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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR BEARS (9-0)</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/Affiliation:</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=1625">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2021/12/16/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_21_22_10_at_Oregon.pdf?id=19848">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="color:black"> (9-0) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> OREGON </span></strong>(6-5)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">December 18, 2021 • 9:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eugene, Oregon • Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN2<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Dave Flemming<i> (pxp),
</i>Sean Farnham<i> (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield/<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong>ESPN 1660 AM in Central Texas<br>
Talent: <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52">John Morris</a></span></dfn> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> Sirius 85, XM, 199, Internet 953<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OREGON DUCKS (6-5)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Eugene, Ore.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> PAC-12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Dana Altman (Eastern New Mexico, 1980)<br>
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<a href="https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2021-22" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• No. 1 Baylor heads to Oregon for Saturday's 9 p.m. CT tipoff against the Ducks on ESPN2.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU and Oregon are meeting for the 4th time, all in the last 7 seasons (BU is 2-1). UO won the first meeting by 7 points in Eugene in 2015, then BU won by double-digits in Waco in 2016 and 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is No. 1 in the Dec. 13 AP Top 25, marking a 3rd-straight season the Bears have held a No. 1 ranking (only BU and Gonzaga) and 4th time in last 6 seasons (only BU, Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU received all 61 first-place votes in the AP Top 25, the first time BU has been a unanimous No. 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Saturday is Baylor's 16th all-time game as a No. 1-ranked team – BU is 13-2 while ranked No. 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 7 remaining undefeated teams (BU, Arizona, Colo. St., Iowa St., LSU, USC, San Fran).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is coming off a 57-36 win over No. 6 Villanova. Baylor held Nova to its fewest points since 1979.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has the nation's longest winning streak (15), with 9 at neutral sites and all wins by 8+ points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 33 straight non-conference games (+22.8 average margin) dating back to Nov. 2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has won 17-straight non-conference road/neutral games (last loss Nov. 8, 2019 vs. Washington).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 15-5 against Pac-12 opponents during the Drew era — 2-0 vs. Arizona, 5-0 vs. Arizona State,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2-1 vs. Colorado, 2-1 vs. Oregon, 1-0 vs. Stanford, 1-0 vs. USC, 1-1 vs. Washington and 1-2 vs. WSU.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is allowing only 5.6 second-chance points per game, while scoring 13.3 second-chance points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is averaging 13 more field goal attempts per game than its opponents (BU 66, OPP 52.7).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and Texas Tech are the nation's only teams ranked top-40 in scoring offense and defense.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor ranks top-10 nationally in scoring margin (2nd, +26.9), scoring defense (3rd, 54.1), steals (4th, 11.0), turnover margin (4th, +7.1), turnovers forced (7th, 19.3), rebounding margin (9th, +11.1), offensive rebounds (7th, 14.9)
and assists (10th, 18.1).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and LSU are the nation's only teams to hold every opponent to 63 or fewer points this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU defeated now-No. 12-ranked Michigan State, 75-58, in the Nov. 26 Battle 4 Atlantis title game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU's 43-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 is the nation's 3rd-longest behind Gonzaga and Villanova.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor was No. 8 in the preseason AP Top-25, snapping a school-record streak of 29-straight weeks top-5 ranked. The Bears are currently on a school-record streak of 35-straight weeks top-10 ranked.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 18-3 against ranked teams since beating No. 17 Villanova to win the 2019 Myrtle Beach Invite.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has won 8-straight games against top-10 ranked teams, defeating Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1 and 6.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 379 career victories, including a 17-8 mark in NCAA Tournaments, which is the 7th-best mark among active coaches.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Drew has swept AP and coaches' Big 12 Coach of the Year honors each of the last two seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has led by at least 4 points in all 69 games since the start of the 2019-20 season and built a double-digit lead in 60 of 69 games, including 36 of 39 games since the start of last season.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 4 of its last 5 regular-season tournaments – 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis (Louisville), 2017 Hall of Fame Classic (Creighton), 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational (Villanova), 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis (Michigan State).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>QUICK HITS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 63-6 record since the start of the 2019-20 season is the nation's best among Power-5 conference teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is playing its 288th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since January 2010, BU has been ranked in 272 of 409 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor joins Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas as the only programs ranked No. 1 in 4 of the last 6 seasons since 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and Kansas are the only Power-5 schools to win 18+ games every year since 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU finished last season ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct (No. 8) for a 7th consecutive year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU led the nation in 3-point pct. last season (.413) and ranked 3rd nationally in turnover margin (+5.5) and scoring margin (+17.4). The Bears were also top-10 in scoring (6th, 82.9), steals (9th, 8.9/gm) and assists (10th, 16.9/gm).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive postseasons is tied as the nation's 7th-longest active streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 2 losses last seasons were its fewest losses since going 13-0 in 1911-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 40-21 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last 13 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 12 of the last 14 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 14-3 in Big 12 road games over the last 2 seasons (rest of league is 59-99 in B12 road games).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 84-5 when leading at halftime over the last 4+ seasons (54-2 over last 2+ seasons, 24-0 last season).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• In the last two seasons, Baylor has recorded the longest winning streak in the Big 12 Conference's 26-year history (23 wins in 2019-20) and 4th-longest winning streak in Big 12 history (18 wins in 2020-21).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 91% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (202-21).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 63-4 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 2+ seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 254-99 over the last 10+ seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 254 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (292).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 345-146 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Five of Baylor's players have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Two after transferring to BU (Flagler, Tchamwa Tchatchoua), one before transferring (Bonner) and two as freshmen — Turner and Langston Love.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (16 of last 17 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (7 NCAAs, 2 NITs).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has the nation's 10th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 971 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 30 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 7-1 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 11-2 in conference challenges.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 8 tournament titles under Drew – 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 & 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational and 2021 NCAA Championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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