March Madness 2025
The Baylor Bears suffered their second consecutive loss at the hands of the Missouri Tigers, 88-89. This was the Bears’ first home loss of the season, which puts them at 17-2 overall and 4-2 in Big 12 play.
“The fastest 40 minutes in basketball.” That used to be the slogan for Missouri’s No. 5 basketball team.
For a while, it seemed like Baylor athletic teams could not lose. On the road in one of college basketball’s most difficult venues for visitors, though, the Baylor men finally fell to the Kansas Jayhawks.
“Why me” is a phrase not found in the vocabulary of freshman Quincy Miller. During his high school career he had three close family members pass away. His senior season was lost due to an ACL tear in early December. Though these storm clouds loomed about him, Miller found the perspective needed to rise above.
T-Rob and Tyshawn gave Baylor more than it could handle — and Kansas more than enough.
A stingy, glamour-less first half defense paved the way for the No. 1 seed Lady Bears to overpower No. 16 seed Prairie View A&M 66-30 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday evening at the Ferrell Center.
As a No. 1 seed for the first time in program history, the Lady Bears will enjoy the comfort of playing the first round of the NCAA Tournament in the friendly confines of the Ferrell Center at 6:40 p.m. Sunday when they take on Prairie View A&M.
While nobody at the Ferrell Center was surprised on Monday, the Lady Bears’ basketball team still joined those in attendance in a burst of celebration upon seeing Baylor’s No. 1 seed for this year’s NCAA tournament announced on ESPN.
Sophomore Brittney Griner scored 31 points in the Lady Bears’ 61-58 win over Texas A&M.
Sophomore Brittney Griner scored 21 points, sophomore Destiny Williams added 18 and Baylor cruised to an 86-53 win over Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals today in Kansas City.
