going up against the two seed Iowa State and this is the Philips 66 Big 12 Championship well earlier tonight it was Houston getting out to a big league Texas Tech with a furious comeback and then Houston pushed ahead and they advance to the championship game Jamal shed and Company trying to win the Big 12 championship could secure the number one overall seed in the NCA tournament so number one seed in Houston awaits the winner of this one between Iowa State and Baylor all right on the Iowa State
Side one of the first things FR prilla we talk about is this crowd the other thing is their point guard tamon lipy is a guy that is so good he fuels them both ends of the Court absolutely he started from day one he grew up 3 miles from Hilton Coliseum and he does a lot of the things that Jamal shed does for his team he's two years younger but already a first team all Big 12 performer and for more on the cyclos here's Chris Buon hi B sh me when DJ oeler took over this team three years ago he inh
erited a team that went winless in the Big 12 since then making three consecutive NCAA T tournament appearances and a possible two seed this year he's done it all with with the foundation of defense and physicality you know we want our identity to do effort-based things really well to give maximum effort whether that's Sprint back on defense defensively guard the basketball lost the hand lipy hits the floor it's a turn lipy has it we want to really focus on being great in those effort-based area
s our guys embraced that identity and felt like you know a few weeks into the season it was something that we knew we could build on when I talked to Baylor Scott drew before the game he said they are the second best defense in the country behind Houston he goes I know all too well they forced us to turn the ball over 20 times last time because I'm hoping that's all out of our system this go around Scott drew fired up talking to his team pregame and the guards there'll be a lot of emphasis on Ra
y J Dennis and jacobe Walter you are correct John this young man transer from Toledo everything has advertised eight plus assists in 12 of his 18 Big 12 games and jacobe Walter he will be the next Bor bear to be drafted in the first round that's a Lo you're going to love his Poise and his skill outstanding atmosphere inside T-Mobile Center and a lot of Iowa State fans here Baylor here tonight try to pick up a win and match up with Houston Iowa State trying to do the same the top four seeds makin
g it to the semi-finals Houston has prevailed Over Texas Tech and now it's the two- seed Iowa State the three seed Baylor it'll be Big Rob energy Rob Jones to jump it up against E Mei and eventually Baylor wins the tip the Bears have the basketball and Lipsy right up in Dennis's shorts yep you're going to seek great ball pressure especially on the perimeter Walter handling ball fake kick out and that slips through the fingers of Dennis shot clock under 10 Dennis kick out Bridges got to get somet
hing up Dennis fires that's too strong rebound deflected and eventually Iowa state has it movich and the thr will go you see the starting five for Iowa State meanwhile Dennis nun Walter bridges in Mei the five for the Bears the Cyclone freshman John was 5 for 33 from Deep before that shot Brides nice move the tip from Mei wouldn't go but he draws the foul fou will be on Milan momchilovich for TJ adelberger his third season as the Iowa State head coach and a guy who was familiar with the program
as he did some coaching there as an assistant and he's instilled the culture of Defense first and everybody tugging on the Rope at the same time it's interesting John he's been an assistant coach for three different head coaches uh mcdermit hyberg Chrome he's never been part of a big 12 tournament title team during that time even though they've had a ton of success here at this tour they won it four times lipy will fire and hit 6-1 Iowa State EC puts it on the floor Dennis now Dennis looking for
a seam kick to the left side Bridges wow he's open lipy catch and shoot got it this guy made five threes as a freshman big guy waiting for you excellent job by Big Rob energy Rob Jones Lipsy splits the defense had it knocked away but it ends up with King Gilbert on the left side movich and bridges rebounds Jaylen Bridges very good rebounder the West Virginia transfer and an excellent shooter as well Mei puts it on the floor got a step high off the glass wouldn't go Gilbert the other way movich
had space in there lipy to Jones shot was short that's not his shot Rob Jones is much better in the paint but he was wide open he let it fly one thing about this defense John you cannot drive Baseline on them there's too much help that is shaking bank and the throw down E Mei from Ray J Dennis great vision by Dennis he saw Mei Get Behind The Bigs and put it right on the money they were in a Zone it's a 113 that turns into a two3 Bridges pops out on Gilbert shot clock is under 10 King now and Mei
swoops in for the rebound Dennis the other way Balor down six this is jacobe Walter their prize freshman top 10 recruit and a guy that likely will go top 10 in the NBA draft brid is Off the Mark Gilbert rebounds I think the idea is to drive machovic but he moves his feet a lot better than you think Gilbert left hand Scoops it in might be as underrated a player as there is in this league really came on in January and he's taken a lot of heat off lip SE at a dozen points five assists in the win o
ver Kansas State jumper rattles out for Trey K now Dennis pushing it Dennis flips it up and Mei able to draw the foul and that foul on Trey King now Keon Gilbert to transfer for unlb take a look he can play with the ball he can set up his teammates but man as he got wakeo Balor led by 10 1120 to go Scott drew got his second tactical foul for leaving the coaching box and was ejected for the first time in his career Iowa State able to tie things up with 10 seconds left Jaden nun hit the game-winni
