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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 19, 2024<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:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s Dennis Named to the NABC All-District Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">The senior gives BU representation for the fourth-straight year<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span>
<a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor guard RayJ Dennis
earned a spot </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">on the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 8 Second Team, announced by the organization on Tuesday.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The NABC nod is just the latest in a long line for the Plainfield, Ill., native, who was also voted to the All-Big 12 Second Team by the
media and conference coaches, as well as the All-Big 12 Newcomer Team. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">In his only season in Waco, Dennis ranks second on the team, averaging 13.3 points, and a Big-12 leading 6.8 assists per game. The senior
has also been a staple on the floor for the Bears, averaging 37.8 minutes per game in conference play this season, which also leads the league.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">With 142 starts in 162 games in his college career, Dennis ranks tied for ninth among active players in games played and seventh among
active players in career assists (703). His 225 assists rank as the third-most in a single-season in Baylor history, while his 6.8 assists per game rank as the fifth-most single-season dimes in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Dennis joined Houston’s LJ Cryer, TCU’s Emanuel Miller, Texas’ Dylan Disu and Texas Tech’s Pop Issacs on the second team. Hunter Dickinson
and Kevin McCullar of Kansas, Jamal Shead of Houston, Tamin Lipsey of Iowa State and Max Abmas of Texas all received first-team nods.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">No. 3 seed Baylor opens play in the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Friday morning at 11:40 a.m. CT against the Colgate Raiders on TruTv.
Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel and Jon Rothstein will have the call. The winner between Baylor and Colgate will get the winner of No. 6 seed Clemson and No. 11 seed New Mexico.</span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.</span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">2024 NABC All District 8<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>First Team</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Max Abmas - Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hunter Dickinson - Kansas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tamin Lipsey - Iowa State<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kevin McCullar Jr. - Kansas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jamal Shead - Houston<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Second Team<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>RayJ Dennis - Baylor<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LJ Cryer - Houston<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dylan Disu - Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pop Isaacs - Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emanuel Miller - TCU<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Coach of the Year:</b> Kelvin Sampson - Houston<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">SEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Jalen bridges</span></u></b><u><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Julius Erving Preseason Top-20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Third Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RAYJ DENNIS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NABC All-District Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament MVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week (11/27)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Second Team (coaches and media)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Newcomer Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">SCOTT DREW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Leadership</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">YVES MISSI<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (2/12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Freshman Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Defensive Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">JAYDEN NUNN<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 Player of the Week (2/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (2/19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">JA’KOBE WALTER</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 Freshman of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jerry West Award Preseason Top-20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 Player of the Week (11/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NABC Player of the Week (11/14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Wooden Award Preseason Top-50<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Wooden Award Midseason Top-25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jerry West Award Top-10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Third Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">All-Big 12 Freshman Team<strong><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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