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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PDF schedule attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 5, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MBB Reveals Complete 2018-19 Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears playing 16<sup>th</sup> season under head coach Scott Drew</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor basketball 16<sup>th</sup>-year head coach Scott Drew announced the Bears’ 31-game 2018-19 schedule on Wednesday morning. All Baylor men’s basketball games will be televised for a seventh consecutive season,
including at least 19 games on ESPN networks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears’ 13-game non-conference schedule is highlighted by a stretch of five consecutive games against teams that won at least 23 games last season and a trip to Niceville,
Fla., to play in the 2018 Emerald Coast Classic. All told, BU will play at least 19 games against teams that earned 2018 NCAA Tournament berths.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All of Baylor’s non-conference games that aren’t picked up by national networks will be shown on Fox Sports Southwest or Fox Sports Southwest-Plus as part of the Bears’
third-tier TV package. Third-tier games will also be streamed on Fox Sports Go. The Emerald Coast Classic will be televised on CBS Sports Network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor opens the season with four consecutive home games. The Bears tip off the season on Nov. 6 against Texas Southern, a team coming off its fourth straight NCAA Tournament
appearance. BU then hosts Southern on Nov. 10, Prairie View A&M on Nov. 12 and Nichols State on Nov. 16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU then heads to Niceville, Fla., for the 2018 Emerald Coast Classic, which runs Nov. 23-24 at The Arena at Northwest Florida State College. The Bears open against Ole
Miss at 8:30 p.m. CT on Nov. 23, then face either Cincinnati or George Mason the following day at either 6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor returns home to start a difficult five-game stretch against teams that all won at least 23 games last season. BU hosts 26-win South Dakota on Nov. 27 before heading
on the road for consecutive games against elite programs. The Bears play at Wichita State on Dec. 1 and at Arizona on Dec. 15. Both WSU and Arizona earned No. 4 seeds in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, with the Shockers posting a 25-win season and Arizona winning
27 games. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU then returns home for three more non-conference games before Big 12 play. Baylor welcomes 28-win Stephen F. Austin on Dec. 18, takes on 23-win Oregon on Dec. 21 and
hosts New Orleans on Dec. 29. The Oregon game will be televised on ESPN2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears will play on ESPN networks for 17 of their 18 Big 12 Conference games, and most of those games can be flexed between ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, with final network
designations made at a later date. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Drew’s crew opens the Big 12 schedule on the road at TCU on Saturday, Jan. 5, but the Bears then play at home for each of the next five Saturdays. BU’s Big 12 home opener
is against Iowa State on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The Bears then begin a three-week stretch of Saturday home games followed by Monday road games.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU hosts Kansas on Saturday, Jan. 12, then heads to Stillwater to take on Oklahoma State on Monday, Jan. 14. The Bears return home to face Texas Tech in the 92<sup>nd</sup>-anniversary
Immortal Ten Game on Saturday, Jan. 19, before making the longest trip of the season to Morgantown to face West Virginia on Monday, Jan. 21. BU is back in Waco for the 2019 SEC/Big 12 Challenge against Alabama on Saturday, Jan. 26, and the Bears travel to
Norman the following Monday to face Oklahoma on Jan. 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU then hosts a home contest against TCU on Saturday, Feb. 2, beginning a stretch with seven of eight games in-state. The Bears then play at Texas on Wednesday, Feb.
6, before returning to the Ferrell Center for games against Kansas State on Saturday, Feb. 9, and against Oklahoma on Monday, Feb. 11. Next up is a trip to Lubbock to face Texas Tech on Saturday, Feb. 16, followed by the only out-of-state February game at
Iowa State on Tuesday, Feb. 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU hosts consecutive games against West Virginia on Saturday, Feb. 23, and against Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 27. The schedule wraps up with two of three March games in
the Sunflower State, as the Bears travel to Manhattan to face Kansas State on Saturday, March 2 and wrap up the regular season with a trip to Lawrence to face Kansas on Saturday, March 9. Between those two games, the Bears host a Senior Night game against
Oklahoma State on Wednesday, March 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The 2019 Big 12 Championship runs March 13-16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Season tickets can be purchased by calling the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000 or online at
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com/tickets">www.BaylorBears.com/tickets</a></span>. Single game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, Sept. 10. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout
the year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<b><u>Baylor Basketball 2018-19 Schedule<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TV TIME (CT)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday, Nov. 6 TEXAS SOUTHERN Waco, Texas TBD TBD</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Nov. 10 SOUTHERN<sup>1</sup> Waco, Texas TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday, Nov. 12 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Waco, Texas TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, Nov. 16 NICHOLS STATE<sup>1</sup> Waco, Texas TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, Nov. 23 vs. Ole Miss<sup>2</sup> Niceville, Fla. CBSSN 8:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Nov. 24 vs. Cincinnati -or- George Mason<sup>2</sup> Niceville, Fla. CBSSN 6/8:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday, Nov. 27 SOUTH DAKOTA Waco, Texas TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Dec. 1 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Dec. 15 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday, Dec. 18 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Waco, Texas TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, Dec. 21 OREGON Waco, Texas TBD 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Dec. 29 NEW ORLEANS Waco, Texas TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 5 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas ESPNU 3 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday, Jan. 8 IOWA STATE Waco, Texas ESPNEWS 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 12 KANSAS Waco, Texas ESPN/2 3 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday, Jan. 14 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. ESPN/U 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 19 TEXAS TECH Waco, Texas ESPN/2/U 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday, Jan. 21 at West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. ESPN/U 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 26 ALABAMA<sup>3</sup> Waco, Texas ESPN/2/U TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday, Jan. 28 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. ESPN/U 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 2 TCU Waco, Texas ESPN/2/U 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Texas Austin, Texas LHN TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 9 KANSAS STATE Waco, Texas ESPN/2 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday, Feb. 11 OKLAHOMA Waco, Texas ESPN/2 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 16 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas ESPN/2/U 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday, Feb. 19 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa ESPN2/U 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 23 WEST VIRGINIA Waco, Texas ESPN/2/U 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, Feb. 27 TEXAS Waco, Texas ESPN2/U 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, March 2 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. ESPN2/U 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, March 6 OKLAHOMA STATE Waco, Texas ESPN2/U 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, March 9 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. ESPN/2 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 13-16 Big 12 Championship<sup>4</sup> Kansas City, Mo. ESPN/2/U TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">1 – Emerald Coast Classic Campus Site Games; Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">2 – Emerald Coast Classic; The Arena at Northwest Florida State College (Niceville, Fla.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">3 – SEC/Big 12 Challenge; Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">4 – at Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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