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Gameday Thread: #14 Baylor (13-2; 2-0) vs Cincinnati (12-3; 1-1)

January 10, 2024
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#14 Baylor (13-2; 2-0) hosts Cincinnati (12-3; 1-1)  Saturday January 13th at 7pm CST at Foster Pavilion.  The game will be televised on ESPN.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 81 Cincinnati 73

Torvik Prediction:  Baylor 81 Cincinnati 73

Evan Miyakawa:  Baylor 81 Cincinnati 74

Haslametrics:  Baylor 77 Cincinnati 71


Coaches

Cincinnati:  Wes Miller (40) 238-166 (53-31 at Cincy); 2 NCAAs

Baylor:  Scott Drew (53); 454-245 overall (434-234 at Baylor); 11 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head:  0-0


Cincinnati Starters

Guard:  Day Day Thomas (JR) 6-0 185 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 40% FG; 27% 3pt; 78% FT

Guard:  John Newman (SR) 6-5 215 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 49% FG; 34% 3pt; 76% FT

Forward: Simas Lukosius (JR) 6-8 225 lbs; 11 ppg; 6 reb; 5 asst; 44% FG; 41% 3pt; 79% FT

Forward:  Vicktor Lahkin (JR) 6-11 240 lbs; 14 ppg; 8 reb; 2 asst; 54% FG; 33% 3pt; 55% FT

Forward:  Aziz Bandaogo (SR) 7-0 235 lbs; 8 ppg; 9 reb; 64% FG; 100% 3pt; 61% FT

Cincinnati Bench

Guard:  Jizzle James (FR) 6-1 195 lbs; 9 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 43% FG; 36% 3pt; 81% FT

Guard:  Dan Skillings (SO) 6-6 215 lbs; 11 ppg; 6 reb; 42% FG; 27% 3pt; 71% FT

Forward: Josh Reed (SO) 6-7 220 lbs; 3 ppg; 3 reb; 43% FG; 47% 3pt; 50% FT

Forward:  Jamille Reynolds (SR) 6-11 275 lbs; 7 ppg; 4 reb; 46% FG; 33% 3pt; 58% FT

*Guard:  CJ Fredrick (SR) 6-3 180 lbs; 8 ppg; 2 asst; 42% FG; 44% 3pt; 70% FT

*hamstring injury, status unknown


Baylor Starters

Guard:  RayJ Dennis (SR) 6-3 180 lbs; 14 ppg; 4 reb; 6 asst; 52% FG; 41% 3pt; 73% FT

Guard:  Jayden Nunn (JR) 6-3 190 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 44% FG; 46% 3pt; 71% FT 

Guard:  Ja’Kobe Walter (FR) 6-5 185 lbs; 15 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 44% FG; 40% 3pt; 85% FT

Forward:  Jalen Bridges (JR) 6-9 225 lbs; 11 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst;  46% FG; 40% 3pt; 84% FT

Forward:  Yves Missi (FR) 6-11 220 lbs; 10 ppg; 6 reb; 2 blocks; 66% FG; 51% FT

Baylor Bench

Guard:  Langston Love (SO) 6-5 210 lbs; 11 ppg; 2 reb; 48% FG; 48% 3pt; 85% FT

Forward:  Caleb Lohner (JR) 6-8 235 lbs; 3 ppg; 3 reb; 58% FG; 33% 3pt; 70% FT

Forward:  Josh Ojianwuna (SO) 6-10 240 lbs; 5 ppg; 4 reb; 80% FG; 63% FT

Guard:  Miro Little (FR) 6-4 185 lbs; 3 ppg; 56% FG; 50% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua (SR) 6-8 245 lbs; 3 ppg; 2 reb; 53% FG; 43% 3pt

Discussion from...

Gameday Thread: #14 Baylor (13-2; 2-0) vs Cincinnati (12-3; 1-1)

15,451 Views | 190 Replies | Last: 5 mo ago by historian
Crawfoso1973
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Skillings (sp?) is an incredible prospect. First I had seen or heard of him but he looks like an NBA prospect. He almost single-handedly beat us.
GruntTuff
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BearFan33 said:

Maybe we will use the zone more

Held a team under 60
Switching from man to zone won us the game tonight on a night we couldn't make shots, and they made a lot of shots late.

Gee....I wonder if the coaches noticed?

Of course they did...duh.

Maybe I'm not realistic (too bad that despite our immense history of basketball success over the many decades we have a coach who has only won one national championship) but I think this coaching staff has their eyes open and can figure out things.

We played very good zone tonight, and it give future opponents something else to deal with.

This team has two true freshmen, and two first year transfers, one guy (Love) who is just finally healthy and a second year transfer from WV who some of us were ready to dismiss last year.

Not bad at all what we are doing.
MrGolfguy
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whitetrash
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GruntTuff said:

BearFan33 said:

Maybe we will use the zone more

Held a team under 60
Switching from man to zone won us the game tonight on a night we couldn't make shots, and they made a lot of shots late.

Gee....I wonder if the coaches noticed?

Of course they did...duh.

Maybe I'm not realistic (too bad that despite our immense history of basketball success over the many decades we have a coach who has only won one national championship) but I think this coaching staff has their eyes open and can figure out things.

We played very good zone tonight, and it give future opponents something else to deal with.

This team has two true freshmen, and two first year transfers, one guy (Love) who is just finally healthy and a second year transfer from WV who some of us were ready to dismiss last year.

Not bad at all what we are doing.


As CSD said on the postgame show, only one starter had played more than 2 Big 12 games before tonight.
boognish_bear
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boognish_bear
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Crawfoso1973 said:

Skillings (sp?) is an incredible prospect. First I had seen or heard of him but he looks like an NBA prospect. He almost single-handedly beat us.


Yeah....that dude was super impressive. I was impressed with Cincy overall.

Glad we squeaked by in this one.
boognish_bear
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Did Walter block Thomas's go ahead shot with under a minute left?

When I do slomo replay on my DVR it definitely looks like Walter blocked it. The shot ends up like a foot short of the rim...but Walter did not have any blocks on the stats sheet.
Crawfoso1973
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I just googled him, he was a 4 star and the #81 ranked player in his high school class. He is an extremely quick and twitchy athlete with NBA length and wingspan. Will be a first rounder if he can consistently continue to shoot it from deep the way he did against us.
william
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pro ecclesia, pro javelina
Johnny Bear
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One positive through our first 3 B12 games this season is despite us stinking it up beyond the arc in two of them, we're still 3-0.
ImABearToo
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Imagine if it all comes together at some point. Wow!
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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BearlyBeloved
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boognish_bear said:


And pray for those who overindulge on eating cupcakes.
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