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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

16,339 Views | 190 Replies | Last: 1 mo ago by canoso
True Grit
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They don't even have their best player. We are so bad.
Big12Fan2024
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All of this and TCU's essentially playing without its best player. And, we're playing at home.
bear2be2
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Big12Fan2024 said:

All of this and TCU's essentially playing without its best player. And, we're playing at home.

We're about to 0-4 at home in Big 12 play. There was never any path to success for this team that didn't include a decent home record.
boognish_bear
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This is not fun
Big12Fan2024
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TCU shooting 55% from 3 against the #268 team in the country on 3 point defense.
bear2be2
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And there it is, another double-digit deficit. This team is ASS.
boognish_bear
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True Grit said:

They don't even have their best player. We are so bad.


Unless a sudden turn around happens in the last 10 mins… this will be a very embarrassing and unacceptable home loss.
IowaBear
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Drew has a really tough off season ahead. Tough decisions need to be made. Because his coaching and transfer evaluation absolutely blow right now
IowaBear
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Yeah this team ****ing sucks. And if we're being honest there's nothing to suggest it'll be any different going forward
Johnny Bear
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TCU basically owns us in everything now.
BellCountyBear
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How much longer is Drew's contract?
Bearwhiz
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Ballgame
Bearwhiz
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I'm out
boognish_bear
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We just can't hang in B12 sports any more
bear2be2
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What an abject disaster of a season.

We're about to be blown out by a mediocre team at home in a must-win game.

Whatever Scott Drew had is gone. This program is stuck in the mud with no way out.
Guitarbiscuit
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I'm no longer of the opinion that Drew deserves a lifetime pass just because he won a National Championship. I used to be of that vein. But the quality of the product has decreased so remarkably that it almost defies all reason.
IowaBear
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Yeah I'm out for the year. Drew's got his work cut out for him. He put himself in this position. Either he's gonna dig his way out or further his decent into irrelevance
bear2be2
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Johnny Bear said:

TCU basically owns us in everything now.

Everyone owns us in everything now.

We've been lapped by every power program in our state and most of the programs in our league.
perrynative
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Scott is just pissing in the wind and it is a cold north wind.
Johnny Bear
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14 point deficit at home to a solid 2nd division B12 team playing without their top player.
Bearsalwayswin
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rob wright thanks for this year!
Guitarbiscuit
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BellCountyBear said:

How much longer is Drew's contract?


Not sure, but whatever magic CSD used to have is now gone. Perhaps it's lazy recruitment, incompetence in coaching. Whatever it is, he has regressed and failed to solve the problem. I'm really wondering if he just doesn't care quite as much as he used to.
IowaBear
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You're kidding right? This is much much bigger than Rob Wright
bear2be2
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Bearsalwayswin said:

rob wright thanks for this year!

It's not all Wright's fault. This season has been a long time coming.

Last year's team was a mess, too. It just had enough talent to squeak into the tournament field.
Wwbear
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This is bad, Im starting to think Drew might be coasting into the sunset. Even with injuries I can't believe this is what he's put together.

Cove Dawg
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I think back to all of those koolaid pushers who were salivating about this team following an off season tournament. Any objective person knew that this was going to be a long year with no returning players, no point guard, and no talent at the 5. This is what that gets you!
CorsicanaBear
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We will not win 5 B12 games this season.
IowaBear
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5? Hell this team will be lucky to win 3.. this team is straight ass. And it's a senior lead squad. Another rebuild next season
bear2be2
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Wwbear said:

This is bad, Im starting to think Drew might be coasting into the sunset. Even with injuries I can't believe this is what he's put together.



I wish he had done his sunsetting at Kentucky.

It would have given us a chance to hire a new coach before our program was back in the ****ter.
bear2be2
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IowaBear said:

5? Hell this team will be lucky to win 3.. this team is straight ass. And it's a senior lead squad. Another rebuild next season

Look at KenPom's rankings. We'll have a chance against every team outside of the top 50 in defense. We'll lose to every team that's not.

That likely results in four or five Big 12 wins.
Acsteffy87
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Are we a "nothing" school?
Guitarbiscuit
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Through 2030 I believe. Guessing we'd owe him a bunch of money to get rid of him earlier. Money we of course don't have.



BellCountyBear said:

How much longer is Drew's contract?
Johnny Bear
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Meanwhile, look at what McCasland has going on in Lubbock. TTech is looking more and more like a possible FF team.
Booboo Bear
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We are just a bad basketball team.

Like, really bad at fundamentals.

This year sucks for Baylor athletics. Sigh.
IvanBear
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bear2be2 said:

Wwbear said:

This is bad, Im starting to think Drew might be coasting into the sunset. Even with injuries I can't believe this is what he's put together.



I wish he had done his sunsetting at Kentucky.

It would have given us a chance to hire a new coach before our program was back in the ****ter.


Still can't decide if Rhodes hiring a coach or this would be worse

 
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