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Game thread - Baylor @KANSAS FRI JAN 16 7:00 PM CT Fox
1 day 15 minutes ago - 1 day 9 minutes ago #34375
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
(Cue the Wagner, please... the Ride of the ¿*Jayhawks*?)
Iowa State down!
Baylor is in town!
Bears must go down, the Bears must go down!
Jayhawks played so well,
Giving the 'Clones hell!
Continue to fly high
Take the Bears down!
It's another KU MEN'S BASKETBALL...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
After last Tuesday's imminently satisfying deliverance of the first loss of the season to the #2 Iowa State Cyclones in "THE PHOG ", our Kansas Jayhawks (12-5, 2-2) host Scott Drew's Baylor Bears (11-5, 1-3) Friday night.
7:00 PM CT on Fox (Play-by-play - Gus Johnson; analyst - Jim Jackson; reporter - Allison Williams)
6:30 PM CT The Crimson and Blue Show radio coverage begins, leading into Brian Hanni and Greg Gurley calling the game for the Jayhawk Radio Network on the kuleanplayer.
Key factoid - although KU leads the series 37-11 (29-10 since Bill Self and Scott Drew became the head coaches for their respective programs after Spring 2003), BU has won the last two games in the series - both played in Waco. Methinks it's time for that KU skid to end with a win to bring Self's Jayhawks to 17-1 in AFH against Drew's crews. (FTR, Roy was 7-1 against the pre-Drew Bears, 3-0 in AFH, 3-1 in Waco).
ESPN analytics favor KU to win 77.5% of the time, with the spread favoring KU by 7.5 points (Link)
asteroid has not yet posted his game day thread as I write this.
His latest Big XII Projection (Round 4) indicates KU should hold court and win by 8.
CorpusJayhawk's Rock Chalk Challenge pregame - and so much more - writeup can be read here.
His basic DPPI projection has KU by 8.2 points, 72% of the time.
He personally has KU winning 78-67.
Here's a link to the KUAthletics.com pregame article
The article contains links to the pregame KANSAS Notes
and to the KUAthletics.com KU - BU series history
AY2025-26 Baylor Bears MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER per ESPN.com
AY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTERLEGEND
$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play
Injury Status at Covers.com (Covers lists the latest Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.)
KANSAS: none listed
BAYLORLET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
Iowa State down!
Baylor is in town!
Bears must go down, the Bears must go down!
Jayhawks played so well,
Giving the 'Clones hell!
Continue to fly high
Take the Bears down!
It's another KU MEN'S BASKETBALL...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
After last Tuesday's imminently satisfying deliverance of the first loss of the season to the #2 Iowa State Cyclones in "THE PHOG ", our Kansas Jayhawks (12-5, 2-2) host Scott Drew's Baylor Bears (11-5, 1-3) Friday night.
7:00 PM CT on Fox (Play-by-play - Gus Johnson; analyst - Jim Jackson; reporter - Allison Williams)
6:30 PM CT The Crimson and Blue Show radio coverage begins, leading into Brian Hanni and Greg Gurley calling the game for the Jayhawk Radio Network on the kuleanplayer.
Key factoid - although KU leads the series 37-11 (29-10 since Bill Self and Scott Drew became the head coaches for their respective programs after Spring 2003), BU has won the last two games in the series - both played in Waco. Methinks it's time for that KU skid to end with a win to bring Self's Jayhawks to 17-1 in AFH against Drew's crews. (FTR, Roy was 7-1 against the pre-Drew Bears, 3-0 in AFH, 3-1 in Waco).
ESPN analytics favor KU to win 77.5% of the time, with the spread favoring KU by 7.5 points (Link)
asteroid has not yet posted his game day thread as I write this.
His latest Big XII Projection (Round 4) indicates KU should hold court and win by 8.
CorpusJayhawk's Rock Chalk Challenge pregame - and so much more - writeup can be read here.
His basic DPPI projection has KU by 8.2 points, 72% of the time.
He personally has KU winning 78-67.
Here's a link to the KUAthletics.com pregame article
The article contains links to the pregame KANSAS Notes
and to the KUAthletics.com KU - BU series history
AY2025-26 Baylor Bears MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER per ESPN.com
Head Coach: Scott Drew
# NAME POS HT WT CLASS BIRTHPLACE
0 Dan Skillings Jr. G 6' 6" 210 lbs SR Blackwood, NJ
1 JJ White G 6' 1" 193 lbs SR Lawrenceville, GA
2 Will Kuykendall G 6' 2" 176 lbs SO Santa Maria, CA
3 Drew Perry G 5' 10" 162 lbs FR Dallas, TX
5 Obi Agbim G 6' 3" 183 lbs SR Aurora, CO
7 Andre Iguodala II G 6' 7" 170 lbs FR Lafayette, CA
10 Isaac Williams IV G 6' 1" 192 lbs SO Oklahoma City, OK
12 Michael Rataj G 6' 8" 230 lbs SR Augsburg, Germany
13 James Goodis G 6' 0" 185 lbs JR Winter Park, FL
15 Mayo Soyoye C 6' 10" 234 lbs FR Atlanta, GA
20 Maikcol Perez F 6' 8" 215 lbs FR Bassano del Grappa, Italy
21 Juslin Bodo Bodo C 6' 11" 231 lbs JR Yaounde, Cameroon
24 Tounde Yessoufou G 6' 5" 215 lbs FR Cotonou, Benin
43 Cameron Carr G 6' 5" 175 lbs SO Eden Prairie, MN
44 Caden Powell C 6' 9" 224 lbs SR Waco, TX
46 James Nnaji C 7' 0" 250 lbs FR Makurdi, NigeriaAY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
# NAME POS HT / WT CLASS HOME
0 Nginyu Ngala# G 5-10/180 Gr Montreal, QC Canada
1 Jayden Dawson# G 6-4/195 Sr Omaha NE
3 Tre White# G 6-7/205 Sr Dallas TX
6 Samis Calderon F 6-8/200 Fr Espirito Santo Brazil
7 Kohl Rosario G 6-5/185 Fr Miami FL
11 Jamari McDowell SG 6-4/180 So* Manvel TX
12 Wilder Evers$ G 6-4/195 Jr* Birmingham AL
13 Elmarko Jackson PG 6-3/195 So* South Kent CT
14 Melvin Council Jr# G 6-4/185 Sr Rochester NY
15 Bryson Tiller F 6-10/240 Fr* Atlanta GA
21 Will Thengvall$ G 6-3/185 So Wichita KS
22 Darryn Peterson G 6-5/195 Fr Canton OH Game day decision
25 Justin Cross$ F 6-8/200 Sr* South Kent CT
34 Paul Mbiya C 6-11/260 Fr Dem Rep Congo
40 Flory Bidunga C 6-9/220 So Dem Rep Congo
REDSHIRT THIS YEAR
2 Corbin Allen G 6-6/185 Fr~ Kansas City MO$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play
Injury Status at Covers.com (Covers lists the latest Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.)
KANSAS: none listed
BAYLOR
Player POS Status Date
M. Perez F Out - Knee Dec 23, '25
M. Soyoye C Out - Redshirt Dec 01, '25
J. White G Questionable - Foot Nov 23, '25
D. Skillings Jr G Questionable - Lower Body Nov 07, '25
J. Bodo Bodo C Questionable - Arm Oct 12, '25
A. Iguodala II G Out - Redshirt Sep 17, '25 "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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