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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 – Sept. 26, 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 Announces Full 2023-24 Season Slate<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">BU’s home schedule includes 10 Power 6 opponents
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<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><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor men's basketball announced its full schedule on Tuesday, complete with 10 Power 6 programs visiting the Bears in Waco.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Bears will open
</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white">the 2023-24 season against the Auburn Tigers on Nov. 7, at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The meeting in South Dakota will be the eighth between the two programs, with Baylor winning five
of the seven previous matchups, including the last meeting, 84-72, on Jan. 30, 2021.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The final season at the Ferrell will open with Gardner-Webb in town on Sunday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m., followed by BU’s first-ever meeting with UMKC on Tuesday, Nov. 14.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The week of Thanksgiving takes the Bears to the Big Apple, where they will compete in the NIT Season Tip-Off, opening against Oregon
State on Wednesday, Nov. 22<sup>nd</sup> at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. The Bears will follow that up with a game against either Florida or Pitt on Friday, Nov. 24<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">BU returns to Waco for a four-game homestand which includes Nicholls, on Nov. 28 and Northwestern State Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. The Seton Hall Pirates
will come to Waco on Tuesday, Dec. 5, as a part of the Big East-Big 12 Battle, in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">The Bears return to the road for a pair of marquee non-conference matchups beginning with a neutral-site contest against Michigan State Dec. 16 at Little
Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich. The game will be televised on FOX. BU then heads back east to New York for a showdown at Madison Square Garden against Duke on Dec. 20.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor will then close down the Ferrell Center with a game against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 22. The second-straight meeting with the Delta Devils will be a 6 p.m. tipoff and will be the
final game before Christmas break.</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">A new year opens a new era as the Bears are slated to break in the brand-new
</span><span style="color:black">Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion on Tuesday, Dec. 2,<sup>
</sup><span style="background:white">2024 against the Cornell Big Red. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Conference play begins with a trip north of the Red River to battle Oklahoma State on Jan. 6, followed by a handful of firsts. BYU will play BU as Big 12 opponents for the first time in the first
conference contest at Foster Pavilion on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The mini two-game homestand closes on Jan. 13 with Cincinnati’s first visit to Waco, in the first meeting between the two schools since 1946.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">A two-game road swing opens on Tuesday, Jan. 16, with Baylor’s only regular-season meeting with the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kan. The Bears then return to the Lone Star State for the
final Big 12 game in Austin against the Longhorns on Saturday, Jan. 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">TCU will make its first trip to Foster Pavilion on Saturday, Jan. 27, ahead of the first-ever meeting between Baylor and UCF on Wednesday, Jan. 31, in Orlando.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">February opens with Baylor’s only scheduled meeting with Iowa State, as the Cyclones make the trip to Waco on Saturday, Feb. 3. Former Baylor assistant coach Grant McCasland makes his return to
campus on Tuesday, Feb. 6, as the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The first of two meetings with the Kansas Jayhawks has the Bears in Lawrence, Kan., on Saturday, Feb. 10, before returning home to host the final Big 12 contest against the Oklahoma Sooners on
Tuesday, Feb. 13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">BU will traverse the Big 12 footprint over its next two games, beginning with a Saturday, Feb. 17 showdown with West Virginia in Morgantown, W.V. The road swing will conclude in the mountain time
zone with a Tuesday, Feb. 20, tip with BYU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Houston will make its first trip to Waco since 1996 in the first Big 12 meeting between the former Southwest Conference foes on Saturday, Feb. 24. The first of two Saturday-Monday turnarounds takes
Baylor up I-35 to close the season series with TCU on Feb. 26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">A critical final week of the season begins with Kansas at Foster Pavilion on Saturday, March 2, followed by the Texas Longhorns’ final Big 12 game in Waco on Monday, March 4.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The final road trip of the regular season has the Bears in Lubbock for a Saturday, March 9 tilt with Texas Tech.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Big 12 Championship will be held March 13-16 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Fans interested in tickets for the upcoming Baylor men’s basketball season can fill out the Baylor Ticket Interest Form</span><a href="https://app.baylorbears.com/BUMBBTix"><span style="background:white"> here</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">. Those
interested in putting their name on season-ticket waitlist can do so </span><a href="https://app.baylorbears.com/MBBWait"><span style="background:white">here.</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Nov. 7 vs. Auburn<sup>1</sup> Sioux Falls, S.D. TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sunday, Nov. 12 GARDNER-WEBB Waco, Texas ESPN+ 4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Nov. 14 UMKC Waco, Texas ESPN+ TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday, Nov. 22 vs. Oregon State<sup>2</sup> Brooklyn, N.Y. ESPN2 6 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Friday, Nov. 24 vs. Florida -or- Pitt<sup>2</sup> Brooklyn, N.Y. TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Nov. 28 NICHOLLS Waco, Texas ESPN+ 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Dec. 2 NORTHWESTERN STATE Waco, Texas ESPN+ 5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Dec. 5 SETON HALL<sup>3</sup> Waco, Texas ESPN2 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Dec. 16 vs. Michigan State<sup>4</sup> Detroit, Mich. FOX TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday, Dec. 20 vs. Duke<sup>5</sup> New York, N.Y. TBD TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Friday, Dec. 22 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Waco, Texas ESPN+ 6 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Jan. 2 CORNELL Waco, Texas ESPN+ 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 6 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. ESPN+ 2 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Jan. 9 BYU* Waco, Texas ESPN+ 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 13 CINCINNATI* Waco, Texas ESPN2 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Jan. 16 at Kansas State* Manhattan, Kan. ESPN+ 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 20 at Texas* Austin, Texas ESPN/2/U TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Jan. 27 TCU* Waco, Texas ESPN2 3 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday, Jan. 31 at UCF* Orlando, Fla. ESPN+ 6 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 3 IOWA STATE* Waco, Texas ESPN2 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Feb. 6 TEXAS TECH* Waco, Texas ESPN2 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 10 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. ESPN 5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Feb. 13 OKLAHOMA* Waco, Texas ESPN2/U 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 17 at West Virginia* Morgantown W.Va. ESPN2 5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, Feb. 20 at BYU* Provo, Utah ESPN2/U 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, Feb. 24 HOUSTON* Waco, Texas CBS 11 am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Monday, Feb. 26 at TCU* Fort Worth, Texas ESPN 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, March 2 KANSAS* Waco, Texas ESPN 11 am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Monday, March 4 TEXAS* Waco, Texas ESPN 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, March 9 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas ESPN2 5 pm
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 13-16 Big 12 Championship<sup>6</sup> Kansas City, Mo. ESPN/2/U TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1 – Sioux Falls, S.D. (Sanford Pentagon)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2 – NIT Season tip off; Brooklyn, NY (Barclays Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">3 – Big East-Big 12 Battle; Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">4 – Little Caesars Arena; Detroit, Mich. (Little Ceasars Arena)
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">5 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">6 – Big 12 Championship; Kansas City, Mo. (T-Mobile Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i></a><i><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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