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MBB: Baylor (19-14) vs Miss St (23-11) Preview & Game Thread

March 15, 2018
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Baylor (19-14) hosts Mississippi State (23-11) on Sunday March 18th at 11:00am CST.  The game is televised on ESPN.   

KenPom Rankings

Mississippi State:  61 overall; 90 offensive efficiency; 33 defensive efficiency

Baylor:  34 overall; 75 offensive efficiency; 14 defensive efficiency

Prediction:  Baylor 69 Mississippi State 64


Coaches

Mississippi State:  Ben Howland (60); 453-251 (53-44 at MSU); 10 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 EE; 3 FF

Baylor:  Scott Drew (47); 318-204 overall (298-193 at Baylor); 7 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s


Mississippi State Starting Line-Up

PG:  Lamar Peters (SO) 6-0 185 lbs; 10 ppg; 2 reb; 4 asst; 2 steals; 38% FG; 27% 3pt; 65% FT

SG:  Tyson Carter (SO) 6-4 165 lbs; 8 ppg; 2 reb; 40% FG; 33% 3pt; 84% FT

SF:  Quinndary Weatherspoon (JR); 6-4 205 lbs; 15 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst; 49% FG; 31% 3pt; 76% FT

PF:  Xavian Stapleton (JR) 6-6 210 lbs; 6 ppg; 3 reb; 37% FG; 32% 3pt; 76% FT

C:  Abdul Ado (FR) 6-11 250 lbs; 8 ppg; 7 reb; 2 blks; 62% FG; 52% FT

Mississippi State Bench

F:  Aric Holman (JR); 6-10 225 lbs; 11 ppg; 7 reb; 2 blks; 40% FG; 23% 3pt; 81% FT

G:  Eli Wright (SO) 6-4 190 lbs; 3 ppg; 2 reb; 41% FG; 21% 3pt; 64% FT

*F:  Nick Weatherspoon (FR) 6-2 195 lbs; 11 ppg; 2 asst; 48% FG; 29% 3pt; 72% FT

Baylor Starting Line-up

PG:  Manu Lecomte (SR) 5-11 180 lbs; 16 ppg; 4 asst; 41% FG; 39% 3pt; 88% FT

SG:  Jake Lindsey (JR) 6-5 195 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 46% FG; 34% 3pt; 66% FT

SF:  Nuni Omot (SR) 6-9 210 lbs; 10 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 49% FG; 43% 3pt; 85% FT

**PF:  Tristan Clark (FR) 6-9 240 lbs; 7 ppg; 5 reb; 1 blk; 61% FG; 66% FT

C:  Jo Lual-Acuil (SR) 7-0 220 lbs; 14 ppg; 9 reb; 2 blks; 51% FG; 72% FT; 30% 3pt

Baylor Bench

F:  Mark Vital (RFR) 6-5 230 lbs; 7 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 48% FG; 51% FT

G:  King McClure (JR) 6-3 215 lbs; 8 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 39% FG; 35% 3pt; 77% FT

F:  Terry Maston (SR) 6-8 230 lbs; 11 ppg; 6 reb; 52% FG; 74% FT

*doubtful (pelvic bone)

**questionable (ankle)

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MBB: Baylor (19-14) vs Miss St (23-11) Preview & Game Thread

28,668 Views | 121 Replies | Last: 6 yr ago by wuzzy bear
BaylorOkie
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I just hate seeing the full court press
rudylaw
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God dang am I gonna miss Maston.
Illinois Bear
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Maston has huge stones
rudylaw
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13-19. Wow. Midrange Maston.
JumboShrimper
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Gonna miss maston.
rudylaw
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Huge makes for them last 2 minutes.
rudylaw
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That sucks.
Mitch Henessey
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Welp, can't allow that to happen
OsoCirujano
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Painful end to painful season
marco
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Maybe should have guarded the 3 pt shot a little better today.
Oldbear83
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That's season. in some ways, that ed of the game is symbolic of the late season.

Proud of the Bears fighting back.
rudylaw
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No one got in front of the ball. Whatever.
Bear8084
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OsoCirujano said:

Painful end to painful season
Yup. Great game but can't let them hang around like that and give up a wide open 3.
BUnLA
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Being a Baylor fan is hard. Sic em.
BaylorProud77
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There are no words.
OsoCirujano
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At least the seniors went down swinging and fighting. Getting blown out would have been embarrassing way to end good college careers
MidWestBear2010
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We scored too early. We can't lose that game in regulation if we shoot at the end of the shot clock. We are just not a smart team this year.
BU25
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Dang, what a lucky bounce. Should've won that game, but that's been the story of the season.

Great job seniors for fighting back today, we'll miss you.
EGOTbear
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Wow - totally forgot about this game. Looks like it was a stinker. Crap season! Hopefully Drew can turn it around next year...
BaylorOkie
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EGOTbear said:

Wow - totally forgot about this game. Looks like it was a stinker. Crap season! Hopefully Drew can turn it around next year...
If this isn't classic Egot, I don't know what it is.
BaylorOkie
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MidWestBear2010 said:

We scored too early. We can't lose that game in regulation if we shoot at the end of the shot clock. We are just not a smart team this year.
I disagree somewhat. As limited as Manu is creating shots off the dribble, he needed to take what he had, even if there was 5 seconds left.
BU25
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EGOTbear said:

Wow - totally forgot about this game. Looks like it was a stinker. Crap season! Hopefully Drew can turn it around next year...


