March Madness 2025

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Baylor rolled to a 75-49 win over Texas Southern on Monday night behind a monstrous performance from junior forward Rico Gathers at the Ferrell Center.

After taking an early season road win at South Carolina on Tuesday, Baylor men’s basketball will play in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational and will face four opponents in the next week.

The No. 7 Baylor Lady Bears (14-2) lost 66-55 to No. 1 Connecticut (18-0) on Monday at the Ferrell Center. The loss ended a 69-game home winning streak that stretched back to March 7, 2010. The Bears’ only two losses this season have come at the hands of top five teams.

It was a thriller in Dallas at the AT&T Stadium despite the No. 9 Baylor Lady Bears falling to No. 5 Kentucky Wildcats 133-130 after four overtimes on Friday. This game proved that despite the loss of four starters from last year, Baylor is not going anywhere.

“I can tell you I learned a lot about my basketball team tonight,” Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey said. “If that’s the fifth ranked team in the country, we’re alright because we can score with them, but we have to get better defensively.“

The No. 9 Lady Bears will face their toughest challenge of the season, as they are underdogs for the first time against No. 5 Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. today at AT&T Stadium. This is a test for the Lady Bears, but the team is embracing the challenge.

“We’ve been preparing for them,” senior guard Odyssey Sims said. “We’re just going to keep playing like we have been and we’ll be ready.”

It’s a new look for the No. 9 Baylor Lady Bears, without a 6-foot-8-inch center barricading the paint. One thing remains consistent for the Bears and that is heavy guard play. It’s not a surprise that head coach Kim Mulkey stresses exceptional guard play because she played the position in college.

At Louisiana Tech, Mulkey led her team to a 130-6 record, two national titles and four final four appearances. She averaged 6.38 assists to hold the second-most all-time assist record.

The No. 9 Baylor Lady Bears overcame a slow start to defeat the San Jose State Spartans 113-73 on Tuesday at the Ferrell Center. The win marked Baylor’s 64th straight home victory to extend the nation’s longest home winning streak. Baylor has started the season 7-0 for the ninth time in school history, with six of those seasons coming under Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey. Despite the win, Mulkey still wasn’t impressed with the defense.

Fri, March 21
11:15 AM, First Round
Baylor Men's Basketball versus Mississippi State

#9 Baylor Men's Basketball defeats  #8 Mississipi State 75 to 72.

Recap

Fri, March 21
2:30 PM, First Round
Baylor Women's Basketball versus Grand Canyon University

#4 Baylor Women's Basketball defeats #13 Grand Canyon University 73 to 60.

Recap

Sun, March 23
1:40 PM, Second Round
Baylor Men's Basketball versus Duke

#9 Baylor Men's Basketball takes on #1 seed Duke at 1:40 PM

Sun, March 23
3:00 PM, Second Round
Baylor Women's Basketball versus Ole Miss

#4 Baylor Women's Basketball takes on #5 Ole Miss at 3:00 PM

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