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Gameday Thread: #1 Baylor (26-2) vs #2 Houston (28-3)

April 2, 2021
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#1 Seed Baylor (26-2) faces #2 Seed Houston (28-3) in the Final Four semi-final on Saturday April 3rd at 4:14pm CST in Indianapolis.  The game will be televised on CBS.  

KenPom Prediction:  Baylor 72 Houston 71

Bart Torvik:  Houston 71 Baylor 70

Evan Miyakawa:  Baylor 76 Houston 72


Coaches

Houston:  Kelvin Sampson (65) 667-333 (167-63 at UH); 16 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; 2 FFs

Baylor:  Scott Drew (50); 390-224 overall (370-213 at Baylor); 9 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF

Head to Head:  Sampson 6-0


Houston Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Marcus Sasser PG SO 6-1 190 13.5 2.6 2.3 38 33 88
DeJon Jarreau SG SR 6-5 185 10.8 5.5 4.4 44 35 71
Quentin Grimes SF JR 6-5 205 18.0 5.8 2.0 41 41 78
Justin Gorham PF SR 6-7 225 8.5 8.7 1.2 50 35 68
Reggie Chaney C JR 6-8 225 4.6 2.8 0.5 65 0 72

Houston Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Fabian White F SR 6-8 225 6.3 4.0 0.7 54 40 67
Tramon Mark G FR 6-5 180 8.0 3.0 1.8 38 26 77
Brison Gresham F SR 6-8 230 3.1 3.1 0.3 56 0 44

Baylor Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2 205 14.0 2.6 5.3 52 45 63
Jared Butler SG JR 6-3 195 16.5 3.3 4.8 47 40 76
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4 195 15.9 4.1 1.6 48 40 86
Mark Vital  PF SR 6-5 250 5.7 6.7 1.4 48 0 50
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10 245 3.6 3.9 0.2 58 0 61

Baylor Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Adam Flagler G SO 6-3 180 9.0 2.3 1.4 45 42 86
Matt Mayer F JR 6-9 225 8.2 3.8 1.0 49 40 59
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-8 245 6.3 5.0 0.4 57 0 76

 

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Gameday Thread: #1 Baylor (26-2) vs #2 Houston (28-3)

28,019 Views | 264 Replies | Last: 3 yr ago by Jack Bauer
Louise Romano
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Arctos said:

Flagler needs to not hesitate on those open shots. They're going to be tight all game. Has to take those. Needs to play more like Mayer.
Questa!
whitetrash
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Under 16 TO: BU 13-8
16-under 12 TO: BU 4-3
jdrs
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So glad to see Jared knocking down shots!
Arctos
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Butler looking about as good as he has all tournament
BUbackerinET
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Good sign with the Butler 3!
Gobearsone
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Long range 3 for Jared.
Jorkel
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Butler should be yelling Easy buckets every time.
gobears20
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Staff
Also doing a better job at keeping them off the offensive glass
JumboShrimper
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Unstoppable when he's nailing 3's.
IowaBear
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Great start fellas!!
BUbackerinET
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Mitchell needs to tighten up on Sasser
BUbackerinET
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Butler bringing it today - good timing
Arctos
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He's like 4 ft past the 3 pt line. You can't cover that close all game
jdrs
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Sasser is good, but glad no one else seems to be getting going
Jack Bauer
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Sasser is the only 1 keeping them close
Arctos
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He's got 12 out of their 14
whitetrash
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whitetrash said:

Under 16 TO: BU 13-8
16-under 12 TO: BU 4-3
12-under 8 TO: BU 8-3
TechDawgMc
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Sasser has 12 of their 14 points. Cool him off and we can run away with this
Jacques Strap
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I like this kinda party!
Jack Bauer
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Arctos said:

He's got 12 out of their 14


4-6 on 3 pts shooting
Arctos
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That's what Mitchell is for
gobears20
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Staff
Shooting
Bu 57%
Coogs 28%
Gobearsone
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I was worried about Sasser.
Seems Houston is getting a little frustrated though.
jdrs
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Love that in the description of Butler, they mentioned his Sunday School teaching. Probably not many college basketball players have that on their resume.
BUbackerinET
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He forced a bad shot the next time Sasser had the ball-made him dribble and then took away the shot.
jdrs
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Way to be there MM!
jdrs
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Why was he so open?
Arctos
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Refs letting them play so far. Good for us
jdrs
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Yes! Jared! 3
jdrs
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Great defense that time down
Jorkel
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Easy work JB
Gobearsone
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Jared Jared Jared
BUbackerinET
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Butler going off - GREAT TIMING to come out of the funk!
jdrs
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Oh my! Our Bears!! Playing a good first half.
Arctos
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Flagler hasn't scored but he's haven't a great impact on both sides
 
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