ng layup with two seconds left Milan momchilovich is he does not beat the buzzer as they went and looked at it and Baylor would Prevail 70-68 momchilovich who was the hero in the win against Houston so Scott drew tossed in that one for the coaching box violation and uh Cyclones went on a 20 run in that game there's a vintage shot by Ray J Dennis he's got that little oneand floater down pat and Baylor staying in zone that John they played very little Zone early in the year now it's basically Mix
and Match Game to game whatever's working they stay with it Baylor came out cold against Cincinnati Caleb loner came off the bench and played well 16 minutes and had five points and seven rebounds I think one of the best performances of his career pass intended for Omaha beloo and speaking of a guy who hadn't gotten a chance to play it done Belo hadn't played since January 24th and came off the bench and gave him good minutes Y and he's playing John because de Maran Watson who's a good 3 and D g
uy has some concussion issues oh terrific job by Mei just couldn't finish it excuse me oh o joh would a yeah joshu OJ with a close in look there's Gilbert shot wouldn't go loner pulls it down and Dennis the other way Iowa State by six lob here o John would have couldn't secure it and Hassan Ward collects push up ahead Curtis Jones out the window and in transfer from Buffalo tman lipy missed one game this year at TCU Jones and Gilbert were terrific I think that changed their season around pocket
passes it was O joh up from Dennis to loner for the bucket yeah great cut by Caleb loner behind that defense when they won without lipy it gave this team so much more confidence Gilbert hangs in the air off the glass wouldn't go putot back wouldn't fall and now it's Dennis the other way Baylor up ahead loner and one no no foul call to beg your pardon well they had numbers and loner just ran hard and was rewarded for his hustle so Caleb loner and 5.7 rebounds in the quarterfinal win against Cinci
nnati and comes up with the bucket here Baylor within four movich blo swings it feed inside Jones contested and I think Dennis may have deflected it Dennis fires and flying again for the rebound is Curtis Jones Gilbert Cuts speeds Ward Banks it in two possessions in a row they got the ball to the middle of the zone and that time they got something on the back on the Baseline the UN bounced pass and that's deflect it now it's gilbertt full head of steam Gilbert up ahead feeds balloon and a foul o
n the floor against Baylor howbert and Morris all did which is win a big 12 tournament title you mentioned it John four tournament titles in nine years and a lot in large part because they've had great point guard play and oh by the way this crowd doesn't hurt either when they play in here R lipy told me this week that he models his game after Monty Morris he said he's gotten to spend a lot of time with them get some advice even most recently this past football season when he came back to watch
an Iowa State football game they spent a lot of time together and has been a big influence on his life yeah very similar the way they play Chris we watched Monte as a freshman in sophomore you kind of knew he was going to stay in the NBA a long time ler puts it on the floor in the paint now flips it up in two more and Caleb loner has six John last night he played the most minutes he had since December 22nd against Mississippi Valley State and he has really made an impact in two games here in Kan
sas City so Caleb loner giving them some energy and effort Off the Bench plus some scoring 1511 the score me he tried for the steal Jones has it and now Curtis Jones shot clock winding down lipy got to get something off lipy looking Scoops it wouldn't fall and loner has it so now Baylor back the other way semi-final number two and the winner gets Houston in the championship Dennis able to find Bridges and he gets fouled by RJ Dennis John what a what a revelation when you think of Baylor's great
freshman through the years last three years they've had a first round pick how about the transfers Bridges Dennis nun you go back to McKai Mason Brady hesp how about uh epe Udo a lottery pick they were ahead of the curve on transfers and I'm just going to test you a little bit okay yeah but you think of all the kids we get to meet during the season is transfers it used to be transfers were taking somebody else's problems some of the best people we meet every season these kids that come into the
Big 12 and we get to know them and Baylor certainly got a bunch of them as does Iowa state tonight yeah I mean I think that when you look at the the transfer portal before it was the portal these two schools were really active in finding transfers I think these two schools in Gonzaga are three schools that you think of that were ahead of the curve in the transfer game and no question about it very great evaluators Jones gives off lipy that's a three and loner the rebound he continues to give him
good minutes Miro little grabs from loner and now Dennis to the corner Bridges got it Jaylen Bridges has tied the game good three-point shooter he knocks it down at about 40% that's close to what the team shoots yeah exactly and he loves that left corner he's got a little real estate there he's not paying rent either he's got a mortgage k inside and King as Iowa State retakes the lead see they're trying to drive movich but they won't be able to do that Dennis can't hit movich comes away with th
