in the grand scheme of things for the Selection Committee but would be assessed as a bad loss.

Of course I shouldn't cast stones because we're only #67. But, thankfully with the Big 12 games we will have a lot of chances to move up during Jan and Feb with a lot of Quad 1 opponents.
bear2be2
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IowaBear said:

Leaving BS tomm at 7 for Memphis! Should be a fun trip

Make sure you get you some ribs* while you're there.

Memphis gets a bad wrap, but I thought it was a neat city. A little gritty, but a lot of character.

* -- A homeless dude that walked with us for a while recommended Blues City Cafe as the best ribs in Memphis, and they didn't disappoint. But there are a ton of options.
IowaBear
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Just passed this along to my buddy! We're gonna stop there for lunch before heading to the game!
Thanks man!
I'm in the same boat, I actually like Memphis. Was here for the bowl game several years back. Absolutely loved Beale St personally
boognish_bear
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BUBradley
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Bears by 8! Sic em!
boognish_bear
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Big12Fan2024
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Just too small and gotta handle the ball better.
historian
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Less than 3 minutes in and the home announcers bring up the scandal from 20+ years ago! Then they talk about the HC's wardrobe. Amateurish

Already multiple turnovers.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
Johnny Bear
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Seriously, bad start
ImABearToo
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Do love these uniforms. Fluorescent numeral border.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
Big12Fan2024
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Finally got a little size in the game with Powell.
BearFan33
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Sloppy start. Tighten it up bears
Johnny Bear
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Brick city so far
Big12Fan2024
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Bears shooting 29% from the field and 33% from FT line

Thankfully Memphis is even worse shooting 21% from the field, although our 5 TOs have given them 7 more shots.
Big12Fan2024
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Powell actually playing some good D underneath.
JXL
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Nice aggressive move to the basket there
Big12Fan2024
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Did both teams skip shootaround before the game?
ImABearToo
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Size matters.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
Johnny Bear
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Tounde 0-3 from the field, 0-2 from the FT line and at least 1 TO.
Big12Fan2024
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Bears now shooting 18% from the field. Good grief.
IowaBear
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You think it looks bad on TV, try being here. Memphis is a bad team to boot.
BearFan33
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Offense really struggling

Memphis stretching lead
Big12Fan2024
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Rataj 0 points, 0 rebounds
Skillings 0 points, 3 rebounds
Tounde 0 points 1 rebound
BearFan33
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We have to make our layups
Johnny Bear
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IowaBear said:

You think it looks bad on TV, try being here. Memphis is a bad team to boot.

If we were playing a decent team we'd be down by 20 by now
Big12Fan2024
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Johnny Bear said:

IowaBear said:

You think it looks bad on TV, try being here. Memphis is a bad team to boot.

If we were playing a decent team we'd be down by 20 by now

They've literally had 9 more shots, mainly due to our 7 TOs. We're just lucky they clanked almost all of them.
Big12Fan2024
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Carr has 11 of our 13 points?
JXL
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Racking up fouls on Memphis would be good
Johnny Bear
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Getting absolutely destroyed on the defensive boards
Big12Fan2024
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Williams with a 3!
BearFan33
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Zone working ok but we cant give up so many rebounds. TY and skillings need to give us some offense
Big12Fan2024
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Carr usually gets those slams but he just got jacked.
 
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