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MBB: #2 Baylor (14-1; 4-0) at OSU (9-7; 0-4) Preview & Game Thread

January 17, 2020
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#2 Baylor (14-1; 4-0) travels to Stillwater, OK to take on OSU (9-7; 0-4) Saturday January 18th at 11am CST.  The game will be televised on ESPN2.  

KenPom/NET Rankings

Oklahoma State:  75 overall; 179 offensive efficiency; 26 defensive efficiency; 79 NET

Baylor:  3 overall; 27 offensive efficiency; 4 defensive efficiency; 1 NET

Prediction:  Baylor 66 Oklahoma State 59


Coaches

Oklahoma State:  Mike Boynton (37); 42-42

Baylor:  Scott Drew (49); 352-220 overall (332-209 at Baylor); 8 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s


Oklahoma State Starters

PG:  Linday Waters (SR) 6-6 215 lbs; 12 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 39% FG; 33% 3pt; 78% FT

SG:  Thomas Dziagwa (SR); 6-4 190 lbs; 8 ppg; 2 reb; 35% FG; 37% 3pt; 100% FT

SF:  Isaac Likekele (SO) 6-4 215 lbs; 11 ppg; 5 reb; 4 asst; 2 st; 51% FG; 29% 3pt; 66% FT

PF:  Cameron McGriff (SR); 6-7 230 lbs; 10 ppg; 7 reb; 40% FG; 22% 3pt; 82% FT

C:  Yor Anei (SO) 6-10 235 lbs; 9 ppg; 5 reb; 3 blks; 51% FG; 74% FT

Oklahoma State Bench

G:  Avery Anderson (FR) 6-2 170 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 reb; 2 asst; 36% FG; 11% 3pt; 78% FT

G:  Chris Harris (FR) 6-3 200 lbs; 4 ppg; 29% FG; 22% 3pt; 29% FT


Baylor Starters

PG:  Davion Mitchell (R-SO) 6-2 195 lbs; 10 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 45% FG; 35% 3pt; 64% FT

SG:  Jared Butler (SO) 6-3 185 lbs; 17 ppg; 3 reb; 3 asst; 2 st; 44% FG; 41% 3pt; 89% FT

SF:  Macio Teague (JR) 6-3 195 lbs; 14 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst; 41% FG; 35% 3pt; 84% FT

PF:  Mark Vital (JR) 6-5 230 lbs; 7 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 2 steals; 1 blk; 43% FG; 47% FT

C:  Freddie Gillespie (SR) 6-9 245 lbs; 9 ppg; 9 reb; 2 blk; 56% FG; 70% FT

Baylor Bench

G:  Devonte Bandoo (SR) 6-3 195 lbs; 7 ppg; 4 reb; 40% FG; 39% 3pt; 62% FT

F:  Matt Mayer (SO) 6-9 210 lbs; 4 ppg; 2 reb; 40% FG; 45% 3pt; 38% FT

F:  Tristan Clark (JR) 6-10 250 lbs; 4 ppg; 3 reb; 36% FG; 73% FT

C:  Flo Thamba (SO) 6-10 240 lbs; 3 ppg; 3 reb; 1 blk; 52% FG; 55% FT


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MBB: #2 Baylor (14-1; 4-0) at OSU (9-7; 0-4) Preview & Game Thread

16,785 Views | 161 Replies | Last: 4 yr ago by Johnny Bear
BearTruth13
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Lot of game left but this would be a huge blemish on the resume.
DanaDane
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Has McGriff ever hit 3, 3 point shots in his life?
DanaDane
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Make it 4. Good grief.
BearlySober
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Well this is about as bad a half as we could have shooting the ball.
HoustonBear15
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DanaDane said:

Has McGriff ever hit 3, 3 point shots in his life?
Scouting report probably says to let him have those at the beginning of the game but at some point you have to start guarding him. Most of their 3's have been wide open.
DanaDane
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Well, this is not optimal.
Self Made Bear
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We are playing with panic now.
Johnny Bear
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I get it that this is one of those fluke games where a bad team is unconscious from beyond the arc, but there is no way we should ever be trailing this team by double digits. Embarrassing.
DanaDane
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Thank god Mayer finds the hole in the rim.
SMack
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I hope we have coffee available in the locker room at halftime.
HoustonBear15
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Ok State is the worst 3-point shooting team in the conference. Surely they can't keep this up, right? Right???
DanaDane
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8 of 14 vs 2 of 11 from 3. That's the story.
Illinois Bear
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HoustonBear15 said:

Ok State is the worst 3-point shooting team in the conference. Surely they can't keep this up, right? Right???


