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Gameday Thread: #2 Baylor (8-0) vs #6 Villanova (7-2)

December 8, 2021
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#2 Baylor (8-0) hosts #6 Villanova (7-2) in the biggest non conference game in Ferrell Center history on Sunday December 12th at 2pm.  The game will be televised on ABC.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 71 Villanova 67

Torvik Prediction:  Baylor 69 Villanova 66

Evan Miyakawa Prediction:  Baylor 73 Villanvoa 72


Coaches

Villanova:  Jay Wright (59) 616-275 (496-192 at Nova); 17 NCAAs; 7 Sweet 16s; 4 Elite 8s; 3 FFs; 2 NCs

Baylor:  Scott Drew (51); 400-224 overall (380-213 at Baylor); 9 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  2-0 Scott Drew


Villanova Starters

Guard:  Colin Gillespie (SR) 6-3 195 lbs; 17 ppg; 4 asst; 45% FG; 45% 3pt; 86% FT

Guard:  Justin Moore (JR) 6-4 210 lbs; 16 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst; 42% FG; 39% 3pt; 65% FT

Forward:  Brandon Slater (SR) 6-7 220 lbs; 13 ppg; 4 reb; 52% FG; 37% 3pt; 83% FT

Forward:  Jermaine Samuels (SR) 6-7 230 lbs; 12 ppg; 6 reb; 48% FG; 33% 3pt; 69% FT

Forward:  Eric Dixon (SO) 6-8 255 lbs; 7 ppg; 6 reb; 46% FG; 63% 3pt; 91% FT

Villanova Bench

Guard:  Caleb Daniels (SR) 6-4 210 lbs; 10 ppg; 4 reb; 45% FG; 39% 3pt; 82%

Forward:  Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree (SR) 6-9 250 lbs; 3 ppg; 1 reb; 33% FG; 75% FT

Guard:   Chris Arciandiacono (JR) 6-5 200 lbs; 2 ppg; 2 reb; 33% FG; 36% 3pt; 100% FT


Baylor Starters

Guard:  James Akinjo (SR) 6-1 190 lbs; 10 ppg; 2 reb; 6 asst; 2 st; 38% FG; 36% 3pt; 79% FT

Guard:  Adam Flagler (JR) 6-3 180 lbs; 8 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 36% FG; 28% 3pt; 83% FT

Forward:  Matt Mayer (SR) 6-9 230 lbs; 12 ppg; 5 reb; 2 st; 43% FG; 36% 3pt; 62% FT

Forward:  Kendall Brown (FR) 6-8 205 lbs; 13 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 2 st; 72% FG; 57% 3pt; 73% FT

Forward:  Flo Thamba (SR) 6-10 250 lbs; 5 ppg; 5 reb; 63%; 58% FT

Baylor Bench

Forward:  Jon Tchatchoua (JR) 6-8 250 lbs; 8 ppg; 8 reb; 67% FG; 33% 3pt; 71% FT

Guard:  LJ Cryer (SO) 6-1 190 lbs; 15 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 54% FG; 48% 3pt; 67% FT

Forward:  Jeremy Sochan (FR) 6-9 230 lbs; 8 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 45% FG; 21% 3pt; 47% FT

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Gameday Thread: #2 Baylor (8-0) vs #6 Villanova (7-2)

23,527 Views | 169 Replies | Last: 3 yr ago by boognish_bear
Jacques Strap
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IowaBear said:

Suffocating defense
Nova 3/21 14%
Louise Romano
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Cryer should take every open look they give him. He is a scorer. Mayer continues to mystify me...and Villanova is so rattled they can't hit the rim. Did not expect that.
Johnny Bear
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16 point lead is great, but imagine what this lead would be if we were shooting reasonably well.
jdrs
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Come on Bears, let's finish the half strong
jdrs
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Gillespie finding his shot
Jacques Strap
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Johnny Bear said:

