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WACO, Texas -- Baylors nonconference slate has transitioned from the Bears playing a whos-who list of college basketball powers to something that more resembles preseason exhibition games.The fourth-ranked Bears tip off Sunday against John Brown University of the NAIA Sooner Athletic Conference. Baylor still has a highly-rated strength of schedule, though it will fall a few notches during its current run of less-competitive games in the leadup to Big 12 action.Baylor will be playing its second game in two different venues in less than 24 hours. The Bears defeated Jackson State 82-57 on Saturday at Abrams Gym in Fort Hood, Texas.But the Bears are committed to playing games at Fort Hood after spending time at the U.S. military post in team building two years ago. Baylor coach Scott Drew gave his postgame interview after the win over Jackson State at about 7:30 Saturday night. His message to the team and fans was simple.Dont stay out late, Drew said.Its a challenging turnaround, though the level of competition doesnt rise to the level that Baylor faced earlier in nonconference play.The Bears defeated then-No. 24 Michigan State and then-top-10 opponents Oregon, Louisville and Xavier.But Jackson State fell to 3-8 with the loss to Baylor, despite the fact that the Tigers hadnt played a top-25 opponent until they met the Bears.Next up for Baylor is John Brown. The Golden Eagles enter with a 9-4 record, but they havent defeated a NCAA Division I opponent so far this season. Most recently, Oral Roberts throttled John Brown 95-63 on Dec. 10 in Tulsa, Okla.Part of the explanation for Baylors foray into competition against an NAIA opponent is that John Brown coach Jason Beschta is a former graduate assistant at Baylor. He earned a graduate degree in pedagogy from the school and served on Drews staff early in Drews tenure with the Bears.As a coach, you like to see your former staff do well and theyve done such a great job, Drew said.Guard Ricky Roberts leads John Brown in scoring at 14.8 points per game and averages 2.9 assists. The Golden Eagles have three guards who average double digits in scoring.However, its likely John Brown will struggle to score inside against Baylors zone defense and its long, shot-swatting forwards. John Brown forwards Benjamin Smith and Miguel Martinez are the only Golden Eagles players taller than 6-5 to play significant minutes so far this season and they combine to average 13.5 points.Baylor 6-10 forward Johnathan Motley is pouring in 16.8 points per game and hes close to averaging a double-double at 8.4 boards. Jo Lual-Acuil, a 7-0 newcomer at forward, has blocked 44 shots in 10 games.The Bears are also experimenting through nonconference with a rotation of 10 players. Guards Manu Lecomte, Al Freeman, Jake Lindsey, King McClure and Chuck Mitchell have been moving the ball as well as shooting it proficiently from beyond the 3-point arc. Baylor is shooting 35 percent from 3-point range so far this season with 6.3 connections per game.Any given night it can be anybody showing up, Freeman said. Thats the great thing about our team this year is that you dont know if Im going to go off, Mots going to go off, Manus going to go off. Cheap Ireland Shoes . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Wholesale Balenciaga Shoes Ireland . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. http://www.discountbalenciagaireland.com/ . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup. 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I didnt expect him to actually jump.Grant got up so high that his right leg cleared Zubacs head, reminiscent of Vince Carters infamous dunk over French center Frédéric Weis in the 2000 Olympics.It was unbelievable, Sixers summer league coach Lloyd Pierce said. Jerami is a special athlete. It was a great play. It was a momentum play for us at that time. I think we ended up going [16] points up.Zubac, a native Croatian, couldnt hhelp but laugh at himself afterward, admitting that he wasnt expecting Grant to posterize him.ddddddddddddWe dont have that in Europe, Zubac said. I thought he was going to pump fake, so I didnt jump, and then he jumped on me.When told that someone had changed his Wikipedia page to say he had died Saturday after Grant dunked on him, Zubac smirked and agreed.I did a little bit, Zubac said.Larry Nance Jr., who had several impressive dunks of his own on Saturday, believes the dunk can be a learning experience for Zubac. Next time the rookie center rotates over toward a cutter, he will either aggressively attempt to block the dunk or take a foul.Yeah, he got dunked on. Everybody does, Nance Jr. said. Jerami is a terrific athlete. I told him when he got dunked on, Ill get him back for you. I did. Thats my center, I got his back.We told him next time somebody goes up on you like that, make your presence felt. Nothing dirty, but just make sure he knows youre there. ' ' '