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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">6/4 BAYLOR BEARS (10-1)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2020/1/3/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_12_TEXAS.pdf" target="_blank">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(10-1) vs. TEXAS (10-2)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 4, 2020 • 7 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center (10,284)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH: ESPN2 and ESPN app</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></em> <i>Jon Sciambi (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN:</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent: <a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52">John Morris</a> (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NR/NR TEXAS (10-2)</b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Austin, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference: </span></strong>Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Shaka Smart (Kenyon, 1999) <br>
<a href="https://texassports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://texassports.com/documents/2019/11/12/mbb_stats_2019_20.pdf">Stats</a> | <u><a href="https://texassports.com/documents/2020/1/2/Texas_notes_at_Baylor_.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• No. 6/4 Baylor opens Big 12 play by hosting Texas at 7 p.m. CT Saturday at the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Saturday is the 255th series meeting – the most-played rivalry in Baylor history dating back 105 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 16-8 vs. Texas since snapping a 24-game series losing streak at the 2009 Big 12 Championship.• Baylor is 7-1 in its last 8 games vs. Texas and 4-1 in its last 5 home games vs. Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is riding a 9-game winning streak, tied for the 9th-longest streak in program history. It's also the nation's 4th-longest active streak behind San Diego State (14), Auburn (12) and Memphis (10).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 7-5 in Big 12 openers since 2008 and 10-13 all-time in Big 12 openers.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears are opening Big 12 play at home for the first time since 2013 (86-79 OT win vs. Texas).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 5-0 when opening Big 12 play at home during the Drew era with wins vs. 5 different teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU defeated 3 ranked teams prior to January for the 2nd time in program history (4-0 in 2016-17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 1 of 10 teams ranked top-30 nationally in adjusted offensive (109.2; 26th) and defensive (88.4; 14th) efficiency. BU's No. 14 defense is on pace to be Drew's best defense (16th at 92.9 in 2016-17).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU reached double-digit non-conference for the 6th time in the last 7 seasons and 12th time in 14 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has led or been tied for 98% of game time over its last 5 games (195:13 of 200:00).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 9 of 11 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is No. 6 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has moved up in the rankings in 6 consecutive weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's No. 6 AP ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 4 on Feb. 13, 2017.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive AP polls ranked is the 7th-longest in program history (all since 2009).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears have now been ranked in every AP Top 25 spot except No. 8 during the 17-year Drew era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU won its third tournament title in 4 years by beating Villanova to win the Myrtle Beach Invitational.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 1 of 6 Power-5 programs to win 18+ games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2008, joining Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 61-7 this year and all four are currently top-10 ranked (No. 3 VB, No. 6 WBB, No. 7 FB, No. 7 MBB).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (326-210).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Drew is coaching his 537th game at Baylor (326-210). His .608 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .674 winning percentage since 2007-08 (292-141).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is playing its 223rd game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 220 of 402 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is coming off its 10th 20-win season in the last 12 years. The Bears were a No. 9 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where they knocked off Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU was picked 2nd in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, tying the highest in program history (2012-13). The Bears were picked 9th in last year's poll, but overcame a multitude of injuries to finish in 4th
place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">QUICK HITS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 37-4 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (155-20).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 98-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (10-1 this season).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 201-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor's 201 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (246).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 292-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU returned 8 letterwinners from last season, including 5 players who made at least 7 starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillespie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who are now starters after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Eight of Baylor's 14 players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Five after transferring to BU – Flagler, Gillespie, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and three as freshmen —
Moffatt, Turner and Vital. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 44-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 12-23 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears are one of 11 programs nationally (1 of 6 in Power-5) to win 18+ games in every year since 2008.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 1-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, Baylor is 9-2 in conference
challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 914 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs.
Texas Tech (0-8). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 12 of the last 13 seasons (all except 2012-13).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 6 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic and 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SERIES HISTORY <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Saturday is the 255th all-time meeting between Baylor and Texas, the most-played rivalry for both schools.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor has won 16 of 24 games in the series after snapping a 24-game series losing streak in March 2009.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 91-163 all-time against Texas, including a 52-66 mark in Waco and a 16-21 mark in the Drew era.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LAST TIME VS. TEXAS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor trailed 40-29 at halftime and 62-45 with 9 minutes left, but the Bears rallied to force overtime, and Mario Kegler hit the game-winning free throws with 3.2 seconds left to give Baylor an 84-83 win
over Texas on Feb. 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Kegler posted his 2nd-straight 20-point game with a career-high 24 points, while Devonte Bandoo scored 16 of his 18 points in the 2nd half, and Jared Butler hit crucial shots in crunch time as part of his
15 points. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• It was the largest deficit overcome in the last 10 minutes of a game in the Drew era, and the 19-point deficit overcome was Baylor's largest in a win since rallying from 22 down to beat Louisville in the
2016 Battle 4 Atlantis championship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">HISTORY IN BIG 12 OPENERS <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 7-5 in Big 12 Conference openers since 2008 and 10-13 all-time in Big 12 openers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor won 6 straight openers from 2008-13 before losing 5 of the last 6 Big 12 openers (win in 2017). All five of those losses were on the road, with four of them against top-25 ranked opponents.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is opening Big 12 play at home for the first time since 2013 (86-79 OT win vs. Texas). The Bears have started conference play on the road in each of the last six seasons, with four of those games
against top-25 ranked teams. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Baylor is 5-0 when opening Big 12 play at home during the Drew era, with wins against five different teams – 2008 vs. Iowa State, 2009 vs. Texas Tech, 2010 vs. Oklahoma, 2012 vs. Texas A&M, 2013 vs. Texas.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• BU enters Big 12 play ranked for the 6th time in 7 seasons since 2014 – 3rd time in top-10 (2014, 2017, 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</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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