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The Foster Pavilion has officially opened, and the energy from fans in the new arena has been electric. The Baylor Bear Pit, which consists of cheering students, has been at the forefront of it all for both the men’s and women’s basketball programs.

Here’s a quick rundown to get you caught up from the holiday break.

Seeking its first win against former Baylor assistant coach Jerome Tang, No. 9 Baylor men’s basketball fell 68-64 to Kansas State on Tuesday night in the Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.

No. 6 Baylor women’s basketball handed No. 23 TCU its first loss of the season on Wednesday night in the Foster Pavilion.

No. 18 Baylor men’s basketball weathered a 15-0 second-half run by the Big Red to win 98-79 on Tuesday night in the Foster Pavilion.

In front of a sea of blue and white, No. 10 Baylor men’s basketball took the court in the Big Apple for a neutral-site contest against No. 21 Duke but came up short, 78-70. Despite freshman center Yves Missi putting on a show good enough for Broadway, the Bears left Madison Square Garden with a bitter taste in their mouths on Wednesday night.

The Bears utilized a 49-point first half to keep the Hurricanes at bay on Saturday in the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

Headlined by alley-oop finishes and 25-foot 3-pointers, No. 6 Baylor men’s basketball came away with win No. 400 at the Ferrell Center by a score of 78-60 over Seton Hall on Tuesday night as part of the Big East-Big 12 Battle.

The Bears have reportedly reached out to several signal-callers in the transfer portal.

Baylor football officially introduced new offensive coordinator Jake Spavital as part of a press conference on Monday at McLane Stadium.

Scott Drew has coached 661 games as the head coach of the Baylor Bears, but even he has foes he hasn’t faced. Drew and No. 6 Baylor men’s basketball will face Seton Hall for the first time at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the Ferrell Center. The clash comes as part of the Big East-Big 12 Battle.

The Bears are 7-0, matching their best start since 2019-20 when they won their first seven games of the year.

The Bears held the Demons to 25% shooting from the floor on Saturday.

The Bears failed to reach at least the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018.

The nine-time national championship-winning coach took a winding road to Baylor.

Jake Spavital is returning to the Lone Star State after being named the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Baylor football, head coach Dave Aranda announced Thursday.

In its first road challenge of the year, No. 13 Baylor women’s basketball was unfazed by an unfamiliar venue as sophomore forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs’ 24-point, 11-rebound double-double pushed the team past SMU 85-61 at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas on Thursday night.

The No. 23 Bears will play the winner of No. 2 seed Kentucky and Wofford at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The Bears, who earned an at-large bid on Sunday, will play No. 7 seed James Madison on Thursday.

Lawrence Love has become a go-to barber for most high-profile Baylor athletes over the last decade.

Baseball is a game of streaks — losing streaks and hitting streaks, slumps on the mound or at the plate, maybe even an unusually high number of consecutive wins. Baylor baseball has learned a thing or two about that when looking back on the 2012 season and a craze that stormed through Waco: “Feed the beaver.”

The Hall of Fame head coach — formerly at the helm for Baylor — officially introduced the Grant Teaff Foundation as well as the Grant Teaff Beyond the Game Team Award on Tuesday afternoon at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

All 12 players who saw the court made a shot as No. 9 Baylor men’s basketball routed Nicholls 108-70 Tuesday night in the Ferrell Center. The blowout win came with fan-favorite senior forward Austin Sacks (3) outscoring the team’s leading scorer entering the contest, freshman guard Ja’Kobe Walter (2).

With a disappointing 2023 Baylor football season in the rearview mirror, the offseason has officially begun. However, the Bears’ campaign — which saw them go 1-7 at home — combined with the early portion of the offseason has left a sour taste in the mouths of some of the Baylor faithful.

While you were going back for “just one more roll,” here’s everything you may have missed from Thanksgiving break.

Competitive, humble and unselfish — these are the three words 6-foot-5-inch freshman guard Ja’Kobe Walter used to describe himself as a player. He said that self belief has helped him lock in when he’s on the court.

Redshirt junior quarterback Blake Shapen played three seasons with the Bears, including two years as the starter, after beating out Gerry Bohanon for the 2022 job.

Head coach Dave Aranda will be sticking around in Waco, but not with the same staff he had during a disappointing 2023 season.

Baylor finished the year 1-7 at McLane Stadium, which is the most home losses in the country and the most home losses in program history.

Jeremy Sochan was drafted to play power forward. Now, he’s throwing lobs and dropping pocket passes as the team’s lead ballhandler.