e rebound toss up ahead and Jones Rob Jones here working on Mei and overpowers him for the deuce coming off a monster game last night 18 points at times it's going to feel like an Iowa State home game Bridges Step Back Off the Mark Mei the rebound and he gets fouled Well Done by The Freshman E Mei watch Rob Jones we saw a great performance last night not known as a scorer but right here he just muscles the freshman and I'll tell you what this place in downtown Kansas City if you don't have a tic
ket there's plenty of cyclone fans outside amazing Assad Ward checks in and Robert Jones will grab a seat 195 818 to go here in the first half John shamby Fran for Shilla and Chris Buon Dennis oh it's rejected by Ward well we've seen that quick release flip layup shot off the wrong foot work so well and that time it got blocked oh Ward was ready take a look he just waits for Dennis to leave his feet and at the 69 or so he's got plenty of Lan to get the job done shot clock under 10 and now Dennis
directing traffic Hees it up and lipy Corell Iowa St State into the front Court leading by four lipy gives off ward and he draws the foul that was created by T and lipy are under eight time out it is semifinal number two packed house filled with Iowa State fans and the Cyclones with the early we're not getting enough we're not getting three guys in our shots aren't great shots all right I'd like to see someone if there's 5 Seconds put your head down get to here or get all the way to the rim has
anyone got in there jump sto yet shop Scott true emphatically saying we are not going to win unless we get offensive rebounds if you look at the culture of this Baylor program and you look at some of the threads throughout Scott Drew's time offensive rebounding would be one of them I'd say usually in the top 10 every single year this year they are 25th still pretty good but absolutely John they uh they have often times dominated the glass tonight they have three offensive rebounds and so he'd l
ike a little more effort and it is an Iowa State team that is vulnerable not a great defensive rebounding Iowa State team Walter puts it on the floor he's been quiet high off the glass lipy caral lipy up ahead to Jones and now lipy will set it up Iowa State leading it by a half dozen momchilovich inside little strong offensive rebound still too strong loner pulls it down get a couple of good looks at it yeah right in the middle of that zone they've done that a number of times and loner gets knoc
ked down and that foul is going to be on lipy and that'll be his first all right ACC tournament North Carolina able to get past pit 7265 in one semi-final and right now Virginia and NC State going at it NC State upset Duke North Carolina in a spot to get a a one seed it came with a little double team that's a timeout none got to get rid of it he does now the L and Mei great hands off the feet from loner wow wow and I tell you TJ oelberg was not happy with that non call trying to figure out what
they're looking at watch the double team right here and it looked like none was in trouble last play is under review for potential flagrant foul it's going to be on none oh that's going to be a flagrant one yeah that will be a flagrant one and none trying to get out of that double team I would have called timeout and here's the other thing John they had the possession arrow you have to know that that should be a flagrant one watch the uh left arm extend into into Li lip's chest have to call that
you heard Doug serman say what they were looking at veteran group with Marcus pedig grew and Brett Smith along with Doug sermans I mean it's got to I think that has to be a flr one so we wait for the officials to decide here play that ended with the bucket and Mei converting we would come out of every timeout when I was coaching and somebody would say our possession their possession remember our possession if it's a jump ball and all Jaden had to do there is just hold on to the ball and let the
m tie him up there's a lot of discussion here and I'd be very surprised if it isn't anything but a flagrant one because he clearly extended that left arm and knock Lipsy back to me that's not in incidental now dug Surman is as good as it gets and we'll find out here shortly by rule we did not call a cylinder foul on the play we cannot go back and call a cylinder on the flight play however the act by number two was flagrant we have a flagrant foul on number two for Baylor Two Shots uh two shots o
n the ball uh for Iowa State excellent explanation from Doug Surman making the cylinder point we'll get to that just a moment yeah but there was no cylinder foul here that's why they didn't call it the cylinder foul comes into play when you don't give the offensive player room to to uh turn I feel like Doug to some extent is saying it probably was a cylinder foul but they didn't call that and so it what we are able to review because the cylinder foul or lack thereof is not reviewable is the flag
rant but but I would say based on that video I would not have called a cylinder foul because those two Iowa State guys were pretty good defensively it was when none went went forward that that they had to call that foul and here's a catch right here so a tough break for bayor but I think it's the right call and it's it's a rule John yes that's the deal obviously Jen nun didn't do it on purpose try to hurt lipy but that's what we call excessive contact Gilbert straight on and he goes it's a three
Kean Gilbert and all of a sudden Iowa State leads it by nine well that's a five-point play right there huge swing Walter had it knocked away Dives on it and they'll go possession arrow and it belongs to Iowa State great effort on a defensive end and John when TJ oelberg got here that defense in his first year of the sweet 16 year number five in the country last year it slipped all the way down to number eight and this year it's the second best defense in the country behind the team that we saw
