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Gameday Thread: #3 Baylor (18-1; 10-1) at #6 WVU (17-6; 10-4)

March 1, 2021
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#3 Baylor (18-1; 10-1) travels to #6 West Virginia (17-6; 10-4) March 2nd at 4:00pm CST.  The game will be televised on ESPN.

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 78 West Virginia 74

Coaches:

West Virginia:  Bob Huggins (67); 898-378 (308-167 at WVU) 24 NCAAs; 8 Sweet 16s; 4 Elite 8s; 2 Final 4s

Baylor:  Scott Drew (50); 382-223 overall (362-212 at Baylor); 8 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s

Head to Head:  Scott Drew 11-9

West Virginia Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Deuce McBride PG SO 6-2 200 15.5 4.0 4.6 43 43 80
Sean McNeil SG JR 6-3 210 11.7 1.9 0.7 41 40 89
Taz Sherman SF SR 6-4 190 13.0 2.0 0.9 41 36 86
Emmitt Matthews PF JR 6-7 215 7.7 3.9 1.2 41 29 79
Derek Culver C JR 6-10 255 15.0 10.1 1.1 50 0 59

West Virginia Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Jalen Bridges F FR 6-7 220 5.0 2.8 0.3 51 42 53
Gabe Osabuohein F SR 6-7 235 1.7 4.6 2.3 33 50 39
Jordan McCabe G JR 6-0 190 2.5 1.3 1.5 30 21 85

Baylor Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2 205 13.4 2.7 5.6 51 47 69
Jared Butler SG JR 6-3 195 16.4 3.2 4.9 48 43 74
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4 195 14.8 4.2 1.6 46 35 87
Mark Vital  PF SR 6-5 250 5.8 5.9 1.3 47 0 49
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10 245 4.0 4.5 0.2 64 0 57

Baylor Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Adam Flagler G SO 6-3 180 10.5 2.1 1.5 49 43 80
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-9 245 7.5 6.0 0.3 59 0 76
Matt Mayer F JR 6-9 225 7.5 3.6 1.1 51 45 55
LJ Cryer G FR 6-1 185 4.4 0.6 1.0 43 41 67
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Gameday Thread: #3 Baylor (18-1; 10-1) at #6 WVU (17-6; 10-4)

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DanaDane
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:50p, 3/2/21
Our ballhandling has become absolutely atrocious. Across the board. And, it's not a one game thing.
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vanillabryce
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4:51p, 3/2/21
Buuuuuuuutler
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Mike E
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4:51p, 3/2/21
WOO
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4:51p, 3/2/21
Needed that!
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4:52p, 3/2/21
YES! Butler at least ends the half for us on a good note.
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4:52p, 3/2/21
That official was in no position to make that charge call against Mayer, and he therefore blew the call
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4:52p, 3/2/21
Vegas is smart so far.
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4:52p, 3/2/21
That was beautiful! And we definitely needed that.

Now Butler needs to open it up in the 2nd half.
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In reply to DanaDane • 4:52p, 3/2/21
Said that after KU and got hounded saying it was Covid. No it's not this team is bad at defensive rebounding has been all season.
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4:55p, 3/2/21
Lucky to end up with that 3 pointer.

I'm not sure what it is, I think it's just confidence and rhythm we are lacking. Those things will come back to us. Grateful we get to play these last few games so close together. We need it.
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4:55p, 3/2/21
Nice shot, Butler - hey Fran, we had plenty of time - didn't need the inbound under the basket, we didn't miss anything - we got the exact play we wanted and executed it perfectly.
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4:56p, 3/2/21
Hmmm. I didn't realize Sherman was a Texas product.
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In reply to BUbackerinET • 4:57p, 3/2/21
I get to say it almost every game -- there's no coaching staff in America who draws up better in-bounds plays for scores than Drew and staff.
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4:58p, 3/2/21
THE BUTLER DID IT! Huge 3-point basket to beat the Halftime buzzer! Baylor led for virtually the entire 1st Half. Red hot from 3-point range making 4 of their first 6 shots from beyond the arc, but just 2 of 12 the remainder of the 1st Half. Butler and Mitchell look very good shooting the basketball. Fran Fraschilla was such a cynic in the 1st Half. College basketball analysts are right to be concerned about Baylor's overall endurance and stamina for an entire 40 minutes. We're going to find out if Baylor has enough in the tank to pull out a tough Big XII road win, and celebrate a conference regular season tittle. Buckle, up for the 2nd Half, SicEm354 members!
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In reply to DanaDane • 4:58p, 3/2/21
The TV announcers say it fairly often as well.
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4:59p, 3/2/21
Those two possessions where we got up 6-7 shots and came away with nothing we're crushing.
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In reply to StatMan • 4:59p, 3/2/21
No virtually about it. We led from the tip. Never trailed.
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In reply to StatMan • 5:10p, 3/2/21
StatMan said:
Buckle, up for the 2nd Half, SicEm354 members!
You shorted us 11 there.
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5:13p, 3/2/21
Son of a..
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5:13p, 3/2/21
Their playing with a old worn out NiCad battery. The kind of battery that will still charge up and produce heat....only to get used up quicker than normal. You can't fix this!
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5:14p, 3/2/21
Teague finally.
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5:15p, 3/2/21
I wanna see Teague do that more. That's why he's been trying. Once he gets his groove back, he can make those.
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5:16p, 3/2/21
Someone bench Teague, tell him no dribble behind the back, no shooting either. Lost his touch.


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Glad he is keeping at it.
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5:16p, 3/2/21
Just not seeing any fouls here? Doesn't matter the sports, lots of penalties and fouls when BU and WVU get together.
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5:16p, 3/2/21
You cannot miss that bunny.
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5:17p, 3/2/21
Butler again!!
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5:18p, 3/2/21
Teague is killing us.
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5:18p, 3/2/21
Teague, stay the **** out of the corner.
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5:18p, 3/2/21
I'm the last person to complain about officiating, but WVU plays awfully aggressive defense to only have 6 fouls.
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5:20p, 3/2/21
Teague over dribbling today, dribbling into the corner, picking up his dribble, and off balance. Haven't seen this out of him. The WV pressure is tough and seems to be getting to him
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5:20p, 3/2/21
Thank GOD the last 2 are home. Play is improved, but then again, crying-we-wanna-get-out-of-Texas-WVU is too.
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In reply to DanaDane • 5:21p, 3/2/21
DanaDane said:
I'm the last person to complain about officiating, but WVU plays awfully aggressive defense to only have 6 fouls.

Not at all surprising. Next to KU, WVU gets as much preferential home treatment as anyone in the B12.
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In reply to DanaDane • 5:21p, 3/2/21
Yeah. They bump, reach, push enough to make the refs almost numb to it
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5:22p, 3/2/21
Teague imo is turning a corner. Playing his best since his injury, but he will make mistakes, and it's fine. He needs to keep being aggressive.

Our defense is letting us down but we can tighten things up.
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5:23p, 3/2/21
Man we are just fading as this games goes on. Teague might as well wear a WV jersey at this point
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