Third-Seeded Bears Set to Open NCAA Tournament Run vs. No. 14 UCSB

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No. 14 UCSB (27-7, 15-5) vs. No. 3 BAYLOR (22-10, 11-7)
March 17, 2023 • 12:30 p.m. CT
Denver, Colo. • Ball Arena (21,000)

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• No. 3 seed Baylor takes on No. 14 seed UC Santa Barbara on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on TNT at 11:30 a.m. MT.

• BU is appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in the last nine tournaments.

• The Bears are 21-15 in 14 NCAA Championship appearances and 18-9 under Scott Drew.

• Drew is one of two active coaches to have won an NCAA Title and an NIT Title (John Calipari). He is the only active coach to have won both at the same school.

• Baylor is one of just four teams to be a three-seed or higher in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments.

• BU is 8-5 all time when playing as a No. 3 seed.

• The Bears are appearing in the NCAA postseason for a school-record 11th-consecutive time (9 NCAA, 2 NIT).

• Baylor is 41-24 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last 15 seasons.

• BU and UCSB will be meeting for the third time, and Baylor is 1-1 in the series. The Bears won 78-75 in Santa Barbara on Dec. 11, 1965 and lost 95-68 in Santa Barbara on Dec. 5, 1970.

• The Bears played 18 of 32 (.563%) games this season against teams in the NCAA Tournament field.

• Baylor is 8-10 against the 2023 NCAA Tournament field – No. 1 seed Kansas (1-1), No. 2 seed Marquette (0-1), No. 2 seed UCLA (1-0), No. 2 seed Texas (1-1), No. 3 seed Gonzaga (1-0), No. 3 seed Kansas Stats (0-2), No. 4 seed Virginia (0-1), No. 6 Seed Iowa State (0-3), No. 6 seed TCU (1-1), No. 8 seed Arkansas (1-0), No. 9 seed West Virginia (2-0).

• BU is 7-4 (4-straight wins) in opening-round games in the modern-tournament era.

• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams to appear in eight of the last nine tournaments, joining Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina, Purdue, Villanova and Virginia.

• BU has won 17 of its last 18 neutral-site games against non-conference opponents (only loss in that span was vs. Virginia 11/18/22).

• All nine of BU's losses have come against teams currently ranked in the top 30 of the latest NCAA Net rankings.

• The Bears are 13-3 in the last 16 games against AP Top-10 teams, beating Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6, 8, 5, 8, 9 and 8.

• Baylor's Adam Flagler (First Team), Keyonte George (Second, All-Freshman and All-Newcomer Teams) and LJ Cryer (Third Team) were named All-Big 12 selections by league's coaches.

• Twelve of Baylor's 13 starting point guards during the Drew era have earned All-Big 12 recognition.

• Flagler is one of two Big 12 shooting guards on a five-man list of finalists for the Jerry West Award (nation's top shooting guard).

• Additionally, George was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, BU's first since Quincy Miller in 2012.

• With 490 points, George is just 19 points from Baylor's freshman record of 509 held by Aaron Bruce.

• In the Big 12 Tournament, George set Baylor's freshman record for made-threes in a season (76).

• BU is the only Power-Six team to have a guard trio each averaging more than 14.5 points per game.

• BU's 11 quad-one wins are the fourth-most in the nation.

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