Gameday Thread: Baylor Basketball Looks to Upset No. 12 Texas Tech in Waco

WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s basketball (11-6; 1-4) hosts No. 12 Texas Tech (14-4; 4-1) in Foster Pavilion on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed on Peacock.

Computer Models

• Torvik: Baylor (51), Texas Tech (20)
  • Prediction: Texas Tech 82, Baylor 79
• KenPom: Baylor (41), Texas Tech (21)
  • Prediction: Texas Tech 81, Baylor 80
• Haslametrics: Baylor (48), Texas Tech (25)
  • Prediction: Texas Tech 79, Baylor 77
• Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (45), Texas Tech (18)
  • Prediction: Texas Tech 79, Baylor 77

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)
• Guard: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (21 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

• Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (11 ppg; 7 reb; 3 asst)
• Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
• Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0, 250 (2 ppg; 4 reb)

Projected Lineups

Texas Tech Starters

• Guard: Christian Anderson (So.) 6-3, 180 (20 ppg; 4 reb; 7 asst)
• Guard: Jaylen Petty (Fr.) 6-1, 170 (9 ppg; 4 reb)
• Forward: Donovan Atwell (Sr.) 6-5, 200 (11 ppg; 3 reb)
• Forward: LeJuan Watts (Jr.) 6-6, 225 (13 ppg; 7 reb; 3 asst)
• Forward: JT Toppin (Jr.) 6-9, 230 (21 ppg; 6 reb)

Texas Tech Bench

• Guard: Tyeree Bryan (So.) 6-5, 215 (5 ppg; 3 reb)
• Guard: Leon Horner (So.) 6-4, 215 (3 ppg; 3 reb)