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Game Thread: Baylor Faces No. 24 Louisville in Neutral-Site Showdown at Dickies Arena

Baylor vs Louisville in Fort Worth
By Ashley Hodge
February 13, 2026
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FORT WORTH – Baylor (13-11) challenges No. 24 Louisville (18-6) on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 3 p.m. CT, at Dickies Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN.

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (48), Louisville (14)
    • Prediction: Louisville 87, Baylor 78
  • KenPom: Baylor (44), Louisville (15)
    • Prediction: Louisville 85, Baylor 80
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (46), Louisville (13)
    • Prediction: Louisville 84, Baylor 76
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (44), Louisville (13)
    • Prediction: Louisville 86, Baylor 75

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (9 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (19 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
  • Guard: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (20 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)
  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (7 ppg; 7 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (8 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst)
  • *Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (10 ppg; 7 reb; 2 asst) 
  • Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (1 ppg; 3 reb)

*questionable with knee injury*

Louisville Starters

  • Guard: Mikel Brown (Fr.) 6-5 190 (17 ppg; 3 reb; 5 asst)
  • Guard: Isaac McNeely (Sr.) 6-4 195 (12 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Guard: Ryan Conwell (Sr.) 6-4 215 (19 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst)
  • Forward: J’Vonne Hadley (Sr.) 6-7 215 (10 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Forward: Sananda Fru (Sr.) 6-11 250 (10 ppg; 7 reb)

Louisville Bench

  • Guard: Adrian Wooley (So.) 6-4 200 (8 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Forward: Khani Rooths (So.) 6-10 215 (7 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Guard: Kobe Rodgers (Sr.) 6-3 185 (4 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Forward: Aly Khalifa (Sr.) 7-0 250 (4 ppg; 3 asst)
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Game Thread: Baylor Faces No. 24 Louisville in Neutral-Site Showdown at Dickies Arena

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8:23a, 2/13/26
Just win Bears!
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11:15a, 2/13/26
Has Skillings become the 2026 version of the Langston Love / L. J. Cryer "game time decision" situation which translated means he's toast for the rest of the season - we just don't want to admit it?
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7:41p, 2/13/26
Another game with root-canal-level fun for Baylor fans.
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1:45p, 2/14/26
Will this be the usual formula of late...hang close to a good team until midway through the second half and then fade
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3:20p, 2/14/26
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In reply to boognish_bear • 3:20p, 2/14/26
boognish_bear said:
Will this be the usual formula of late...hang close to a good team until midway through the second half and then fade

Don't forget the late scoring flurry well after it's too late to make the L look closer than it was.
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3:21p, 2/14/26
Looks like a really pathetic crowd (not surprisingly).
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3:26p, 2/14/26
Williams is a conundrum. He's about the only guard who can create for others on O and the only person who keeps the O from looking like it's in quicksand due to the other's lack of movement, but he's a huge defensive liability particularly in transition because he's just not fast enough compared to P5 level quality guards.
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3:32p, 2/14/26
Agbim is almost as frustrating to watch as Rataj. Fingernails on a chalk board.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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3:35p, 2/14/26
Teams must salivate when they watch video of us on D and realize they're gonna shoot their highest 3 point percentage of the year.

Louisville 5-9 for 56%
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3:37p, 2/14/26
Ok, Cam finally hits. Hopefully that gets him going.
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3:40p, 2/14/26
Hanging with them so far. Hopefully we can keep it going without getting worn down. Louisville has already played 10 guys. We've played all 7 of ours.
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3:41p, 2/14/26
Rataj's actually hit a couple of shots.
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3:43p, 2/14/26
Nnaji with 2 FT's!

Let's go Bears!!!!!
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3:44p, 2/14/26
Nnaji drives and scores and chance for the and 1!!!!!
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3:44p, 2/14/26
um nnaji??
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3:45p, 2/14/26
9 fouls on Louisville
2 on the Bears
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3:47p, 2/14/26
Rataj with the strip and then nails a 10 footer!!!!!
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3:49p, 2/14/26
Shocked so far. Happily, but did not expect us to be leading at all much less by 7
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3:49p, 2/14/26
Who had has 1-9 or 11% from 3 and yet leading 32-25 at the 3:18 mark?
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 3:52p, 2/14/26
Big12Fan2024 said:
Who had has 1-9 or 11% from 3 and yet leading 32-25 at the 3:18 mark?

Getting fouled a lot and being perfect on your FTs (so far) is a great equalizer.
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3:54p, 2/14/26
I hope we get some defensive speed out of the portal this year. We need it badly.
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3:58p, 2/14/26
Tie game at the half

1 of 12 from 3 or 8%, but 15-15 FTs.
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3:59p, 2/14/26
Last 2 minutes we wasted some chances...but all in all another good first half for BU. Can they sustain it in the second half?
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4:02p, 2/14/26
Our scoring leader(s) for the first half?

Rataj & Powell with 6 each.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 4:03p, 2/14/26
Ekpe still has a year of eligibility and he looks like he could still suit it up. Can he give us 10 minutes in the 2nd half?
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4:10p, 2/14/26
If we're gonna win this game, Carr and Yessoufou have to show up in the 2nd half on offense. The fouls will probably even out so we likely won't have so many FT opportunities in the 2nd half.
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4:15p, 2/14/26
Easy runouts for Louisville because we're so friggin' slow in transition D.
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4:18p, 2/14/26
yeah powell has mush for brains. get off the court.
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4:19p, 2/14/26
Just awful with the ball. This is ridiculous.
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4:21p, 2/14/26
Back to our normal game performance.

Come on Bears, settle down!
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4:22p, 2/14/26
Yikes
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4:22p, 2/14/26
Sensing we are in the usual second half run by the opponent that puts it out of reach before we semi-wake up when it's way too late and score a lot at the end to make the loss look closer than it was.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 4:22p, 2/14/26
Big12Fan2024 said:
Just awful with the ball. This is ridiculous.


you don't like to leave your feet before passing the ball?
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4:24p, 2/14/26
One of our best players sure loafs up and down the court an awful lot, with little interest in playing any D.
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