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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR BEARS (10-3, 0-1 Big 12)</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>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">17/17 TCU </span></b><span style="color:black">(12-1) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 19/16 BAYLOR</span></strong> (10-3)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 4, 2022 • 8:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284) </span></strong><br>
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<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> Rich
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Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Nunley</span> (Analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TCU (12-1, 1-0 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Fort Worth, 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> Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987)<br>
<a href="https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a> | <a href="file:///documents/2023/1/3/14__at_Baylor.pdf">Game Notes (PDF)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>Story lines</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• No. 19/16 Baylor host No. 17/17 TCU for its conference home opener, the 191st meeting in series history. It is BU's third most-played rivalry (Texas 257 gms. Texas A&M 207 gms).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Wednesday marks the first time in series history that both teams meet when ranked in the Top-25.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU leads the all-time series 105-85 with a 57-39 mark in Waco.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 16-4 against TCU as Big 12 Rivals. Baylor won the first 11 Big 12 meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 8-1 against TCU in Waco since the Frogs joined the Big 12. The Bears have won all eight of those meetings by 10+points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has won four-straight Big 12 home openers. Its last loss was to TCU 81-78 in OT on Jan 2, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 13-6 under Scott Drew in Big 12 home openers, winning 13 of the last 15, since 2007-2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has won 13-straight home games, tied for the fourth-longest home winning streak in program history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The top nine Ferrell-Center winning streaks have all come under <b>Scott Drew
</b>and six of the top eight have come in the last seven years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• 16 representatives from 14 different NBA teams will be in attendance for Wednesday's game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor's 42-9 Big 12 record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 156-90 in Big 12 play in 13 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are the third-best offense in the Big 12 (18th best in the nation) according to Ken Pom (113.1 Adj. Efficiency rating), averaging 79.3 points per game. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has won 71-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 24-7 against AP top 25 teams over the last four seasons, the nation's best mark against ranked teams. 15 of those wins came against top 25 teams away from home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• With its 65th consecutive week in the AP Top 25, Baylor has the nations second-longest streak (Gonzaga 123).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU held <span class="scayt-misspell-word">NWST</span> to 48 points and improved to 44-1 under
<b>Drew</b> when holding an opponent under 50 points (12/20).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The 12th-ranked Bears spent a school record 54-straight weeks top-10 ranked in the AP Poll (12/19/19 -12/5/22).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Adam Flagler, <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Keyonte</span> George and L.J.
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Cryer</span></b> are all in the top-10 in the Big 12 in points per game, one of two schools to have multiple players and the only one to have three in the top-10.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>George</b> scored a game-high 19 points to lift BU to a win over Washington St., its seventh-straight win over a Pac-12 foe (12/18)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU held the nation's best offense in Gonzaga, to a season-low 63 points in a 64-63 win in the inaugural Peacock Classic (12/2).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Cryer</b></span> set career highs in points (28), field goals (10), rebounds (4) and minutes (35) against No. 8 UCLA (11/20).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Cryer's</span> 23.5 points per game in Las Vegas earned his first-career Big 12 Player of the Week Award.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• With a 95-62 win over Northern Colorado (11/14), <b>Scott Drew</b> became one of 10 active coaches with 400+ wins at his current institution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Drew has a winning percentage of .700 (372-156) since BU's first year with no scholarship restrictions in 2007-08.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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