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FINAL: Baylor 91, NMSU 73

March 17, 2017
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3 seeded Baylor (25-7) takes on 14 seeded New Mexico State (28-5) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday March 17th at 11:40AM CST.  The game is broadcast on TruTV.  Here's a look at the match-up. 


KenPom Analysis
Rankings: 
Baylor (13); NMSU (88)
Offensive Efficiency:  Baylor (22); NMSU (71)
Defensive Efficiency:  Baylor (14); NMSU (134)
Prediction:  Baylor 72 NMSU 61

Coaches

Baylor:  Scott Drew (297-189)
  • 46 years old
  • 7 NCAA bids; 1 NIT Title
  • 2 Elite 8s; 3 Sweet 16s

New Mexico State:  Paul Weir (28-5) 

  • 37 years old
  • 1 NCAA bid


New Mexico State Starters
Forward:  6-7 222 lbs Eli Chuha (SO): 12 ppg; 9 reb; 61% FG; 68% FT

Forward:  6-5 220 lbs Jemerrio Jones (JR):  10 ppg; 9 reb; 3 asst; 51% FG; 61% FT

Forward:  6-4 170 lbs Matt Taylor (JR):  7 ppg; 3 reb; 47% FG; 30% 3pt; 69% FT

Guard:  6-3 180 lbs Braxton Huggins (JR):  14 ppg; 3 reb; 44% FG; 81% FT; 42% 3pt

Guard:  6-0 190 lbs Ian Baker (SR):  17 ppg; 4 reb; 4 asst; 39% FG; 31% 3pt; 83% FT
New Mexico State Bench

Forward:  6-10 218 lbs Johnathan Wilkins (JR):  6 ppg; 3 reb; 55% FG; 33% 3pt; 61% FT

Forward:  6-7 200 lbs Jermaine Haley (FR):  4 ppg; 3 reb; 39% FG; 59% FT; 25% 3pt
Baylor Starters

Forward:  7-0 220 lbs Jo Lual-Acuil (JR):  9 ppg; 7 reb; 54% FG; 49% FT; 33% 3pt; 3 blks

Forward:  6-10 230 lbs Johnathan Motley (JR): 17 ppg; 10 reb; 52% FG; 71% FT; 26% 3pt

Forward:  6-5 235 lbs Ish Wainright (SR): 6 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst; 41% FG; 63% FT; 2 st

Guard:  6-3 215 lbs King McClure (SO):  5 ppg; 44% FG; 34% 3pt; 73% FT

Guard:  5-11 175 lbs Manu Lecomte (JR):  12 ppg; 4 asst; 44% FG; 42% 3pt; 82% FT

Baylor Bench

Forward:  6-8 230 lbs Terry Maston (JR):  6 ppg; 4 reb; 52% FG; 80% FT

Forward:  6-9 205 lbs Nuni Omot (JR):  5 ppg; 2 reb; 40% FG; 86% FT; 32% 3pt

Guard:  6-5 200 lbs Jake Lindsey (SO):  5 ppg; 2 reb; 3 asst; 45% FG; 42% 3pt; 69% FT

Guard:  6-3 180 lbs Chuck Mitchell (RFR):  3 ppg; 42% FG; 31% 3pt; 74% FT

Guard:  6-3 200 lbs Al Freeman (JR):  10 ppg; 2 reb; 44% FG; 38% 3pt; 82% FT

FINAL: Baylor 91, NMSU 73

74,693 Views | 486 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by LadyBear91
baylrballa
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depends how quick refs can take motley out of the second half...

not sure how we gave up 40 to that team. And letting them out rebound us...

Al and Terry 25
Manu and Motley and Ish 6
GoldMind
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Dubbicans said:

The X Factor said:

Hope Drew can make some halftime adjustments better than the last two years.
No you don't
His streak of only posting when we are losing continues on, unbroken for years now.
snarebear55
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Media Bear said:

I actually feel good about the second half coming up. If we got Freeman and Maston going early, we still got Manu and Motley due to. Meanwhile, NM is probably just played their best half of the entire season.
I do too. Our offensive flow is there. It's much more likely we can keep this up than NMSU. But who knows.
ET Bear
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If we played man the entire 2nd half we would win by 10+.
riflebear
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We're the best 3pt defensive team but on any given day a team can get hot. Of course that day is today against Baylor. At least we are still up knowing Motley & Manu hardly played or played well. Gotta stay w/ Freeman & Maston, our 2 best scorers who are aggressive outside of Motley.
Media Bear
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Kenny Smith making sense here ... BU allowing NM to play their game, rather than applying pressure to them.
baylrballa
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stop quoting douchy posts that should obviously be blocked.
Media Bear
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CBS/TBS/whoever shows all Michigan highlights in that game --yet it is Okie Lite that's leading by 3 ...
riflebear
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Gotta love Baylor shooting 55% but can't remember the last time a team hit 6 - 3's on us in a half. We also did a good job taking care of the ball late in the half sticking on 7 TOs. Can't allow them to stay in it w/ less than 5 min left or things will get very tight again for everyone.

