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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 6, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB to Host Seton Hall in the Big East-Big 12 Battle<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">The Bears and Pirates will meet for the first time in program history</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor men's basketball will host Seton Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the Ferrell
Center as part of the 2023 Big East-Big 12 Battle, with tipoff time and television network to be determined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">December will mark the first meeting between these two programs, although they were scheduled to meet in November of 2020 before COVID issues within the Baylor program forced the cancellation of
that contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Pirates are coming off a 17-16 season, earning a spot in the NIT, where they lost in the opening round to Colorado. The Bears are coming off a fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, becoming
one of just four teams in the nation to win at least one game in each of the last four tournaments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Despite two losses against them last season, Baylor will enter the battle with a 13-3 record against Big East teams under head coach Scott Drew.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Bears are a perfect 5-0 at home against Big East teams, 8-1 in neutral-site games and 0-2 on the road during the Drew era. BU will be looking for a win over an eighth-different Big East squad,
already with wins against Xavier (3-1), Creighton (2-1), Providence (2-0), Villanova (3-0), St. John's (1-0), Georgetown (1-0) and Butler (1-0).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">BU won its inaugural Big East-Big 12 Battle matchup when the No. 11-ranked Bears hosted No. 19 Butler at the Ferrell Center on Dec. 10, 2019. Baylor led the game wire-to-wire, and </span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10370"><span style="color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">Mark
Vital</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> had a block in the final seconds to seal a 53-52 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor is 13-4 all-time in conference challenges, the best record of any Big 12 team. The Bears hold the best record of any team at 8-2 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10
Hardwood Series and a 2-1 record in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com">www.BaylorBears.com</a><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;mso-ligatures:none">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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