Wow, totally forgot about EGOT. What a delight! Hopefully he won't come back next year...
rudylaw
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EGOTbear said:

Wow - totally forgot about this game...


Shocker. Yet, you knew exactly when it ended to come on here for one last (we all wish) shot.
BaylorOkie
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rudylaw said:

EGOTbear said:

Wow - totally forgot about this game...


Shocker. Yet, you knew exactly when it ended to come on here for one last (we all wish) shot.
He knew exactly when his opportunity was for one last drive by **** drop off.
BU25
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BaylorOkie said:

MidWestBear2010 said:

We scored too early. We can't lose that game in regulation if we shoot at the end of the shot clock. We are just not a smart team this year.
I disagree somewhat. As limited as Manu is creating shots off the dribble, he needed to take what he had, even if there was 5 seconds left.


Yeah, it was the right time to attack, there just wasn't much resistance so he scored quickly. Plus, with the way we get offensive boards, gotta leave time for that...
Oldbear83
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BU25 said:

EGOTbear said:

Wow - totally forgot about this game. Looks like it was a stinker. Crap season! Hopefully Drew can turn it around next year...


Wow, totally forgot about EGOT. What a delight! Hopefully he won't come back next year...
There are no eligibility limits for Eeyore.
rudylaw
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MidWestBear2010 said:

We scored too early. We can't lose that game in regulation if we shoot at the end of the shot clock. We are just not a smart team this year.


Not at all. Manu took the first available good look and made it. We didn't get anyone in front of the ball and you have to give them credit for making their shot. Both team played their offensive possessions perfectly.
Oldbear83
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rudylaw said:

No one got in front of the ball. Whatever.
Well, if you saw the Houston loss to Michigan, at least we sent someone to cover the throw-in.
rudylaw
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Would've been nice to see one more game but without Clark, waaaay to lean to actually win this thing. Such a roller coaster. Down 18, up 9 late and lose on a 23 footer at the gun. Team has had problems all year finishing games so it only seems right to end the season this way.
rileyroo
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This game is a perfect example of why we lost so many close games this year. And, no matter what anyone says, it is on the coaches. We were up by 9 with 3 minutes to play. What should we do? Use the whole clock and try to drive to the basket to create a foul or get a good shot. What do we do? We have our center take a wild 3 pointer with 15 seconds left on the clock and then other team comes down, scores, and gets fouled. We then proceed to turn it over because we cannot handle the press. I have seen this scenario over and over this year. We are just not disciplined. I am proud of the seniors for their effort, but they should have been coached better at the end of games.

On to next year. Go Lady Bears tonight.
rudylaw
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Oldbear83 said:

rudylaw said:

No one got in front of the ball. Whatever.
Well, if you saw the Houston loss to Michigan, at least we sent someone to cover the throw-in.


This is how Aggy lost to Alabama in the SEC tournament almost exactly. Would've rather had the extra defender since this wasn't a home run ball scenario.
NoBSU
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Perfect timing. Get the coaches bags packed.

http://njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2017-18/div1/national_championship/index
rudylaw
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rileyroo said:

This game is a perfect example of why we lost so many close games this year. And, no matter what anyone says, it is on the coaches. We were up by 9 with 3 minutes to play. What should we do? Use the whole clock and try to drive to the basket to create a foul or get a good shot. What do we do? We have our center take a wild 3 pointer with 15 seconds left on the clock and then other team comes down, scores, and gets fouled. We then proceed to turn it over because we cannot handle the press. I have seen this scenario over and over this year. We are just not disciplined.


100%. Game turned on a dime the moment Jo bricked that 3 with 15 on the clock. Tang was barking at Manu and Nuni for both passing on open looks immediately before. That's the second time Jo decided to take a 3 late in a game that completely switched momentum.
MidWestBear2010
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rileyroo said:

This game is a perfect example of why we lost so many close games this year. And, no matter what anyone says, it is on the coaches. We were up by 9 with 3 minutes to play. What should we do? Use the whole clock and try to drive to the basket to create a foul or get a good shot. What do we do? We have our center take a wild 3 pointer with 15 seconds left on the clock and then other team comes down, scores, and gets fouled. We then proceed to turn it over because we cannot handle the press. I have seen this scenario over and over this year. We are just not disciplined. I am proud of the seniors for their effort, but they should have been coached better at the end of games.

On to next year. Go Lady Bears tonight.
This. There are 2 or 3 players on the team that routinely make poor decisions at the end of a half or game. They make up for it in other ways but I'm interested in seeing how the team performs when we lose all of them next year. I would like to think that Scott Drew isn't telling his center he has the green light to take a 3 when up by 9 at the end of the game. But who knows.
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OsoCirujano said:

Painful end to painful season
"Merciful" came to my mind.
Life is more about asking the right questions than giving the right answers.
 
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