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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">No. 6 CLEMSON TIGERS (25-11, 11-9 ACC)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Clemson, S.C.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Patriot<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Matt Langel (Penn, 2000)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">14/13 BAYLOR </span></strong>(24-10, 11-7 Big 12)<br>
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<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Dedes</span><i>(pxp), Jim Spanarkel (analyst), Jon Rothstein (reporter)</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">No. 3 BAYLOR BEARS (23-10, 11-7 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<p><b>Story lines</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• No. 3 seed Baylor takes on No. 6 seed Clemson in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at 5:10 p.m. on TNT.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 5-3 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament under <b>Scott</b> <b>Drew.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are the only team in the country to be a No. 3 seed or higher in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The No. 9 overall seed this season, BU is the only school in the country to be a top-10 overall seed in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments. No other school has been better than a 14 in that span.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears joined Gonzaga, Houston and Kansas as one of four teams to win at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of the last five tournaments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are coming off a dominating performance in the opening round with a 92-67 win over Colgate. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• In addition to BU's 92 points being a program-best in the NCAA Tournament, the 25-point win was BU's third-largest in NCAA Tournament history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor's 16 made three-pointers tied a program NCAA Tournament record.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Jalen Bridges </b>had a game-high 23 points to lead the Bears, his second-straight game of 20+ points and his fifth of the season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The senior's five made three-pointers ranked as the second-most in an NCAA Tournament game in program history, and the most since
<b>King McClure</b> had five against USC on March 19, 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Ja'Kobe Walter</b> poured in 19 points, his highest scoring output since he had 23 against Houston on 2/24. It was the most points in a Baylor
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">NCAAT</span> debut since <b>Macio Teague</b> had 22 against Hartford (3/19/21).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in the last 10 tournaments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 1 of 9 teams to appear in nine of the last 10 tournaments, joining Duke,
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Gonzaga</span>, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina, Purdue, and Virginia.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are 23-16 in 15 NCAA Championship appearances and 20-10 under <b>Drew.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 44-27 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last 16 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 10-7 all-time when playing as a No. 3 seed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are top-10 in the nation in 3-point FG% (39.4), rank fifth in nation in offensive efficiency (123.1) and finished second in the Big 12 in points per game (80.5).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor finished the season with the No. 1 strength of schedule and faced the best defenses in the nation according to KenPom.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are aiming for a seventh 25-win season in the <b>Drew</b> Era, and the fourth in the last five years. In the 103 years prior to
<b>Drew's</b> arrival, the Bears reached the 25-win plateau just once (1945-46).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is the only Big 12 team to win 11+ conference games in each of the last five seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 12-5 in its last 17 games against AP top-10 teams.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 1 of 4 programs ranked No. 1 nationally in four of the last eight seasons (<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Gonzaga</span>, Duke and Kansas).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU is 128-34 over the last five seasons, the nation's best winning percentage among Power-6 teams in that span (.790%).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are the only team in the nation with six active players averaging double-digit points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor has now been ranked in the top-10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just five programs (Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Gonzaga</span>) to accomplish that feat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor had five players garner All-Big 12 honors (tied for second-most), headlined by Big 12 Freshman of the Year
<span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Ja'Kobe</b></span><b> Walter.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• <b>Walter </b>gave BU The preseason and postseason Freshman of the Year for the second-straight season
<b>(Keyonte George)</b>, joining Oklahoma State as the only Big 12 school to accomplish that in back-to-back seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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