in the earlier game today King and he'll get the time out 555 to go we'll take a 30 second timeout back to Kansas City at house to no one surprise Hilton South here at T-Mobile Center John chomby Fran for Shilla and Chris button hey John let me correct myself on one thing I I had the arrow pointing towards Baylor when I said Jaden nun could have taken a jump ball and that was my fault i' read that that possession arrow wrong Gilbert gets a piece of the paint gives off to Ward shot clock winding
down got to heat it up and loner carals the rebound one of the things I thought Baylor has struggled with this year is getting the ball into the paint versus quick guards you're seeing it right now there not a lot of room inside that's that early help we talk about the double team came and Walter turns it over that's the fifth Baylor turnover lipy it's really hard to drive that Baseline against this team Assan Ward he's got six he's made an impact in this one loner at the basket give off ojan co
uldn't hit loose ball possession arrow and it belongs to Baylor that's the third Point Blank layup that Baylor missed and a lot of it is because they're spook this Iowa State Defense is just everywhere now Scott drew neck coming in this conference best boasts the two best statistical defenses in the country in Houston and Iowa State and when I checked yesterday John I think this league has six of the top 28 defenses or something in that neighborhood this league is built on toughness in defense B
ridges catches and fires in that first game in wo that's exactly how they handled all those sideline traps they swung it to the other side now they got to keep doing that Gilbert kicks Jones answers with a three that's their Sixth Man second leading score in Big 12 Play under four to go here first half Dennis puts it on the floor and they get the foul on momchilovich 3120 Iowa State on top ESPN's exclusive presentation of college basketball is brought to you by principal let's build a retirement
benefits plan that works for your team for yeah you're not kidding Iowa State an elite level defensive team and all right so let's go back to that flagrant foul that was called and here's the the play that took place and you look at lipy straddling nun's leg and eventually the flagrant that's right John by rule the officials came over and told us they could have called a cylinder foul on the defense because lipy did straddle the leg since they didn't call it they had to adjudicate the flagrant
one Dennis collects Baylor the other way the Bears down by nine and that'll go the other way all right so this is the other part of that play remember eventually the play led to with none getting it to loner loner to Mei that basket counts that's right because after that basket they blew the whistle went to the Monitor and looked for the flagrant one which they had had they called the cylinder foul first they could have adjudicated both fouls but they in this case when they didn't call it they h
ad to call the flagrant one that's the rule and uh you know they're going to change it because of that play probably not but that is the rule because there was no whistle in between the play and the basket you can't take points off the board there Dennis that one misses but I think Dennis got the tip now Baylor did this last night they played very sloppy and there they only had 27 minutes in this Arena before the game started last night they have not played well they just need to stay close when
they get to the half on the other hand that defense by a cyclone has been absolutely gorgeous shot clock under 10 Curtis Jones try to feed Trey King and it's a kick ball 29 to go here first half and that flagrant foul on Jaden nun a huge swing in this game and I thought the officials handled it really well and explained it yeah they're notely they are not perfect and they never are but neither are the players and coaches Jones Hanks can't hit Bridges Baylor back the other way Bridges fires and
hits he can get really hot and you better look out he's got a dozen including three threes well last year in this game against this team he was seven of eight from deep and at 28 points Deja Vu maybe oh nice move look at Gilbert weaving through traffic and kesan with seven kean's going to he's already on his way to being a star he will be a star next year this back court is dynamite get from St Louis started at unlb see Trey King trying to keep him from shooting at three none fight for the loose
ball out of bounds and a tie was St basketball well we've seen it all year John Jaylen Bridges he can get hot big time shooter this time on the Move in transition and love watching this kid play Kean Gilbert young man from Bashan High School had put out a lot of talent and you mentioned UNLV recruited to UNLV by TJ otzelberger a Sixpoint iaate Advantage feed here Gilbert jumper Dennis with his head up and N stepped on the sideline a turnover and it's Iowa State Basketball leading by six 49.1 se
conds left let's watch this JN because if you want to go two for one here you got to get it up about 40 and doesn't look like they're going to rush into it Gilbert at the basket off the glass wouldn't fall had a good look at it yeah second thought that's exactly what they did and it's h taken away it's Gilbert and they get a foul on Bridges so kishan Gilbert making quite an impact to the first half he'll go to the line and Sh two oh watch the Qui quick hands right there by lipy lipy John in his
career has averaged two and 1 half steals a game you see the hard foul right here not not from uh Walter but the body on the backside Lipsy like shed First Team all defensive team as well as first team all Big 12 I was talking to pop Isaac's today and he told me that he and tan played on the USA national junior team and nobody knew who he was Don chalton the director put him on the team an Iowa guy reflected out of bounds over 20.8 left it'll be Baylor basketball Cyclones leaded by eight the win
