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Gameday Thread: #2 Baylor (17-0; 9-0) vs Iowa State (2-16; 0-13)

February 21, 2021
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#2 Baylor (17-0; 9-0) hosts Iowa State (2-16; 0-13) Tuesday February 23rd at 7pm CST after a 21 day COVID related pause.  The game will be televised on ESPN+

Prediction:  Baylor 86 Iowa State 60

Coaches

Iowa State:  Steve Prohm (46); 201-118 overall (97-89 ISU); 4 NCAAs; 1 Sweet 16

Baylor:  Scott Drew (50); 381-222 overall (361-211 at Baylor); 8 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s

Head to Head:  Drew 9-3

Iowa State Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Rasir Bolton PG JR 6-3 185 15.7 4.8 3.9 45 31 83
Jalen Lands SG SR 6-4 190 13.2 3.9 0.9 43 38 86
Jaden Walker SF FR 6-5 195 3.4 3.1 1.5 35 29 75
Javan Johnson PF JR 6-6 205 10.0 4.0 2.5 41 28 82
Solomon Young C SR 6-8 255 11.0 4.8 0.5 50 0 86

Iowa State Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Tyler Harris G SO 5-9 150 6.8 1.3 0.8 36 33 83
Tre Jackson G SO 6-1 185 4.6 2.6 1.0 33 29 50
George Conditt F JR 6-10 245 1.9 3.4 0.2 38 0 30

Baylor Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2 205 13.6 2.7 5.8 54 49 72
Jared Butler SG JR 6-3 195 17.0 3.3 5.2 49 45 76
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4 195 14.7 3.9 1.5 48 36 86
Mark Vital  PF SR 6-5 240 5.9 5.4 1.3 47 0 56
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10 245 3.5 4.6 0.2 60 0 56

Baylor Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Adam Flagler G SO 6-3 180 10.2 2.1 1.7 51 45 75
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-8 245 7.8 6.4 0.4 60 0 75
Matt Mayer F JR 6-9 225 8.3 3.8 1.1 52 46 59
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Gameday Thread: #2 Baylor (17-0; 9-0) vs Iowa State (2-16; 0-13)

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vanillabryce
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9:09p, 2/23/21
#5 Illinois loses, OU tied with K State at half.

Just win.
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In reply to southtexasbear • 9:09p, 2/23/21
southtexasbear said:


No shyte!
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In reply to ImABearToo • 9:10p, 2/23/21
Now let's never speak of it again...
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In reply to vanillabryce • 9:11p, 2/23/21
vanillabryce said:
#5 Illinois loses, OU tied with K State at half.

Just win.

Illinois is a paper tiger. Look for them to have an early exit in March.
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9:12p, 2/23/21
Will JTT be back for Kansas?
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9:13p, 2/23/21
The game highlights how important JTT is to us, and how thin we are at the 4 and 5.
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In reply to BUbackerinET • 9:14p, 2/23/21
BUbackerinET said:
The game highlights how important JTT is to us, and how thin we are at the 4 and 5.

Exactly. We desperately needed an eligible Dainja for this reason exactly
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:15p, 2/23/21
IowaBear said:
BUbackerinET said:
The game highlights how important JTT is to us, and how thin we are at the 4 and 5.

Exactly. We desperately needed an eligible Dainja for this reason exactly


Or a healthy Tristan Clark
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In reply to EvilTroyAndAbed • 9:16p, 2/23/21
You are both correct, but we don't have either
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In reply to EvilTroyAndAbed • 9:17p, 2/23/21
EvilTroyAndAbed said:
IowaBear said:
BUbackerinET said:
The game highlights how important JTT is to us, and how thin we are at the 4 and 5.

Exactly. We desperately needed an eligible Dainja for this reason exactly


Or a healthy Tristan Clark
I just hope that isn't the thing that keeps this team from accomplishing all its capable of.

And if JTT isn't available for Kansas, I've got a feeling they're going to beat us by double digits in Lawrence.
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9:18p, 2/23/21
This game illustrates how thin our margin for error is. And why i think Gonzaga has a slight edge...if they had been off 21 days i think they handle iowa state..because they can throw it down low for offense if theyre shots arent falling...we cant do that..
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 9:20p, 2/23/21
Stefano DiMera said:
This game illustrates how thin our margin for error is. And why i think Gonzaga has a slight edge...if they had been off 21 days i think they handle iowa state..because they can throw it down low for offense if theyre shots arent falling...we cant do that..

We finally agree. I said all off season Clark was the key to March. When he went down I was real concerned. That's starting to rear it's ugly head.
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In reply to Johnny Bear • 9:21p, 2/23/21
Yeah I already had a bad feeling. Because KU is starting to peak. But without him McCormick will have a career day
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9:21p, 2/23/21
BU tonight - 43.5 FG% - 32.0 3pt% - 71.4 FT%
BU season - 50.7 FG% - 43.9 3pt% - 70.4 FT%

ISU tonight - 48.3 FG% - 47.6 3pt% - 80 FT%
ISU season - 42.0 FG% - 32.1 3pt% - 77 FT%

After a 3 week layoff, I think our guys will be just fine
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In reply to ColoradoGRN&GLD • 9:23p, 2/23/21
I just chuckled when I glanced over at UT and see they are 3 of 17, yes 3 of 17 for 18% from 3 against KU.

