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

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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

16,441 Views | 136 Replies | Last: 2 mo ago by Big12Bear
Big12Fan2024
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I really love half court jump passes. Those are always nice.
Big12Fan2024
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8 fast break points against a loafing transition D and Louisville leads 48-41.
Big12Fan2024
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C'mon Bears. Time to go on an offensive run here after this TV timeout.
Big12Fan2024
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Brown just schooled Yessoufou on that move. Damn.
Big12Fan2024
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Bears down by double digits.
BUBradley
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Well was a great first half per usual but just don't have enough gas in the tank in the 2nd.
Oldbear83
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First 3 possessions after that timeout were 3 baskets for the Cards (7 pt), 0 basket + 2 FT + 1 offensive foul for the Bears (2 pt), Cards lead by 11
ImABearToo
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We back.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
BUBradley
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Don't worry guys, we will make a push with 2-3 minutes left and only lose by 5-7pts
Big12Fan2024
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BUBradley said:

Well was a great first half per usual but just don't have enough gas in the tank in the 2nd.

Lack of gas had nothing to do with it today. It was lack of talent and one of the talents we have is having his worst game of the year on both offense and defense.
boognish_bear
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BUBradley said:

Well was a great first half per usual but just don't have enough gas in the tank in the 2nd.


Rinse and repeat...frustrating
Oldbear83
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Big12Fan2024 said:

Bears down by double digits.

That's our thing, now.
Johnny Bear
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Predictably, this one's over. Just a matter of what the spread of the Louisville win is going to be.
Johnny Bear
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Agbim 0-6 from the field.
khakilamble
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Blondie from Louisville is a terrible actor
Big12Fan2024
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Edited: I'm being grumpy.
GodleyBear
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I wonder if we will get down 20?
Oldbear83
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At one time we had a 12 point lead on BYU, and today we once had a 7 point lead on Louisville.


It's like we are missing a meal and run empty before the end of the game.
Oldbear83
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GodleyBear said:

I wonder if we will get down 20?

Down 11 now and foul called on da Boids, so maybe not dead yet.
Big12Fan2024
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Oldbear83 said:

At one time we had a 12 point lead on BYU, and today we once had a 7 point lead on Louisville.


It's like we are missing a meal and run empty before the end of the game.

Or talent eventually rises to the top.
Big12Fan2024
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Who has our SOS at 36? All the metrics I've seen have us from 8 to 17th at the worst.
El Oso
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Nobody showed up at Dickies today
Oldbear83
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El Oso said:

Nobody showed up at Dickies today

Not heavily attended, but there are some here, sounds like a few Baylor fans are here.
Big12Fan2024
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Hopefully this ends our neutral court games. We just don't have a big enough fan base that travels. We were an attraction of the networks and ESPN immediately after winning the Natty to schedule this things but we've done little to nothing with that pub since then, and now about to miss the NCAAs so I don't think any of the networks will be in line for us scheduling any more neutral court "big" games.
khakilamble
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All of the sudden, these refs have started to call it lopsided.
boognish_bear
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El Oso said:

Nobody showed up at Dickies today


Looks like about 1,000 people
boognish_bear
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Looks like our too late comeback may be starting
boognish_bear
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Big12Fan2024
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boognish_bear said:

Looks like our too late comeback may be starting

Lather, rinse, repeat.
Johnny Bear
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khakilamble said:

All of the sudden, these refs have started to call it lopsided.

The non call on Carr getting tackled was really fun.
Big12Fan2024
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So that rallied them to beat Houston, right?
Big12Fan2024
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I don't know that I've ever seen anyone get 3 fouls in 1 possession.
Oldbear83
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That's also been annoyingly common this season.
Big12Fan2024
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Beautiful pass to Rataj.

Come on' Bears. D now!!!!!
Big12Fan2024
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What is that announcer talking about? Yessoufou has 1 foul. How is another foul on Yessoufou gonna take him out of the game?
 
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