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MBB: #1 Baylor at #10 West Virginia Preview & Game Thread

January 9, 2017
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No. 1 Baylor (15-0; 3-0) travels to Morgantown, WV to take on No. 10 West Virginia (13-2; 2-1) 6 p.m. CT Tuesday, January 10th on ESPN2.  Here's a look at the match-up. 


KenPom Analysis
Rankings: 
Baylor (7); West Virginia (2)
Offensive Efficiency:  Baylor (13); West Virginia (6)
Defensive Efficiency:  Baylor (5); West Virginia (9)
Prediction:  West Virginia 72 Baylor 67

Coaches

Baylor:  Scott Drew (287-183)
  • 46 years old
  • 6 NCAA bids; 1 NIT Title
  • 2 Elite 8s; 3 Sweet 16s

West Virginia:  Bob Huggins (804-322) 

  • 63 years old
  • 22 NCAA bids
  • 2 Final Fours; 4 Elites 8s; 7 Sweet 16s

West Virginia Starters
Forward:  6-9 235 lbs Nathan Adrian (SR):  10 ppg; 7 reb; 4 asst; 40% FG; 76% FT

Forward:  6-9 225 lbs Brandon Watkins (SR):  8 ppg; 4 reb; 68% FG; 48% FT

Forward:  6-8 225 lbs Esa Ahmad (SO):  13 ppg; 5 reb; 55% FG; 39% 3pt; 65% FT

Guard:  6-2 200 lbs Jevon Carter (JR):  11 ppg; 5 asst; 3 st; 44% FG; 78% FT; 32% 3pt

Guard:  6-3 200 lbs Daxter Miles Jr (JR):  11 ppg; 2 st; 54% FG; 45% 3pt; 52% FT
West Virginia Bench

Guard:  6-3 195 lbs Tarik Phillip (SR):  8 ppg; 3 asst; 2 st; 47% FG; 37% 3pt; 54% FT

Guard:  6-2 185 lbs Tevon Myers (SR):  8 ppg; 44% FG; 78% FT; 50% 3pt

Forward:  6-8 215 lbs Lamont West (FR):  7 ppg; 45% FG; 39% 3pt; 77% FT

Forward:  6-8 250 lbs Sagaba Konate (FR):  6 ppg; 3 reb; 2 blks; 58% FG; 57% FT

Forward:  6-9 240 lbs Elijah Macon (JR):  5 ppg; 3 reb; 51% FG; 59% FT


Baylor Starters

Forward:  7-0 220 lbs Jo Lual-Acuil (JR):  11 ppg; 7 reb; 62% FG; 52% FT; 40% 3pt; 4 blks

Forward:  6-10 230 lbs Johnathan Motley (JR): 16 ppg; 9 reb; 54% FG; 67% FT; 40% 3pt

Forward:  6-5 235 lbs Ish Wainright (SR): 6 ppg; 5 reb; 4 asst; 39% FG; 85% FT; 2 st

Guard:  6-3 200 lbs Al Freeman (JR):  11 ppg; 3 reb; 48% FG; 43% 3pt; 86% FT

Guard:  5-11 175 lbs Manu Lecomte (JR):  12 ppg; 5 asst; 43% FG; 38% 3pt; 80% FT

Baylor Bench

Forward:  6-8 230 lbs Terry Maston (JR):  8 ppg; 5 reb; 53% FG; 76% FT

Forward:  6-9 205 lbs Nuni Omot (JR):  6 ppg; 3 reb; 41% FG; 82% FT

Guard:  6-5 200 lbs Jake Lindsey (SO):  5 ppg; 2 reb; 3 asst; 55% FG; 50% 3pt; 60% FT

Guard:  6-3 180 lbs Chuck Mitchell (FR):  4 ppg; 47% FG; 27% 3pt; 71% FT

Guard:  6-3 215 lbs King McClure (SO):  5 ppg; 43% FG; 31% 3pt; 82% FT
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MBB: #1 Baylor @ #10 West Virginia Preview & Game Thread

41,792 Views | 339 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by Code Green
Mitch Henessey
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baylrballa said:

How does head band only have 3 fouls?

Dude reminds me of Nathan, the kid from South Park with Down's Syndrome.
riflebear
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Play of the game was when we were down 6 and had the ball and Ish threw it to WVU on the inbounds and they went down to hit a 3 to go up 9. Killed all our momentum and we never recovered.

We need to find some offense outside of our front court or this will be a stressful conference slate. You can't survive in college bball w/out some true scoring guards which we really don't have any right now. I still think Freeman & Lecomte & Chuck & Lindsey have it in them but they are too timid and we try to force it inside when it's not there and then don't know what to do after.
Backporch
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So are we just going to quit with 6 minutes left?
baylrballa
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That is never a foul on wvu.
riflebear
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Xavier also being blown out by 29 @ Villanova. There goes that quality win.
Mitch Henessey
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It's gotten to the point where I hope I hear some wicked stomach bug has been ripping through the team this week, haha. Would explain this performance.
trey3216
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Anytime you have 50% more turnovers than field goals, it gon' suck
jimdue
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RhuleWhip said:

So much of this is playing AT WVU. Completely different playing against this kind of pressure on a neutral court


They would have drilled us in Waco. We were helpless against their pressure. We won by the skin of our teeth against just solid teams twice last week. Our back court play right now makes us around 500 team in conference play.

I think we will fix it but we may be heading to a painful stretch until we do get it fixed.
FWBear
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Nearing 30 turnovers. ***?
baylrballa
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Just hope the guys come out uninjured with all the trash coming out on the court.
FirmBear24
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There's King
BUBearFan
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That sucked.
riflebear
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They should at least rope off the players like they do at KU or KSU. Thought the B12 learned their lesson.
Mitch Henessey
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If you're gonna storm the court, that's the way to do it at least.
Florda_mike
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Speed of WVU beat Baylor is what I saw
baylrballa
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Florda_mike said:

Speed of WVU beat Baylor is what I saw


Way faster when they hold you.
Florda_mike
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jimdue said:

RhuleWhip said:

So much of this is playing AT WVU. Completely different playing against this kind of pressure on a neutral court


They would have drilled us in Waco. We were helpless against their pressure. We won by the skin of our teeth against just solid teams twice last week. Our back court play right now makes us around 500 team in conference play.

I think we will fix it but we may be heading to a painful stretch until we do get it fixed.


Yep +1
Brenden Padilla
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Props to WVU. They crushed BU tonight. They were prepared and played hard for all 40.

Bu has time to prep for Ksu who also will be a tough out on Saturday.

The guards need to play better for BU to have a chance to win the conference.
EastTXBear2012
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Motley needs to stop these disappearing acts. Have to have him be consistent to win the conference.
Bear15
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Florda_mike said:

Speed of WVU beat Baylor is what I saw
Our guard play leaves much to be desired.

Playing Lindsey and Chuck would have been just as good if not the same as Al and Manu. Ish had about 5-7 TO's just on him.

Just hard to find anything positive out of tonight.
goldtexan
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Just need to erase that tape and move on.

1 road loss is nothing in bball this time of year.

S11
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Staff
Learn from it.

Prep for it.

Kick the life out of them in Waco
Volunteer
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I thought we might lose, but didn't really expect to get blown out like that. Bluntly stated that was an embarrassing performance.
forza orsi
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The X Factor said:

Worst loss by a 1 team in the first game ranked as the 1 team ever. Sad
X posted. We must have had a bad night. He's come out to revel in it.
Code Green
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The X Factor said:

Worst loss by a 1 team in the first game ranked as the 1 team ever. Sad


Total clown - when are we getting that ignore button? Good grief.
 
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