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MBB: Baylor 67, ISU 53 Podcast & Post Game Thoughts

January 29, 2020
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#1 Baylor (18-1; 7-0) blasts Iowa State (9-11; 2-5) in Ames 67-53.  The Bears bring their winning streak to 16 and just finished a stretch where they won 5 road games in the last 7 games.  

Observations

  • Baylor 7-1 in Quad 1 games.  Only Kansas (8-3), Butler (6-4) and Seton Hall (7-4) have over 6 Quad 1 wins right now.  
  • Baylor just won a game where they shot 4-20 from 3 and were -6 from the foul line on the road and they won by 14.  This team can beat you in a lot of different ways.  
  • Freddie Gillespie is top 100 in the nation in the following categories:  offensive efficiency (7); effective FG percentage (96); offensive rebounding percentage (10); block percentage (38) and oh he happens to be one of the best defenders in the country.  #AllAmerican
  • Hard to put into words how valuable Mark Vital is.  He’s the type of player you win a championship with.  Committed to Baylor in 2013 as a frosh in high school and never wavered.  Now as a redshirt junior, he has a chance to lead Baylor to a Big12 title and national championship.  
  • Macio Teague went his second straight game without turning the ball over.  He is playing efficient basketball.  
  • Davion Mitchell continues his case for Big12 defensive player of the year (4 steals).  Baylor has 3 guys that can win it:  Mitchell, Vital, Gillespie.  
  • Baylor just went through the most difficult part of its schedule:  5 road games in the last 7 games and they won all 5 road games by at least 5 points.  
  • You can’t go 39-1 until you go 19-1, beat TCU!  
  • Good to see Tristan Clark make contributions.  I was told Flo Thamba is fine even though he didn’t make the trip.  
  • Mayer and Butler had off nights, just shows how good the defense and offensive rebounding is.  Like clockwork, we can count on those two things.  Special season... 

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MBB: Baylor 67, ISU 53 Podcast & Post Game Thoughts

2,773 Views | 4 Replies | Last: 4 yr ago by philiplewis
Marlin
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This team is special, love how hard they play and support each other.
Thanks for the great coverage Ashley.
cleareyesfullhearts
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I was worried about Bandoo at the beginning of conference play. It looked like he was getting antsy for points, feeling overshadowed and thus played selfishly with poor shot selection and turnovers. But man has he turned it on lately - and good thing, too, with Butler having a few off games. This team is just a joy to watch.
Marlin
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Bandoo is shooting the ball really well right now, it's great that he can come in off the bench and light it up.
Butler is in a bit of a slump, his 3 pt shot was way off last night but he'll come around.
philiplewis
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Amazing how the coaches poll can rank them behind Gonzaga
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