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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 17, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MBB Picked Second in Big 12 Preseason Poll<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">Matches 2013 poll for highest projection in program history</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,
<a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor men’s basketball has been picked second in the 2020 Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Baylor’s second-place projection matches the 2013 preseason
poll for best in program history. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor received 71 points in the preseason poll, trailing only Kansas with 80 points. KU was picked first on eight of nine potential ballots, with Baylor and Texas Tech receiving
one first-place vote apiece. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Texas Tech (62) was picked third, followed by Texas (57), West Virginia (45), Oklahoma State (42), Iowa State (30), Oklahoma (29), Kansas State (23) and TCU (11). The maximum
point total a team can receive is 81 points, while the minimum is nine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This marks the ninth time in the last 12 seasons BU has been picked to finish in the top half of the league. The Bears were picked in the lower half of the league in each of
the conference’s first 12 seasons. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor was projected to finish ninth in last season’s preseason poll, but the Bears overcame injuries to four potential starters to finish fourth and advance to the NCAA Tournament
second round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head coach Scott Drew enters his 17<sup>th</sup> season at Baylor in 2019-20. He holds a 336-220 career record over 17 years as a Division I coach, including a 316-209 mark at
BU. Drew’s teams have combined to post a 280-140 record over the last 12 seasons, recording a 21-10 record over 11 postseason appearances in that span.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU returns eight letterwinners from last season’s team, including All-Big 12 players Jared Butler, Mark Vital and Tristan Clark. Additional returners include Devonte Bandoo,
Matthew Mayer, Freddie Gillespie, Flo Thamba and Obim Okeke. The Bears welcome a pair of newcomer guards who sat out as transfers last season, with MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell joining the rotation, as well as freshman Jordan Turner and redshirt freshman
Jackson Moffatt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Media Day is scheduled for Oct. 23 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., site of the 2020 Phillips 66 Men’s Basketball Championship.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor opens the 2019-20 season at 11 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Nov. 5 against Central Arkansas at the Ferrell Center. The Bears then head to Alaska to face Washington in the
Armed Forces Classic at 8:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 8, before returning to Waco to host Texas State at 8 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com/tickets"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com/tickets</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019-20 BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1. Kansas (9) – 81<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2. West Virginia (1) – 71<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3. TCU – 64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4. Texas – 49<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5. Baylor – 47<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6. Oklahoma – 43<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7. Texas Tech – 36<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8. Kansas State – 27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9. Iowa State – 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10. Oklahoma State – 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLLS (First-Place Votes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1997 – 12<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1998 – 10<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1999 – t-11<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000 – 12<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2001 – 11<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002 – 9<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2003 – 8<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2004 – 12<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2005 – 12<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2006 – 12<sup>th
</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2007 – 7<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – 9<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2009 – t-3<sup>rd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – 10<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2011 – 4<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – 3<sup>rd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – 2<sup>nd</sup> (1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – 3<sup>rd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – t-6<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – 5<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – 5<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – 5<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 – 9<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 – 2<sup>nd</sup> (1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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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