Three-minute preview: Baylor men’s basketball vs. Texas
No. 4 seed Texas vs. No. 5 Baylor
P | No. | Texas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 21 | Connor Lammert | 6-10 | Sr. | 6.8 |
C | 44 | Prince Ibeh | 6-11 | Sr. | 4.1 |
G | 1 | Isaiah Taylor | 6-3 | Jr. | 15.0 |
G | 2 | Demarcus Holland | 6-3 | Sr. | 3.0 |
G | 3 | Javan Felix | 5-11 | Sr. | 11.0 |
P | No. | Baylor | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 21 | Taurean Prince | 6-8 | Sr. | 15.5 |
F | 5 | Johnathan Motley | 6-9 | So. | 11.0 |
F | 24 | Ishmail Wainright | 6-6 | Jr. | 6.0 |
G | 11 | Lester Medford | 5-10 | Sr. | 9.3 |
G | 25 | Al Freeman | 6-4 | So. | 11.4 |
▪ WHEN/WHERE: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Sprint Center
▪ TV: ESPN2
▪ ABOUT TEXAS (20-11, 11-7 Big 12): Point guard Isaiah Taylor became the first Longhorns player to be chosen first-team all-conference since 2012, and Prince Ibeh is the league’s defensive player of the year. First-year coach Shaka Smart is bidding for his second straight conference tournament title. His VCU team won the Atlantic-10 title last year.
▪ ABOUT BAYLOR (21-10, 10-8 Big 12): The Bears and Longhorns split the season series, with each winning on the road. The Bears went 4-5 in Big 12 games in Waco, 6-3 on the road. Baylor has been a solid Big 12 Tournament team, with a 10-7 record since 2009. The Bears lug a two-game losing streak into the event, falling at Oklahoma and at home to West Virginia.
Blair Kerkhoff: 816-234-4730, @BlairKerkhoff
This story was originally published March 9, 2016 at 7:47 PM with the headline "Three-minute preview: Baylor men’s basketball vs. Texas."