Baylor MBB Earns a No. 9 Seed in the East Region of the 2025 NCAA Tournament

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 16, 2025

Baylor MBB Earns a No. 9 Seed in the East Region of the 2025 NCAA Tournament
BU is making its school-record sixth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance
For more information, contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas — Baylor men's basketball was selected to its 13th-straight NCAA postseason as a No. 9 seed in the East Region of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, announced Sunday on CBS.

The Bears (19-14, 10-10 Big 12) will open on Friday against No. 8 seed Mississippi State (21-12, 8-10 SEC) at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C. The winner of that game will then play a second-round matchup on Sunday against the winner of Friday’s first-round game between No. 1 Duke and the winner of the American and Mount St. Mary’s matchup in the First Four.



Tip-off times and TV networks and are to be determined. The East Regional semifinal and final will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., with the Final Four to be held in San Antonio, Texas.

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BAYLOR NCAA NOTES:
• Baylor is 23-17 in 16 previous NCAA Championships trips, including a 20-11 record in the Scott Drew era
• Drew is one of eight coaches in NCAA history, and the only one since 1990, to have won an NCAA title and an NIT Title at the same school
• BU is one of just four teams to win at least one game in each of the last five NCAA Tournaments played dating back to 2018-19, joining Gonzaga, Kansas and Houston
• Baylor is 9-4 with six-straight wins in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament
• Baylor is 1 of 8 teams to appear in nine of the last 10 tournaments, joining Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina and Purdue
• Baylor is appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in the last 11 tournaments
• Baylor is appearing in the NCAA postseason for a school-record 13th-consecutive time (11 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• Baylor is making its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in the modern tournament era. BU’s first three NCAA Tournament appearances in 1946, 1948 and 1950 were in an eight-team bracket.
• BU’s six-straight NCAA Tournaments are also a school record
• Baylor is 45-28 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last 17 seasons
• BU is aiming to reach the Sweet sixteen for the sixth time in the Drew Era, and the second time since 2021. Out of the last 10 opponents who have eliminated Baylor in the NCAA Tournament, seven have made at least the Elite Eight, five have made the Final Four, three have made the National Title game and two have won the national title
• Baylor has played in three Final Fours (1948, 1950, 2021). The first two Final Four appearances were when it was an eight-team bracket.
• Baylor has played in two National Championship games (1948 lost to Kentucky, 2021 defeated Gonzaga).


2024-25 SEASON HONORS
VJ EDGECOMBE
Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Jerry West Award Watch List
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top-50
Sporting News All-America Third Team
Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List
Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week (1/27)
Jerry West Award Midseason Top-10
Jerry West Award Finalist
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
All-Big 12 Second Team (Coaches)
AP All-Big 12 Second Team

NORCHAD OMIER
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team
NABC Player of the Year Watch List
Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List
Karl Malone Award Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top-50
Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List
Big 12 Player of the Week (11/25)
Oscar Robertson Midseason Top-50
Karl Malone Award Midseason Top-10
All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches)
AP All-Big 12 Second Team

JEREMY ROACH
Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Year
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team
Bob Cousy Award Watch list
Naismith Trophy Award Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top-50
Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List

ROBERT WRIGHT
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (2/3)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention




Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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