No. They cannot. And statistics would tell us to flip the script in the 2nd half.
txrangers
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Have the two transfers gotten off the bus? Mitchell and Teague have been non existent.
EasyE
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DanaDane said:

Unless we start shooting more consistently to start games, I fear we are gonna be one of those #1, #2 or #3 seeds who could get knocked off early in the NCAA's by a hot shooting team that gets ahead. We can come back and recover against mediocre teams like this but we could shoot ourselves out of contention against a really good team.
Comes back to my concern before the start of the season that we might not have enough on the frontcourt for situations when the ball isn't dropping from outside.
Illinois Bear
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EasyE said:

DanaDane said:

Unless we start shooting more consistently to start games, I fear we are gonna be one of those #1, #2 or #3 seeds who could get knocked off early in the NCAA's by a hot shooting team that gets ahead. We can come back and recover against mediocre teams like this but we could shoot ourselves out of contention against a really good team.
Comes back to my concern before the start of the season that we might not have enough on the frontcourt for situations when the ball isn't dropping from outside.


When outside shots aren't dropping and our post presence is non-existent it falls on the guards to create and make something happen with penetration. As someone mentioned just now several of our guards were MIA in that 1st half.
BearlySober
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Why did we get stuck with the 11 AM game? Not using that as an excuse, but there are east coast teams that could be playing at noon rather than sticking us at 11 AM.

I thought the same thing about the Big12 FB championship game being at 11 AM - why not have the ACC championship at noon EST (especially knowing it was going to be a blowout) and our game later in the day.

I'm sure it has something to do with conference TV contracts, but it just seems like there's no common sense when it comes to time zones.
Mitch Henessey
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Well, Okie Lite played out of their minds and we're still within shouting distance. I'm not too concerned.
HoustonBear15
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Our offense and our rebounding does not look good
Johnny Bear
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Three fouls on Gillespie. The bad news just keeps coming.
Alf
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Seems like it's not happening today
Johnny Bear
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Geez how many layups have we missed today? Unbelievable.
DanaDane
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First 5 minutes almost gone and we cut nothing off the leadand we didn't come out any hotter. Not a good sign.
HoustonBear15
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We can't make anything and they can't miss anything. A recipe for disaster
DanaDane
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As poorly as we are shooting today, if we don't have it cut under 10 by the 10 minute mark, then start packing the bags.
Johnny Bear
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On top of everything else it's not helping that the refs are calling everything against us on the defensive end
PaperBear89
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A b12 loss was inevitable, but this??!!! That Likely kid is the x factor that has been killing us from the start.
DanaDane
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Ok, I am not a ref complainer but we are getting muggedon the offensive end with no calls.
HoustonBear15
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I think the refs have been pretty fair in the fact that they've made bad calls both ways. The calls actually seemed to be leaning our way in the first half.
Johnny Bear
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Well they certainly aren't now. They are calling everything against us on the defensive end and Dana is right - we've had guys get killed more than once this half On the offensive end with no call.
DanaDane
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Teague, Mitchell and Bandoo a combined 1 of 15 from the field.
Futbol Bear
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OSU FG 47% 3PT 50% BU FG 37% 3PT 12.5%
Jack Bauer
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Futbol Bear said:


OSU FG 47% 3PT 50% BU FG 37% 3PT 12.5%



The magic of Stoolwater
ImABearToo
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Nice run Bears!
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
DanaDane
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YES!!!!!!!


Great pass Mayer!
 
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