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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As you saw, this just came out, and if you’ve seen our social media, you’ve seen some open practice times released as well. Once I finalize a time for a media availability, I will send out more details and
information on Monday or Tuesday next week, but plan on next Thursday (July 27) for our media availability to preview our Foreign Tour. We will have a couple of players available as well. Aiming for pre-practice, but TBD on official start time for that.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hild, Shelby <Shelby_Hild@baylor.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 10:05 AM<br>
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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 20, 2023</span></b><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Big 12 Announces 2024 WBB Opponents</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Baylor set for home-and-away series with Houston, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IRVING, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The Big 12 announced the league’s scheduling matrix for the upcoming 2023-24 season on Thursday.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Teams will play five Big 12 opponents twice, then play the other eight conference opponents one time, for a total of 18 league contests.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor will partake in home-and-away series with Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia and Big 12 newcomer Houston. First-time road trips to BYU and Cincinnati highlight the road slate along with
Iowa State and Oklahoma. The Bears will host UCF, Kansas State, TCU and Texas Tech.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Opponents were selected based on a combination of geography, historical results and a poll of the coaches to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. A full Big 12 schedule will
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fans interested in tickets for the upcoming Baylor women's basketball season can fill out the Baylor Ticket Interest Form
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