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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">13/12 BAYLOR BEARS (5-0, 0-0 Big 12)</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>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nov. 24, 2023 • 4:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Kevin Brown<i> (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst)</i><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nr/rv FLORIDA GATORS (4-1, 0-0 SEC 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Gainesville, Fla.<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> Todd Golden (St. Mary's, 2008)<br>
<a href="https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster" target="_blank">Roster</a> | <a href="https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats" target="_blank">Stats</a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"> </a>|
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<p><b>Story lines</b></p>
<p>• No. 13/12 Baylor meets Florida in the NIT Season Tip-Off Championship Game.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 41-13 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, and is seeking it's fifth regular-season
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">tournamnent</span> title in it's last six appearances.</p>
<p>• The Bears and Gators meet for the fourth time, with Baylor holding a 2-1 series advantage.</p>
<p>• In the last meeting, No. 1 Baylor beat Florida 72-61 to match the best start in school history at the time (1/25/20).</p>
<p>• The Bears are 19-11 against SEC <span class="scayt-misspell-word">spponents</span> during the Drew era, including 14-7 since 2012-13, and five of the last six meetings.</p>
<p>• BU has won 14 of its last 15 regular-season neutral-site contests.</p>
<p>• Baylor improved to 5-0 for the fourth time in the last six seasons with a 88-72 win over Oregon State in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off.</p>
<p>• With the win, the Bears improved to 12-1 against their last 13 Pac 12 opponents, with wins in each of their last 7 meetings against teams from out west.</p>
<p>• With his third 20-point performance of the season (24), <b>Ja'Kobe Walter</b> became the highest scoring freshman through five games in the Scott Drew era (96 points).</p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is averaging 19.2 points per game, which ranks in the top-3 among freshman in Division I.</p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is the first freshman in program history to collect Big 12 Player of the Week honors (11/13).</p>
<p>• The Bears won four games in eight days to start a season for the first time since 1992-93.</p>
<p>• Friday's game marks the second of four regular-season games in an NBA Arena, the most in program history.</p>
<p>• Baylor is replacing four of its five starters and 68% of its scoring from a season ago. </p>
<p>• Only one returning player averaged more than 20-minutes per game last season (<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Jalen</span> Bridges). </p>
<p>• BU erased a nine-point halftime deficit in the season opener against Auburn to win 88-82 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.</p>
<p>• The nine-point halftime deficit matched BU's largest halftime deficit overcome in a win since coming back from 11 down to beat Texas in overtime on Feb. 27, 2019 in Waco.</p>
<p>• Five-star freshman <b>Walter</b> burst out of the gates against Auburn with 28-points, the most by a freshman in a debut in program history.</p>
<p>• <b>Walter</b> is one of four freshman in Big 12 history to score at least 28 points in his debut, and the only one to do it against a power conference opponent. </p>
<p>• Baylor is 82-13 vs. <span class="scayt-misspell-word">unranked</span> teams over the last four seasons (.862%).</p>
<p>• BU is 83-20 over the last four seasons, tied for the nation's best record by a Power-6 team in that span.</p>
<p>• Baylor is 109-24 over the last four-plus seasons, the nation's best winning percentage among Power-6 teams in that span.</p>
<p>• Baylor has built leads of 10+ points in 55 of 77 games since the start of the 2021 NCAA Tournament (52-3 record).</p>
<p>• The Bears opened the season as a ranked team for the fifth-straight season, and 11 of the last 14 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.</p>
<p>• The Bears have been ranked in 75 of the last 76 AP Polls.<br>
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For the full version of Baylor's game notes, <a href="file:///documents/2023/11/23/BU_MBB_Game_Notes_6_Florida_23-24.pdf">
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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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