#2 Baylor (18-0; 10-0) travels to #17 Kansas (17-8; 11-6) Saturday February 27th at 7pm CST in search of history. A season sweep of the Kansas Jayhawks and their first ever Big12 title. The game will be televised on ESPN.
Prediction: Baylor 75 Kansas 69
Coaching
Kansas: Bill Self (58); 724- 222 (518-117 at KU) 21 NCAAs; 13 Sweet 16; 10 Elite 8; 3 Final 4; 1 NC; 5 Level 1 Viol
Baylor: Scott Drew (51); 382-222 overall (362-211 at Baylor); 8 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s
Head to Head: Self 25-6
Last 6: Self 3-3
Kansas Starters
| Name | Pos | Class | Ht Wt | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | 3pt% | FT% |
| Marcus Garrett | PG | SR | 6-5 205 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 45 | 31 | 82 |
| Christian Braun | SG | SO | 6-6 210 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 41 | 36 | 79 |
| Ochai Agbaji | SF | JR | 6-5 215 | 13.8 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 41 | 39 | 71 |
| Jalen Wilson | PF | FR | 6-8 220 | 12.8 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 44 | 35 | 64 |
| Dave McCormack | C | JR | 6-10 250 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 50 | 100 | 80 |
Kansas Bench
| Name | Pos | Class | Ht Wt | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | 3pt% | FT% |
| Bryce Thompson | G | FR | 6-5 190 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 40 | 24 | 67 |
| DaJuan Harris | G | FR | 6-1 170 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 39 | 57 | 67 |
| Mitch Lightfoot | F | SR | 6-8 225 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 49 | 20 | 64 |
Baylor Starters
| Namee | Pos | Class | Ht Wt | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | 3pt% | FT% |
| Davion Mitchell | PG | JR | 6-2 205 | 13.4 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 53 | 48 | 72 |
| Jared Butler | SG | JR | 6-3 195 | 17.1 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 49 | 45 | 74 |
| MaCio Teague | SF | SR | 6-4 195 | 14.7 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 47 | 35 | 87 |
| Mark Vital | PF | SR | 6-5 240 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 47 | 0 | 54 |
| Flo Thamba | C | JR | 6-10 250 | 3.7 | 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 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 51 | 44 | 80 |
| Jon Tchamwa | F | SO | 6-8 245 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 60 | 0 | 76 |
| Matt Mayer | F | JR | 6-9 225 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 60 | 0 | 76 |
| LJ Cryer | G | FR | 6-1 185 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 43 | 41 | 67 |
You are correct. If Baylor wins 1 more, OR WVU loses 1 more, Baylor will win the Big12 championship.historian said:
We keep winning, we can easily get back to #2 and eventually #1. If the team can get back to 100%--meaning playing the way they were a few weeks ago--and learn from the mistakes, we will be back to being unbeatable.
With only one more win in the regular season, if I understand correctly, we still get a lock on the Big 12 title. We still have a very real potential of winning the Big 12 tournament. And we could still make it to the Final Four & maybe win it all.
This is a disappointment but we need to focus on what is next. No doubt Drew and the rest of the staff will have a similar message. These guys are resilient. They will bounce back.
I was really looking forward to sweeping Kansas. It still could happen, just not in 2021.
ColoradoGRN&GLD said:
Long term, I don't think this loss will have any effect, negative or positive. Weak legs lead to slow rotations and short shots, and the team is clearly not in game shape after the 3 week layoff.. Simple as that.
In a normal year, I might be able to convince myself that this loss is ultimately a good thing as it could refocus the team for the home stretch. With this disjointed season, I just see more of the same chaos that they have already been dealing with. Of course, I was hoping that they would come out of the layoff guns-a-blazin, but they really do seem to be greatly fatigued compared to what we've seen in the earlier parts of the season.
We'll need to beat them. WVU ain't losing their other games.ColoradoGRN&GLD said:You are correct. If Baylor wins 1 more, OR WVU loses 1 more, Baylor will win the Big12 championship.historian said:
We keep winning, we can easily get back to #2 and eventually #1. If the team can get back to 100%--meaning playing the way they were a few weeks ago--and learn from the mistakes, we will be back to being unbeatable.
With only one more win in the regular season, if I understand correctly, we still get a lock on the Big 12 title. We still have a very real potential of winning the Big 12 tournament. And we could still make it to the Final Four & maybe win it all.
