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With one second remaining, senior forward Jacob Neubert threw the inbounds pass to freshman center Isaiah Austin at the Baylor free throw line.

Senior guard Pierre Jackson led the way for the No. 16 Baylor men’s basketball team as the Bears earned their first victory in the Charleston Classic after defeating Boston College 84-74 Thursday afternoon Jackson led all scorers with 31 points.

Including Jackson, four players reached double figures in points. Freshman center Isaiah Austin was among them, adding 16 points and nine rebounds on 7-12 shooting.

The No. 16 Baylor men’s basketball team will face the undefeated Boston College Eagles at 2 p.m. today in its first round game at the Charleston Classic in Charleston, S.C.

Seniors Brady Heslip started his career as a member of the Boston College basketball team before transferring to Baylor. Heslip did not play in any games, however.

Heslip started this season shooting just 20 percent from the three-point arc. While his shooting numbers may be down, teams still have to put a defender in his face because he is such an established threat. This stretches the floor and allows guards to penetrate.

When people think of Oregon football, they think about awesome uniforms. But Oregon’s uniforms do more than just look cool. High school football recruits want to play at Oregon because they know they will be wearing the nicest gear that Nike has to offer.

Last year, Adidas unveiled their “adizero” uniforms for three schools: Baylor University, the University of Louisville and the University of Cincinnati.

The No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball team is set to head to South Carolina to play in the Charleston Classic Thursday-Sunday.

The Bears have won their first two games against Lehigh and Jackson State in pretty convincing fashion.

Lehigh was Baylor’s first victim that fell 99-77. There is a lot of buzz surrounding Lehigh’s team this season.

The No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball team took care of business against Jackson State today. The Bears won 78-47, and senior guard Pierre Jackson led all scorers with 25 points and seven assists.

The No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball team earned its first victory of the season after a highlight-ridden performance against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 99-77. Junior forward Cory Jefferson led the way for the Bears with 26 points, 18 of which were from dunks, and 13 rebounds.

The word “defense” has become taboo around Waco because of the Bears’ football woes. But the football teams’s defense isn’t the only squad under the microscope. The No. 18 Baylor basketball team is undergoing some fundamental changes on the defensive side of the floor.

Baylor fell to the eventual National Champion, Kentucky, last year in the Elite Eight 82-70. A big reason for Kentucky’s success was its 6-foot-10-inch freshman Anthony Davis.

Davis torched the Bears that game for 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks. Baylor had no answer for the Associated Press Player of the Year and eventual first overall pick in the NBA Draft.

So what did Baylor head coach Scott Drew do about it? He went to Arlington and got an Anthony Davis of his own, minus the unibrow. This one goes by the name of Isaiah Austin.

Elite Eight rings are set aside, Adidas shoes are laced up and neon is put on as the No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball team takes the floor at the Ferrell tonight against Abilene Christian in its only exhibition game before the start of the 2012-2013 season.

Moonlight Madness was a success last Friday night. The campus will soon be buzzing with basketball on the horizon, and the teams will look to hang banners in April.

Fans flooded the Ferrell Center for a taste of what they will get when the season starts next month.

“There was a lot of energy, man,” freshman forward Rico Gathers said. “I didn’t expect it to be this live…I can’t wait until the season starts.”

Losing in the Elite Eight in two of the past three seasons has left this Baylor men’s basketball team hungry.

The players believe that the program is at a level now where making the NCAA tournament is a given, and tournament runs are expected.

In 2010, the Bears lost to eventual national champion Duke.

Quincy Acy will have a lot to prove north of the border.
Standing 6-feet 7-inches, he is already an undersized power forward and has some good ball players to beat out for a roster spot.
In the Las Vegas Summer League, Acy played just two games and averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds.

Mississippi State and Baylor have agreed to cancel the two remaining basketball games in its contract.

During the 2011-2012 season, it is possible that Pat Neff has gone through twice as many green bulbs as it did through 2008-2010.

Freshman forward Quincy Miller has decided to enter the NBA Draft and forgo his final three years of eligibility. Miller originally decided to stay but announced Tuesday that he has changed his mind.

Baylor freshman Quincy Miller will make the jump to the NBA next season, Baylor athletics confirmed today. Despite announcing on…

High School forward Ricardo Gathers has officially signed with Baylor and completes the basketball teams’ recruiting class.

Tim Duncan had 28 points and 12 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs snapped out of a funk to top the surging Memphis Grizzlies 107-97 on Thursday night.

The NCAA has accepted Baylor’s self-imposed penalties and will not add further penalties for recruiting infractions involving impermissible telephone calls and text messages, the university announced Wednesday.

As Baylor Nation bid adieu to sophomore forward Perry Jones III Monday, it applauded the return of freshman forward Quincy Miller.

The NCAA has accepted Baylor’s self-imposed penalties and will not add further penalties for recruiting infractions involving impermissible telephone calls and text messages, according to a university press release Wednesday.

Baylor could face NCAA sanctions after a three-year investigation revealed the men’s and women’s basketball programs made 738 impermissible text messages and 528 impermissible phone calls to recruits.

Freshman Quincy Miller has decided to return to Baylor. “I talked to my mother. My mother thought I needed to come back,” Miller said. “I definitely prayed about and I feel like this is the best decision for me.”

Baylor men’s basketball player Quincy Miller announced Tuesday that he will return to Baylor for the 2012-2013 season instead of declaring himself eligible for the upcoming NBA draft.

Baylor basketball fans associate him with his beard. His teammates take note of his leadership abilities and intensity. While he may resemble King Leonidas, senior Quincy Acy draws his strength and leadership abilities from his family.

Baylor men’s basketball was elite again. That is to say, the Bears once again earned a spot in the Regional Finals of the NCAA tournament, also known as the “Elite Eight.”

No matter where Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol’ Kentucky home will long remember this championship season.

Junior Pierre Jackson’s mood in the post-game press conference summed it all up. Each sentence flowed as though it were a sigh.

As he walked off the court with about one minute to play Sunday, senior Quincy Acy looked to be fighting back the tears.