With fresh legs and a renewed mindset, Baylor women’s basketball enters the NCAA Tournament looking to turn a late-season reset into a deep postseason run. The Bears will open tournament play Friday in Durham, N.C., against the winner of Nebraska and Richmond.
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Baylor’s conference tournament bid came to an early end Tuesday morning in an 83-79 loss to Arizona State. The loss drops the Bears to 16-16 (6-12) on the season.
Head coach Scott Drew cruised to his 500th career win Saturday afternoon as the Bears dominated Utah 101-75 in their regular season finale.
A cold shooting night and early deficit proved too much to overcome as the Bears dropped their opening game in the Big 12 Tournament to the Buffaloes. The Bears now await their NCAA Tournament fate on Selection Sunday.
The Bears are at risk of posting their first losing season since 2006-07, but still enter the final weekend with a chance to make a run in the conference tournament.
Baylor tennis secured the biggest win in the short history of the Hurd Tennis Center Thursday night as the Bears upset No. 1 Ohio State 4-2.
The World Baseball Classic returns this year after an electrifying 2023 tournament. The 2026 field looks to bring back that same excitement with returning heroes and new faces.
Baylor put up a near-convincing fight at Houston on Wednesday night, yet fell short 77-64 after giving up a 21-6 run in the final six minutes of play.
Caleb and Brayden Bergman grew up with strong ties to Baylor with their father, Brett, pitching for the Bears from 1995 to 1998. After years of being coached by Brett, the brothers continue to carry on their family legacy for Baylor baseball.
Green, a junior, had compiled a 4.15 ERA across three relief appearances this spring. He previously missed part of his sophomore season with a shoulder injury.
Tarleton State came back and beat Baylor on a two-run seventh inning. The loss marks the third straight for the Bears after dropping their final two games at the Bruce Bolt College Classic.
Darryl Payne Jr. ran track at Baylor over eight years ago. Now he’s coming off of falling merely seconds short of becoming the first Black athlete to compete in the skeleton at the Winter Olympics.
Baylor pulled off the upset over No. 25 Ole Miss on Friday for the program’s eighth ranked win under head coach Mitch Thompson. The victory looks to be a turning point, not only for the season, but in the program’s rebuild.
After securing their 25th straight 20-win season, the Bears enter the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament as the No. 3 seed, chasing their first conference tournament crown under head coach Nicki Collen — and a postseason path that could lead March Madness back to Waco.
Baylor earned its first ranked win of the season in an extra-inning thriller against No. 25 Ole Miss. The victory is the eighth ranked win in the Mitch Thompson era and proved to be the Bears’ highlight of the Bruce Bolt College Classic.
With the indoor conference season coming to a close in Lubbock, Baylor track and field earned 12 All-Big 12 honors and key qualifying marks as select Bears now turn their focus toward the final test, the NCAA Championships.
Baylor acrobatics and tumbling stretched its win streak to 54 consecutive meets Saturday with a 278.050-272.530 win over the No. 2-ranked Oregon Ducks.
TCU’s “Batman and Robin” duo powered the Horned Frogs to a 65-53 win, clinching the Big 12 regular-season title while Baylor battled through a frigid shooting performance. The Bears now shift their focus to the Big 12 Tournament after finishing third in the conference standings.
Baylor men’s basketball walked into Addition Financial Arena needing a spark and gained it in the most thrilling way possible, edging out the UCF Knights in a back-in-forth game that came down to the final seconds.
After months of stacking performances and rewriting records, Baylor track and field enters championship weekend positioned to contend. Now the Bears are looking to transform preparation into podium finishes at the Big 12 Indoor Championship.
Following a disappointing yet competitive weekend in Round Rock, Baylor is looking to get over the late-inning hump against an elite field of teams at the Bruce Bolt College Classic in Houston.
The NBA is publicly pushing to change the way it distributes talent to its worst teams. Here are 10 (possibly anachronistic) fixes, proposed by a young genius of very normal stature.
College teams have returned to the video games with the newest update on NBA 2K26. Baylor’s men’s and women’s programs are both set to be included in the revival of college hoops on console gaming systems.
Baylor left Round Rock with a disappointing 0-3 record this weekend. While the Bears did not perform like they hoped, they remain confident and are looking to bounce back.
In an era defined by roster turnover and uncertainty, Jana Van Gytenbeek, Bella Fontleroy and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs chose to grow together. Four seasons later, they leave as the foundation of a program they helped steady, shape and sustain.
In what was a back-and-forth contest, freshman outfielder Brady Janusek stole home in the eighth inning, which was the deciding factor in a 9-8 victory for Baylor over Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday night.
The Bears led by seven points at halftime, but a scoring eruption from the Wildcats’ guard duo proved too much to overcome.
Baylor entered the Round Rock Classic on cloud nine after dominating its first four games. The Bears were rudely awakened as they finished winless with 42 strikeouts over the weekend.
Baylor earned a 26-point win over Kansas State on Monday night to close its regular season home schedule. The Bears finish the campaign 15-2 at Foster Pavilion.
The No. 15-ranked Baylor Bears declawed the Arizona Wildcats in Saturday’s Senior Night matchup, 74-60, after a slow first-quarter start turned into an explosive performance from the 3-point line.

