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Gameday Thread: #1 Baylor (24-2) vs #5 Villanova (18-6)

March 25, 2021
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#1 Seed Baylor (24-2) faces off against #5 Seed Villanova (18-6) in a Sweet 16 match-up at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Saturday March 27th at 4:15pm CST.  The game will be televised on CBS.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 77 Villanova 73

Bart Torvik:  Baylor 76 Villanova 72

Evan Miyakawa:  Baylor 81 Villanova 72

Spread:  Baylor -7

Coaches

Villanova:  Jay Wright 609-272 (489-189 at Nova); 17 NCAAs; 7 Sweet 16s; 4 Elite 8s; 3 FFs; 2 NCs

Baylor:  Scott Drew (50); 388-224 overall (368-213 at Baylor); 9 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s

Head to Head:  Drew 1-0

Villanova Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
C Arcidiancono PG SO 6-5 195 0.8 1.0 0.7 20 20 60
Justin Moore SG SO 6-4 210 12.8 4.1 3.0 44 32 78
Caleb Daniels SF JR 6-4 210 9.9 2.1 1.3 43 40 79
Jermaine Samuels PF SR 6-7 230 11.9 6.5 2.5 48 38 81
Jeremiah Earl C SO 6-9 230 16.0 8.3 2.2 50 28 72

Villanova Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Cole Swider F JR 6-9 225 5.9 2.9 1.1 43 41 75
Brandon Slater F JR 6-6 210 3.8 2.2 0.5 49 42 60
Bryan Antonine G SO 6-5 180 2.6 1.2 0.7 41 39 80

Baylor Starters

Name Pos  Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2 205 14.1 2.7 5.4 52 46 67
Jared Butler SG  JR 6-3 195 16.9 3.3 4.8 48 42 78
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4 195 16.1 4.1 1.6 48 40 85
Mark Vital PF SR 6-5 250 5.7 6.7 1.5 48 0 50
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10 245 3.6 4.0 0.5 59 0 61

Baylor Bench

Name Pos  Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Adam Flagler G SO 6-3 180 8.7 2.3 1.4 45 40 82
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-8 245 6.4 5.1 0.4 57 0 77
Matt Mayer F JR 6-9 225 8.3 3.8 1.0 49 42 59
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Gameday Thread: #1 Baylor (24-2) vs #5 Villanova (18-6)

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Adriacus Peratuun
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4:43p, 3/27/21
Surprised by how bad V is at rebounding.
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In reply to Adriacus Peratuun • 4:45p, 3/27/21
Adriacus Peratuun said:
Surprised by how bad V is at rebounding.
that last shot by V looked like me on the driveway. Airball!
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4:46p, 3/27/21
Why are the Bears slipping and sliding so much on the court?
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4:47p, 3/27/21
1-8 from three
They are 3-6
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4:47p, 3/27/21
Vital - omg.... we cannot lose him
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4:47p, 3/27/21
We would so we have a double-digit lead right now had we been hitting anything close to our season average for threes.
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4:48p, 3/27/21
Cold from 3, otherwise we'd be blowing them out
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In reply to Jacques Strap • 4:48p, 3/27/21
Turnaround coming.
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In reply to BearlySpeaking • 4:48p, 3/27/21
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Why are the Bears slipping and sliding so much on the court?

Don't know, but this is where equipment manager needs to figure out a solution. Wet towel, maybe?
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4:48p, 3/27/21
Bad news Nova a bad 3 point shooting team is somehow shooting 50% 3/6 and Baylor the best 3 pointing team in the nation is shooting 12% 1/8. Good news some how still up 1.
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In reply to PaperBear89 • 4:48p, 3/27/21
Man, I hope not, but we have dodged that bullet a few times the last month, and we need to start hitting them
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4:48p, 3/27/21
Hustle plays are good. That was actually a really stupid hustle play? If that what you want to call it.
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4:49p, 3/27/21
Staff
Shooting
Nova 47%
Bu 42%

Rebounds
Bu 10
Nova 8

Turnovers
Bu 3
Nova 4
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4:49p, 3/27/21
Please be ok Vital!!!!
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4:49p, 3/27/21
Refs are allowing very physical play. The looks are correspondingly less clean.
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In reply to PaperBear89 • 4:50p, 3/27/21
PaperBear89 said:
BearlySpeaking said:
Why are the Bears slipping and sliding so much on the court?

Don't know, but this is where equipment manager needs to figure out a solution. Wet towel, maybe?
I'm wondering if they need a different type of shoe. Villanova players don't seem to have the same problem.
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In reply to Adriacus Peratuun • 4:51p, 3/27/21
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Refs are allowing very physical play. The looks are correspondingly less clean.

I'd much rather have it this way so we can play D. The Big 12 Higgins crew would have had Nova into the bonus at 3 minutes.
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4:51p, 3/27/21
Need to start taking it to the rim. The threes obviously aren't dropping.
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4:52p, 3/27/21
Nova on an 11-0 run.
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4:52p, 3/27/21
1 for 10 from 3.

Oi
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
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4:53p, 3/27/21
Butler 1-5 on 3s
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4:53p, 3/27/21
We suddenly look like garbage.
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4:54p, 3/27/21
We may be toast.
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4:54p, 3/27/21
We got bad Butler so far
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4:54p, 3/27/21
Brick city! Haha now I'm sitting here hoping we can keep it close
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4:55p, 3/27/21
Dying a slow death via the bricks good lord!!
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4:56p, 3/27/21
Definitely a bad shooting game. Need to start driving more.

The difference in slipping [us vs. them] isn't likely shoes but style of play.

They are a flow offense. We stop/start/cut far more.
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4:56p, 3/27/21
Yay layup!
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4:57p, 3/27/21
Hope someone heats up. Maybe Flagler today
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In reply to Yeek • 4:57p, 3/27/21
Flaggler needs more PT when Butler does this - appears to just check out - both ends at times. Feed Flaggler - he's a streak shooter!
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4:57p, 3/27/21
The last 3:40 of this half are huge! Need a run
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4:58p, 3/27/21
1-10 from 3 is cringeworthy. That's gotta change and head back to the statistical norm soon. Please.
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4:58p, 3/27/21
I still can't understand why Matt doesn't post up occasionally? Does he suck with his back to the basket?
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In reply to Yeek • 4:59p, 3/27/21
Yeek said:
We got bad Butler so far

And for what time he's been there in there, bad Mayer as well.
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4:59p, 3/27/21
We have to match the physical play of Villanova.
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