Media Advisory: Baylor's Kim Mulkey set to become fastest NCAA Division I coach, man or woman, to 600 victories.

Mon Feb 17 10:46:36 CST 2020

Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey reached 599 career wins with 100 losses after Saturday’s win at Oklahoma State. That sets the stage for Tuesday in Lubbock where Mulkey could become the fastest NCAA Division I head coach, man or woman, to achieve 600 wins vs. Texas Tech. While not a complete list, the 20th year head coach for Baylor would beat Adolph Rupp (704 games), Geno Auriemma (716), Jerry Tarkanian (720), Pat Summitt (734), Roy Williams (739), John Wooden (755) and Dean Smith (773) to the punch. Were Baylor to fall to Texas Tech, the Lady Bears would need pull out just one win in the following three games for Mulkey to still achieve the feat. In addition to reaching the milestone in the fewest amount of games, Mulkey would also reach 600 in her 20th season, two seasons faster than the next coach on the list, Auriemma, who achieved 600 in his 22nd season at UConn.

BAYLOR AT TEXAS TECH, TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 7 PM, LUBBOCK, TEXAS
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Fastest to 600 Wins
Name, School(s)                                             Games Wins    Losses  Pct.      Year     Season
KIM MULKEY, BAYLOR                                   700      600      100      .857     20th      2020
Adolph Rupp, Kentucky                                704      600      104      .852     28th      1959
Gary Fifield, SMU                                            711      600      111      .844     24th      2012
Geno Auriemma, UConn                               716      600      116      .838     22nd     2006
Jerry Tarkanian, Long Beach St. &UNLV         720      600      120      .833     24th      1992
Gene Roebuck, North Dakota                         728      600      128      .824     24th      2011
Pat Summitt, Tennessee                                734      600      134      .817     23rd      1996
Roy Williams, Kansas & North Carolina       739      600      139      .812     22nd     2010
Jody Conradt, Texas                                        746      600      146      .804     24th      1992
Amy Ruley, North Dakota State                      755      600      155      .795     25th      2004
John Wooden, Indiana St. & UCLA                755      600      155      .795     27th      1973
Tar VanDerveer, Stanford                             755      600      167      .782     25th      2004
Joe Foley, Little Rock                                      770      600      170      .779     24th      2011
Robin Selvig, Montana                                    771      600      171      .778     26th      2004
Dean Smith, North Carolina                          773      600      173      .776     26th      1987

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#2/2 BAYLOR (23-1, 12-0) at TEXAS TECH (15-8, 4-8)
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MULKEY SET FOR HISTORIC MILESTONE WITH NEXT VICTORY
     Saturday's road win over Oklahoma State put Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464> at 599 career wins with 100 losses. That sets the stage for Tuesday in Lubbock where Mulkey could become the fastest NCAA Division I head coach, man or woman, to achieve 600 wins. While not a complete list, the 20th year head coach for Baylor would beat Adolph Rupp (704 games), Geno Auriemma (716), Jerry Tarkanian (720), Pat Summitt (734), Roy Williams (739), John Wooden (755) and Dean Smith (773) to the punch. Were Baylor to fall to Texas Tech, the Lady Bears would need pull out just one win in the following three games for Mulkey to still achieve the feat. In addition to reaching the milestone in the fewest amount of games, Mulkey would also reach 600 in her 20th season, two seasons faster than the next coach on the list, Auriemma, who achieved 600 in his 22nd season at UConn.

MULKEY NAMED A NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME FINALIST FOR THE SECOND TIME
     Friday, Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464> learned that she was a finalist in the coach category for the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class. Mulkey was also a finalist in 2018 in the coach category, and she was also nominated as a player. Mulkey joined Rudy Tomjanovich, Barbara Stevens, Tamika Catchings, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Eddie Sutton as the eight finalists this year. A finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the committee to be inducted into the 2020 class, which will be announced April 4 at 10 a.m. on ESPN from the NCAA Men's Final Four in Atlanta. Enshrinement festivities will take place in Springfield, Mo., Aug. 28-30.

BIG 12 STREAKS ON THE LINE FOR THE LADY BEARS IN LUBBOCK
     With Mulkey's 600th win as motivation enough for the Lady Bears to continue their winning ways vs. Texas Tech Tuesday, Baylor will also look to extend their Big 12 regular season win streak and conference road-win streak. Baylor will be gunning for its 54th-straight Big 12 win in the regular season, which would be the seventh-best such streak in NCAA history. The Lady Bears will also shoot for their 43rd-straight road win in the regular season vs. a conference opponent, which would extend a school & Big 12 record while remaining the third-best such streak in NCAA history.

THREE LADY BEARS NAMED FINALISTS FOR WBCA 'STARTING FIVE' AWARDS
     Te'a Cooper<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9541>, Lauren Cox<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9530> and Queen Egbo<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9532> have all be selected as finalists in their respective positions for the Naismith Hall of Fame/WBCA Starting Five Awards. Cooper was named a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award that honors the nation's top point guard Monday, for the third-straight year Cox was named a finalist for the Katrina McClain Award for nation's top power forward Thursday, and Egbo earned a spot on Friday's Lisa Leslie Award top 10 for the nation's top center.
     All three awards named 10 finalists this week and will narrow the list to the "Final Five" in March.

