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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">RV/RV BAYLOR BEARS (10-4, 2-1 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">RV/RV BAYLOR </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">(10-4, 2-1 Big 12) vs.<b> ARIZONA STATE</b> (10-4, 1-2 Big 12)<b> </b><br>
<b>Jan. 11, <span class="GramE">2024</span> • 8:30 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Tempe, Ariz. • Desert Financial Arena </b>(14,198) <br>
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<b>WATCH:</b> ESPN+<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b><i> Chuckie Kempf</i> <i>(<span class="SpellE">pxp</span>), Corey Williams (analyst)</i><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Arizona State Sun Devils (10-4, 1-2 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Tempe, Ariz.<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: Bobby Hurley </b>(Duke, 1993)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Story lines</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• No. RV/RV Baylor heads to Arizona State in search of its first road win since Feb. 26,
<span class="GramE">2024</span> when they take on the Sun Devils on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor holds a 6-2 series edge including a 5-0 mark in the
<b>Scott Drew</b> Era</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The last meeting came in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in November of 2021,
<span class="SpellE">en</span> route <span class="GramE">to one</span> of seven regular-season tournament titles under<b> Drew</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears used a 22-8 run to close the first half against the Sun Devils to polish off a 75-63 BU win behind a team-high 15 points from
<b>LJ Cryer</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• On its road swing through Arizona, Baylor is trying to remain perfect against ASU and Arizona in the Drew Era (7-0) entering Saturday</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• According to KenPom, BU has played the seventh-hardest schedule in the Power-5</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor is 30-15 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• BU is 165-100 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor is one of five programs to be ranked inside the
<span class="GramE">top-10</span> in each of the last six seasons</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Last time out The Bears held Cincinnati to 48 points in a 68-48 win at Foster Pavilion, running Baylor's home win streak to 10 games, the third-longest active streak in the Big 12 and BU's longest since a 12-game stretch from
Jan. 2022 to Jan. 2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• 48 points were Baylor's fewest allowed against a Big 12 opponent since holding Texas to 45 on Feb. 10, 2020</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor is the only team in the Big 12 with 11+ conference wins in a Power conference in 5-straight seasons</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears lead the conference and rank 15th nationally with 14.7 offensive rebounds per game </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Sitting at +4.2 BU is third in the Big 12 and 14th in the Power-5 in turnover margin</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Baylor is one of three Big 12 teams with 5+ players averaging double figures (ISU (6), BYU (5))</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <b>Scott Drew </b>secured his 450th win at Baylor and the 470th of his career overall earlier this month against ACU, and now sits just 11 wins shy of 200-career Big 12 wins</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <b>Drew</b> is one of just seven active coaches with at least 450 wins at their current institution (Mark Few, Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Greg Kampe, Randy Bennett, Matt Painter)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• One of six active coaches who have won a national title,
<b>Drew </b>will see four of the five other coaches as a part of its regular season schedule.
<b>Drew</b> has wins against John Calipari & Rick Pitino, with his only loss coming to Dan Hurley in Dec.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Hailing from basketball families, the Drews are the second winningest father-son combination in NCAA history, compiling 1,383 wins between Scott,
<span class="GramE">Bryce</span> and Homer, trailing only the Iba family (1,624) for the most by a family in NCAA history.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears are led by Miami transfer, <span class="SpellE">
<b>Norchad</b></span><b> <span class="SpellE">Omier</span></b>, The NCAA's active leader in career rebounds (1,466), double-doubles (76) and rebound average (10.9), while sitting 10th in career points (2,043)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The senior is just 34 rebounds from becoming the 14th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">• <span class="SpellE">Omier</span> is tied for 14th in NCAA history with 76 career double-doubles, with two more, he will tie three players including Lou Alcindor (<b>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)</b> for the 11th-most in NCAA history</span></p>
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