Other than tonight, we've been one of the top 3 defensive teams, if not the best, in the country and for some strange reason everyone seems to have career nights from 3 against us.
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9:25p, 2/23/21
We have a hill to climb. Covid obviously numbs your muscles and kills your senses. Or maybe if you can't practice because of an artificial restraint it messes things up.
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:29p, 2/23/21
It is very rare that our outside scoring is off like it was tonight - if we had to have a game like that, I'm glad it was against them. We will be in the final 4. Kansas playing better tonight - hope JTT is back and healthy
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9:36p, 2/23/21
Or maybe a little of both.

Jelly legs come from either sitting on the sofa eating Goo Goo Clusters for 3 weeks or something negative that has happened within your body. I saw multiple guys with jelly legs, and I don't think for one minute it came from sitting on the sofa eating Goo Goo Clusters. Even without team practice, these guys are finely tuned athletes who continue to work out on their own. Drew rotated and rotated and rotated throughout, and guys like Mayer saw very little playing time even when his height was needed at times.

I'll give you lack of practice as the reason why shots didn't fall as usual, but I don't buy lack of practice as the explanation for what I saw from several of the guys. Sorry. Don't believe in COVID, believe in COVID, I don't care. I know what I saw and I saw physical challenges with several of the guys.
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9:38p, 2/23/21
I was at the Ferrell Center tonight and the basketball game was too close for comfort. I'm not surprised Baylor looked flat and rusty in the 1st Half. It was frustrating to watch Baylor keep the score close, but not taking the lead for the 1st time until 3:57 to play in the 2nd Half. Thankfully, it's a win to remain undefeated overall, and in Big XII Conference play.
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In reply to DanaDane • 9:39p, 2/23/21
DanaDane said:
Or maybe a little of both.

Jelly legs come from either sitting on the sofa eating Goo Goo Clusters for 3 weeks or something negative that has happened within your body. I saw multiple guys with jelly legs, and I don't think for one minute it came from sitting on the sofa eating Goo Goo Clusters. Even without team practice, these guys are finely tuned athletes who continue to work out on their own. Drew rotated and rotated and rotated throughout, and guys like Mayer saw very little playing time even when his height was needed at times.

I'll give you lack of practice as the reason why shots didn't fall as usual, but I don't buy lack of practice as the explanation for what I saw from several of the guys. Sorry. Don't believe in COVID, believe in COVID, I don't care. I know what I saw and I saw physical challenges with several of the guys.


Nothing wrong with eating GooGoo Clusters; they are God's candy bar!
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In reply to whitetrash • 9:39p, 2/23/21
I love the Goo Goo!!!!!! Maybe that's why I'm not a finely tuned athlete?
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In reply to DanaDane • 9:45p, 2/23/21
It's the curse of being the hunted. Our opponents often play up the their competition. Thankfully, we rarely play down to theirs. Harris shooting 62.5% from 3 is an aberration that I can't remember seeing until now.
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9:49p, 2/23/21
After going down by 17, for the rest of the game, we came within 1 point of the pregame line. Without JT2.

S I C' EM B E A R S !!!
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In reply to Saddle Up! • 9:50p, 2/23/21
That's good perspective.
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In reply to DanaDane • 10:02p, 2/23/21
DanaDane said:
I love the Goo Goo!!!!!! Maybe that's why I'm not a finely tuned athlete?


I've even toured the factory in Nashville. Needless to say I'm not finely tuned either.
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10:04p, 2/23/21
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7:42a, 2/24/21
We are human. Practiced only 2 times in the last 21 days. And it showed.

I sit on the second row. We were gassed. Vital played most of the game with his tongue hanging out.

Yes, I was disappointed we didn't "dominate'. But in retrospect, am very proud we showed to grit to come back from 17 down.

And ISU played their butts off. Guarded us as good on the perimeter as anybody has all year. We didn't have many open shots from 3. In the second half, we started taking the ball to the basket and it helped.

But IMO, we won with defense. They made 3 FGs in the last 7 minutes. That is defense.
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In reply to CTbruin • 7:45a, 2/24/21
CTbruin said:
We are human. Practiced only 2 times in the last 21 days. And it showed.

I sit on the second row. We were gassed. Vital played most of the game with his tongue hanging out.

Yes, I was disappointed we didn't "dominate'. But in retrospect, am very proud we showed to grit to come back from 17 down.

And ISU played their butts off. Guarded us as good on the perimeter as anybody has all year. We didn't have many open shots from 3. In the second half, we started taking the ball to the basket and it helped.

But IMO, we won with defense. They made 3 FGs in the last 7 minutes. That is defense.

Was JTT there but in street clothes?
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8:06a, 2/24/21
Yes
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In reply to CTbruin • 8:51a, 2/24/21
Gotta believe that's a good sign for Saturday
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In reply to CTbruin • 10:37a, 2/24/21
Good defense leads to good offense
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In reply to IowaBear • 10:38a, 2/24/21
Damn, I hope so
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