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Gameday Thread: Baylor Hosts Rival TCU on an Icy Weekend in Texas

Baylor (11-7; 1-5) hosts TCU (12-7; 2-4) at Foster Pavilion on Saturday, January 24th at 5 p.m., CT. The game will be televised on ESPN.
January 23, 2026
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WACO, Texas – Baylor (11-7; 1-5) hosts rival TCU (12-7; 2-4) at Foster Pavilion on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 5 p.m., CT. The game will be televised on ESPN.


Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (59), TCU (50)
    • Prediction: Baylor 78, TCU 75
  • KenPom: Baylor (48), TCU (53)
    • Prediction: Baylor 78, TCU 73
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (65), TCU (57)
    • Prediction: Baylor 76, TCU 73
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (46), TCU (41)
    • Prediction: Baylor 77, TCU 75

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (18 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
  • Guard: 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; 7 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (11 ppg; 7 reb; 3 asst) 
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (2 ppg; 4 reb)

Projected Lineups

TCU Starters

  • Guard: Brock Harding (Sr.) 6-0, 160 (8 ppg; 6 asst)
  • Guard: Jayden Pierre (Sr.) 6-0, 180 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Forward: Liutaurus Lelevicius (Jr.) 6-7, 225 (8 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Forward: David Punch (So.) 6-7, 245 (15 ppg; 8 reb; 2 blks)
  • Forward: Xavier Edmonds (Jr.) 6-8, 245 (11 ppg; 5 reb)

TCU Bench

  • Guard: Micah Robinson (So.) 6-6, 230 (10 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Guard: Tanner Tolson (Jr.) 6-5, 195 (7 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Guard: Jace Posey (So.) 6-5, 220 (6 ppg; 3 reb)
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Gameday Thread: Baylor Hosts Rival TCU on an Icy Weekend in Texas

16,340 Views | 190 Replies | Last: 1 mo ago by canoso
gbfell
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Agbim and Williams had a solid first half. Carr has 10. Yessoufou has taken 1 shot. Rataj a total non factor.
Bearsalwayswin
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agbim and rataj are misses for sure…..i think everyone else is advertised or better. but having 2 that are just non factors a lot of the time really really hurts especially when it's 2 of your starting 5. i'll give nnaji time before making a decision on him
Johnny Bear
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Should we assume Nnaji is officially "deep bench" (which given what we've seen is where at this point he belongs)?
Johnny Bear
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Bearsalwayswin said:

agbim and rataj are misses for sure…..i think everyone else is advertised or better. but having 2 that are just non factors a lot of the time really really hurts especially when it's 2 of your starting 5. i'll give nnaji time before making a decision on him

Skillings who is obviously in the rotation has proven to be a miss as well since we've been playing the real teams.
gbfell
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Rataj is bricking one 3 after another warming up.
Big12Fan2024
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Have a feeling we won't see much of him again this year unless there's deep foul trouble or maybe against someone like Arizona, who is loaded with size.
Bearsalwayswin
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i wouldn't say a complete miss…but i would say hit or miss
Johnny Bear
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gbfell said:

Rataj is bricking one 3 after another warming up.

Opponents have obviously caught on to sag and let the dude shoot as many 3s as possible and be ready to rebound.
Big12Fan2024
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On thing about Caden, he has as good of court vision with passing as anyone on the team.
Big12Fan2024
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Ok, here we go. Keep on fire from 3!
JXL
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Agbim has been hot tonight
Big12Fan2024
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Bears 10-12 from the FT line tonight.
Big12Fan2024
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Are they calling a flagrant foul on Tounde?
Johnny Bear
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Big12Fan2024 said:

Are they calling a flagrant foul on Tounde?

Reviewing it.
Bearwhiz
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TY needs to play better. That was just dumb
bear2be2
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JXL said:

Agbim has been hot tonight

This team has needed this all year. Unfortunately, we've only seen it twice since Big 12 play started -- tonight and against Oklahoma State.
Big12Fan2024
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I don't know if Drew has ever had a team better at taking 2 steps forward, then 3 or 4 steps backward, than this group.
Bearwhiz
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Clowns
Johnny Bear
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Nice drive Carr
Big12Fan2024
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Points in the paint: TCU 26, Baylor 16

Just drive to the basket against us and lay it in.
Bearwhiz
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Great the out 12 back in
bear2be2
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How many times are our guys going to be put on skates today on on straight-line drives to the rim? These guys are turnstiles.
Bearwhiz
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Just terrible
Johnny Bear
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Geez, what is going on with Carr??
Smashmouth
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New name for this team...Bad News Bears...unwatchable
bear2be2
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Carr is trying to do too much.
bear2be2
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Rataj has the knees (and lift) of a 44-year-old church league player. What did we ever see in that guy?
gbfell
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Rataj's misses aren't even close.
bear2be2
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I don't know how much longer I can do it with this bunch. This isn't at all fun to watch or follow.
Johnny Bear
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15-2 run by TCU.
Bearwhiz
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Drew needs to tell that fool to stop shooting 3s. Don't care how open he is. It's just a turnover
bear2be2
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How many unguarded 3s are we going to miss today? Good Lord, guys. Those have to be gimmes.
bear2be2
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If they get this lead to 10, we'll have been down double digits in all but one of our first seven Big 12 games. That's futility, boys.
Johnny Bear
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LOL like watching the Keystone cops.
perrynative
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This is awful.
 
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