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Game Thread: Baylor Faces First True Road Test in Memphis

Baylor men’s basketball (6-1) travels to the FedEx Forum to take on the Memphis Tigers (3-4), on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on CBS.
By Ashley Hodge
December 5, 2025
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Baylor men’s basketball (6-1) travels to the FedEx Forum to take on the Memphis Tigers (3-4), on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on CBS.

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (42), Memphis (66)
    • Projected Score: 79-77 Baylor
  • KenPom: Baylor (29), Memphis (74)
    • Projected Score: 80-77 Baylor
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (34), Memphis (75)
    • Projected Score: 79-76 Baylor
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (45), Memphis (86)
    • Projected Score: 79-78 Memphis

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (17 ppg; 6 reb)
  • Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (23 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (12 ppg; 8 reb)
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (10 ppg; 6 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (5 ppg; 6 reb)
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 2 asst)

Projected Lineups

Memphis Starters

  • Guard: Dug McDaniel (Sr.) 5-11, 170 (13 ppg; 6 asst)
  • Guard: Julius Thedford (So.) 6-4, 195 (9 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Guard: Ashton Hardaway (Jr.) 6-8, 225 (7 ppg; 2 reb)
  • Forward: Zach Davis (Sr.) 6-7, 205 (7 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Forward: Simon Majok (Fr.) 7-1, 220 (5 ppg; 4 reb)

Memphis Bench

  • Guard: Sincere Parker (Sr.) 6-3, 210 (9 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Guard: Quante Berry (Jr.) 6-4, 185 (8 ppg; 2 reb)
  • Guard: Curtis Givens (So.) 6-3, 190 (7 ppg)
  • Forward: Aaron Bradshaw (Jr.) 7-1, 215 (6 ppg)
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Game Thread: Baylor Faces First True Road Test in Memphis

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In reply to marigold23 • 6:10p, 12/6/25
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officiating didn't lose the game but it still sucked, as did the commentary

And yet, still somehow better than enduring a football game with Kirk Herbstreit.
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In reply to IowaBear • 6:30p, 12/6/25
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There's a very clear trend with Agbim that's not going to bode well at all come conference play

Good call out and I'm sure you could see it better in person. Obi (Rataj too) struggle against length and athletisim.

We might have found the one mountain west guy in the last 2 years that doesn't translate to the highest levels of comp. I'm sure he'll have some breakout games but very concerned about consistency.
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6:44p, 12/6/25
Their size and physicality beat us today. Gotta make our layups. We gave them way too many second and third chances.
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In reply to Quinton • 6:52p, 12/6/25
Quinton said:
IowaBear said:
There's a very clear trend with Agbim that's not going to bode well at all come conference play

Good call out and I'm sure you could see it better in person. Obi (Rataj too) struggle against length and athletisim.

We might have found the one mountain west guy in the last 2 years that doesn't translate to the highest levels of comp. I'm sure he'll have some breakout games but very concerned about consistency.

When you get 3rd and 4th year guys as skilled and polished as Obi and Rataj, you realize there's a reason they are still around playing college basketball. Their limited athletic upside really shows up against the longer and more athletic teams.
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In reply to Oldbear83 • 7:52p, 12/6/25
Oldbear83 said:
Quinton said:
Not good. This team could lose a lot of basketball games if they don't get it together quickly.

I'll admit, haven't watched Memphis play this year. But their losses and just eye test doesn't instill much confidence here.

Memphis has played a tough schedule, and gave Purdue fits.

If we had made our free throws and not used timeouts early, we coulda ... but this is far from a bad team.

Not sure what "eye test" you are using, for my part I see them learning and staying tough.



Tough? They lost to Ole Miss, UNLV, Wake, and are nearly beaten by San Fran. They are a first for out type tournament team hat like us.
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In reply to Cove Dawg • 8:06p, 12/6/25
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Oldbear83 said:
Quinton said:
Not good. This team could lose a lot of basketball games if they don't get it together quickly.

I'll admit, haven't watched Memphis play this year. But their losses and just eye test doesn't instill much confidence here.

Memphis has played a tough schedule, and gave Purdue fits.

If we had made our free throws and not used timeouts early, we coulda ... but this is far from a bad team.

Not sure what "eye test" you are using, for my part I see them learning and staying tough.



Tough? They lost to Ole Miss, UNLV, Wake, and are nearly beaten by San Fran. They are a first for out type tournament team hat like us.

How many top 25 teams have we played?

A road game at Memphis was a solid test for us. Sad for you if you cannot grasp that.
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In reply to Oldbear83 • 8:11p, 12/6/25
Memphis isn't good this year. They weren't impressive leading up to today. And they weren't impressive live. That's a bad loss however you spin it by the Bears today. That's Pennys worst team in his Memphis tenure
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11:47a, 12/7/25
Drew has to get serious about having more than 1 big. Go out and spend money.
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5:16p, 12/7/25
Well, at least one interesting nugget comes from this:

--Baylor falls from #67 NET to #76 NET, which costs Memphis a Quad 2 win (for now) since we're not in the Top 75.

--Memphis' victory vaults it from #138 NET to #129 NET, which puts it inside the Top 135 and makes our loss a Quad 2 loss (for now) instead of Quad 3 loss.

Quad 1 wins and Quad 3/4 losses are two of the most heavily weighed NET evaluative tools used by the committee in deciding at-large bids.

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In reply to Bearwhiz • 9:15a, 12/8/25
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Drew has to get serious about having more than 1 big. Go out and spend money.

Given the situation with Bodo looking more and more like he either isn't going to play this season or he's going to at best be a minor contributor (due to being rusty when he does play) redshirting Soyoye appears to me to be a luxury we can't afford. If he's truly so raw or unprepared to play this season that he can't at least be another big body to contribute a few minutes of clogging the lane on D and maybe grabbing a couple of rebounds, then I don't understand why we recruited him and why we're paying him in the first place.
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In reply to IowaBear • 11:58a, 12/8/25
IowaBear said:
There's a very clear trend with Agbim that's not going to bode well at all come conference play

I think the more concerning trend is that when Dan Skillings struggles, we lose. He's played two bad games all year and we've lost both of them -- basically trailing the entire way.

With his inconsistency issues over the years, that doesn't bode well for us IMO.

But in fairness to Skillings (and Agbim ... and Rataj), everyone (except Yessefou and maybe Powell) played poorly against Memphis. That was just a ****ty game for us all around.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 12:39p, 12/8/25
bear2be2 said:
IowaBear said:
There's a very clear trend with Agbim that's not going to bode well at all come conference play

I think the more concerning trend is that when Dan Skillings struggles, we lose. He's played two bad games all year and we've lost both of them -- basically trailing the entire way.

With his inconsistency issues over the years, that doesn't bode well for us IMO.

But in fairness to Skillings (and Agbim ... and Rataj), everyone (except Yessefou and maybe Powell) played poorly against Memphis. That was just a ****ty game for us all around.

Agree on Skillings. His success comes from playing on that "just on the edge of a turnover" speed every time he touches the ball. When he's on, he can score. But, when he's off, he's a turnover/bad shot machine.
Carr also went MIA for the first time this season in the 2nd half against Memphis.

I think it's way too early to tell with this team. The B12 is super strong at the top - everyone else will be fighting it out for NCAA entrance. Iowa State, Houston, Zona, Tech, Kansas and BYU are sure locks for the tourney. That probably leaves 3 spots for the rest of the conference.

Can Baylor grab one of those spots?
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