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Gameday: Bears, Spartans meet in top 25 matchup

November 23, 2016
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The No. 20-ranked Baylor Bears (4-0) are set to face the Michigan State Spartans (3-2) in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday morning at 11 a.m. CT. The game will be televised live on ESPN.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
MSU:
Miles Bridges (17.2)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (16.5)

Rebounds
MSU: Miles Bridges (10.4)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (8.5)

Assists
MSU: Two tied at 4.6
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (6.3)

Steals
MSU: Two tied at 0.6
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (2.0)

Blocks
MSU: Miles Bridges (1.4)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (4.5)
• Baylor faces Michigan State in Thursday’s semifinal of the 6th-annual Battle 4 Atlantis.
• Thursday is the first-ever meeting between Baylor and Michigan State.
• Baylor is 35-11 against first-time opponents in the Drew era, including 29-7 since 2007-08.
• Baylor has led for 82% of game time over its first four games (131:00 of 160:00).
• BU is 4-0 for the 8th time in the last 10 seasons and is looking to start 5-0 for a 7th time since 2007.
• Baylor is 24-11 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 11-3 since 2013-14.
• Baylor has knocked off 13 ranked teams in the last two-plus seasons (13-14 vs. ranked opponents).
• BU is 32-54 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew’s first four rebuilding seasons.

Gameday: Bears, Spartans meet in top 25 matchup

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Hambone
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Izzo T'd up for barking to the refs! 66-51 BU 4:22

Manu hits only 1 of 2. 67-51 BU
3ptSpecialist
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Sirmons trying to act so dramatic. What a dick.
fuentbu1
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3ptSpecialist said:

Sirmons trying to act so dramatic. What a dick.


Hahaha!
Hambone
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Motley misses a 10 footer, MSU ball

Winston bricks another 3, LOL. BU ball

Jo fouled on the floor. 3:30 to go, BU up 67-51
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
Seems the basketball coaches can put Michigan State away by going with what works.
Hambone
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Brian Ethridge said:

Seems the basketball coaches can put Michigan State away by going with what works.
Hambone
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Jo hits the front end, nice. 2nd good. great half from Jo! 69-51 BU

Baylor currently on a 51-23 run. no lie.

Tum Tum off. BU ball < 3 mins

Ish hacked, will shoot 2 with 2:46 left.
Hambone
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1st good. 2nd good.

Baylor leads Michigan St by 20, in men's basketball.
3ptSpecialist
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If you are going to beat a Tom Izzo team, you might as well beat them by 20.
riflebear
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Hall of Fame coach giving up. Loving this.
Hambone
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Al has it stripped and the 5'10" hometown kid Tum Tum gets to show out with a jam

Manu off from 3, MSU ball 1:35

MSU off from 3, then Mot gets a dunk as nobody gets back. Izzo is going to chew so much ass when they watch this film, oh boy
nein51
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Msu looks like we did two years ago in transition. No effort at all.

Up 20 against Msu is a big deal.
Hambone
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scrubby white boy on MSU nails a 3. 73-56 BU < 1 min

we miss a wild shot, MSU ball Izzo calls timeout with :26 to empty benches/yell
DukeNukem
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Brian Ethridge said:

Seems the basketball coaches can put Michigan State away by going with what works.


nein51
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If Mitchell looked up maston would have had a monster dunk

Sorry that was mcclure
riflebear
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Happy Thanksgiving guys. This was fun.
Hambone
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final.

Baylor wins 73-58
nein51
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73-58 bears final

That second half was about as good as you could ask for.
bularry
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we are better than I thought. not a great msu team, but still. we crushed them despite a poor 1st half.
BaylorVsAll
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Man I love this team!! We soooo need this!
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
That was a beating
Arkoi 1845
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I was excited about this team before the season. Now I am really pumped. Great start to Thanksgiving day!
skim234
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Brian Ethridge said:

Seems the basketball coaches can put Michigan State away by going with what works.
It helps that Scott Drew doesn't have a punk of a son trying to run the show.
DST
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Scott Drew should have coached the Cotton Bowl confirmed.
skim234
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bularry said:

we are better than I thought. not a great msu team, but still. we crushed them despite a poor 1st half.
msu will be top 15-20 by march. this win and the oregon win can bump us up 1-2 seeds higher than if we had our usual non-conf schedule.
skim234
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DST said:

Scott Drew should have coached the Cotton Bowl confirmed.
he beat kentucky at jerry world...
Hambone
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skim234 said:

bularry said:

we are better than I thought. not a great msu team, but still. we crushed them despite a poor 1st half.
msu will be top 15-20 by march. this win and the oregon win can bump us up 1-2 seeds higher than if we had our usual non-conf schedule.
disagree with where Mich St will be, but agree we have bumped our seed. I see Mich St as being safely inside the bubble, but not a ranked team.

I'm worried about Mich St more than Oregon, but kinda worried about both teams, to be honest.
DST
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skim234 said:

DST said:

Scott Drew should have coached the Cotton Bowl confirmed.
he beat kentucky at jerry world...


Undefeated at Jerry World. Can he coach the football team for a few hours via Skype tomorrow?
nein51
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Don't know about seeding but I can tell you we will be in both polls when they come out
BaylorVsAll
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Hambone said:

skim234 said:

bularry said:

we are better than I thought. not a great msu team, but still. we crushed them despite a poor 1st half.
msu will be top 15-20 by march. this win and the oregon win can bump us up 1-2 seeds higher than if we had our usual non-conf schedule.
disagree with where Mich St will be, but agree we have bumped our seed. I see Mich St as being safely inside the bubble, but not a ranked team.

I'm worried about Mich St more than Oregon, but kinda worried about both teams, to be honest.


Mich St will turn things around..2 pt loss to Zona earlier..they can play with good teams and are very young at the moment. Oregon will win Pac 12 so thats going to be a high quality win. Even if Mich St is not great, beating Izzo and that brand helps a lot and if we play Ville then it would be b2b wins bs two of the best coaches ever.
Hambone
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I'm not trying to sell our great win short, just keeping it real.

Oregon winning the Pac 12 is from a sure thing right now, come on. saying it so confidently is kinda silly. they were always flipping coins with Arizona, and they have yet to play well. UCLA might be legit, too, based on early efficiency numbers.

kenpom had Michigan St going 19-11 (11-7) before today. beating Izzo like that is wonderful, but MSU will take a lot of Ls this year. Kentucky already beat them by 21 too.
gaet
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This game was a masterpiece from drew. Hell of a coaching. really impressed.
skim234
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Hambone said:

skim234 said:

bularry said:

we are better than I thought. not a great msu team, but still. we crushed them despite a poor 1st half.
msu will be top 15-20 by march. this win and the oregon win can bump us up 1-2 seeds higher than if we had our usual non-conf schedule.
disagree with where Mich St will be, but agree we have bumped our seed. I see Mich St as being safely inside the bubble, but not a ranked team.

I'm worried about Mich St more than Oregon, but kinda worried about both teams, to be honest.
there isn't much talent on this msu team. that said, izzo will do izzo things.
Bears8375
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Holy hell what a win!

Can someone give me links to this game and yesterday's?
1outawayBear
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Brian Ethridge said:

Seems the basketball coaches can put Michigan State away by going with what works.
 
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