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In 704 career games at the helm, No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball head coach Scott Drew had never been ejected. That changed in game No. 705 as Drew was awarded his second technical foul for stepping out of the coach’s box and asking for clarification on a previous call. Clarification he never received.

Mack Rhoades, Baylor Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said “tonight was an embarrassment for this league,” regarding the Big 12 officiating.

Baylor’s top-ranked acrobatics and tumbling team is set for its season-opening meet against Texas Lutheran on Saturday in the Memorial Gym in Seguin.

After eight-straight NCATA National Championships, No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling is looking to continue its success in 2024. In particular, the athletes, both newcomers and veterans, are anticipating the way they will compete this year.

The Bears and Longhorns met for the final time as conference foes, as Texas is moving to the SEC following this season.

No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball battled UCF for the first time ever, and behind redshirt sophomore guard Langston Love’s career-high 24 points, the Bears snapped their three-game skid with a 77-69 win on Wednesday in the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Fla.

The Bears and Longhorns will meet for the 111th time at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Foster Pavilion.

Baylor track and field is off and running this spring. With two meets under its belt, the team is looking to build on previous successes in hopes of replicating that level of performance.

The most exciting news for the Big 12 in recent years has been the addition of new teams to the conference. Despite the loss of Texas and Oklahoma, a massive introduction of eight other teams makes up for it. However, the question is, how has conference realignment affected Big 12 sports, big and small?

In his second year at the helm, head coach Mitch Thompson is back on the Brazos River looking to defy expectations as Baylor baseball kicks off spring practice.

Brittney Griner, who’s in her 10th season with the Phoenix Mercury, will make her first return to Baylor’s campus on Feb. 18.

Baylor equestrian knocked off No. 5 Georgia 11-8 for its first ranked win of the season on Saturday afternoon at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.

In the annual “Immortal Ten” game, No. 15 Baylor men’s basketball fought for a win in overtime for the third time this season. While the Bears traded blows with TCU, the Horned Frogs landed the final strike and handed Baylor its first loss in the Foster Pavilion — this one in triple overtime — on Saturday.

Braden Murray | LTVN Sports Director

In pursuit of its 13th-straight trip to the ITA Indoor Nationals, No. 24 Baylor men’s tennis will head back to Tucson, Ariz., for step one: ITA Kickoff Weekend at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.

The spring portion of the season for Baylor equestrian is set for this weekend, and assistant coach (horsemanship) Jessie Weisinger said the team is taking a day-to-day approach going into Saturday’s match against Georgia.

Super Bowl 58 is quickly approaching with the AFC and NFC championship games being set. The Kansas City Chiefs are going against the dominant Baltimore Ravens, while the underdog Detroit Lions are battling the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Here are our predictions of what will go down during championship weekend.

On Jan. 10, Frisco freshman Davis Ovard placed fourth in the 2024 Saguaro Amateur. The young golfer has been putting in the hours to better himself with each tournament, but the motivation to continuously improve in competition didn’t happen overnight.

The Bears — who won 40 games for the first time since 2017 last year — will face five ranked opponents in nonconference play this season.

Baylor equestrian fifth-year senior jumping seat Dominika Silvestri waited her turn to get into the spotlight. But once she got her opportunity, she took it, and she hasn’t looked back.

The Wildcats switched to a 1-2-2 zone and held the Bears to just 16 second-half points, lifting them to a 58-55 victory on Monday night in the Foster Pavilion.

Taking a break from the frigid temperatures in Waco, Baylor women’s golf opened the 2024 season with a fourth-place finish at the Match in the Desert on Monday at Superstition Mountain Golf Club in Superstition Mountain, Ariz.

“It’s always good to get in the win column,” Baylor head coach Nicki Collen said. “I think sometimes you just need the mojo back.”

Baylor track and field finished with nine competitors earning a medal, several personal bests and junior sprinter Nathaniel Ezekiel setting a new NCAA 600-yard record from the two-day Corky Classic at Texas Tech’s Sports Performance Center in Lubbock.

For the final time, No. 9 Baylor men’s basketball moseyed to Austin to take on Texas as Big 12 rivals. In a tight contest that came down to the last second, Longhorns junior guard Tyrese Hunter raced to the cup and stunned the Bears at the buzzer, lifting Texas to a 75-73 win on Saturday afternoon in the Moody Center.

Junior Oskar Brostrom Poulsen found a three-set win to give the Bears their third win of the 2024 season.

Looking at the games played so far this year, head coach Nicki Collen and the No. 12-ranked Bears have been a dominant force. On both sides of the ball, the Bears have been able to outperform their competition in nearly all statistical categories.

Baylor track and field opened its 2024 season, which consists of 15 meets across nine states and a program-record four meets in Waco, with an indoor meet on Saturday at the Fasken Indoor Track in Bryan-College Station.

Texas Rangers left-handed pitcher Cody Bradford said he hopes to be a role model for future Baylor Bears.

Coming off a 2022-23 season in which they lost more matches (16) than the previous two years combined (nine), head coach Michael Woodson and No. 25 Baylor men’s tennis hope to get back to their winning ways in 2024.