Baylor in Waco

[majorwhiteapples]

I think that this will be a good test for us, can we beat a tough conference opponent on the road? I admit that I have only watched highlights of Baylor and read a couple of articles, any thoughts?

 

[Tommy_Grand]

BU looks good. We need to play better than we played against tamu. Dunn and AJ could get into a 3 point contest. I won't be too surprised if this game goes into overtime.

 

[Ramathorn]

They are certainly athletic.

 

[WorsterMan]

I've seen BU play a couple of times and the Horns better bring their A game to Waco.

 

[busterbrown16]

22 straight against Baylor. This may be coming to an end tonight unless that little spark from Damion turns into a raging forest fire.

 

[IndyHorn]

Baylor 73 Texas 69. The Bears have got to be salivating for for a win against Texas. I think it'll be akin to the effort we faced against Tech in Lubbock in football. Too much for the as-of-yet jekyll and hyde Horns to overcome I suspect. No shame in a road loss here. Again let's get 10 conference wins and call it a season -no more, no less. This is a rebuilding year for the Longhorns. Many here don't yet aknowledge that. I think a misconception has been based on our OOC wins against UCLA and Wisconsin, both of whom are also rebuilding. Next year with a point guard will be much better and OU, etc. will be our's again! This year, let's make the tournament and keep the streak alive, anything else is gravy imho.

 

[busterbrown16]

Indy, I am not sure you can call it rebuilding when the key players on the next 2 Longhorn teams aren't even on campus yet. I agree this is not our year but the next 2 years we may have a scary-good team.

 

[SL Xpress]

This is a must win type of game to stay in the conference race.

Baylor does not play very good half court defense, and for most of the season they haven't been playing very many players (their starters plus Dunn coming off the bench...and that's it).

They're very explosive on offense.

My concern is that Texas hasn't shown the ability to take advantage of poor defense. They did a horrible job against Notre Dame, and a not very good job at all against Arkansas --- particularly in the last 3 minutes when they lost their lead.

Baylor has been a mad scientist in concocting implausible ways to lose to Texas over the years after having games well in hand.

I don't have a good feeling about this game, but I have hopes. You know there's no other game the Baylor fans would rather win this year.

Interestingly, their losing streak against OU is even longer. I think it's up to 29 games in a row now.

 

[Bob in Houston]

I agree with SLX... with OU already racking up wins in College Station and Stillwater, neither of which have been particularly hospitable to UT, this is a big one. Win it, and Ken Pomeroy might take Texas out of the 10-win range in the B12.

 

[baylorbear245]

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[ghost]

I really expect tonight's game to be a dogfight. Their guard heavy line up is strong and can give us plenty of fits. Dunn coming off the bench is a scoring machine and Dugat and Jerrells have always played us tough.

BU needs strong play from their post if they want to help their guards out. Acy and Rodgers will need to have big games. It should be a good one tonight. That said, I think BU finally pulls one out against us.

 

[IndyHorn]

Having watched Blake Griffin beat the entire Okie State team down court last night, I have readjusted my goals with respect to winning the Big 12 or even competing for the title. Griffin is the second coming of Karl Malone near as I can tell. I think 10-6 is exactly what we need to achieve, and my best guess is tonight will be one of the losses. I can see UT winning a slugfest type game with the score in the low to mid 60s or even high 50s. But this UT team just doesn't seem to want to play at that tempo. In a faster game, the Bears should be able to out score us. Texas has been guarding a lot better save against A&M down the stretch. But a 10-6 record with our anticipated RPI in the high teens, and having played a darn good OOC schedule, I think that gets Texas in the Dance quite safely. Next year, I think we can raise the bar a great deal.

 

[The Horn Identity]

I think being in the conference race is a little optimistic for this team. Likely, that will go to OU or Kansas.

Getting to 10+ conference wins is much more realistic. We're at 3-1 now. Let's just say we go 5-1 and home (if OU doesn't get us, someone else can always sneak up on an off night. Mizzou is not a bad bet).

@CU and @KSU are our most likely road victories. @KU is almost certainly a loss. That would get us 10 wins and 3 losses, so I consider @Baylor, @OSU, and @Aggies likely losses, but winnable games.

 

[beaVo]

i'm gonna be there wearin my lucky ham.

so we'll win.

 

[BaylorPilot]

iill be there half drunk lol

 

[DRAG69]

The key to this game and every game we play is Justin Mason.

When he penetrates to the hole and shoots or dishes our whole offense seems to play in a flow better. Plus he is a good offensive rebounder so he needs to be around the basket.