NCAA SELECTION COMMITTEE PUTS LADY BEARS AS NO. 2 OVERALL SEED, NO. 1 IN DALLAS REGIONAL
     Feb. 3, at halftime of the UConn vs. Oregon game on ESPN2, the NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Committee had its first reveal of the Top-16 teams. The committee picked South Carolina as the No. 1 overall seed and Baylor as the No. 2 overall seed. Joining SC and BU as No. 1 seeds were Louisville and Oregon with South Carolina headed to the Greenville regional, Baylor to the Dallas regional, Oregon to the Portland regional and Louisville to the Fort Wayne Regional.
     South Carolina lost to No. 17 Indiana for its only loss of the season Nov. 29 while Baylor's only loss came to the No. 5-ranked Gamecocks Nov. 30 without Lauren Cox<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9530>.
     The committee will reveal its updated Top 16 March 2 at halftime of the South Florida vs. UConn game on ESPN2, which tips at 7 p.m. ET. Then, the NCAA Committee will have the entire bracket on the ESPN Selection Show at 7 p.m. ET, March 16.

50/50 – BAYLOR'S MAGIC NUMBER OFFENSIVELY & DEFENSIVELY
     Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464> coached teams at Baylor 233-1 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field, while just 16 times in 19-plus seasons has an opponent shot 50 percent or better against the Lady Bears defense. Baylor's only loss when shooting 50 percent or better came vs. Mississippi State in the 2017 Elite 8.

COX NABS THREE MORE LATE-SEASON HONORS; SMITH JOINS HER ON NAISMITH MIDSEASON TEAM
     Lauren Cox<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9530> was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, named to the late-season watch list for the John Wooden Award, and the midseason watch list for the Naismith Trophy along with sophomore NaLyssa Smith<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9537>. The Senior CLASS Award narrowed its list of candidates to 10 women's players who exemplify excellence in competition, in the classroom, and in the community. The Wooden Award honors the top player in college basketball, and Cox was the only Big 12 representative out of 20 players. Smith & Cox are on the Naismith midseason watch list, which consists of 20 players, including Iowa State guard Ashley Joens.

COX & RICHARDS NAMED AS 15 FINALISTS FOR NAISMITH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
     Lauren Cox<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9530> is the 2-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, and DiDi Richards'<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9535> reputation for her on-ball defense earned her First-Team All-Big 12 honors last year. This year, those performances have carried over to national recognition as the pair made the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Midseason Team, which includes just 15 players.
     Cox has missed time due to injury, but is still averaging 3.0 blocks and 1.1 steals per game while opponent's offensive scouting reports are scrambled when they face the Cox-led Lady Bears. Richards' steal numbers are up to 2.1 per game, she's added 15 blocks this season and still draws assignments for each opponent's top perimeter player throughout the season.

LADY BEARS RANK NO. 1 IN THE NATION IN THREE STATISTICAL CATEGORIES
     The 23-1 Lady Bears rank in the top 10 nationally in 16 categories through games played through Feb. 16. Baylor ranks No. 1 in the nation in three categories: Field Goal Percentage Defense (.303), Scoring Margin (33.1), and 3-Point Field Goal Pct. (.407).
     In addition, Baylor ranks in the top five in 13 additional categories (full list on page 5).
     DiDi Richards<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9535> ranks 8th nationally in assists-to-turnover ratio (2.83:1) while also cracking the Top 25 in assists per game at 15th (5.5) and assists at 20th (133). Queen Egbo's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9532> .600 shooting percentage ranks 10th in the country and first in the Big 12 while NaLyssa Smith<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9537> ranks 16th and 2nd, respectively in that category with a. .585 shooting mark. Juicy Landrum's<https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9533> .453 3-point field goal percentage ranks 8th in the nation and first in the Big 12.

WRAPPING UP A NINE-YEAR RUN OF DOMINANCE FOR BAYLOR'S LADY BEARS
     Baylor closed 2019 with a 335-23 record between Jan. 2, 2010 and Dec. 30, 2019 for a .936 winning percentage. Last decade produced two national championships (2012, 2019), three Final Fours (2010, 2012, 2019), 10 Sweet 16s, 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, nine Big 12 regular season championships, and eight Big 12 Tournament titles. It also saw 11 players receive WBCA First-Team All-America honors, seven earned Associated Press All-Americans, eight were named USBWA First-Team All-Americans, Kim Mulkey<https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1464> earned seven different National Coach of the Year honors and six Big 12 Coach of the Year awards. Six players were named Big 12 Player of the Year and 22 players earned First-Team All-Big 12.

SCORING IS TOUGH VS. THE LADY BEARS
     Baylor ranked tops in the nation in 2018-19 in the following categories: Assists (850), Assists Per Game (22.4), Blocked Shots (274), Blocked Shots Per Game (7.2), Defensive Rebounds Per Game (32.0), Rebound Margin (+17.0), Rebounds (1,790), and won-lost percentage (97.4). But perhaps the most consistent category the Lady Bears led the nation in, was field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to a .318 clip. That marked the third-straight year to lead the nation in that category while also ranking in the top five in eight of the last nine years.

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Kyle Robarts | Associate Director, Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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