ner gets Houston in our Championship tomorrow Dennis with lipy on him fans on their feet here's Hilton South and now Dennis going to work left side none wide open they got a good look at it he just didn't knock it down Iowa state will take an eight-point advantage into the break TJ otzelberger team holding bayor State leading by a at the break winner of this one will take on Houston in our championship game welcome Courtside John chambi and Fran frilla and you look at that first half Iowa State
taking the lead led by tamon lipy and kesan Gilbert are expert moves brought to you by principal there are some great back courts in this league but this one is right there at the top Gilbert to the basket whipsy knocking down threes by the way triple double watch for him and then watch the defensive tandem right here and Gilbert's going to get whacked and get two free throws all right get ready for St in the second half let's check in with Chris bu f with Scott drewy if we could just get some o
f those easy layups to knock down or a couple of those threes we're right back in this thing he was proud of the way his team has rebounded and taking care of the basketball that was such a big emphasis after what happened the last time these two teams played Iowa state in the first half turned it over only twice you heard Scott drew in his huddle say we're not going to win if we don't offensive rebound they've got five Iowa state has four they do have the advantage overall in rebounding as you
look at the first half stats and it'll be Iowa State Basketball to begin and Baylor comes out manto man they're changing up that those defenses Jones inside chich finds him and the bucket for Big Rob boy they went right at Mei a little Baseline screen that freed him up and he shot it right over the Freshman that's a foul on Jones Jones running over jacobe Walter and that is number three on Robert Jones and immediately Hassan Ward is going to check in for TJ oelberg well last year they had osun o
suni the sa Bonaventure transfer to go with Jones Ward was a afterthought but he's been given him a great lift lately those are the shots you have to make right Jobe Walter had a really good look at it right there Baylor just three for 13 from three Gilbert Kick out and now lipy gobert almost lost it out of bounds d goes to work M chit shot clock is under 10 watch a fade away here fade away and flying in for the rebound was Mei Dennis I think you've got to spread this team outside that that's th
e fourth time today they tried to hit that roll and what what none is not taking into account is they're prepared for the roll because that's become the new norm and watch this now it's a trap so the big is going to short roll watch the hands see you train to get those hands low defensively and they close that Gap quickly quicker than you and I when went to the buffet today ridg is not able to hit and Gilbert back the other way Kean Gilbert and the Cyclones leading it by 10 m Corner three got it
and the lead is 13 for the Cyclones well he needed that for his confidence cuz he struggled down the stretch Dennis at the basket and he's fouled RJ Dennis it doesn't sound like a lot John but two for three tonight from Deep for the Freshman who for much of this year he's been in the starting lineup basically from the beginning he's got that Dirk nitzki type of game to play in this league as a freshman be all freshman team is a great accomplishment the young man from Pewaukee Wisconsin by the w
ay at halftime I noticed a Tyrese Howerton tweet and he was talking about Hilton South so you know he's tuning in tonight another one of those Wisconsin connection guys we talked about here you go got a couple of cyclones added at the end quite a start to his NBA career RJ Dennis knocks down the second Iowa State their lead is it dozen great job of just moving that ball side to side ovich to the corner and Gilbert goes Baseline give off ward flips it up in a Hassan ward has been a factor in this
one he's got eight points the average is just under six yeah that that was great action cuz they went side to side with that offense they've really spread this failer defense out offensive foul it'll go the other way John we talk about the defense but the offense has been pretty good tonight watch this side to side movement right now they keep bayor on saats and so as this ball is swung they've got room to drive it time out in the court Baylor miles to Hilton Coliseum up in AES and based on how
loud it's been in here I don't know if there's anyone left back in as by the way way guys I have a deciel Raider on my watch and it keeps alerting me that it's loud in here at 90 DB and 30 minutes of this might cause temporary hearing damage all right well good luck with that everybody yeah we got our headphones on we're safe little zone now by Baylor keep mixing it up still can't find something to slow down to Cyclones their ball movement's been terrific very unselfish team Gilbert oh he rever
sed It Well Done Kean Gilbert two more for him he's got 11 and John I'll go back to that TCU game when they played Without lipsey Gilbert and Jones came into their own as guards and you can see the confidence has built all season long know for Bor the task is to find an answer offensively Walter inside no call Bridges put back wouldn't go and eventually a foul underneath on Iowa State there take a look at this young man watch him drive Baseline and watch him use the rim to protect from uh the sh
