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Gameday Thread: Baylor Looks To Get Back In Win Column against Kansas State

January 21, 2025
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Baylor (11-6, 3-3) welcomes Kansas State (7-10, 1-5) to Foster Pavilion on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m. CST. The game will be televised on ESPNU.

Predictions

KenPom: Baylor 79, KSU 66

Torvik: Baylor 80, KSU 66

Evan Miyakawa: Baylor 79, KSU 66

Haslemetrics: Baylor 77, KSU 66


Coaches

KSU: Jerome Tang (58) 52-35; NCAAs; Sweet16; Elite 8

Baylor: Scott Drew (54); 477-261 overall (457-250 at Baylor); 12 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship

Head to Head: 3-0 Tang


KSU Starters

  • Guard: Dug McDaniel (Jr.) 5-11 175 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 asst; 39% FG; 21% 3pt; 64% FT
  • Guard: Brendan Hausen (Jr.) 6-4 205 lbs; 12 ppg; 2 reb; 41% FG; 40% 3pt; 78% FT
  • Guard: Max Jones (Sr.) 6-4 220 lbs; 9 ppg; 4 reb; 39% FG; 36% 3pt; 75% FT
  • Forward: David N’Guessan (Sr.) 6-9 220 lbs; 13 ppg; 7 reb; 65% FG; 31% 3pt; 60% FT
  • Forward: Coleman Hawkins (Sr.) 6-10 235 lbs; 11 ppg; 7 reb; 4 asst; 41% FG; 31% 3pt; 58% FT

KSU Bench

  • Guard: David Castillo (Fr.) 6-1 180 lbs; 3 ppg; 22% FG; 24% 3pt; 85% FT
  • Forward: Ugonna Onyenso (Jr.) 7-0 250 lbs; 4 ppg; 3 reb; 75% FG; 67% FT
  • Forward: CJ Jones (Jr.) 6-5 195 lbs; 6 ppg; 2 asst; 42% FG; 39% 3pt; 70% FT

Baylor Starters

  • *Guard: Jeremy Roach (Sr.) 6-2 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 asst; 41% FG; 35% 3pt; 70% FT
  • Guard: Rob Wright (Fr.) 6-1 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 5 asst; 47% FG; 39% 3pt; 77% FT
  • Guard: VJ Edgecombe (Fr.) 6-5 190 lbs; 13 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst; 2 st; 41% FG; 32% 3pt 71% FT
  • Forward: Norchad Omier (Sr.) 6-7 245 lbs; 16 ppg; 10 reb; 60% FG; 29% 3pt; 71% FT
  • Forward: Josh Ojianwuna (Jr.) 6-10 255 lbs; 8 ppg; 7 reb; 77% FG; 63% FT

Baylor Bench

  • *Guard: Langston Love (Jr.) 6-5 215 lbs; 7 ppg; 3 reb; 36% FG; 29% 3pt; 75% FT 
  • Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7 215 lbs; 8 ppg; 3 reb; 39% FG; 39% 3pt; 100% FT
  • Guard: Jayden Nunn (Sr.) 6-4 190 lbs; 11 ppg; 3 reb; 41% FG; 47% 3pt; 63% FT
  • Forward: Jason Asemota (FR) 6-8 200 lbs; 2 ppg; 2 reb; 32% FG; 21% 3pt; 33% FT

*questionable with injury*

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Gameday Thread: Baylor Looks To Get Back In Win Column against Kansas State

11,839 Views | 181 Replies | Last: 2 days ago by IowaBear
MrGolfguy
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Just win Bears!
I don't feel tardy
Quinton
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Need to completely blow them away or it's a wrap. K state is terrible, unfortunately this team is close to collapse if they don't get it improved immediately.
boognish_bear
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ImABearToo
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Hard to stay interested this year, need a rain maker to show up. Don't trust this team to come back all the way back from a small or large deficit and sure don't trust them to hold a lead.
Johnny Bear
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Needless to say this is a must win. Simply can't afford any more bad losses like last Sunday.
BellCountyBear
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ImABearToo said:

Hard to stay interested this year, need a rain maker to show up. Don't trust this team to come back all the way back from a small or large deficit and sure don't trust them to hold a lead.
This is exactly where I am with this team. I don't look forward to watching them play.
BUCANDOIT82
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My concern with Roach is he's back in the Concussion Protocol and could be out an extended period. I hope he recovers quickly. His health is more important than the season.
Gametime
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Love Baylor, but this team isn't fun to watch at all. I still do. But, the enjoyment for this particular team sure has decreased. Sure hope they can rise up. But, Man……
boognish_bear
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Gametime said:

Love Baylor, but this team isn't fun to watch at all. I still do. But, the enjoyment for this particular team sure has decreased. Sure hope they can rise up. But, Man……


Agree. They are not fun to watch and it doesn't really feel like appointment TV for me this year. I hate that.
bear2be2
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Gametime said:

Love Baylor, but this team isn't fun to watch at all. I still do. But, the enjoyment for this particular team sure has decreased. Sure hope they can rise up. But, Man……
Same. This is the least excited I've been for a Baylor men's basketball team in ages. It's a chore to put the games on every week. But like you, I still watch and hope for the best.
Big12Fan2024
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Of course.

TCU, consistently the worst or next to worst in the conference in FT shooting hits 77% against us. Tonight? 6-12 or 50%.

The kid who hit the 3 and went 4-8 from 3 against us? He goes 1-8.
ImABearToo
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Dunk the ball.
whitetrash
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The two teams open the game going a combined 1-6 from the floor, with no shot further than 2 feet from the rim.
bear2be2
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Big12Fan2024 said:

Of course.

TCU, consistently the worst or next to worst in the conference in FT shooting hits 77% against us. Tonight? 6-12 or 50%.

The kid who hit the 3 and went 4-8 from 3 against us? He goes 1-8.
Wenzel was shooting .456 from 3 coming into tonight. Tonight's performance is the outlier, not the other night's.

Leaving him open as often as we did on Sunday was maddening. He's by far their best outside shooting threat.
Big12Fan2024
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This is awful basketball on both sides.
bear2be2
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This team is painful to watch.
boognish_bear
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I'm not even gonna flip over until Mavs/Timberwolves is over
bear2be2
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boognish_bear said:

I'm not even gonna flip over until Mavs/Timberwolves is over
We may or may not have a made field goal by then.
bear2be2
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We go inside-out, make an extra pass and hit an open 3.

Maybe we should post Norchad up more ...
MrGolfguy
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Really need Winchester, Dudley, and Castellaw to step up tonight
I don't feel tardy
Big12Fan2024
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bear2be2 said:

We go inside-out, make an extra pass and hit an open 3.

Maybe we should post Norchad up more ...
Why? We're so much better with all 5 guys out and then let the 1 guy being doubled (always shorter than the defenders in our case) jack up an off balance 3.
Johnny Bear
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Lord, this is a bricklayers convention.
Big12Fan2024
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We literally shooting 5%. At home.
whitetrash
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BU shooting 1-12

KSt with 5 unforced turnovers and a 3 point lead.

Now 2-13 and tied.
IowaBear
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Bricklayers across the board on this team
whitetrash
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Anyone else on here at the game?

Sounds like we have a substitute PA announcer…
ImABearToo
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Root canal and colonoscopy all at once.
Big12Fan2024
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We've taken 9 more shots than they have because they have 5 TOs and 7 offensive boards.

And we trail.
boognish_bear
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Give him a Noze disguise and get him in asap

Johnny Bear
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bear2be2 said:

We go inside-out, make an extra pass and hit an open 3.

Maybe we should post Norchad up more ...

Nah - he needs to hang out beyond the arc and jack up 3's……
gbfell
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I'm here. The announcer is not the regular guy. This place is pretty dead.
IowaBear
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Gonna be dead most home games I'm afraid. Least exciting team in a decade
Hotsauce
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Big 12 pillow fight breaking out tonight!
PaperBear89
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Feel like I'm watching a late 80s SWC game on Raycom.
Big12Fan2024
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Josh: 0
Nunn: 0
Celestine: 0
 
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