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Gameday Thread: #2 Baylor (9-0; 2-0) vs Oklahoma (6-2; 2-1)

January 5, 2021
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#2 Baylor (9-0; 2-0) takes on Oklahoma (6-2; 2-1) Wednesday January 6th at the Ferrell Center in Waco at 8pm CST.  The game will be televised on ESPN2.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 82 Oklahoma 70


Coaches:  

Oklahoma:  Lon Kruger (68) 651-412 (172-108 at OU); 19 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; 2 FFs

Baylor:  Scott Drew (50); 373-222 overall (353-211 at Baylor); 8 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s

Head to Head:  Drew 11-8


Oklahoma Starters

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
De’Vion Harmon PG SO 6-2/200 11.6 2.4 2.4 46 38 87
Austin Reaves SG SR 6-5/205 15.5 5.0 5.4 44 26 87
Alondes Williams SF SR 6-5/200 7.3 4.3 1.9 49 13 90
Brady Manek PF SR 6-9/230 13.6 4.6 0.8 46 41 86
Victor Iwuakor C SO 6-7/230 6.8 4.5 0.3 54 0 52

Oklahoma Bench

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Umoja Gibson G JR 6-1/180 9.9 2.0 1.1 46 49 60
Kur Kuath F SR 6-10/220 7.5 4.9 0.4 64 0 75
Jalen Hill  F SO 6-7/225 4.1 4.1 1.5 52 25 77
Elijah Harkless G JR 6-3/195 2.3 2.3 1.8 25 0 75

Baylor Starters

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2/205 12.0 3.4 6.7 56 50 71
Jared Butler SG JR 6-3/195 16.0 2.9 5.8 50 46 77
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4/195 15.9 4.4 1.6 49 38 86
Mark Vital PF SR 6-5/240 5.2 4.9 1.6 43 0 42
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10/245 4.6 4.6 0.2 74 0 52

Baylor Bench

Name Pos Class Ht/Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-8/245 9.9 8.0 0.3 66 0 77
Adam Flagler G SO 6-3/180 10.9 2.0 2.3 50 43 88
Matt Mayer F JR 6-9/225 9.3 3.6 1.0 53 47 65
LJ Cryer G FR 6-1/185 7.9 0.9 1.9 45 43 67
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Gameday Thread: #2 Baylor (9-0; 2-0) vs Oklahoma (6-2; 2-1)

12,232 Views | 157 Replies | Last: 3 yr ago by DanaDane
Johnny Bear
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DanaDane said:

We now have 5 TO's on bad alley oop passes.

We had some of those against ISU as well. Definitely something to work on.
vanillabryce
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Let's wrap this one up.
historian
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Too many missed shots. Fortunately, the Sooners have missed a lot as well.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
DanaDane
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Johnny Bear said:

DanaDane said:

We now have 5 TO's on bad alley oop passes.

We had some of those against ISU as well. Definitely something to work on.
Almost #6 right there if the ref hadn't blown the whistle. Obviously it's piddly in a double digit game like this, but something that will result in a 10 point turnaround against a really good team.
StatMan
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Crunch time at the Ferrell Center. Time for Baylor to deliver a knockout punch.
DanaDane
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Flagler is feeling it with the shot tonight. That's fun to see.
DanaDane
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JTT just got posterized.
historian
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They are closing it out well.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
historian
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Again, less than 80 but I don't care. It's another solid win.

Sic 'em Bears!!
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
StatMan
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Solid 15-point win for the #2 ranked Baylor Bears tonight on ESPN2. 10-0 overall record, and 3-0 in Big XII Conference play. Congratulations to Scott Drew on moving ahead of his father, Homer Drew with his 372nd career basketball win.
StatMan
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Every Baylor player who saw action scored at least 2 points. Baylor takes care of business tonight in Waco. Baylor shares the Big XII regular season lead with Texas. #2 Baylor vs TCU in Fort Worth on Saturday.
Johnny Bear
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I think it's great this team can win by 15 and still have some obvious things that need to be cleaned up like turnovers.
Jacques Strap
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It seemed like OU played some solid defense at times forcing turnovers but just missed a good number of open shots. Still OU looked like a solid team that could upset just about anyone on a hot shooting night. MM I thought played a heck of a game coming off the bench. Clean up some turnover issues on to the next one.
BearFan33
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Jacques Strap said:

It seemed like OU played some solid defense at times forcing turnovers but just missed a good number of open shots. Still OU looked like a solid team that could upset just about anyone on a hot shooting night. MM I thought played a heck of a game coming off the bench. Clean up some turnover issues on to the next one.
Yep. They had a bad shooting night, sometimes by good defense and sometimes they missed open shots. OU an upper tier B12 team for sure.
CTbruin
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We have an outstanding team. One of the reasons the team is so good is our defense (and our bench). I disagree that OU had very many "open shots". They has some, but not many.

Any time you get more than 50% of your scoring from your bench.....you will be hard to beat. Last night, 40 of our 76 points came from our bench. That is outstanding.
historian
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CTbruin said:

Any time you get more than 50% of your scoring from your bench.....you will be hard to beat. Last night, 40 of our 76 points came from our bench. That is outstanding.
That is an amazing stat.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
DanaDane
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In his interview this morning, Lon Kruger said they missed at least 15 wide open shots.
 
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