No. 16 Baylor MBB Faces Washington in Armed Forces Classic

Wed Nov 6 15:28:26 CST 2019

Complete game notes attached.

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16/18 BAYLOR BEARS (1-0)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=378> (Butler, 1993)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball> | Game Notes<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/11/6/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_19_20_02_vs_Washington.pdf>
BAYLOR (1-0) vs. WASHINGTON (0-0)
Nov. 8, 2019 • 8:30 p.m. CT
Anchorage, Alaska • Alaska Airlines Center (5,000)

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RV/RV WASHINGTON (0-0)
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Conference: Pac-12
Head Coach: Mike Hopkins (Syracuse, 1993)
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STORY LINES
• Baylor faces off against Washington in the 2019 Armed Forces Classic in Anchorage, Alaska.
• The Bears are 1-2 all-time against UW, but the teams haven't met since December 10, 1955.
• Baylor is 11-4 against Pac-12 teams during the Drew era (1-0 vs. Arizona, 4-0 vs. Arizona State, 2-1 vs. Colorado, 2-1 vs. Oregon, 1-0 vs. USC and 1-2 vs. Washington State).
• BU won its season-opener vs. UCA 105-61, draining 18 3-pointers, the 2nd-most in program history.
• Jared Butler had 30 points and made 8-of-12 treys vs. UCA, while MaCio Teague added 18 points and 10 rebounds in his BU debut, Devonte Bandoo added 15 points and Freddie Gillespie had 14.
• Baylor is coming off its 10th 20-win season in the last 12 years. The Bears were a No. 9 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where they knocked of Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
• The game will be televised by ESPN with Dan Shulman, Jay Biles and Seth Greenberg calling the action.
• BU is No. 16 in the Preseason AP Top 25, tied for the 2nd-best preseason ranking in program history.
• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (317-209).
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who started in their BU debuts after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
• BU returned 8 letterwinners from last season, including 5 players who made at least 7 starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillepsie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
• BU also returns sophomores Matthew Mayer and Flo Thamba and senior Obim Okeke.
• BU was picked 2nd in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, tying the highest in program history (2012-13). The Bears were picked 9th in last year's poll, but overcame a multitude of injuries to finish in 4th place.
• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak.
• Baylor's streak of 11 consecutive seasons ranked was snapped last season, but the Bears have now been ranked in 12 of 13 seasons since 2007-08. BU was ranked only twice prior to the Drew era.
• Baylor is 37-10 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 4 seasons since 2016-17.
• Drew is coaching his 527th game at Baylor (317-209). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .669 winning percentage since 2007-08 (283-140).
• Baylor is 46-4 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• Baylor has posted a combined 146-33 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 64-10 mark in November and December games since 2013.
• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 2 last year).
• BU has been top-25 nationally in adj. offensive efficiency in 7 of the last 8 seasons (No. 20 last year).
• Five of Baylor's 12 active players have used a redshirt year at Baylor, and the Bears have two more players sitting out this season as redshirts – Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
• Davion Mitchell takes over as Baylor's starting point guard replacing Makai Mason. Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards during the Drew era have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).

QUICK HITS
• BU is 41-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor is 12-23 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
• Baylor is 31-3 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (149-19).
• Baylor has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
• The Bears are one of 11 programs to win 18+ games in every year since 2008.
• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• BU is 89-20 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (20-5 last season).
• Baylor is 192-93 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 192 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (236).
• Baylor is 283-140 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 904 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic).

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is in his 17th season at Baylor and is the school's all-time wins leader (317).
• Baylor has had a nation-leading four players selected in the NBA Draft since 2010 who weren't ranked in the ESPN100 out of high school — Quincy Acy, Ekpe Udoh, Pierre Jackson and Taurean Prince
• Drew has graduated 49 players during his Baylor tenure, averaging more than 3 graduates per season.
• The Bears have advanced to postseason play in a school-record eight straight seasons (6 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• Baylor is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, including 3 regular-season tournament titles.
• Drew has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.

SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday is the fourth series meeting between Baylor and Washington, but the teams haven't met since 1955.
• UW leads the series 2-1, but the Bears won the only neutral-site meeting.
• BU won 64-62 when the teams met in the 1948 NCAA Western Regional in Kansas City on March 19, 1948.
• UW won 71-62 and 80-68 when the teams met on consecutive days in Seattle on Dec. 9-10, 1955.
• Baylor is 11-4 against Pac-12 teams during the Drew era, including wins in the last 4 meetings.

DREW's CREW VS. THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE
• Scott Drew has posted a 11-4 record against Pac-12 teams while at Baylor, including wins in each of the last 4 meetings. The Bears won both games against Pac-12 teams last year – 58-49 at Arizona and 57-47 vs. Oregon.
• Drew's 11-4 record includes games against 6 Pac-12 teams: Arizona (1-0), Arizona State (4-0), Colorado (2-1), Oregon (2-1), USC (1-0) and Washington State (1-2). BU is 4-1 in home games, 4-2 at neutral sites and 3-1 in road games.
• Baylor's wins were vs. No. 14 Arizona State (2008-09), at Washington State (2008-09), at Arizona State (2009-10), home vs. Arizona State (2010-11), vs. Colorado (2011-12), home vs. Arizona State (2012-13), vs. Colorado (2013-14), home vs. No. 4 Oregon (2016-17), vs. USC (2016-17), at Arizona (2018-19) and home vs. Oregon (2018-19).
• Baylor's losses against Pac-12 teams under Drew were at home vs. No. 6 Washington State (2007-08), vs. Washington State (2010-11), vs. Colorado (2012-13) and at No. 25 Oregon (2015-16).

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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