BAYLOR BASKETBALL EARNS NCAA NO. 1 SEED, WILL FACE HARTFORD IN FIRST ROUND (SOUTH REGION)

Sun Mar 14 19:38:29 CDT 2021

The following are to be determined and will be announced ASAP:

  *   Media schedule (we will do another virtual media availability no later than Tuesday)
  *   Indianapolis arrival time
  *   First/Second Round site
  *   Tip time (first-round game date is set for Friday, March 19)
  *   TV Network

BAYLOR BASKETBALL EARNS NCAA NO. 1 SEED, WILL FACE HARTFORD IN FIRST ROUND (SOUTH REGION)
Bears will make ninth NCAA Tournament appearance under head coach Scott Drew

***NCAA Credential Application (Baylor Media):
https://clients.sportssystems.com/clients/ncaa/2021/men/teammedia-open.htm - opens at 6:30 p.m. CT Sunday and deadline is 4 p.m. CT Monday***

AUDIO/VIDEO FILES OF POST-SELECTION SHOW MEDIA AVAILABILITY CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE: http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB
ATTACHED: BU logo, roster, stats package
BELOW: Quick Facts & NCAA Notes
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INDIANA INFO
Venue: TBA
First-Round Game Date: Friday, March 19
Tip-Off Time: TBA
CBS/Turner Sports Crew: TBA
Westwood One Radio Crew: TBA

BAYLOR QUICK FACTS

GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Waco, Texas
Founded: 1845, by the Republic of Texas
Enrollment: 19,297
President: Dr. Linda A. Livingstone
Athletic Director: Mack Rhoades
Faculty Representative: Dr. Carson Mencken
Sport Administrator: Dawn Rogers
Conference: Big 12
Nickname: Bears
Colors: Green (PMS 3435 C) and Gold (PMS 1235 C)
Arena (capacity): Ferrell Center (10,284)

BASKETBALL HISTORY
First Season: 1906-07
All-Time Record: 1,401-1,380 (.504)
Overall Postseason Record: 24-19 (.558)
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 (1946, 1948, 1950, 1988, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
NCAA Tournament Record: 14-14 (.500)
Final Four Appearances: 2 (1948, 1950)
Last NCAA Appearance: 2019 (def. No. 8 Syracuse in First Round, lost to No. 1 Gonzaga in Second Round [Salt Lake City])
NIT Appearances: 6
NIT Record: 10-5
Last NIT Appearance: 2018 (lost to Mississippi State in Second Round)
Regular Season Conference Championships: 5 (1932, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950)

BASKETBALL STAFF
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler ‘93)
            Record at Baylor: 364-215 (18 years)
            Career Record: 384-226 (19 years)
Associate Head Coach:
            Jerome Tang (Charter Oak State ‘07) – 18th season at Baylor
Assistant Coaches:
            Alvin Brooks III (Idaho State ’02) – 5th season at Baylor
            John Jakus (Trinity International ’99) – 4th season at Baylor
Special Assistant & Director of Player Development: Jared Nuness
Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Bill Peterson
Director of Basketball Operations: Aditya Malhotra
Director of Video Operations: Ty Beard
Strength & Conditioning: Charlie Melton
Athletic Trainer: Dave Snyder

TEAM INFORMATION
2020-21 Overall Record: 22-2
2020-21 Big 12 Record / Finish: 13-1 / 1st
Top-25 Ranking: 2nd AP / 2nd USA Today
Roster Breakdown: 3 Sr. / 4 Jr. / 3 So. / 4 Fr.
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 7/2
Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1

MEDIA INFORMATION
David Kaye, Assistant AD for Communications  (basketball contact)
            254-709-5147 - cell
            david_kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:david_kaye at baylor.edu> – email
            @davidkaye9 - twitter
VIDEO [Baylor Athletics Creative Services]
Baylor Vision Contact: Justin Hoff, 254-709-6473 cell
RADIO [Baylor Sports Network from Learfield IMG College]
Assistant AD/Broadcasting (radio contact):
            John Morris, 254-709-9687 cell (also PxP)
            Color Analyst: Pat Nunley
NEWSPAPER
Local Beat Writer (Waco Tribune-Herald): John Werner, 254-757-5716

BAYLOR NCAA NOTES:
• Baylor is 14-14 in 12 previous NCAA Championships trips, including an 11-8 record in the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor is appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in the last seven tournaments.
• Baylor is appearing in the NCAA postseason for a school-record ninth consecutive time (7 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• Baylor is making its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in the modern tournament era. BU’s first three NCAA Tournament appearances in 1946, 1948 and 1950 were in an eight-team bracket.
• Baylor is 34-21 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last 13 seasons.
• Baylor has played in two Final Fours (1948 and 1950) — when it was an eight-team bracket — and one national championship game (lost to Kentucky in 1948 title game).
• Baylor has played half of its 22 games against seven different NCAA Tournament teams (all top-8 seeds) this season.
• BU is 9-2 against the 2021 NCAA Tournament field – No. 1 Illinois (1-0), No. 3 Kansas (1-1), No. 3 Texas (1-0), No. 3 West Virginia (1-0), No. 4 Oklahoma State (2-1), No. 6 Texas Tech (2-0) and No. 8 Oklahoma (1-0).
• Baylor and Hartford will be meeting for the 3rd time, and Baylor is 2-0 in the series. The Bears won 74-59 on Dec. 22, 2008 and 71-69 on Nov. 15, 2009, both games in Waco.
• If the Bears advance to the second round, they will either play North Carolina for the first time or Wisconsin for the third time.
• Baylor is 1-1 all-time vs. Wisconsin – a 69-52 loss in Anaheim in the 2014 Sweet 16 and a 70-65 win in the 2017 Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City.
• Both of Baylor’s losses this season came against 2021 NCAA Tournament teams – on the road at No. 3 Kansas and neutral against No. 4 Oklahoma State.
• Four members of this year’s Baylor team played in two games for the Bears during the 2019 NCAA Tournament – Jared Butler, Matthew Mayer, Flo Thamba and Mark Vital.
• Baylor head coach Scott Drew has connections to the head coaches of three additional NCAA Tournament teams – Grand Canyon head coach Bryce Drew is Scott’s younger brother, Oral Roberts head coach Paul Mills was an assistant on Drew’s staff throughout Drew’s first 14 seasons at Baylor (2004-17) and North Texas head coach Grant McCasland was on Drew’s Baylor staff for five seasons (2012-16).

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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