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Gameday Thread: #17 Baylor (15-5) vs Arkansas (14-6)

January 26, 2023
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#17 Baylor (15-5) hosts Arkansas (14-6) on January 28th at 3pm CST in Waco as part of the Big12/SEC challenge.  The game will be televised on ESPN.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 76 Arkansas 72

Torvik Prediction:  Baylor 77 Arkansas 71

Evan Miyakawa Prediction:  Baylor 77 Arkansas 71


Coaches

Arkansas:   Eric Musselman (58); 197-68 (87-34 at Arkansas) 5 NCAAs; 3 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s

Baylor:  Scott Drew (52); 434-238 overall (414-227 at Baylor); 10 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  1-0 Drew


Arkansas Starters

Guard:  Anthony Black (FR) 6-7 200 lbs; 13 ppg; 5 reb; 4 asst; 2 st; 45% FG; 34% 3pt; 70% FT

Guard:  Davonte Davis (JR) 6-4 185 lbs; 10 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst; 40% FG; 29% 3pt; 68% FT

Forward:  Ricky Council (JR) 6-6 205 lbs; 17 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 46% FG; 28% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Kamani Johnson (SR) 6-7 230 lbs; 3 ppg; 3 reb; 48% FG; 57% FT

Forward:  Makhi Mitchell (SR) 6-9 230 lbs; 8 ppg; 6 reb; 64% FG; 62% FT

Arkansas Bench

Guard:  Derrian Ford (FR) 6-3 205 lbs; 1 ppg; 1 reb; 44% FG; 100% FT

Forward:  Jordan Walsh (FR) 6-7 205 lbs; 7 ppg; 4 reb; 45% FG; 28% 3pt; 67% FT

Forward:  Jalen Graham (SR) 6-9 225 lbs; 5 ppg; 2 reb; 71% FG; 53% FT


Baylor Starters

Guard:  Adam Flagler (SR) 6-3 185 lbs; 16 ppg; 2 reb; 5 asst; 43% FG; 44% 3pt; 82% FT

Guard:  LJ Cryer (JR) 6-1 190 lbs; 14 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 46% FG; 40% 3pt; 82% FT

Guard:  Keyonte George (FR) 6-4 185 lbs; 17 ppg; 5 reb; 3 asst; 38% FG; 34% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Jalen Bridges (JR) 6-7 225 lbs; 10 ppg; 6 reb; 1 blk; 51% FG; 26% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  Flo Thamba (SR) 6-10 250 lbs; 5 ppg; 5 reb; 1 blk; 60% FG; 61% FT

Baylor Bench

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 4 ppg; 4 reb; 54% FG; 27% 3pt; 67% FT

Guard:  Langston Love (FR) 6-5 210 lbs; 7 ppg; 2 reb; 41% FG; 33% 3pt; 85% FT

Forward:  Joshua Ojianwuna (FR) 6-10 235 lbs; 6 ppg; 4 reb; 1 blk; 64% FG; 70% FT

Discussion from...

Gameday Thread: #17 Baylor (15-5) vs Arkansas (14-6)

20,711 Views | 206 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by historian
bear2be2
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We're going to have trouble winning this game playing the way we currently are.

George is taking terrible shots and Flagler is clanking shots he usually drains.

We're going to need some guys to step up in the second half.
bear2be2
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What a terrible close to the half.
Johnny Bear
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We are really looking like crap at the moment against a team we should be handling.
BUmoneymaker
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bear2be2 said:

Hey Lohner, there's a reason no one's guarding you. Pass the ball.


They just said this same thing. Sad really

Bu lucky to even be close cause they are playing like garbage.

Of course we will be the team to have trouble today while wvu and Ou dominate... ***
bear2be2
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Call a damn timeout.
bear2be2
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bear2be2 said:

Call a damn timeout.
That was three possessions overdue.
historian
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bear2be2 said:

Hey Lohner, there's a reason no one's guarding you. Pass the ball.


Fran heard you!
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
IowaBear
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Arky is wayyy too athletic for the Bears. Zero chance unless they force the pigs to shoot jump shots
BluesBear
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Benched Flagler. He looks awful. Drew getting out coached.
cleverbearname
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Dudes airballing at home not a good sign
bear2be2
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Arkansas is just leaving non-shooters wide open and daring them to shoot. Good strategy.
Johnny Bear
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LOL - Bonner. Yeah, that's who we need shooting threes right now.
BearFan33
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We are really having a hard time drawing fouls when we drive

Leading to terrible shots or turnovers
BluesBear
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An open 3 and an air ball. ***.
historian
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Defend without fouling!!
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
bear2be2
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Johnny Bear said:

LOL - bonner. Yeah, that's who we need shooting threes right now.
They're doubling our shooters, so those guys aren't getting shots. We need Lohner and Bonner to knock down unguarded shots.
broncko
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Just.Cold.
BearFan33
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Quick whistle on us

None on them lately
IowaBear
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Bonner and Lohner bring zilch offensively. Playing 1 or both and you're essentially playing 4 on 5 or 3 on 5
ImABearToo
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Arky has the moxie in basketball that Baylor had on the football field under Briles (Kaz too).
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
whitetrash
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BearFan33 said:

We are really having a hard time drawing fouls when we drive

Leading to terrible shots or turnovers


Arkansas had 4 fouls in the first 2 1/2 minutes. Since then It's been 11-5 on BU
Fre3dombear
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Can we hold ark to 33?
IowaBear
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Another garbage end of half possession… 1 for their last 17… that's laughably bad.
Fre3dombear
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Barely.

And yet again we go like 10 minutes of the half without a point

Keynote just flinging **** up
Johnny Bear
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And we cap it off with our usual getting absolutely nothing on an end of the half possession.
Fre3dombear
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Johnny Bear said:

And we cap it off with our usual getting absolutely nothing on an end of the half possession.


I consider not giving up points with the ball and 22 seconds left a W for this team
BUmoneymaker
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Only a fanatic would continue watching this instead of attending to my wifes needs in the other room. Feel like im losing 2x.

Youre welcome bears.
Stefano DiMera
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Maybe the Mussleman technical wasn't dumb.
Fre3dombear
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IowaBear said:

Another garbage end of half possession… 1 for their last 17… that's laughably bad.


On the flip when your opponent is shooting 4% from the floor the last 15 min and your hardly up 2 possessions, ummmmm. Not good
BearFan33
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Lid on the bucket for us. I think our drivers keep expecting to be bailed out by a foul when they drive. Refs not calling them

Hitting open threes will help

And we need to stop their offensive rebounding.
Stefano DiMera
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Down 6...step off ledge..I know every person in these game threads thinks we win by 40 every game

Game of runs..game of runs .
IowaBear
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We're still in this thanks to that early lead we built. First 4 are going to be critical. If they stretch this north of 10 we're in trouble
Johnny Bear
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IowaBear said:

Bonner and Lohner bring zilch offensively. Playing 1 or both and you're essentially playing 4 on 5 or 3 on 5

Yep. One of the reasons we got owned the last part of the first half was because our one big (assuming you can call him a big) that has to even be accounted for on the offensive end - Bridges - was on the bench with three fouls. So far it's one of those games where we're paying a big-time price for having little to no scoring punch down low and also of course it's not helping that so far Flag has been non-existent as a scorer.
ImABearToo
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Looking forward to our 7' recruit helping next year. The days when we had productive bigs seems decades ago. Wait, it was 10 years ago.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
LIB,MR BEARS
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BellCountyBear said:

Is Thamba not able to dunk?

Only with a clean catch and zero contact
 
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