No. 17 MBB Readies for SEC/Big 12 Challenge Against Arkansas

Fri Jan 27 18:16:31 CST 2023

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17/17 BAYLOR BEARS (15-5, 5-3 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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ARKANSAS (16-4, 3-5) vs. 17/17 BAYLOR (15-5, 5-3)
Jan. 28, 2022 • 3:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • The Ferrell Center (10,284)

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ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (16-4, 3-5 SEC)
Location: Fayetteville, Ark.
Conference/Affiliation: SEC
Head Coach: Eric Musselman (San Diego — 1987)
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• No. 17 Baylor hosts former Southwest Conference rival Arkansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

• Baylor is a Big 12-best 12-4 in conference challenges, including a 7-2 mark in SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

• Baylor (7-2) has more SEC/Big 12 Challenge wins than any team in either league. (Florida 5-3, UK 5-4).

• Baylor's 7-2 SEC/Big 12 Challenge record includes wins vs. 7 different teams – Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama, Florida and Auburn.

• BU has won all four of its SEC/Big 12 Challenge meetings at the Ferrell Center.

• Baylor is 17-11 against the SEC during the Drew era, including 12-7 since 2012-13.

• Baylor has won the last two meetings in the series including the 2021 matchup in the Elite Eight.

• Saturday is the 145th series meeting, but just the fourth since Arkansas left the Southwest Conference in 1991.

• With a win over No. 9 Kansas on Monday, BU is now 12-1 in its last 13 games against AP Top-10 teams.

• In that time, BU has wins over Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6, 8, 5, 8 and 9.

• The Bears are 25-8 vs. AP top-25 teams over the last four years.

• 27 scouts from 18 NBA teams are credentialed for the Bears battle against the Razorbacks.

• Baylor is 49-5 in home games over the last four seasons.

• Baylor is 49-7 vs. unranked teams over the last three seasons.

• The Bears had a season-high 30 second-chance points against the Sooners (1/21), the most since they had 32 against Washington State on 12/23/2010.

• Baylor's 47-10 Big 12 record over the last four seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.

• BU is 161-92 in Big 12 play in 13 seasons since 2010 after going 59-149 in the league's first 13 seasons.

• After a one-week absence from the AP Top 25 earlier this month, the Bears are back in the top 25 and have now been ranked in 67 of the last 68 AP Polls.

• All five of BU's losses have come against teams currently ranked in the top 16 of the AP Top 25, and in the top 25 of the latest NCAA Net rankings.

• The Bears are the second best offense in the nation (best in the conference) according to Ken Pom (119.6 Adj. Efficiency rating), averaging 79.4 points per game.

• With a KenPom experience rating of 1.72, the Bears are the second-youngest team in the Big 12.

• BU has won 73-straight when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (last loss March 2, 2019 at K-State).

• Eleven of Baylor's 12 starting point guards during the Scott Drew era have earned All-Big 12 recognition.

• Baylor's starting point guard has earned All-Big 12 recognition in 17 of 18 seasons since 2004-05.

• Keyonte George's 16.9 points per game rank third among freshman in Division I.

• George Has eight 20-point games this season, the most by a BU freshman since Aaron Bruce (9) (2004-05).

• Baylor's starting guard trio of George, Adam Flagler and LJ Cryer ranks as the fourth-highest scoring back court trio in college basketball (47.2 ppg, second-best in the power five).

• Flagler, George and Cryer are all in the top-11 in the Big 12 in points per game, one of three schools to have multiple players and the only one to have three in the top-11.

• George's 32 points at West Virginia were the most by a BU freshman since LaceDarius Dunn's 38 at Texas Tech (3/8/08).

Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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