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<p class="MsoNormal">Complete game notes attached.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Media materials available here: <a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB">
http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Information to access the postgame Zoom will be sent tomorrow.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#4/4 BAYLOR BEARS (18-2, 6-2)</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/2022/1/28/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_21_22_21_at_Alabama.pdf?id=19950">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">#4/4 BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="color:black"> (18-2, 6-2) vs. <b>rv/rv ALABAMA</b> (13-7, 4-4)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jan. 29, 2022 • 3:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Coleman Coliseum (15,316) </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> Karl Ravech<i> (pxp), Jimmy Dykes (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 84, XM, 84, Internet 84<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">rv/rv ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (13-7, 4-4)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Tuscaloosa, Al.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> SEC<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Nate Oats<br>
(Maranatha Baptist, 1997)<br>
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<a href="https://rolltide.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://rolltide.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/2022/1/28/AlabamaGameNotes_Baylor.pdf?id=19951">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:white">STORY LINES</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• No. 4 Baylor travels to Alabama for Saturday's 3 p.m. CT tip in the 9th-annual Big 12/SEC Challenge.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 7-1 in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with 3-1 in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 2-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, BU is 12-2 in conference challenges.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU (7-1) and Alabama (3-1) are the only teams without multiple Big 12/SEC Challenge losses.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU and Alabama last met in the 2019 event, with BU earning a 73-68 victory in Waco.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 18-2 record is its worst through 20 games since 2018-19. BU was 19-1 in 2019-20 & 2020-21. The Bears are a combined 56-4 through their first 20 games over the last 3 seasons.</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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has won 18-straight non-conference road/neutral games (last loss Nov. 8, 2019 vs. Washington).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has won 14-consecutive games away from home – 9 neutral, 5 road (last loss March 12 vs. OSU).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 33-1 vs. unranked teams over the last 2 seasons (+23.0 avg margin) with all wins by 5+ points.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 13-5 against Southeastern Conference teams over the last 10 seasons, including road wins at Kentucky, Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt and neutral wins vs. Arkansas and Kentucky.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is coming off a 74-49 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday, its 4th time holding an opponent below 50 points this season. BU has held opponents below 40 points in 52-consecutive halves.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Jeremy Sochan returned on Tuesday after missing 4.5 games with an ankle injury, while James Akinjo sat for the second time in three games while battling a lower back injury.</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).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 34-6 Big 12 conference record over the last 3 seasons is the best of any Power-5 team.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 46-4 record over the last 2 seasons is the nation's best among Power-5 teams, and the Bears' 72-8 record over the last 3 seasons is 2nd-best nationally, trailing only Gonzaga (78-5).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's bench has out-scored the opponents' bench in 16 of 20 games and by an average of 28-19.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is the nation's only team ranked top-35 in scoring offense (35th) and scoring defense (11th).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor ranks top-25 nationally in scoring margin (5th, +19.4), assists (10th, 17.6), steals (12th, 9.7), rebounding margin (17th, +7.8), turnovers forced (18th, 17.4), turnover margin (20th, +4.2),</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">offensive rebound percentage (6th, 37.8) and effective FG% (20th, .552).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Over the last 3 seasons, Baylor is 61-3 when leading at the half and 72-5 when taking a 2nd-half lead.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has forced 10+ turnovers in 28-straight games, including 12+ TOs in 19 of 20 games this season.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU's 49-straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 is the nation's 3rd-longest behind Gonzaga and Villanova.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is on a school-record streak of 41-straight weeks top-10 ranked (top-5 ranked in 38 of those).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has been ranked in all 25 spots in the AP Top 25 at some point in the last 7 years.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has built leads of 11+ points in 25 of 26 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has built double-digit leads in 70 of 80 games over the last 3 seasons (46 of 50 last 2 seasons).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU has defeated 3 currently top-25 ranked teams this season – No. 10 Michigan State (75-58 in Battle 4 Atlantis title game), No. 14 Villanova (57-36 in Waco) and No. 23 Iowa State (77-72 in Ames).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>QUICK HITS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 4-0 in Big 12 road games this season, while the rest of the league is a combined 12-22.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• For a second-straight season, Baylor was one of the nation's final two undefeated teams.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 305 days between losses, the longest in program history (March 12, 2021 – Jan. 11, 2022).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU went 1,038 days without consecutive losses before dropping back-to-back games Jan. 11 and Jan. 15.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor became the first program to start consecutive seasons 15-0 since Syracuse in 2010-11 and 2011-12.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 19th season at Baylor with a school-record 388 career victories, including a 17-8 mark in NCAA Tournaments, which is the 7th-best mark among active coaches.</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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU ranks 6th nationally in KenPom's offensive rebound pct (37.8), its 8th-straight year ranked top-10.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is playing its 299th 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 283 of 420 games.</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.</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.</p>
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<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).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 91-6 when leading at halftime over the last 5 seasons (61-3 over last 3 seasons, 24-0 last season).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (208-22).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• BU is 72-5 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game over the last 3 seasons.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 263-101 over the last 10+ seasons, averaging 24.5 wins per season since 2011-12.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 263 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (302).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 354-148 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.</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.</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).</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).</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 982 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).</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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BIG 12's MOST WINS IN CONFERENCE CHALLENGES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor is 12-2 in conference challenges – 7-1 in Big 12/SEC Challenge, 3-1 in Big 12/Pac-10, 2-0 in Big 12/Big East.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 7-1 Big 12/SEC Challenge record includes wins vs. 7 different teams – Kentucky (neutral), Vanderbilt (road), Georgia (home), Ole Miss (road), Alabama (home), Florida (road) and Auburn (home).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 2022 opponent Alabama (3-1) is the only other team without multiple Big 12/SEC Challenge losses.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 7-1 record is the best record by any team in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. OU and OSU are 6-2, while Kansas and Texas Tech are 5-3, TCU is 4-4, Texas is 3-4, Iowa State and K-State are 3-5 and WVU is 2-6.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Baylor's 12-2 record in conference challenges is best in the Big 12, followed by OSU at 10-5, Kansas at 9-6, OU at 8-7, Iowa State at 7-7, Texas at 6-7, TCU at 5-6, Texas Tech at 6-8, K-State at 5-9 and WVU at 4-7.</p>
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