ot blocker can't go through the rim that's go tending and nice job by Gilbert he's looking look at the eyes on the rim excellent focus and execution jayen Bridges two free throws excellent free throw shooter 84% this year 80 in his career one of the stories for Baylor this is a very good offensive team and most of them have been in recent years under Scott drew but jacobe Walter their prized freshman has not scored he is 0 for five from the floor and if they have any hope of coming back you'd ha
ve to figure that it will include Walter getting going y you're right now they do have five and double figures tonight six on the season without with langst and love out but certainly he's been a catalyst more often than not this season Jaden nun is scoreless as well in this one Gilbert again Omaha Baloo spinning inside keeps his pivot foot eventually gives it off Jones beloo that's a three and he's not hit a three all year but confidence in him by TJ giving him some minutes especially without d
e Marian Watson who's out tonight with concussion protocol brid Dennis to loner they swing it left side Bridges not able to hit that one and now it's Gilbert Gilbert had it knocked away Baylor back the other way Ray J Dennis Walter will try a three and a foul underneath and that'll be on loner 14 B coming up selection Sunday and right now Joey lardy has nine Big 12 teams in the field so anxious to see what Kansas is going to look like see if they can get mcculler and Di Dickinson back good ball
movement and eventually it ends with Trey King laying it in Joel lardy as of today had Iowa State as a two seed well I think they're going to be on that two line John no matter what sustained success All Season 13 and five in the best league in college basketball Dennis high off the glass wouldn't go oh with an offensive rebound Dennis it's fou whipsy just said I got all ball and more often than not he does Dennis caught that ball on the Move let's watch oh he got all ball yep he not going to co
mplain very often and he really didn't even complain with the fouls on Gilbert well there you go I I thought the ball was knocked Loose by lipes turnover Iowa State the other way that's the ninth turnover on Baylor Gilbert Corner three and it goes Kean Gilbert with 14 and it is all Iowa State here in Kansas City can't drive Baseline on that team that's a good job get it out swing it Dennis tries with short on that shot out of bounds and it's Iowa State basketball this is a team John and Baylor y
ou said it earlier one of the best three-point shooting teams in the country and they have been woeful to this point three for 17 from three and they're 0 for eight in the second half from the floor Jones Curtis Jones buries that one and it is a route early on here in the second half largest lead of the game it's 22 and the Cyclones here at their home away from home and they've been doing the job here in this one yep watch this great ball movement right here side to side inside interior passing
great job there Ball's humming and Scott drew who has lost the last four games in this tournament to Iowa State obviously not happy with the performance so far I mean John to say this is not a homecourt Advantage would be silly yeah sure you know it's just incredible to see this of it just take a look I'll shut up and watch Fran hey FR layout Big 12 now on ESPN plus it's a must have for Big 12 fans baseball and softball seasons in full swing there's more than 450 matchups available along with mo
st games of both conference championships if you're a big 12 fan you got to have it sign up now at ESPN plus.com Big 12 now nice little atto out of the timeout they cleared the side took away the help Mei catches it gets to the rim and gets an easy one with a chance for a three-point play foul on Gilbert his second and Mei knocks it down now we're going to see a little full court pressure Now by Baylor got a lot of ball handling out there for Iowa State and they carve through it pretty quickly J
ones to King kicks out Gilbert Jones from deep and loner with the rebound loner will try a three and hit now Caleb's only made three on the season but that was uh good time to knock down that third one three for 10 now but he's given bayor in two nights great energy nine points in this one for Caleb loner Jones off the glass wouldn't fall fight for the loose ball possession arrow and it belongs to Bor first time tonight you feel like Baylor's in a any run here couple very good possessions see if
they can keep it going big Rob Jones John back with three fouls e squares up on Jones and a take away lipy T and lipy pushing Jones a three well that's an answer for that little mini run from Baylor courtesy of ton lipy and a flush from E Mei off a gorgeous feed from Ray J Dennis Mei with 10 it's a 17-point game under 1220 to go lipy eight points six assists tonight n off balance and they get a foul on monovich for pushing off underneath as Mei hit the deck and that is number three on Milan mov
ich and John how about beloo it's I know it's a small thing cuz he was a top 10 recruit but as you pointed out he has not played since January 24th in the last two nights he's gotten some solid minutes he's not he's he's uh he's a no mistake guy so far hasn't really hurt them at all good energy none still scoreless in this one HS can't hit but he's fouled Jaden n will shoot free throws when we come back Robert Jones just picked up his today Houston advancing to the championship game Jamal shed a
nd Company trying to lock up the number one overall seed in the NCA tournament they await the winner this one how about their defense in the first two nights last year last night suffocated t TCU TCU was down 16 to nothing somewhat similar tonight and yet John Houston right now the walking wounded and nun with his first point of the game for Baylor nun Walter and Dennis have combined to go two for 19 from the floor and 0 for 10 from three it's been a big part of the story and obviously Iowa Stat
