The Baylor men’s basketball team experienced a much different offseason training over the past month. The Bears cross-trained with seven other teams, which included football, rowing, gymnastics, tennis, lacrosse, soccer and baseball.
Browsing: Rico Gathers
Junior forward Rico Gathers had a dominant offensive performance with 18 points and eight rebounds, but No. 16 Baylor faltered down the stretch and fell to No. 8 Kansas 74-64 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan.
Cody Soto takes a quick look through the Big 12 at the most significant contributors for each men’s basketball team. The Lariat also picks its midseason All-Big 12 team.
The No. 16-ranked Baylor men’s basketball team had seen better days before Monday. However, Baylor dropped a 74-65 decision to No. 21 Oklahoma State at the Ferrell Center on Monday night.
By Shehan Jeyarajah Sports Editor Junior forward Rico Gathers is out to prove that he is not only one of the…
No. 20 Baylor men’s basketball couldn’t overcome poor shooting and a late deficit to drop its second straight Big 12 road game to Oklahoma State 64-53 in Stillwater, Okla., on Tuesday night.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer Baylor men’s basketball junior forward Rico Gathers was named the Co-Big 12 Player of the…
By Cody Soto Sports Writer It wasn’t pretty, and it was a lot more entertaining than the teams’ records showed…
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.
When Rico Gathers steps on a basketball court, everyone takes notice. Even on the biggest stage of college basketball, the sophomore is physically a man-among-boys at 6-foot-8 and 270 pounds.
“Every football coach in the area wanted me to come and play football for them back in high school,” Gathers said. “It was actually a big controversy in my area. When I chose a school that didn’t have football at all, people were like dang, what are you going to do if things don’t work out?”