16 point lead is great, but imagine what this lead would be if we were shooting reasonably well.
Yeah I'm thinking the same thing.
Johnny Bear
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Geez - how many shots has Akinjo missed already?
Jacques Strap
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3 point FG
Bears 3/12
Nova 4/14
jdrs
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Defense great! Offense needs to be better!
Jacques Strap
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Bears defense A+
Bears offense - needs work
ImABearToo
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Meyers's what 0-8?
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
IowaBear
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Few thoughts. Defense was fantastic, Gillespie is going to get his he's too good if a shooter. Offensively we looked bad. A good chunk of that is Novas D. But JTT my msn. Dunk the ball or use the back board not reason to miss 1 footers. And what in the world is wrong with Mayer? Wide open 3s that were wayyyyy off.
CaliByWayOfKS
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Boatload of our missed 3s were wide open which is unfortunate. Nova was the same with some crazy easy misses. Wager both even out so should still come down to our continued play on defense.
Louise Romano
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What is wrong with Mayer? He just looks terrible out there. Dribble is too high, shot is way off except the1st bucket. He is so hard to figure out and you know Nova is not going to shoot like this in the 2nd half. Yes, our D has a lot to do with that but they missed some pretty easy looks.
Jacques Strap
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Flagler 2/5
Akinjo 3/8
Brown 2/4
MM 1/5
Sochan 1/1
Cryer 1/2
JTT 1/3
Thamba 0/1

Need more shots for Cryer, he is a scorer
BearTruth13
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Mayer has really not played well this year. He is playing himself out of the draft
BUBradley
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Came to Vegas to watch the UFC fight(Pena shocked the world!) and sell my Nova-Baylor tickets

But watching at a super nice sports book at the Circa. Even during football Sunday, a lot of people here watching this Baylor game and the buzz is that "Baylor is legit this year" over heard another guy say "they are the number 1 team in the country" just nice to hear. Thought I'd share!

We will be a little more loose on defense but our offense will pick back up. Remember we are a second half team! We win by 9!

Sic em!
BearFan33
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Some of our rolls are open on the pick n roll

We aren't seeing it for some reason. Tough pass but our guys can make it
Jacques Strap
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Two Kenpom top 10 offenses... will one of them or both start making shots in the second half?
Timbear
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This Baylor team can't shoot! Dang. Little headband guy needs to pass more and not hog the ball so much.
vanillabryce
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Weird first half. Seems like we made our contested threes, but missed our wide open shots.

We shot terribly, and didn't get to the FT line. Nova is doing a good job of not letting the ball get into the lane.

I still don't understand why we can't let MM get touches at the high post and let him face up and go high/low.
Louise Romano
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I have a feeling this may not be the final rotation once January rolls around. Defensively we are solid but the offense is sputtering, stagnant and it appears they are not running any pick and rolls, using cutters across the lane and playing inside out. There is no reason with Brown, Sochan, Thamba, and JTT down low they can't get good looks, however, I think this will come and then the outside jumpers will open. But this dribbling and passing only on the perimeter is not going to work.

Should use the weave to find lanes and take it inside.
vanillabryce
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Flo flops - but not on that one
Jacques Strap
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Got to make those offensive rebound kick out threes. Last year we just mentally killed teams with second chance threes

Hate to see Flagler struggle this year with that hand issue
Porteroso
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Great first half, need to close out.
CaliByWayOfKS
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vanillabryce said:

Flo flops - but not on that one


He accentuated the arch fall down for sure, but that forearm shove should have been enough for a foul call on Nova.
vanillabryce
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That's right. Solid stiff arm
jdrs
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Come on MM
vanillabryce
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Mayer settle down
jdrs
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Need some crowd energy
jdrs
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We are letting them get back into the game
CaliByWayOfKS
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Damn Mayer, that was a terrible shot choice and swings to an easy bucket for Nova.
IowaBear
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Akinjo and Mayer are gonna shoot nova right back into the game. Pass the ball you two are like a combined 2-15
vanillabryce
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Akinjo!!!!
jdrs
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Nice feed from Akinjo to Sochan. Needed that to get crowd back involved
 
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