e their great defense is participating in that on the other side Iowa State doing an excellent job taking care of the basketball they turned it over three times look at how much lips he's had it in his hands and he hasn't turned it over right there they turn it over and they get it right back Hassan Ward that's a second time me's thrown the ball away blue gets it to Ward now Gilbert shot clock is under 10 got to get something up here Jones Lost the handle Bridges Dives on it shot clock violation
Baylor ball 1114 to go it's a 15 point Iowa State Advantage know there's obviously plenty of time left in this game the problem for Baylor is this is a suffocating defense nothing has come easy tonight yeah and John this is the number five offense in America with five out there tonight in double figures no LST in love again for Baylor he did play in the previous game good feed loner they get the block and Mei the throw down yeah the only problem with that is that they don't get the basket becau
se of the foul but roner good job right here watch him drive it I can't tell if his feem were in the circle or not but he looked like he well last year that's obviously a charge this year you have to be established before the player grabs the ball and Gathers in an upward movement and we'll see it right here yeah see I think that he's not by rule this year I would say that's a 50/50 and I don't have a problem with the block could have gone either way okay last year absolutely a charge and I'm go
ing to ask you this we've done games all year how many charges have you seen yeah very few and it's better for the game I totally agree y again go we can quibble you know a million times about that play I like the fact that he was called the block that's great ball movement Jones here flips it up wouldn't fall and then they get Hassan Ward over the back John I really enjoy watching Iowa State play in that half court they really go side to side those those big guys have become really good at what
we call that dho to dribble handoff TJ Hotel Berger he's got that just calm demeanor sits there and on the sideline is yeah it's pretty even he he knocks down the first and we watch this young man's free throw form and and percentage go up over the course of the Season State now has committed nine fouls Baylor just two here in the second half it's a 12-point game 1034 to go lipy gets it and they push it up k Hassan Ward ler a three well this crowd's been alive it's been into it and it has been
a highly partisan Iowa State crowd watch this ball movement good trap right here good look underneath as they find Trey King now's texbook in order to get out of the Trap sometimes you got to dribble out of it and back up and attack the rest of that defense me see the layup lipy goes down mey with 14 watch this John watch the ball movement up the court I've been really impressed we talk about Iowa State and their defense but they really have good schemes they move mov that ball side to side look
at that dribble out of the Trap and now you're playing three on four and a great find well it wouldn't be the big 12 if we didn't have a lot of blood on these jerseys tonight we saw earlier in our first game Damen dun had to actually change jerseys and went from number 11 and number six D Surman Marcus pigr Bret Smith good work here tonight our three men officiating crew watch how well they moved this ball side to side now they're going to try to post King but they they know what they're doing
from chich got this dribble eventually shot clock winding down gets it off and then rolled out he's got that Dirk fade away but he's also when I first watched him early in the year he does shoot like Larry Bird now he's not as accurate but the technique looks the same Walter turns shoots and can't hit so Kobe Walter still scoreless go for seven from the floor for four from three Gilbert shot would fall Bridges the rebound bayor back the other way down 14 look at these hands Baylor has never LED
in this game and Walter finally gets into the scoring column well remember this team shoots almost 40% from three so if you give them open looks they can get right back in this game and a foul the floor that's on jacobe Walter are under eight 48 743 to go top four seeds making the semi-finals Houston's already dispatched Texas Tech and they await the winner of this one of course for Houston only three losses on the season Road losses at Iowa State at TCU and at Kansas that's it that would be thr
ee gr for will be checking my math the rest of the night Gilbert puts it on the floor kicks out movich got it that's a big three to give him a little more breathing room to lead back to 14 I don't want to be laor it but it does look birdlike just the form itself little zone now by Cyclones they they ran this defense once last night and they gave up a lot see you see I don't have anything to add FR you sniffed out the lob you let America know and here we are I'm thinking they make get out of the
Zone on the other I doubt absolutely guarantee that that's the play dour in the Big 12 versus Zone thanks to Bill S I would love it if if if there's one thing that I could get America to do it would be if you see Fran frilla in an airport or on the street don't yell hey Fran just just yell there's the lob it it's a it's a it's like I have a radar it be amazing I have a radar about lob plays versus zones going through the going through the terminal at o hair as Fran is stopped to get unsweetened
iced tea and just off in the distance someone yells love you know but the but the but actually the thing behind that is when you go Zone which you're doing right now and you get a lob versus The Zone it's the more I again Bridges to the corner nun can't hit as Gilbert came flying in to pull down the rebound hean Gilbert with 15 points and seven assists he's also got seven rebounds by the way there's only been one triple double in the history of this tournament to see pow Texas Tech back at 2003