This is a disappointment but we need to focus on what is next. No doubt Drew and the rest of the staff will have a similar message. These guys are resilient. They will bounce back.
I was really looking forward to sweeping Kansas. It still could happen, just not in 2021.
Have faith, brother bear! haha. We played like trash tonight (for good reason), had the stripes against us, and still had a chance to win with just a couple minutes left. We'll be ok.IowaBear said:
You don't just flip a switch and bam we're back to how we were playing. This team built to that point over the course of the season. Looking at these next 3 I'm having a hard time seeing a W. Not because we won't improve but because of who we play. I wouldn't be shocked to see 18-4 headed into B12 tournament. I'm hoping for 20-2 but at this point that may be wishful thinking
Mark your words? It's pretty much consensus that we'll be third. Michigan hasn't lost in weeks.Bryceb said:
Yep everyone saying it's not gonna happen but mark my words it will be Gonzaga 1 Michigan 2 and Bears 3. All from one loss also they exposed that we truly dont have a dominant big man like they do.
Thats where the "OR" comes in.EvilTroyAndAbed said:We'll need to beat them. WVU ain't losing their other games.ColoradoGRN&GLD said:You are correct. If Baylor wins 1 more, OR WVU loses 1 more, Baylor will win the Big12 championship.historian said:
We keep winning, we can easily get back to #2 and eventually #1. If the team can get back to 100%--meaning playing the way they were a few weeks ago--and learn from the mistakes, we will be back to being unbeatable.
With only one more win in the regular season, if I understand correctly, we still get a lock on the Big 12 title. We still have a very real potential of winning the Big 12 tournament. And we could still make it to the Final Four & maybe win it all.
This is a disappointment but we need to focus on what is next. No doubt Drew and the rest of the staff will have a similar message. These guys are resilient. They will bounce back.
I was really looking forward to sweeping Kansas. It still could happen, just not in 2021.
ColoradoGRN&GLD said:Thats where the "OR" comes in.EvilTroyAndAbed said:We'll need to beat them. WVU ain't losing their other games.ColoradoGRN&GLD said:You are correct. If Baylor wins 1 more, OR WVU loses 1 more, Baylor will win the Big12 championship.historian said:
We keep winning, we can easily get back to #2 and eventually #1. If the team can get back to 100%--meaning playing the way they were a few weeks ago--and learn from the mistakes, we will be back to being unbeatable.
With only one more win in the regular season, if I understand correctly, we still get a lock on the Big 12 title. We still have a very real potential of winning the Big 12 tournament. And we could still make it to the Final Four & maybe win it all.
This is a disappointment but we need to focus on what is next. No doubt Drew and the rest of the staff will have a similar message. These guys are resilient. They will bounce back.
I was really looking forward to sweeping Kansas. It still could happen, just not in 2021.
If WVU loses a game, we can forfeit all of the rest of ours and still win the conference. When we win 1 more, it's the same result.
You may be right. Morgantown is a tough place to play and we still might not have our legs at game strength. OSU and TTU are both playing well, but I 100% trust that Coach Drew will have our guys ready and able to win at least one of those games in Waco.Johnny Bear said:ColoradoGRN&GLD said:Thats where the "OR" comes in.EvilTroyAndAbed said:We'll need to beat them. WVU ain't losing their other games.ColoradoGRN&GLD said:You are correct. If Baylor wins 1 more, OR WVU loses 1 more, Baylor will win the Big12 championship.historian said:
We keep winning, we can easily get back to #2 and eventually #1. If the team can get back to 100%--meaning playing the way they were a few weeks ago--and learn from the mistakes, we will be back to being unbeatable.
With only one more win in the regular season, if I understand correctly, we still get a lock on the Big 12 title. We still have a very real potential of winning the Big 12 tournament. And we could still make it to the Final Four & maybe win it all.
This is a disappointment but we need to focus on what is next. No doubt Drew and the rest of the staff will have a similar message. These guys are resilient. They will bounce back.
I was really looking forward to sweeping Kansas. It still could happen, just not in 2021.
If WVU loses a game, we can forfeit all of the rest of ours and still win the conference. When we win 1 more, it's the same result.
As far as winning the conference goes I've got a feeling it's gonna come down to us needing to at least split our last two games which are both at the Ferrell Center. Hope I'm wrong, but I'm thinking Tuesday is going to be loss number two to a WVU team that's going to win out based on how they're playing and the fact that they're getting to end their conference schedule with four straight home games.
