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Gameday Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse

Baylor men’s basketball (11-5; 1-3) travels to Kansas (12-5; 2-2) on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed on Fox Network.
January 15, 2026
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LAWRENCE, Kansas – Baylor men’s basketball (11-5; 1-3) travels to Kansas (12-5; 2-2) on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on FOX.


Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (48), Kansas (13)
    • Prediction: Kansas 85, Baylor 73
  • KenPom: Baylor (40), Kansas (17)
    • Prediction: Kansas 82, Baylor 74
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (45), Kansas (19)
    • Prediction: Kansas 81, Baylor 72
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (41), Kansas (17)
    • Prediction: Kansas 82, Baylor 72

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (18 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
  • Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (20 ppg; 5 reb; 2 blks)
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (10 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)
  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (7 ppg; 8 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (3 ppg; 4 reb)
  • *Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (11 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)

*sprained knee/questionable


Projected Lineups

Kansas Starters

  • Guard: Darryn Peterson (Fr.) 6-6, 205 (22 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Guard: Melvin Council (Sr.) 6-4, 180 (14 ppg; 4 reb; 5 asst)
  • Forward: Tre White (Sr.) 6-7, 215 (15 ppg; 7 reb)
  • Forward: Flory Bidunga (So.) 6-10, 235 (14 ppg; 9 reb; 3 blks)
  • Forward: Bryson Tiller (Fr.) 6-11, 240 (8 ppg; 6 reb)

Kansas Bench

  • Guard: Jamari McDowell (So.) 6-5, 200 (4 ppg; 2 asst)
  • Guard: Elmarko Jackson (So.) 6-3, 195 (4 ppg; 2 asst)
  • Guard: Kohl Rosario (Fr.) 6-6, 200 (4 ppg)
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Gameday Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse

16,302 Views | 177 Replies | Last: 2 mo ago by BluesBear
Johnny Bear
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I like Powell's effort, but he is simply out of his league against upper end B12 teams like KU.
BearFan33
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Rataj driving and dishing is better

And he got to the line
BearFan33
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Carr fouled on drive there
Big12Fan2024
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Man, Peterson is as impressive of a freshman as I've seen all year on offense. Definitely see why he's a Top 3 projected pick.
Johnny Bear
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And the route is on
JXL
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And just like that, Kansas has its largest lead.
BearFan33
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Somehow we fouled on that play.
Big12Fan2024
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Johnny Bear said:

I like Powell's effort, but he is simply out of his league against upper end B12teams like KU.

Rataj, Agbim and Powell are all good enough players to compete well against the bottom half of the league. Just nowhere near enough athleticism to compete against the top half teams.
ImABearToo
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So Okie Lite was really bad I guess.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
historian
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Maybe Baylor can respond to the deficit like they did in the first half.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
BearFan33
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Big12Fan2024 said:

Johnny Bear said:

I like Powell's effort, but he is simply out of his league against upper end B12teams like KU.

Rataj, Agbim and Powell are all good enough players to compete well against the bottom half of the league. Just nowhere near enough athleticism to compete against the top half teams.


This.
historian
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BearFan33 said:

Somehow we fouled on that play.

Big 12 refs in Lawrence. We are playing 5 on 8 in this building.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
BearFan33
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historian said:

BearFan33 said:

Somehow we fouled on that play.

Big 12 refs in Lawrence. We are playing 5 on 8 in this building.


Ref seemed giddy with excitement calling that foul on us
BearFan33
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I'm really impressed with Tounde's low post game
Johnny Bear
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We've scored 4 points since taking the lead at 37 to 36 in the first half
Big12Fan2024
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Tiller comes completely over Powell's back (who had a good boxout) to get the rebound and it's a foul on Powell.

Welcome to AFH.
Big12Fan2024
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Ok. They gave us one there. They could have called Carr for hooking on that play. Surprised they didn't.
BearFan33
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Kansas is too good for us to making turnovers

Big12Fan2024
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Tounde and Carr are gonna produce every game. But we're simply not beating any of the top half unless we can get something out of Agbim and Rataj in those games and I'm just not sure they can.

No shows again tonight. Combined 1-8 from the field, 0-5 from 3, and 3 total points.
Big12Fan2024
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Add Skillings to those two as well.
JXL
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Right no fouls under there. Sure.
Big12Fan2024
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He got hammered by 3 different guys.
BearFan33
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Was the KU guy shooting?
Johnny Bear
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Agbim actually hits a 3
Big12Fan2024
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I knew Nnaji was gonna be raw but he's a bit more raw than even I was expecting from a basic fundamentals perspective. Glad we'll have him for awhile and hopefully can develop him.
BearFan33
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We are kinda cold and ku can't miss
historian
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Big12Fan2024 said:

Tiller comes completely over Powell's back (who had a good boxout) to get the rebound and it's a foul on Powell.

Welcome to AFH.

5 vs 8
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
IowaBear
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Those 2 were massive misses. Rataj to be quite frank sucks
historian
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Down by 20 and our guys are not doing much offensively or defensively.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
gbfell
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We have zero bench points.
ImABearToo
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Can't watch. Men versus boys.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
BearFan33
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IowaBear said:

Those 2 were massive misses. Rataj to be quite frank sucks


I don't mind working him down low some but he seems to do better driving

He's just not ready for this level. Maybe the physical play
BearFan33
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I think a 1 3 1 zone wasn't terrible

Ku killing us on man to man
Johnny Bear
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Big12Fan2024 said:

I knew Nnaji was gonna be raw but he's a bit more raw than even I was expecting from a basic fundamentals perspective. Glad we'll have him for awhile and hopefully can develop him.

I also knew it was going to take time for him to adjust, especially coming in at mid season, but I thought he was going to be better than a straight up project which is exactly what he looks like at this point. Other than he looks the part, seriously wondering how he was ever an NBA draft pick.
historian
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Nice block
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
 
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