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Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Ohio to Take on Defensive-Minded Cincinnati

Baylor (11-8; 1-6) travels to take on Cincinnati (10-10; 2-5) on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. CT.
By Ashley Hodge
January 27, 2026
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CINCINNATI, Ohio – Baylor (11-8; 1-6) travels to take on Cincinnati (10-10; 2-5) on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on FS1.

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (63), Cincinnati (49)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 77, Baylor 71
  • KenPom: Baylor (52), Cincinnati (59)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 75, Baylor 73
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (65), Cincinnati (68)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 76, Baylor 73
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (48), Cincinnati (46)
    • Prediction: Cincinnati 77, Baylor 72

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 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)
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (9 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 (10 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

Cincinnati Starters 

  • Guard: Day Day Thomas (Sr.) 6-1, 190 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
  • Guard: Jizzle James (Jr.) 6-3, 205 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Guard: Sencire Harris (Jr.) 6-4, 180 (7 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Forward: Baba Miller (Sr.) 6-11, 225 (14 ppg; 10 reb)
  • Forward: Moustapha Thiam (So.) 7-2, 250 (11 ppg; 6 reb; 2 blks)

Cincinnati Bench

  • Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7, 220 (6 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Guard: Kerr Kriisa (Sr.) 6-3, 185 (7 ppg; 3 asst)
  • Forward: Tyler McKinley (Fr.) 6-9, 245 (2 ppg; 3 reb)
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Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Ohio to Take on Defensive-Minded Cincinnati

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12:21p, 1/27/26
Just win Bears!
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12:21p, 1/27/26
Wonder what kind of welcome Skillings will get?
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In reply to Delmar 2.0 • 12:39p, 1/27/26
Maybe he'll go off against them like he did against Baylor a few years back.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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6:36p, 1/27/26
They might have the best first names of any starting line up in all of college basketball
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In reply to BUBradley • 7:38p, 1/27/26
lol
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7:46p, 1/27/26
Will Nnaji play?
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
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8:07p, 1/27/26
Jalen Celestine (Sr.)
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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9:21p, 1/27/26
Maybe they'll learn something useful from Cincinnati.
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8:47a, 1/28/26
slice it thin, bruin men.........

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Go Bear!!

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In reply to ImABearToo • 10:11a, 1/28/26
ImABearToo said:
Maybe he'll go off against them like he did against Baylor a few years back.

Given his production since conference games began, "going off" would mean scoring more than 5 or 6.
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11:51a, 1/28/26
This is the least excited I've been about a Baylor basketball game in years. It sucks to feel this hopeless.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 11:54a, 1/28/26
It's because you have a good idea of what's going to happen before the games even played. Cincy is at best as talented as BU. But they'll play defense. And that'll likely be the difference
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12:01p, 1/28/26
Cincy favored by 3.5. Baylor keeps it close in first half but falls to Cincy 74-62.
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12:18p, 1/28/26
This is the litmus test for me. I'll watch tonight and if we win, I'll retain some interest in watching another game this season. If we lose, and especially if we lose badly, see you guys next season.
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5:11p, 1/28/26
I'm gonna give this game a start...but I'll have an itchy trigger finger on the remote off button.

After being iced in for days on end I'll watch just about anything up to a point
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In reply to boognish_bear • 5:28p, 1/28/26
boognish_bear said:
I'm gonna give this game a start...but I'll have an itchy trigger finger on the remote off button.

After being iced in for days on end I'll watch just about anything up to a point

Same here boog. I declared I was done for the season out of frustration Saturday but since I'm stuck indoors with the ice and snow, I'm gonna give it shot with my finger on the remote trigger.
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5:39p, 1/28/26
Starting out about the way I imagined
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In reply to boognish_bear • 5:43p, 1/28/26
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Starting out about the way I imagined

I love how we start every game like 1 for 8 and in a seven- or eight-point hole.
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5:45p, 1/28/26
This is like watching a bad JUCO game.
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5:47p, 1/28/26
"Skillings a little out of control."

When is he not?
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This is like watching a bad JUCO game.

This team truly is awful. It's unfathomable how this program has fallen so far in five years.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 5:48p, 1/28/26
bear2be2 said:
boognish_bear said:
Starting out about the way I imagined

I love how we start every game like 1 for 8 and in a seven- or eight-point hole.


Just like football...always playing from behind
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5:48p, 1/28/26
Awful on both ends.
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5:49p, 1/28/26
We've now trailed by double digits in seven of eight Big 12 games. This is 2004 and 2005 level futility.
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5:49p, 1/28/26
Let me guess...Cincy will have their season team high in 3PT field goal percentage today
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5:49p, 1/28/26
17% from the field, 0% from 3, 50% from the FT line. On pace to score 10 points in the 1st half.

I feel like I'm stuck in a timewarp. Is this the kind of stuff you guys had to watch in the 80s and 90s?
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 5:51p, 1/28/26
Big12Fan2024 said:
17% from the field, 0% from 3, 50% from the FT line. On pace to score 10 points in the 1st half.

I feel like I'm stuck in a timewarp. Is this the kind of stuff you guys had to watch in the 80s and 90s?

This is what we were watching post-scandal/mini-death penalty. In fact, I think those teams were more fun to watch because the expectations were so low.
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5:51p, 1/28/26
5 whole points, in eight minutes of play.
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5:52p, 1/28/26
They need to stop putting this team on national TV. It's embarrassing the program.
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5:53p, 1/28/26
At least Celestine is doing what he did for us last year -- brick city from 3.
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5:54p, 1/28/26
All star Nnaji on the floor.
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5:56p, 1/28/26
It would normally be a positive thing when 89 percent of your points were in the paint. But four field goals in 11 minutes negates that positive.
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5:57p, 1/28/26
We've actually defended and rebounded reasonably well. But this team is hopeless offensively against quality defensive teams.
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