yeah that was a while ago rayj Dennis charged with that foul and that is number four 620 to go Iowa State leading by 13 once again Bor mixing and matching now their Zone straight on Jones I thought Curtis Jones was coming into your lap I was ready I you were I had you protected I was going to try to deflect it back in play watch this right here we ready John that's not Brock cing here by the way coming abic B almost decapitated us out in Texas Tech Assan Ward gets a really nice hand giving him e
xcellent minutes here in this one I mean they've missed a ton of those yeah no doubt Mei not able to head off a good feed from Dennis they missed open threes and they've missed a ton of layups Gilbert up in and one oh it's great basketball great footwork terrific footwork he comes to a stop in the lane he pivots little slight of hand watch this now the drive under control then luy bumps him great footw right here tell you Kean Gilbert I've said it a couple times he's grown on me he's really real
ly a good big Club guard and he's played well here 187 and Seven Bridges from Dennis and eventually lipy comes up with an Iowa state with the ball up by 16 here in Kansas City the Big 12 Championship shot clock under 10 lip SE lipy Up and Under would fall Mei had it knocked away but Bridges collects now Dennis and Dennis quickly as a basket lays it in and it's a 14-point game and the beauty of this back court is right now lipy can go to the left corner catches breath and Gilbert will take over f
or a little bit Gilbert flips it up and in he's got 20 had that seven and seven and that's a pretty good night so far good hands there by Curtis Jones SEC mids tournament and one semi-final set as Mississippi State knocked off the one SE Tennessee they'll take on Auburn coming up tomorrow and then A&M getting past Kentucky they await the winner of Alabama and Florida yeah great win by Buzz's Club I spent some time with them early in the year as you have you you had them in Houston and uh that's
amazing they do not have the talent Kentucky has and kuy's been up and down all season long the defense comes and goes you're shot clock under 10 and Walter turns it over bad turnover and Lipsy the easy bucket Ward takes it away lipy Curtis Jones is fouled and he will go to the line and shoot two when we return the Cyclones 3 minutes 41 seconds away from a date with houst I was stay handed Houston their first loss of the year they were 14 and0 in Houston 53 points fewest of the season and then t
he Revenge game in Houston and keep in mind in that first matchup uh the Freshman Milan movich with the fade away in the corner that was the gamewinner by the way eight-point loss by Iowa State I guarantee you that's the least a margin of loss against Houston at home this year Iowa State seeking its six title game appearance they're five and0 near the previous five jayen Bridges 16 points 10 rebounds but it has not been enough that one rattles out Mei pulls it down jacobe Walter and jayen nun in
this one have combined for Five Points on one for 12 shooting there another example right there jacobe got all the way to the basket looking for the three-point play once he absorbed the contact I think that's Rob Energy's fifth so he'll say goodbye and listen to the crowd they love this guy looks like we're in ases Missouri well there'll be another couple th000 getting up tomorrow morning and coming down I35 I think there's a Cracker Barrel some somewhere outside of De Mo get some breakfast an
d then uh last one out of Ames remember what we say turn the lights out you'll be back Sunday wow that rims off for Walter what a frustrating game for jacobe Walter misses both free throws if you have told me bayor would go five of 23 from behind the yard I would not have believed you go Lo and King went down hard he'll go to the line Trey King the East Kentucky eastern Kentucky transferred down hard he was trying to throw that down with one hand he had a good game against K State 16 points nine
rebounds and 31 minutes been bit more quiet in this one they haven't needed him I'll tell you what John he had two good games against Houston and he course he had a big game at home against Kansas in that win and they'll need his heft tomorrow night what I appreciate about Iowa State and their fan base John is that they haven't always been great there's some years they've had some lean years but they really appreciate their team win or lose of course they love winning but uh it is incredible fa
n base not spoiled at all inside o joh with the bucket tell you the multiple ball handlers for TJ oelberg team with Jones Gilbert and lipy been a big factor in this one yep and don't think T liy doesn't appreciate it chich not able to hit Baylor back the other way under two to go great defense right there Jones just showed his hands Den it's from Deep John offensive rebound the putb wouldn't fall Bridges puts it in Bridges with 18 and there's those multiple Ballers on display versus de press one
under a minute to go monovich into the paint flips it up and puts it in M Milan momchilovich with 11 in this one and Iowa state will take on Houston in the championship tomorrow two for bridges for the Cyclones five players in double figures in this one and we'll get a treat tomorrow the top two teams in this conference in a regular season two of the top teams in the country will square off with a big 12 title on the line that comes your way tomorrow here from Kansas City and you know there'll
be a lot of cyclone fans Cubs a built for that that's going to be fun chich not able to hit time now for our player of the game and it's brought to you by by philli 66 and kesan Gilbert great great work
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