In 3 games vs Baylor
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I don't know why Baylor fans would have been confident. We hammered them twice already before today. Today's game went just like the other two. We destroyed them inside offensively, defensively and on the glass. They had to have a 27% three point shooter go 7/8 from 3pt range to even make it close. This Baylor team has some scorers who can really shoot the ball, but they're soft, undersized and don't play defense. How many dunks and layups have we gotten in the 3 games against them? Perfect matchup for us.There was a tiktok account where a guy has his dad predict all the major conference tourneys. His dad had us losing to Baylor. I commented that ISU was going to shock the world and a few baylor peeps and haters gave me crap. Time to go back and give it back to them now.
Baylor has had no answer for ISU’s front court in any of the three games. The Cyclones have effectively out-Baylored, Baylor.
To me, it starts with their guards. Cryer and Flagler don't have "it" defensively. They go through the motions but that's about it. They just want to get shots up and don't have the desire defensively. Contrast that to their Butler, Mitchell and Teague 3 guard lineup that wan the National Title. Those 3 were dogs defensively. Last year they at least had Akinjo who defended hard.
They won a natty 2 years ago so they think they walk on water now.
The team that won the title had one of the best backcourts in CBB history. This year's Baylor is soft and undersized.
I still like Grill and the effort he gave ISU, so not an exact comparison...but it makes me wonder what a midseason dismissal of BDJ could have done for that team's success and postseason.
BDJ was starting in the NBA a season later before he got killed so we're talking about a lot of talent...but that team had several NBA players and more than enough talent to win without him.
I think they have a top 5 back court in terms of talent and depth, but those most dominant Baylor teams had giant tanks of men or pogo stick forwards who could jump out of the gym. They would crush us on the boards every game and the only way we could hang with them was to not miss shots.
ISU is just objectively much better inside and I'm not sure we're even an elite team for big men. Especially when we are playing Ward/King and have Jaz healthy ISU just has way more length inside.
That whole team was checked out dreaming of cashing checks. I think a good alternative universe scenario is what if NIL existed when those guys were here? Bet they would have been happier.
JTT looks like a shell of himself. They're kind of soft in general. Uber talented in the backcourt though. Sort of reminiscent of our 2019 team.
That would suck to in essence waste the Keyonte George year. Hope they get hot next week!
That would suck to in essence waste the Keyonte George year. Hope they get hot next week!
I dreaded Baylor during those years. Absolutely infuriating to watch them get offensive rebound after offensive rebound. It's nice to return the favor.
Baylor guards, while elite scorers, are not very big or physical (6'1", 6'3", 6'4") and really struggle against ISU's tough perimeter defenders and no-middle defensive scheme. Combine that with a sub par (by Baylor standards) inside game and ISU causes them a lot of problems.
CycloneErik
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Rico Gathers had to have averaged 20 boards a game against us.
I hope we play them in the THE tournament so I can hear it's hard to beat a team 4 times in a season trope.
I would rather play a non Big 12 team than Baylor. We already own that Baylor team. Would rather beat another team, someone like Duke.