Baylor (18-12; 8-9) visits Kansas State (20-10; 9-8) on Saturday March 3rd at 1pm CST. The game is televised on ESPN.
KenPom Rankings
Kansas State: 46 overall; 60 offensive efficiency; 44 defensive efficiency
Baylor: 28 overall; 73 offensive efficiency; 12 defensive efficiency
Prediction: Kansas State 67 Baylor 65
Coaches
Kansas State: Bruce Weber (61); 432-233 (119-78 at KSU); 11 NCAAs; 3 Sweet 16s; 1 Elite 8; 1 Final; 1 NCAA runner-up
Baylor: Scott Drew (47); 317-202 overall (297-191 at Baylor); 7 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s
Kansas State Starting Line-Up
PG: Cartier Diarra (FR) 6-4 190 lbs; 7 ppg; 2 asst; 49% FG; 40% 3pt; 80% FT
SG: Barry Brown (JR); 6-3 195 lbs; 17 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 46% FG; 33% 3pt; 78% FT
SF: Xavier Sneed (SO); 6-5 210 lbs; 11 ppg; 5 reb; 42% FG; 35% 3pt; 80% FT
PF: Dean Wade (JR); 6-10 230 lbs; 16 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst; 55% FG; 43% 3pt; 74% FT
C: Makol Malwien (SO) 6-9 225 lbs; 6 ppg; 3 reb; 1 blk; 61% FG; 72% FT
Kansas State Bench
G: Kamau Stokes (JR); 6-5 195 lbs; 10 ppg; 4 asst; 38% FG; 37% 3pt; 77% FT
G: Aamad Wainright (JR) 6-2 200 lbs; 3 ppg; 2 reb; 41% FG; 33% 3pt; 45% FT
Baylor Starting Line-up
PG: Manu Lecomte (SR) 5-11 180 lbs; 16 ppg; 4 asst; 40% FG; 39% 3pt; 88% FT
SG: Jake Lindsey (JR) 6-5 195 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 46% FG; 34% 3pt; 67% FT
SF: Mark Vital (RFR) 6-5 230 lbs; 7 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 50% FG; 50% FT
PF: Tristan Clark (FR) 6-9 240 lbs; 7 ppg; 5 reb; 1 blk; 60% FG; 67% FT
C: Jo Lual-Acuil (SR) 7-0 220 lbs; 15 ppg; 9 reb; 2 blks; 51% FG; 73% FT
Baylor Bench
G: King McClure (JR) 6-3 215 lbs; 8 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 39% FG; 34% 3pt; 77% FT
F: Nuni Omot (SR) 6-9 210 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 47% FG; 42% 3pt; 84% FT
F: Terry Maston (SR) 6-8 230 lbs; 11 ppg; 6 reb; 53% FG; 80% FT
vanillabryce said:
These refs are garbage
Kind of feels like 100 years ago right now, but yeah - that used to be fun.bear2be2 said:
And Manu with the air ball. Remember when he could hit open shots? That was fun.
vanillabryce said:
Actually, no. That was a very tough pass to catch and then finish. Vital is going full speed. Lindsey was out of control and got stuck, and put Vital in a tough spot
IndyYes said:
Switch over to the Lady Bears game and you'll feel better.
IndyYes said:
Switch over to the Lady Bears game and you'll feel better.
A&M's WBB board.BU25 said:IndyYes said:
Switch over to the Lady Bears game and you'll feel better.
Go ahead and switch over to the WBB board while you're at it.
Odd the things you blame on Lindsey.vanillabryce said:
Horrible play by Lindsey leads to a turnover and a foul
MidWestBear2010 said:Nope, we will be 7th seed and therefore playing Iowa State. A win will do nothing to help our resume.JusHappy2BeHere said:win one game next week and we are inMidWestBear2010 said:Well if we lose this game we will need to win the next two just to make the tournament. Getting beat in the tournament should be the least of our worries right now.Positive Bear said:
Games like this make me believe we get beat by a mid major in the first round.
It will only because we are the 6th seed and not the 7th seed like I thought. Only Q1 and Q2 wins will help us at this point. Good thing Texas won today to make us a 6th seed.Bear8084 said:MidWestBear2010 said:Nope, we will be 7th seed and therefore playing Iowa State. A win will do nothing to help our resume.JusHappy2BeHere said:win one game next week and we are inMidWestBear2010 said:Well if we lose this game we will need to win the next two just to make the tournament. Getting beat in the tournament should be the least of our worries right now.Positive Bear said:
Games like this make me believe we get beat by a mid major in the first round.
Yes. It will.
MidWestBear2010 said:It will only because we are a 6th seed and not a 7th seed like I thought. Only Q1 and Q2 wins will help us at this point. Good thing Texas won today to make us a 6th seed.Bear8084 said:MidWestBear2010 said:Nope, we will be 7th seed and therefore playing Iowa State. A win will do nothing to help our resume.JusHappy2BeHere said:win one game next week and we are inMidWestBear2010 said:Well if we lose this game we will need to win the next two just to make the tournament. Getting beat in the tournament should be the least of our worries right now.Positive Bear said:
Games like this make me believe we get beat by a mid major in the first round.
Yes. It will.
in the big12 tourney. We are locked into the 6th spotBaylor3216 said:MidWestBear2010 said:It will only because we are a 6th seed and not a 7th seed like I thought. Only Q1 and Q2 wins will help us at this point. Good thing Texas won today to make us a 6th seed.Bear8084 said:MidWestBear2010 said:Nope, we will be 7th seed and therefore playing Iowa State. A win will do nothing to help our resume.JusHappy2BeHere said:win one game next week and we are inMidWestBear2010 said:Well if we lose this game we will need to win the next two just to make the tournament. Getting beat in the tournament should be the least of our worries right now.Positive Bear said:
Games like this make me believe we get beat by a mid major in the first round.
Yes. It will.
6 seed?
I'm no huge Manu fan but we don't really have a plan B (McClure is plan C) if he's cold. This roster is severely limited offensively. Nuni went for 30 today but KSU was just better today as well as the last time. They are the better team.Wikstr9 said:
Sorry but Drew needed to pull Manu and tell him to find other ways to help the team win today. You just can't keep throwing up bricks.
And for you guys who think he's the best we got - then Drew needs to find a better strategy when Manu is cold from the field.
this is my thinking too. Hope Jo is good to go.vanillabryce said:
At the start of the game I think we had an ~80% chance to get in with a loss. So a road loss to a top 50 bpi team won't hurt us too much
