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Gameday Thread: #1 Baylor (27-2) vs #1 Gonzaga (31-0)

April 4, 2021
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#1 Seed Baylor (27-2) takes on #1 Seed Gonzaga (31-0) in the National Championship Game Monday April 5th at 8:20 pm CST in Indianapolis.  The game will be televised on CBS.

KenPom Prediction:  Gonzaga 85 Baylor 81

Torvik Prediction:  Gonzaga 85 Baylor 80

Evan Miyakawa Prediction:  Gonzaga 92 Baylor 87

KenPom Prediction (Dec 2020):  Gonzaga 79 Baylor 78

Coaches

Gonzaga:  Mark Few (58) 628-124; 21 NCAAs; 10 Sweet 16s; 4 Elite 8s; 2 Final 4s

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

Head to Head:  Few 3-0

Gonzaga Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Andrew Nembhard PG JR 6-5 195 9.2 2.3 4.4 48 33 78
Jalen Suggs SG FR 6-4 205 14.1 5.5 4.6 50 33 77
Joel Ayayi SF JR 6-5 180 12.2 7.0 2.8 58 39 79
Corey Kispert PF SR 6-7 220 18.8 5.0 1.8 53 45 88
Drew Timme C SO 6-10 235 19.2 7.1 2.3 65 29 69

Gonzaga Bench

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Anton Watson F SO 6-8 225 7.0 3.4 1.2 64 15 64
Aaron Cook G SR 6-1 180 4.4 1.6 1.7 50 35 66

Baylor Starters

Name Pos Class Ht Wt PPG RPG APG FG% 3pt% FT%
Davion Mitchell PG JR 6-2 205 14.0 2.6 5.5 52 45 63
Jared Butler  SG JR 6-3 195 16.6 3.3 4.7 47 42 77
MaCio Teague SF SR 6-4 195 15.8 4.0 1.7 48 39 84
Mark Vital PF SR 6-5 250 5.6 6.5 1.3 49 0 50
Flo Thamba C JR 6-10 245 3.7 3.9 0.2 59 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 8.3 3.8 1.0 49 40 59
Jon Tchamwa F SO 6-8 245 6.4 5.1 0.4 57 0 77
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Gameday Thread: #1 Baylor (27-2) vs #1 Gonzaga (31-0)

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boognish_bear
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In reply to Jacques Strap • 9:04p, 4/5/21
Jacques Strap said:
Finish the half strong Bears


Yep....we need to at least maintain a double digit lead heading into the half.

Getting sloppy with some dangerous passes.
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9:06p, 4/5/21
3 on JTT
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9:07p, 4/5/21
Ohh that was a terrible foul by JTT... you didn't need to spin to keep him out, he was having to go wide already.
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9:07p, 4/5/21
Timme lifted his pivot foot before the foul
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9:08p, 4/5/21
FTs keeping them in the game.
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9:08p, 4/5/21
Here come the excuses from the UCLA game making them exhausted "emotionally and physically."
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9:09p, 4/5/21
Was a charge but for the circle
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In reply to whitetrash • 9:09p, 4/5/21
whitetrash said:
Timme lifted his pivot foot before the foul


No he didn't you blind as ****. Get a better tv or glasses.
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9:10p, 4/5/21
Two bad calls there - 1, on Thamba, one on Vital
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9:10p, 4/5/21
Refs keeping them in the game.
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9:11p, 4/5/21
Dang Mitchell
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9:11p, 4/5/21
How many steps before the last layup: 3? 4? 5?
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9:11p, 4/5/21
We leaked a little oil there at the end of the half
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9:11p, 4/5/21
I'll settle for 10, would have preferred a greater lead
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9:12p, 4/5/21
Playing not to lose now.
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9:12p, 4/5/21
10 point differential on Free throws or this would be a colossal blowout. Go figure.
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9:12p, 4/5/21
Not the way I wanted the half to end, but we are up by 10
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In reply to DanaDane • 9:13p, 4/5/21
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10 point differential on Free throws. Go figure.

Color me shocked.
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9:13p, 4/5/21
That was a bad last 4 min unfortunately.

Two terrible fouls that didn't need to happen, the close Vital blocking foul that was so damn close to getting Suggs his third, and then some really easy buckets we just missed.

If not for Teague it would have been a insanely bad.
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9:13p, 4/5/21
The are just about perfect from the line. Can't keep sending them there.
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9:13p, 4/5/21
You think they might call another foul on us now?
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9:14p, 4/5/21
11-6 fouls
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9:14p, 4/5/21
Second half is going to be a dogfight.

Fouls kinda scare me.
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In reply to CHP Bear • 9:15p, 4/5/21
CHP Bear said:
Refs keeping them in the game.


We need the calls to balance out here. They could have called a third on sugs when shoved davion out of bounds when he was stealing the ball. Instead sugs goes and scores
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9:16p, 4/5/21
When you play savage defense like we do you get fouls called on you. Kind of live with them and hope you don't have multiple players with 5
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9:16p, 4/5/21
GU inizia a capirlo e si sveglia. GU awake now. Start 2 half like 1st.
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9:16p, 4/5/21
Like I said, we have to have a big big lead to stave off their runs - keep turning them over and run them in the ground - they are tired!
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9:17p, 4/5/21
Free throws keeping them in it. Need to really up the intensity to even higher level. Could have put them away. Now yes we should have gotten more free throws. A little ridiculous but we knew it would be like that. Finish
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In reply to BUbackerinET • 9:17p, 4/5/21
BUbackerinET said:
Here come the excuses from the UCLA game making them exhausted "emotionally and physically."


Were we allowed to play that card after our emotional hard fought win over Nova
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In reply to BUbackerinET • 9:17p, 4/5/21
That being said refs are keeping them in the game.
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In reply to Jorkel • 9:18p, 4/5/21
Jorkel said:
When you play savage defense like we do you get fouls called on you. Kind of live with them and hope you don't have multiple players with 5


You do.. but Gonzaga should have been at about 8 or 9 fouls though.
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9:18p, 4/5/21
I think that the disparity in foul calls has taken the aggressive play away from our guys. You can't tell me that they're so much better at defense that we've only shot two FT's in the half.
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In reply to Michibear • 9:18p, 4/5/21
Michibear said:
Second half is going to be a dogfight.

Fouls kinda scare me.


Same. That's my biggest concern now.

I'm sure the Zags are going to be throwing it in the paint and driving a ton in the second half.
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In reply to CaliByWayOfKS • 9:19p, 4/5/21
CaliByWayOfKS said:
the close Vital blocking foul that was so damn close to getting Suggs his third
To be clear, the call wasn't close at all. Vital was way inside the circle, so it's automatically going to be a foul on him.

I agree with everything else you said, though. Tough last 4 minutes.
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In reply to NeuroticBear • 9:20p, 4/5/21
NeuroticBear said:
CaliByWayOfKS said:
the close Vital blocking foul that was so damn close to getting Suggs his third
To be clear, the call wasn't close at all. Vital was way inside the circle, so it's automatically going to be a foul on him.

I agree with everything else you said, though. Tough last 4 minutes.
Vital clearly in the circle. But Suggs' push of Mitchell on the loose ball wasn't.
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