Impatiently Waiting for Baylor
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I would be fine just skipping playing Baylor. Just a bad matchup for us.
It does pay off down the road. Just being in the court and competing against an obviously superior physical team pays dividends in the 1st and 2nd round of the tourney.
And, not to jinx us any, but last year, we almost won (at home, first game, iirc). Later in the year, down there, they got us pretty bad.
ISU played them tough in Waco. Got down early but made a run at it.
Saturday will be good to see where things are.
It's going to be a challenge, but I've got my tickets and I'm ready to show up NYE and cheer on the Clones.
Just from limited watching and checking box scores….they beat ucla, zags, wsu, somehow got smoked by Marquette and lost by 7 to uva. They are carried by guards Cryer, Flagler and George. Not a lot of scoring inside as Thamba is not a threat unless you let him push you around. I think we have a legit shot if we can make things tough on their guards. Flagler is having a B12 poy type season, hitting over 50% from 3. We lose if he goes off. Absolutely cannot lose him or help off of him.
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Yes, a true bummer to wait so long to watch the Cyclones again. I think we'll go out and get a win.
The Big 12 definitely didn't do us any favors on the early schedule murderer's row, but on a positive note, if we can get through that with some success, it does get slightly easier.
Don't know if we can beat Baylor, but I'm sure of two things.
1. Our effort will be off the charts.
2. Baylor has not faced a defense like they're gonna face on Saturday.
Last year, we marched through the non conference schedule undefeated and then got gut punched in the early conference season. It's gonna be really difficult, but I'm hoping we can avoid the gut punch this time around.
1. Our effort will be off the charts.
2. Baylor has not faced a defense like they're gonna face on Saturday.
Last year, we marched through the non conference schedule undefeated and then got gut punched in the early conference season. It's gonna be really difficult, but I'm hoping we can avoid the gut punch this time around.
Baylor is not invincible. Like us, they're 0-1 on the road so far this season. They got spanked at Marquette 96-70. I know the unranked Marquette team is pretty decent, but that's a head scratcher.