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No. 2 Baylor (2-0) faces No. 5 Illinois (3-0) in Jimmy V Classic

November 30, 2020
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#2 Baylor (2-0) squares off against #5 Illinois (3-0) Wednesday night at 9pm CST as part of the Jimmy V Classic.  The first game will feature #1 Gonzaga (2-0) vs #11 West Virginia (3-0).  The games are televised on ESPN.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 76 Illinois 70

Coaches

Illinois:  Brad Underwood (56); 159-75 overall (50-49 at Illinois); 4 NCAAs

Baylor:  Scott Drew (50); 366-222 overall (345-211 at Baylor); 8 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s

Head to Head:  Drew 4-0

Illinois Starters

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Ayo Dosunmu PG JR 6-5/200 25.7 7.7 6.7 56 43 77
Trent Frazier SG SR 6-2/175 9.3 3.7 2.7 40 47 63
Adam Miller SF FR 6-3/180 18.0 2.3 1.0 59 47 80
Da’monte Williams PF SR 6-3/215 7.3 8.0 3.3 54 67 67
Kofi Cockburn C SO 7-0/285 15.0 11.7 0.3 64 0 68

Illinois Bench

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Giorgi Bezhanishvili C JR 6-9/245 5.0 3.7 1.3 50 0 25
Andre Curbello G FR 6-1/175 9.7 3.7 2.3 40 47 63
Jacob Grandison F JR 6-6/205 4.0 5.0 1.3 50 50 0

Baylor Starters

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2/205 12.0 4.5 6.5 53 43 50
Jared Butler SG JR 6-3/195 18.5 3.0 4.5 60 58 0
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4/195 18.0 6.5 2.5 50 39 50
Mark Vital PF SR 6-5/250 6.5 8.5 3.0 60 0 33
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10/245 3.0 4.5 0 40 0 33

Baylor Bench

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Adam Flagler G SO 6-3/180 14.5 3.0 4.0 55 50 0
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-8/245 9.0 8.0 0.5 50 0 100
Matt Mayer F JR 6-9/225 7.0 3.5 1.5 43 33 50
LJ Cryer G FR 6-1/185 8.5 1.0 0.5 67 71  

 

 

 

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No. 2 Baylor (2-0) faces No. 5 Illinois (3-0) in Jimmy V Classic

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ImABearToo
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9:41p, 12/2/20
Tristan will be missed.
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In reply to Yeek • 9:42p, 12/2/20
Yeek said:
JTT doesn't dunk that smh
Too passive. Same issue he had at UNLV.
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9:42p, 12/2/20
Score?
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9:42p, 12/2/20
Close game and we've looked out of sync, 4-8 from FT, and just overall look nervous.

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In reply to BluesBear • 9:43p, 12/2/20
TrustTheProcess said:
Score?
25-23 Illinois
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In reply to ImABearToo • 9:43p, 12/2/20
ImABearToo said:
Tristan will be missed.


Pre injury Tristan sure...post injury he was awful
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9:43p, 12/2/20
Illinois is obviously a good defensive squad, but man have we missed some open looks and point blank shots.
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In reply to vanillabryce • 9:43p, 12/2/20
vanillabryce said:
Close game and we've looked out of sync, 4-8 from FT, and just overall look nervous.

Definitely need one of the outside shooters to get a hot hand. The team feeds off that.
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9:45p, 12/2/20
It is friggin' joy watching Mitchell play D. Damn he's good.
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9:45p, 12/2/20
This is exhibit A why you need a post who can get his own and is a skilled scorer. Your guards are going to have off nights. We are right there is this game but a big like Maston/Motoey and we're up 10 already
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:46p, 12/2/20
IowaBear said:
This is exhibit A why you need a post who can get his own and is a skilled scorer. Your guards are going to have off nights. We are right there is this game but a big like Maston/Motoey and we're up 10 already
Easily
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9:46p, 12/2/20
Can't believe the over/under was 145...
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9:46p, 12/2/20
That guy is awful. Please return him to the bench.
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9:49p, 12/2/20
Backup Bezan abusing us
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9:49p, 12/2/20
I'm sorry but Thamba and JTT are horrible. We were definitely fed some homerism by the mods hyping them up. It's early and they'll get better but right now those two are going to get owned nightly by any big worth a crap
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9:50p, 12/2/20
We need a Rocky Balboa to knock out their Ivan Drago.
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9:50p, 12/2/20
Too many bricks from the free throw line.
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In reply to Johnny Bear • 9:51p, 12/2/20
Johnny Bear said:
Too many bricks from the free throw line.

CT assured us all not to worry about FT shooting because we're gonna blow everyone away and the bricks at the line won't matter
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9:51p, 12/2/20
Teague 1-5 in the 1st half. Hope he can get hot in the 2nd half.
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9:52p, 12/2/20
Great competitive half though, tough defense all around. I love watching our guys get at the ball
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9:53p, 12/2/20
That Eastern Euro guy is killing us!
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9:54p, 12/2/20
Bears lead at the Half

31-30


Butler with 10, Flagler with 7 lead.

Bears shoot 37% in the 1st half, but only 29% from 3.

Hopefully more of the outside shots fall in the 2nd half.
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In reply to Yeek • 9:55p, 12/2/20
Yeek said:
Great competitive half though, tough defense all around. I love watching our guys get at the ball
After all those years with some pretty good teams, but no D. It's FUN AS HELL to watch this group play D.
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9:55p, 12/2/20
Having the lead is nice. But good lord we left at least 10 easy points on the board.
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9:56p, 12/2/20
JTT needs to get his head in the game. We could easily be up 10
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9:57p, 12/2/20
Up against a #5 with halftime lead but have to be concerned about no bigs as the Top 10 opponents come often this year.
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9:57p, 12/2/20
Illini bigs affected our touches in the paint. Gotta get into their body more.

It really would've been nice to have a few games to test lineups.

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9:57p, 12/2/20
Illinois has to feel good about only being down 1 at the half with their two best players combining for just 5 points
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:57p, 12/2/20
IowaBear said:
Having the lead is nice. But good lord we left at least 10 easy points on the board.
Lot of points left out there. No doubt. But still feels good to not play your best and have the lead against a really good team. I keep telling myself, we won't face anyone other than WVU and KU with that big or physical of a front court in conference play, so maybe our glaring weakness in the middle isn't as big of a deal then.
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In reply to ImABearToo • 9:58p, 12/2/20
ImABearToo said:
Up against a #5 with halftime lead but have to be concerned about no bigs as the Top 10 opponents come often this year.
Especially when Kofi is in. JTT and Flo has to step up in the 2nd half.
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In reply to HoustonBear15 • 9:59p, 12/2/20
HoustonBear15 said:
Illinois has to feel good about only being down 1 at the half with their two best players combining for just 5 points
I feel equally as good with being up by one with Teague and Mitchell only combining for 5.
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10:02p, 12/2/20
For whatever reason, I know there's some kind of weird thing about not being able to talk about Dainja's situation, but is there any chance he's eligible to play after the Fall semester ends and spring semester begins in January?
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In reply to vanillabryce • 10:02p, 12/2/20
vanillabryce said:
Illini bigs affected our touches in the paint. Gotta get into their body more.

It really would've been nice to have a few games to test lineups.


This is true. Seems like bizarre substitution timing right now. I know drew usually does this early in the year but it's tougher when you're in a dog fight and you're not sure who you can trust.
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In reply to DanaDane • 10:03p, 12/2/20
I hope so. Dain can create his own shot. Something all of our bigs can't do.
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10:05p, 12/2/20
Possibly a small lineup test coming up?
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