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Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Ohio to Take on Defensive-Minded Cincinnati

Baylor (11-8; 1-6) travels to take on Cincinnati (10-10; 2-5) on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. CT.
By Ashley Hodge
January 27, 2026
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CINCINNATI, Ohio – Baylor (11-8; 1-6) travels to take on Cincinnati (10-10; 2-5) on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on FS1.

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (63), Cincinnati (49)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 77, Baylor 71
  • KenPom: Baylor (52), Cincinnati (59)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 75, Baylor 73
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (65), Cincinnati (68)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 76, Baylor 73
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (48), Cincinnati (46)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 77, Baylor 72

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

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

Baylor Bench

  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (10 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

Cincinnati Starters 

  • Guard: Day Day Thomas (Sr.) 6-1, 190 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
  • Guard: Jizzle James (Jr.) 6-3, 205 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Guard: Sencire Harris (Jr.) 6-4, 180 (7 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Forward: Baba Miller (Sr.) 6-11, 225 (14 ppg; 10 reb)
  • Forward: Moustapha Thiam (So.) 7-2, 250 (11 ppg; 6 reb; 2 blks)

Cincinnati Bench

  • Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7, 220 (6 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Guard: Kerr Kriisa (Sr.) 6-3, 185 (7 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Forward: Tyler McKinley (Fr.) 6-9, 245 (2 ppg; 3 reb)
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Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Ohio to Take on Defensive-Minded Cincinnati

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5:59p, 1/28/26
A decent team would easily have a double digit point lead on Cincy right now
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5:59p, 1/28/26
Finally making some shots.

15-17
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6:00p, 1/28/26
Agbim looking good early, but we immediately give up an easy two on the other end.
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6:01p, 1/28/26
Yessoufou has no polish at all to his game. That dude's basketball IQ is in the negative.

He's a walking run for the opponent.
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6:01p, 1/28/26
And Rataj is just worthless. He's a terrible basketball player.
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6:01p, 1/28/26
Tie the game and immediately give up a 7-0 run. This team blows.
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6:02p, 1/28/26
Lazy play.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 6:02p, 1/28/26
bear2be2 said:
Yessoufou has no polish at all to his game. That dude's basketball IQ is in the negative.

He's a walking run for the opponent.

Prolly waiting for the game to be obviously out of hand to turn it on for the NBA scouts there.
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6:08p, 1/28/26
Agbim coming through for us from 3. A pleasant sight to see.
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6:08p, 1/28/26
Watching us stand still and dribble in place while the other team moves the ball for open looks is infuriating.

This is just a bad, poorly coached basketball team. There's no other way to describe it.
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6:08p, 1/28/26
There's an unnecessary foul on Agbim
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6:09p, 1/28/26
Agbim 3PT shooting has heated up last couple of games.

Of course...he can't make any sitting on the bench with 3 fouls.
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6:09p, 1/28/26
I wish they'd stop talking about how we average 86 points a game - yeah that's because we can score 200 on East Idaho School for Girls
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In reply to boognish_bear • 6:10p, 1/28/26
boognish_bear said:
Agbim 3PT shooting has heated up last couple of games.

Of course...he can't make any sitting on the bench with 3 fouls.

He and Powell have become pretty foul prone. We can't really have that with a short bench.
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6:10p, 1/28/26
Does Sanchez purposely tell Williams to not come out and guard the 3 or does William not come out and guard the 3 because in practice none of our guys can shoot it that far so he's amazed when opponents drill one 3 after another against him?
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6:11p, 1/28/26
DId Scott just drop an F bomb?

It looked like he said, "Isaac, we've played 20 ****ing games!" after that lane violation.
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6:12p, 1/28/26
We're so bad defensively, we're making Celestine look good.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 6:12p, 1/28/26
bear2be2 said:
DId Scott just drop an F bomb?

It looked like he said, "Isaac, we've played 20 ****ing games!" after that lane violation.


Wouldn't blame him lol
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6:13p, 1/28/26
It tottaly looked like Scot dropped an f bomb like it really did but who knows
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In reply to JXL • 6:13p, 1/28/26
JXL said:
bear2be2 said:
DId Scott just drop an F bomb?

It looked like he said, "Isaac, we've played 20 ****ing games!" after that lane violation.


Wouldn't blame him lol

Nor would I.
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6:14p, 1/28/26
So would we rather have Skillings or Celestine lol
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In reply to bear2be2 • 6:14p, 1/28/26
bear2be2 said:
DId Scott just drop an F bomb?

It looked like he said, "Isaac, we've played 20 ****ing games!" after that lane violation.

Wouldn't be surprised. This team could make even a preacher cuss.
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In reply to Streichout • 6:15p, 1/28/26
Streichout said:
It tottaly looked like Scot dropped an f bomb like it really did but who knows

I'm not offended at all by language, so it wouldn't bother me at all. I just think it's funny that this team has driven Scott to swearing.

That's how we're all feeling.
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6:15p, 1/28/26
We scored 5 points in the first 9 minutes of the game and 20 in the last 9. Now we need Cam to step up. He has 0 points so far.
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In reply to Streichout • 6:15p, 1/28/26
Streichout said:
So would we rather have Skillings or Celestine lol

I'd still rather have Skillings. But neither is very good.
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6:17p, 1/28/26
What is that shot by Skillings
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6:18p, 1/28/26
I like Baba Miller's game. I wish we had a post with some skill. It's been a while.

Freddie Gillespie's about the only one we've had since Jo Acuil.
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In reply to Streichout • 6:18p, 1/28/26
Streichout said:
What is that shot by Skillings

Dude has just disappeared. He's gone from being sometimes on sometimes off to totally off.
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6:20p, 1/28/26
Great steal by Yessoufou and then he goes down and tries to play 1 on 1 and throws up an off balance shoot. 1 step forward, 1 step back.
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6:20p, 1/28/26
Yessoufou does a couple of good things and then starts playing hero ball.

Those iso fadeaway bricks might as well be live-ball turnovers.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 6:21p, 1/28/26
Big12Fan2024 said:
Great steal by Yessoufou and then he goes down and tries to play 1 on 1 and throws up an off balance shoot. 1 step forward, 1 step back.

Was thinking the exact same thing.

He's very talented, but that dude is so frustrating.

The motor is there, but little else is.
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6:22p, 1/28/26
Well...feels like we should be down 14 and not 7
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6:22p, 1/28/26
Going 0 for 2 from the free-throw line might as well be a turnover as well.

This team kills me.
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6:22p, 1/28/26
Williams has been one of our best surprises this year and one of my favorites, but if you're gonna be a PG you need to be more than decent at FT shooting and he's just not.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 6:23p, 1/28/26
boognish_bear said:
Well...feels like we should be down 14 and not 7

We'd prolly be down at least 20 if we were playing a top half of the big 12 team
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