The good thing is usually the better teams extend leads after halftime. Villanova & Gonzaga were both in tight games at half then blew it open, lets hope we do the same.

baylor1984
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Drew needs to go man and pressure full court. This NM will turn it over and over if we do. The zone D isn't working. Thank God Freeman and Matson stepped up or we would be in a heap of trouble.
FWBear
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If you just watched the game and paid no attention to the score you'd think we were up 10. Not sure how I feel about that given the score.
riflebear
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Ish & Manu w/ a combined 2pts.

Maston & Freeman w/ a combined 25pts.
baylrballa
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baylor1984 said:

Drew needs to go man and pressure full court. This NM will turn it over and over if we do. The zone D isn't working. Thank God Freeman and Matson stepped up or we would be in a heap of trouble.
The zone is great for keeping games close, both ways.
The X Factor
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Basic fundamentals are lacking with this team:

  • blocking out - how many second chance points do they have?
  • Setting a legal screen - this has been a Drew program hallmark ever since he arrived at Baylor. He just doesn't know how to teach this.
  • Selecting the right defense against a team that is going to live or die by the 3. This is basic coaching. If he can't figure this out we are screwed.

Motley is going to have to have the 2nd half of his life for us to win.
BaylorBJM
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riflebear said:

Gotta love Baylor shooting 55% but can't remember the last time a team hit 6 - 3's on us in a half. We also did a good job taking care of the ball late in the half sticking on 7 TOs. Can't allow them to stay in it w/ less than 5 min left or things will get very tight again for everyone.

The good thing is usually the better teams extend leads after halftime. Villanova & Gonzaga were both in tight games at half then blew it open, lets hope we do the same.


Usually the case but something feels different about this game. Both teams are playing very well and I imagine this game ends very close. I'm expecting a back-and-forth offensive show in the 2H.
Bear15
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We know how to play defense, I think we get that shored up in 2h. I agree with some, if they want to jack 30 three's then let them.

We need to continue to play aggressively on offense which we didn't do against K-State in the Big12 tourney. I haven't seen anyone mention this yet. We passed up so many good shots in our late slump this year. We aren't today.

Let's kick some ass in the second half.
Media Bear
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First 5 minutes of second half are super important. We need to have the opening run. Not them.
burg0047
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Media Bear said:

CBS/TBS/whoever shows all Michigan highlights in that game --yet it is Okie Lite that's leading by 3 ...
It's called worshiping at the altar.
Blackout Sniper
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The 2nd half will be drastically different because of fouls. Baylor has to pound the paint to get them in foul trouble.
Hambone
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The X Factor said:

Basic fundamentals are lacking with this team:

  • blocking out - how many second chance points do they have?
  • Setting a legal screen - this has been a Drew program hallmark ever since he arrived at Baylor. He just doesn't know how to teach this.
  • Selecting the right defense against a team that is going to live or die by the 3. This is basic coaching. If he can't figure this out we are screwed.

Motley is going to have to have the 2nd half of his life for us to win.
you are the most miserable human being on the planet

(we do need to block out better tho)
riflebear
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Hate to quote this but FiveThirtyEight gives us 74% chance to win this.
baylor1984
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baylrballa said:

baylor1984 said:

Drew needs to go man and pressure full court. This NM will turn it over and over if we do. The zone D isn't working. Thank God Freeman and Matson stepped up or we would be in a heap of trouble.
The zone is great for keeping games close, both ways.

The zone's good when your playing more talented teams but when it's more than obvious your playing a team with much less talent ie. NM State then it's time to let your athletes loose and go man/ apply pressure. NM is very loose with the ball and BU should be up by close to double digits in this game. BU has now given them hope and most likely it's going to be a dogfight in a game that really shouldn't have been that way. BU needs to come out and bury these guys in the first 7 to 10 minutes of the second half.
Chad 2 the Bone
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We need to go on a run to start the Hal and never look back.
Hambone
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2nd half line is Baylor -8.5, books definitely scared of getting hit by people hammering us at half
CHIbear
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Starting with man. I like it
Hambone
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Huggins gets the roll on a 17 footer, 42-38 Ags. that was a man to man possession

Mot to Jo for the jam! 42-40

Ags miss, BU ball out of bounds
BaylorBJM
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Theresa no way that was our ball.
baylrballa
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What a terrible, lazy pass.
Hambone
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they get in the passing lane for a deflection, then Ish steps out of bounds when trying to gather the ball. turnover.

short J no good, BU ball

Ish with a huge tip dunk! 42-42 (Manu missed a floater)
Media Bear
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NM looking to force TOS from us again. And it's working.
FWBear
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I don't understand our passes sometimes. That was awful.
Hambone
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Ags miss, Mot fouled on the rebound

Mot forces a bad pass into the paint, it's tipped and stolen

Jo with nice D down low, forces a miss

Manu scores on the break! 44-42 BU 17:10
The X Factor
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Rebounding is already better!

Check 1
Media Bear
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Where were you throwing that Mot?
baylrballa
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Motley passes up the 5 footer to pass into triple coverage.
 
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