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<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (16-10, 8-7 Big 12) vs.<b> COLORADO </b>(10-16, 1-14 Big 12)<br>
<b>Feb. 22, 2025 • 3:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Boulder, Colo. • CU Events Center </b>(11,064) <br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b><i> Pete Sousa (pxp), Jess Settles (analyst)</i><br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b> John Morris<i> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">COLORADO BUFFALOS (10-16, 1-14 Big 12)</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Boulder, Colo.<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation: </b>Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Tad Boyle (Kansas, 1985)<br>
<a href="https://cubuffs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster"><span style="color:blue">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://cubuffs.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25"><span style="color:blue">Stats</span></a> | <a href="file:///documents/2025/2/21/CU_Game_Notes_Baylor.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Story lines</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor heads west for a 3 p.m. CT tip on ESPN+ in its first trip to Boulder since 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears have won six of the last nine meetings between these two teams, including the last one in at the 2013 Tip-off classic in Dallas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• In the last meeting,<b> Kenny Chery
</b>led the Bears with 13 points in his Baylor debut as the defending NIT champion Bears took down their former Big 12 Rivals at the American Airlines Center 72-60<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• In the last meeting in Boulder in 2010, The Buffs snapped Baylor's nine-game winning streak despite 23 points from
<b>LaceDarius Dunn</b> and 13 points from current assistant <b>Tweety Carter </b>
but The Bears would go on to make their first Elite Eight in the modern tournament era<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears are 2-2 in the Mountain Time Zone this season <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Last time out, BU fell to No. 19 Arizona 74-67, suffering its first regular-season sweep by a Big-12 opponent since 2022-2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•<b> VJ Edgecombe</b> led the Bears with 24 points, his fifth 20-point game of the season and his 10th game of 15-plus points in Big 12 Play<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Edgecombe</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> ranks fourth in the Big 12, averaging 17.4 points per game in conference play and with
15.0 points per game, he is on pace to tie for the fourth-best scoring average by a freshman in BU history<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•
<b>Norchad Omier </b>recorded his 14th double-double of the season against Arizona with 15 points and 11 rebounds and leads all active players with 82 career double doubles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•<b> Omier</b> is tied with
<b>William Chatmon</b>, <b>Cory Jefferson</b> and <b>Johnathan Motley </b>for the sixth-most double-doubles in a season in Baylor history<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•
<b>Omier's</b> 1,582 career rebounds are 17th-most in NCAA history and he is 20 rebounds away from tying Elvin Hayes for 15th all-time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">•
<b>Robert Wright</b> is on the verge of making some BU history of his own, needing just two assist to break the freshman assist record, set by
<b>John Lucas III </b>(120) in 2001-02<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• BU is 32-19 in Big 12 Road games since 2019-20, The best mark in the league in that span<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has 8+ Big 12 wins for a 14th-straight season after winning 8+game just 3 times in the league's first 15 years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has 72 conference wins over the last six seasons, second only to Kansas' 74, the next closest team in that span is Texas Tech with 57<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• BU is 170-105 in Big 12 play in 15 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears have lost 29 games and counting due to injuries this season:
<b>Langston Love</b> (14), <b>Jeremy Roach</b> (6), <b>Jalen Celestine</b> (4) <b>
VJ Edgecombe</b> (2) and <b>Josh Ojianwuna</b> (3) (Out for the season)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Of the 1,065 minutes of game time this season, Baylor has had it's full complement of rotation players for just 189:56 (17.8%) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Averaging 15.0 and 12.3 points per game for the season,
<b>Edgecombe</b> and <b>Wright</b> are looking to become the first BU freshmen to average 13.0+ points per game in the same year since
<b>Lawrence Roberts</b> and <b>John Lucas III</b> averaged 16.6 and 13.2 in 2001-02<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Shooting .748 from the line, The Bears are on pace for their best year at the charity stripe since 2004-05 (.750)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• Nine of Baylor's 10 losses have come against teams that have been ranked in the top-10 at some point this season, while Gonzaga, Tennessee, UConn,
Iowa State and Houston have been ranked in the top 4. nine of their 10 losses are Quad-1 losses <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">• According to KenPom, BU enters the week with the fourth-toughest schedule in the country and the toughest in the Big 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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