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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 19, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB One of Four Teams to Headline the Baha Mar Bahamas Championship<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">The Bears will be featured alongside St. John’s, Tennessee and Virginia</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas – </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor men's basketball is one of four teams selected to participate in the 2024 Baha
Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship next November at the Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center, announced Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The tournament bracket and schedule will be released at a later date. It will be BU's third appearance on the island, boasting a 6-0 mark and two Battle '4' Atlantis championships
in prior visits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears are 40-13 in regular-season tournaments under Scott Drew, winning four of the last six midseason tournaments.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears have 1-1 marks all-time against Virginia and St. John's. BU matched up with the Cavaliers at the Continental Tire Main Event last season in Las Vegas, Nev., an
86-79 win by the Cavs. Baylor beat back the Red Storm in the Charleston Classic in 2012 en route to BU’s first NIT Title in program history later that season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">A matchup with Tennessee would be a first for the Bears and the Volunteers, but Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes coached at Texas from 1998-2015. He faced Baylor 39 times,
with BU winning nine of its last 15 games against Barnes and the Horns.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bahamas Championship is one of three events that make up Baha Mar Hoops at the Baha Mar resort during each Thanksgiving holiday. The largest regular-season event in the
sport of college basketball, the 2023 version of the Baha Mar Hoops features 22 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball teams competing in 26 games over 10 days.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">BU will spend the 2023 Thanksgiving holiday in the Big Apple as a part of
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., opening against Oregon State on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2. A win on Wednesday would put the Bears in the
championship on Friday at 4:30 p.m., against the winner of Pittsburgh and Florida. Kevin Brown and Fran Fraschilla will be on the call for all four games in the event.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com">www.BaylorBears.com</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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