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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">9/7 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (21-7, 9-6 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Lawrence, Kan<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Bill Self (Ok. State, 1985)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">15/14 BAYLOR </span></strong>(20-8, 9-6 Big 12)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">March 2, 2024 • 12:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Foster Pavilion </span></strong>(7,500) <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> ABC<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> Jon Sciambi <i>(pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst)</i><br>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>John Morris</i> (PBP),
<i>Pat Nunley</i> (Analyst)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">11/11 BAYLOR BEARS (19-7, 8-5 Big 12)</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Scott Drew (Butler, 1993)<br>
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<p><b>Story lines</b></p>
<p>• No. 15/14 BU plays host to No. 7/9 Kansas at 12pm Saturday on ABC, in the first-ever meeting between the two teams at Foster Pavilion, with fans being asked to wear white for a "whiteout".</p>
<p>• Baylor enters fourth in the nation in 3-point FG% (39.7), fifth in offensive efficiency (122.9), while ranking second in the Big 12 in points per game (81.6).</p>
<p>• The Bears are the only team in the country with six players averaging double-digit points.</p>
<p>• The Bears have now eclipsed the 20-win mark for the sixth-straight season and the 15th in the last 17 seasons, after having just three 20-win seasons in the 97 seasons prior to
<b>Scott Drew's</b> arrival.</p>
<p>• BU and KU are the only two power-conference schools with 20+ wins in each of the last six seasons, playing in a power conference.</p>
<p>• BU is looking for double-digit Big 12 wins for the sixth-straight season, and the 11th time in the
<b>Drew</b> Era, after winning double-digit conference games just eight times prior to that.</p>
<p>• Baylor and Kansas are two of the three teams to be a 3-seed or higher in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments.</p>
<p>• The Bears and <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Jayhawks</span> are two of just four teams to win a game in four-straight NCAA Tournaments.</p>
<p>• BU and KU are two of the four programs that have been ranked in the top-10 for five-straight years.</p>
<p>• The Bears were the No. 10 overall seed in the initial Top-16 committee ranking, joining Kansas as the only teams to be in the initial top-16 for five-straight years.</p>
<p>• Baylor is a nations-best 31-15 against ranked teams over the last five seasons. </p>
<p>• Baylor is 12-5 in its last 17 games vs. AP top-10 teams.</p>
<p>• BU's 124-32 record since 2019-20 is the second best among Power Six teams in that span (Kansas is 1st 132-33).</p>
<p>• Baylor's 314 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (353).</p>
<p>• The Bears and Jayhawks have split the season series in four-straight and five of the last six seasons </p>
<p>• BU and KU are 2-2 in the last four meetings and 4-5 in the last nine meetings.</p>
<p>• These two programs are responsible for the last four Big 12 Championships.</p>
<p>• Baylor has played four overtime games in 2023-24, its most since playing four overtimes in 1970-71.</p>
<p>• <span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Ja'Kobe</b></span><b> Walter</b> averages a team-leading 14.8 points per game, most among Big 12 freshmen, followed by
<b>RayJ Dennis'</b> 13.3 points per game, and is averaging a Big 12-best 37.7 minutes per game in conference play.</p>
<p>• With three more assists, <b>Dennis</b> will catch current Director of Player Development,
<b>Tweety Carter</b>, for the seventh-most assists in a single-season in program history.</p>
<p>• <b>Dennis</b> leads the conference and ranks eighth in the nation in assists per game (6.6). The senior transfer has now ranks t-8th for most assists in a single season in program history (185).</p>
<p>•<b> Langston Love</b> is averaging 11.1 points per game in Big 12 play, most in the league among players with no starts.</p>
<p>• BU has had six players win Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year, no other conference school has more than two.</p>
<p>• In the six games since <b>Love</b> suffered his injury, <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
<b>Jalen</b></span><b> Bridges</b> and <b>Jayden Nunn</b> have picked up the slack, each averaging 13.3 points per game, while Bridges has a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game in that same span.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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