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From Selection Sunday to the NCAA Track and Field Indoor Championship, Baylor Athletics had little time to rest. Here’s everything you may have missed over the one-week break.

The fourth-seeded Bears (27-7, 15-3 Big 12) will open the 2025 NCAA Tournament at 2:30 p.m. Friday against No. 13 seed Grand Canyon (32-2, 16-0 WAC) at Foster Pavilion.

The Bears jumped up a seed line after a strong finish to the season. They’ll take on Chris Jans’ Bulldogs (21-12, 8-10) Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Overcoming a 13-point second-half deficit, No. 2 Baylor women’s basketball had a 3-point look with three seconds left to force overtime in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship finals Sunday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Head coach Scott Drew and the Bears (18-13, 10-10 Big 12) led for 17 1/2 minutes before the Cougars (27-4, 19-1 Big 12) stumbled upon a 20-4 run in the second half to build its only double-digit lead of the night. The green and gold rallied back to bring the game within two but couldn’t overcome a 34% shooting night.

Senior center Aaronette Vonleh dropped a career-high 37 points to pull No. 2 Baylor women’s basketball past No. 3 Oklahoma State 84-74 in overtime in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship semifinals Saturday night at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Nicki Collen picked up her 100th win as the head coach of the second-seeded Bears as her team led for 38 1/2 minutes. The green and gold turned the seventh-seeded Cyclones over 22 times which led to 20 points off turnovers and countered sophomore center Audi Crooks’ 32-point outburst.

The Bears will host the Cougars at 9 p.m. Saturday after dropping the first matchup 76-65.

After falling in a winner-take-all regular-season finale, No. 2 Baylor women’s basketball is set on claiming the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship. Earning a double bye, the Bears will start the journey in the quarterfinals against No. 7 Iowa State at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.

After sweeping a doubleheader last weekend, No. 14 Baylor men’s tennis looks to continue its hot stretch in another doubleheader Sunday at noon against Cornell and at 6 p.m. versus Lehigh at the Hurd Tennis Center.

Completing the long road of their nonconference schedule, the Bears look to bounce back against Kansas after being shut down in their last two games.

“Today was a tough day for the Bears,” head coach Jay Goble said. “I feel like we were prepared and ready to have a great day, but this game humbles you quickly. We will regroup and get ready to have a much better day tomorrow.”

After losing on a walk-off to Cal Baptist, the Bears end up on the other side of a second straight complete game, losing to No. 2 Texas 4-0.

Baylor men’s golf ended the Cabo Collegiate strong, finishing tied for 11th place after an even-par 284 in the final round Tuesday at the Twin Dolphins Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

After an 11-point lead turned to zero with 23 seconds left, Baylor scored the game’s final three points to win in Fort Worth.

Racking up seven 1-2-3 innings between six pitchers, Baylor baseball earned its eighth consecutive midweek win dating back to last season, taking down Tarleton State 7-2 Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Between name, image and likeness, eligibility and gender equity, the world of college athletics are rapidly changing. One recent shift in NCAA media coverage involves Lesley sophomore guard Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel — a Division III basketball player who just became the first woman with one arm to score in a collegiate game.

Back in the win column, the Bears are looking to avenge a home-court loss to the Horned Frogs Tuesday in Fort Worth.

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The Bears went 1-2 at the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series this weekend, beating Ohio State and losing to No. 8 Oregon State and No. 25 Auburn.

Baylor track and field gained momentum at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock on Saturday, highlighted by senior sprinter Nathaniel Ezekiel breaking his own school record in the 400 meters and helping the Bears win the 4×400 relay. Graduate student sprinter Alexis Brown and junior sprinter Tiriah Kelley secured two podium finishes, leading the women’s team to an enthusiastic third-place overall finish with 64 points.

Unable to overcome their worst shooting night of the season at 27.7% from the floor, the Bears lost the top spot in the Big 12 and saw their nine-game winning streak snapped in a 51-48 loss to the 10th-ranked Horned Frogs on Sunday evening.

After a pitchers’ duel throughout the championship game of the Baylor Invitational, Cal Baptist knocked a walk-off base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Baylor softball 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

The Bears overcame early offensive struggles to snap a three-game losing streak.

On the first pitch of the top of the seventh inning, Baylor baseball freshman third baseman Pearson Riebock smashed a fly ball to right-center field. Primed to trot around the bases for the first time in his career, No. 8 Oregon State junior right fielder Easton Talt had other plans.

The Bears find themselves in the last weekend invitational of the regular season, fighting to win the Baylor Invitational — the only tournament-style event before the postseason.

Staring down two ranked teams and another power conference squad, Baylor baseball looks to turn some heads, bringing the Big 12’s best .342 batting average and 2.15 ERA into the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

Riding a conference-best nine-game winning streak, No. 17 Baylor women’s basketball is rolling into a rematch with No. 10 TCU. With the regular season title on the line, the Bears are looking to secure the top spot in the Big 12 when they tip off at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Foster Pavilion.

Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer, former quarterback and radio broadcaster J.J. Joe passed away Tuesday at age 54 from an apparent heart attack.

Growing up in Raleigh, N.C., Baylor men’s tennis head coach Michael Woodson was not interested in playing tennis until the seventh grade when his mom convinced him to pick up a spare racket and try out for the junior varsity team.