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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#1/1 BAYLOR BEARS (14-0, 2-0)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1625">Scott Drew</a></span></dfn> (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster">Roster</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats">Stats</a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/1/6/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_21_22_15_at_TCU.pdf?id=19877">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">TCU</span></b><span style="color:black"> (10-1, 0-0) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> #1/1 BAYLOR</span></strong> (14-0, 2-0)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">January 8, 2022 • 4:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fort Worth, Texas • Schollmaier Arena (6,800) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" target="_blank">Stat Broadcast</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Mark Neely<i> (pxp), Lance Blanks (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield/<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong>ESPN 1660 AM in Central Texas<br>
Talent: <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52">John Morris</a></span></dfn> (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIRIUS XM:</span></strong> Sirius 83, XM, 83, Internet 83<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TCU HORNED FROGS (10-1, 0-0)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Fort Worth, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Jamie Dixon<br>
(TCU, 1987)<br>
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<a href="https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>| <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/1/3/14_OU_MBB_Notes_Baylor_1_1_.pdf?id=19873">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:white">S</span>TORY LINES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• No. 1 Baylor heads to Fort Worth for a road game at TCU on Saturday at 4 pm CT on ESPN+.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Saturday is the 189th series meeting – BU leads 103-85, including a 42-43 mark in Fort Worth.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Scott Drew is coaching his 600th game at Baylor on Saturday (384-215 overall, 350-146 since 2008).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 14-4 against TCU as Big 12 rivals. The Bears won the first 11 Big 12 series meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 6-3 in games at TCU as Big 12 rivals, but TCU has won 3 of the last 4 meetings in Fort Worth.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor won 67-49 when the teams met in Fort Worth on Jan. 9 last season, but BU returns only 8 of its 67 points scored in that game. The rematch in Waco was canceled due to COVID protocols.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• In Tuesday's 10-point win vs. OU, Baylor had a 34-16 rebounding edge (19-0 in 2nd-chance points).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• With its 77-72 win at No. 8 Iowa State last Saturday, Baylor has now won 9-straight games against top-10 ranked teams, beating Nos. 5, 9, 6, 6, 10, 6, 1, 6 and 8, respectively. Baylor is the 6th team all-time to win 9-straight vs. top-10
teams, with Villanova (2016-18) the only other since 2000.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 15-3 in Big 12 road games over the last 3 seasons (rest of league is 61-103 in B12 road games).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has the nation's longest winning streak (20), with 9 at neutral sites, 2 on the road and all by 5+ points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• There have been four winning streaks of 20+ in the Big 12's 26-year history – 23 by Baylor in 2019-20, 22 by Kansas in 1997-98, 20 by Kansas in 2007-08 and the current 20-game Baylor streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 29-0 vs. unranked teams over the last 2 seasons (+25.1 avg margin) with all wins by 5+ points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 30-4 Big 12 conference record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been No. 1 ranked in 4 of the last 6 seasons (Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas are only others).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Saturday is Baylor's 21st all-time game as a No. 1-ranked team – BU is 18-2 while ranked No. 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 3 remaining undefeated teams (Baylor, Colorado State, USC). The Bears were the next-to-last undefeated team a season ago after starting 18-0 (Gonzaga started 31-0).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's bench has out-scored the opponents' bench in 11 of 14 games and by an average of 30-21.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is allowing only 6.1 second-chance points per game, while scoring 13.8 second-chance points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is averaging 11 more field goal attempts per game than its opponents (BU 65, OPP 54).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is top-20 nationally in scoring offense (12th) and defense (18th). No other team is top-30 in both.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor ranks top-15 nationally in scoring margin (2nd, +24.1), assists (7th, 18.6), turnovers forced (11th, 18.4), rebounding margin (11th, +10.3), steals (13th, 10.3), offensive rebounds (13th, 14.0), field goal percentage (13th, .493)
and turnover margin (14th, +5.6).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's defense has recorded 7+ steals and 13+ turnovers forced in all 14 games this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has 10+ offensive rebounds in 18-straight games, the nation's 2nd-longest streak (Bowling Green-19).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU's 46-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 is the nation's 3rd-longest behind Gonzaga and Villanova.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 38-straight weeks top-10 ranked (top-5 ranked in 35 of those).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has led by at least 4 points in all 74 games since the start of the 2019-20 season and built a double-digit lead in 65 of those games, including 41 of 44 games since the start of last season.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>QUICK HITS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 19-3 against ranked teams since beating No. 17 Villanova to win the 2019 Myrtle Beach Invite.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 384 career victories, including a 17-8 mark in NCAA Tournaments, which is the 7th-best mark among active coaches.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 42-2 record over the last two seasons is the nation's best, and the Bears' 68-6 record over the last three seasons is 2nd-best nationally, trailing only Gonzaga (73-5).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's streak of 18-straight wins by 8+ points was snapped in a 5-point win at Iowa State. BU was the first returning national champion to win its first 12 games by 8+ points since 1990-91 UNLV.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 36 straight non-conference games (+23.2 average margin) dating back to Nov. 2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU ranks 5th nationally in KenPom's offensive rebound pct (39.8), its 8th-straight year ranked top-10.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is playing its 293rd game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2,197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since January 2010, BU has been ranked in 277 of 414 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor and Kansas are the only Power-5 schools to win 18+ games every year since 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's streak of 9 consecutive postseasons is tied as the nation's 7th-longest active streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 20+ games in 12 of the last 14 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 88-5 when leading at halftime over the last 5 seasons (58-2 over last 3 seasons, 24-0 last season).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 91% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (205-21).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 68-4 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 3 seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 259-99 over the last 10+ seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 259 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (297).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 350-146 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Five of Baylor's players have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Two after transferring to BU (Flagler, Tchamwa Tchatchoua), one before transferring (Bonner) and two as freshmen — Turner and Langston Love.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Ten of Baylor's 11 starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (16 of last 17 seasons).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 1 of 10 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (7 NCAAs, 2 NITs).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has the nation's 9th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 976 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 30 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 7-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 1-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, Baylor is 11-2 in conference challenges.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 8 tournament titles under Drew – 2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 & 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic, 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational and 2021 NCAA Championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BEARS MAKING BIG 12 HISTORY<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• In the last three seasons, Baylor has recorded the longest winning streak in the Big 12 Conference's 26-year history (23 in 2019-20), the 3rd-longest in Big 12 history (20 active in 2021-22) and tied the 5th-longest (18 in 2020-21).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>LONGEST WINNING STREAKS IN BIG 12 HISTORY<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. 23 – Baylor, 2019-20<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. 22 – Kansas, 1996-97<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. <b>20 – Baylor, 2021-22;</b> Kansas, 2007-08<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">T5. 18 – Baylor, 2020-21; Kansas 2016-17; Kansas 2012-13; Kansas, 2010-11<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">T9. 17 – Kansas 2015-16; Baylor 2011-12, Texas 2009-10<o:p></o:p></p>
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