No. 15/14 Baylor MBB Set to Host No. 9/7 Kansas for Saturday Showdown

Fri Mar 1 11:06:33 CST 2024

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9/7 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (21-7, 9-6 Big 12)
Location: Lawrence, Kan
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Bill Self (Ok. State, 1985)
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9/7 KANSAS (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) vs. 15/14 BAYLOR (20-8, 9-6 Big 12)
March 2, 2024 • 12:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion (7,500)

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11/11 BAYLOR BEARS (19-7, 8-5 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
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Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)
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Story lines

• No. 15/14 BU plays host to No. 7/9 Kansas at 12pm Saturday on ABC, in the first-ever meeting between the two teams at Foster Pavilion, with fans being asked to wear white for a "whiteout".

• Baylor enters fourth in the nation in 3-point FG% (39.7), fifth in offensive efficiency (122.9), while ranking second in the Big 12 in points per game (81.6).

• The Bears are the only team in the country with six players averaging double-digit points.

• The Bears have now eclipsed the 20-win mark for the sixth-straight season and the 15th in the last 17 seasons, after having just three 20-win seasons in the 97 seasons prior to Scott Drew's arrival.

• BU and KU are the only two power-conference schools with 20+ wins in each of the last six seasons, playing in a power conference.

• BU is looking for double-digit Big 12 wins for the sixth-straight season, and the 11th time in the Drew Era, after winning double-digit conference games just eight times prior to that.

• Baylor and Kansas are two of the three teams to be a 3-seed or higher in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments.

• The Bears and Jayhawks are two of just four teams to win a game in four-straight NCAA Tournaments.

• BU and KU are two of the four programs that have been ranked in the top-10 for five-straight years.

• The Bears were the No. 10 overall seed in the initial Top-16 committee ranking, joining Kansas as the only teams to be in the initial top-16 for five-straight years.

• Baylor is a nations-best 31-15 against ranked teams over the last five seasons.

• Baylor is 12-5 in its last 17 games vs. AP top-10 teams.

• BU's 124-32 record since 2019-20 is the second best among Power Six teams in that span (Kansas is 1st 132-33).

• Baylor's 314 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (353).

• The Bears and Jayhawks have split the season series in four-straight and five of the last six seasons

• BU and KU are 2-2 in the last four meetings and 4-5 in the last nine meetings.

• These two programs are responsible for the last four Big 12 Championships.

• Baylor has played four overtime games in 2023-24, its most since playing four overtimes in 1970-71.

• Ja'Kobe Walter averages a team-leading 14.8 points per game, most among Big 12 freshmen, followed by RayJ Dennis' 13.3 points per game, and is averaging a Big 12-best 37.7 minutes per game in conference play.

• With three more assists, Dennis will catch current Director of Player Development, Tweety Carter, for the seventh-most assists in a single-season in program history.

• Dennis leads the conference and ranks eighth in the nation in assists per game (6.6). The senior transfer has now ranks t-8th for most assists in a single season in program history (185).

• Langston Love is averaging 11.1 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among players with no starts.

• BU has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.

• In the six games since Love suffered his injury, Jalen Bridges and Jayden Nunn have picked up the slack, each averaging 13.3 points per game, while Bridges has a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game in that same span.

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