Baylor MBB Continues Season-Opening Gauntlet vs. No. 16 Arkansas

Fri Nov 8 14:22:40 CST 2024

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8/8 BAYLOR BEARS (0-1, 0-0 Big 12)
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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8/8 BAYLOR (0-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. 16/16 ARKANSAS (1-0, 0-0 SEC)
Nov. 9, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Dallas, Texas • American Airlines Center (19,200)

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16/16 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (1-0, 0-0 SEC)
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Conference/Affiliation: SEC
Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, 1982)
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• No. 8 Baylor returns to the Lone Star State to take on No. 16 Arkansas at the American Airlines Center in the 4PT Dallas Duel, a 6:30 p.m. CT tip on ESPNU
• The Bears continue their gauntlet to start the season as the only team in the country to play ranked opponents in each of the first two games of the season.
• Scott Drew and John Calipari are the only two active coaches with an NCAA and an NIT Title
• A win over Arkansas would be Baylor’s earliest win over a ranked opponent in program history. BU beat No. 4 Oregon 66-49 on Nov. 15, 2016, en route to the program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking two months later
• The Bears have won three-straight and three of the last four meetings between these two teams since Arkansas left the Southwest Conference in the early 90s
• Prior to BU’s last win over the Hogs in Waco in 2023, Drew’s crew bested the Hogs in the 2021 Elite Eight, 81-72, for the program’s first Final Four since 1950, resulting in the first NCAA title in program history.
• The Bears are 20-11 against the SEC during the Drew era, including 15-7 since 2012-13
• Coming off a 101-63 loss to No. 6 Gonzaga in the season opener, Baylor is looking to avoid its first 0-2 start since 2005-06, when the Bears didn’t have a non-conference slate because of NCAA Sanctions
• Monday marked just the fourth time in the Drew Era the Bears have allowed 100 point in regulation.
• Norchad Omier led the way for BU scoring 15 points and grabbing nine rebounds, the first Baylor player with at least 15 pts and 9 rebs. in their debut since MaCio Teague has 18 pts and 10 rebs against Central Arkansas to open the 2019 season
• With his 12 pts and 6 assist on Monday, Robert Wright became the first freshman in the Drew era with 10+ points and 6+ assists in their debut, and the first Baylor player since Manu Lecomte in 2016 with those numbers in a Baylor debut.
• Baylor is one of just four teams to win at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of the last five tournaments.
• The Bears are one of four programs to be ranked inside the top-10 in each of the last six seasons
• BU is the only team in the country to be a No. 3 seed or higher in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments
• The Bears are the only team in the country with a top-19 pick in each of the last four NBA Draft, and one of just two programs with a top-20 pick in fourth-straight drafts (Duke)
• Baylor welcomes nine new faces to the 2024-25 squad, aiming to replace four of their five starters off of last year’s team, including a pair of first-round draft picks in Ja’Kobe Walter and Yves Missi
• Additionally the Bears brought in experienced transfers Jalen Celestine (Cal), Omier (Ark. St. and Miami) and Jeremy Roach (Duke) to help replace 71.4% of the scoring, 68.3% of the rebounding and 78.8% of the assists.
• Roach and Omier bring Final Four experience, as Roach helped his Duke team to the 2022 Final Four, while Omier led Miami to it’s first-ever Final Four in 2023.
• A “Walking double-double” Omier is the NCAA’s active leader in career rebounds (1,324) and double-doubles (68), while ranking 10th in career points (1,838)
• VJ Edgecombe is Baylor’s fourth-straight Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year. The Bears and Kansas Jayhawks are the only teams in league history to have the preseason conference freshman of the year in four consecutive seasons.

Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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