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The Bears staved off a late Sooner comeback to improve to 7-5 in Big 12 play.
Baylor football and Houston are set to meet for the first time as Big 12 foes and first time since 1995 when both were members of the Southwest Conference.
After weeks of anticipation and nail-biting battles on the gridiron, the College Football Playoff Committee named its first Top 25 rankings of the year, including No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Florida State for the top four.
While it’s still early on, did the committee get it right? Here are the reactions from three members of the Baylor Lariat.
Baylor men’s basketball freshman guard Miro Little is shifting gears to collegiate competition after spending part of the summer at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
The Bears have lost seven-straight home games to FBS opponents, dating back to a 31-3 loss to Kansas State on Nov. 12, 2022.
With all that was going on over the busy homecoming weekend, here’s everything you may have missed with Baylor Athletics.
Fall SPorts
Football
Dave Aranda wasn’t jumping up and down when Baylor stopped Oklahoma State University on the “McPlay.” His stoic and composed approach has brought lots of early success to Waco.
Dillion Doyle has stepped into a bigger leadership role on the Baylor defense. He looks to continue the Bears’ success from last season, leading as a mentor and teacher.
Despite their historical season last year, Baylor football looks to build on that rather than lay in it.
Cross County and Track & Field
The Baylor men and women’s track and field squads broke records and took home gold medals at the Texas A&M Challenge in College Station Saturday.
Tennis
The Baylor Women’s Tennis Team came up just short to Texas A&M, falling 4-3 to the Aggies, promptly ending the Lady Bears’ 2017 season.
The Baylor Men’s Tennis team had no trouble over the weekend advancing out of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, sweeping both Lamar and Cornell 4-0.
After finishing stellar regular seasons, both the Baylor Men’s and Women’s tennis teams will play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
Soccer
In Case You Missed It
From prime-time football in Colorado to penalty kicks on the Brazos, another eventful weekend in Baylor Athletics came and went. While the Bears fighting in the mountains were cast under the national spotlight, here’s everything else you may have missed in the Baylor sports world over the weekend.
In the final week of non-conference play for three Baylor sports, the Bears combined to go 2-0-1 over the weekend, in addition to strong Olympic sports performances. Baylor football successfully blacked out McLane Stadium, but here’s everything else you may have missed in Baylor Athletics over the weekend.
Pro Sports
Missi was tabbed as the 22nd overall pick in ESPN’s Mock Draft on April 17, while Walter was projected in the lottery at No. 12. Fraschilla said they’re both “prototype NBA players once they physically mature in the next two, three, four [or] five years.”
In the 2023 season, Major League Baseball officials added the pitch clock to aid the speed of the game. After the season and now into 2024, I’ve seen that the pitch clock has been very useful and has accelerated the pace of the game.
Hot Seat
Baylor men’s basketball might just have the most fascinating opening-season stretch of any team in the country. After getting walloped by No. 6 Gonzaga in the dead of night, the No. 12-ranked Bears (2-1) silenced No. 16 Arkansas in Dallas and took care of business against Sam Houston in the season home opener, 104-67.
The Bears have never finished as a top-five scoring offense under head coach Scott Drew.
