Gameday Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse

LAWRENCE, Kansas – Baylor men’s basketball (11-5; 1-3) travels to Kansas (12-5; 2-2) on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on FOX.

Computer Models

• Torvik: Baylor (48), Kansas (13)
  • Prediction: Kansas 85, Baylor 73
• KenPom: Baylor (40), Kansas (17)
  • Prediction: Kansas 82, Baylor 74
• Haslametrics: Baylor (45), Kansas (19)
  • Prediction: Kansas 81, Baylor 72
• Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (41), Kansas (17)
  • Prediction: Kansas 82, Baylor 72

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

• Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
• Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (18 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
• Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (20 ppg; 5 reb; 2 blks)
• Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (10 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)
• Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (7 ppg; 8 reb)

Baylor Bench

• Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
• Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (3 ppg; 4 reb)
• *Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (11 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)

*sprained knee/questionable

Projected Lineups

Kansas Starters

• Guard: Darryn Peterson (Fr.) 6-6, 205 (22 ppg; 5 reb)
• Guard: Melvin Council (Sr.) 6-4, 180 (14 ppg; 4 reb; 5 asst)
• Forward: Tre White (Sr.) 6-7, 215 (15 ppg; 7 reb)
• Forward: Flory Bidunga (So.) 6-10, 235 (14 ppg; 9 reb; 3 blks)
• Forward: Bryson Tiller (Fr.) 6-11, 240 (8 ppg; 6 reb)

Kansas Bench

• Guard: Jamari McDowell (So.) 6-5, 200 (4 ppg; 2 asst)
• Guard: Elmarko Jackson (So.) 6-3, 195 (4 ppg; 2 asst)
• Guard: Kohl Rosario (Fr.) 6-6, 200 (4 ppg)