Freshmen led the way for both teams, as Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe (28 points) and Robert O. Wright III (22 points) and BYU’s Kanon Catchings (23 points) led their respective teams in scoring.
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After a 15-point win against Utah on Saturday, the Bears find themselves clashing with a sharpshooting BYU offense in one of the most intimidating environments in the Big 12.
The fifth-year big man became the 13th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds.
VJ Edgecombe scored a career-high 30 points, becoming the first Baylor men’s basketball freshman to do so since Keyonte George scored 32 against West Virginia on Jan. 11, 2023, as the Bears rallied back from a 12 point deficit to take down Kansas State, 70-62, Wednesday night at Foster Pavilion.
The Bears blew a seven-point halftime lead against unranked TCU Sunday and has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.
The Bears have been without their full lineup for much of the season.
The Bears have been without their full lineup for much of the season.
Head coach Scott Drew looked on as No. 25 Baylor men’s basketball scored six points in four seconds to tie the game. With six seconds on the clock, TCU senior guard Brendan Wenzel swished a corner 3-pointer to give the Horned Frogs a 74-71 lead.
With the Christmas season in full swing and Big 12 competition less than three weeks away, Baylor head coach Scott Drew has one thing on his wish list: a healthy basketball team.
Baylor men’s basketball put together a dominant offensive performance Monday night in the Foster Pavilion, besting the Abilene Christian Wildcats 88-57 in Scott Drew’s 450th win as head coach of the Bears.
No. 15 Baylor is catching No. 25 UConn at the right time. After heading into the Maui Invitational as a presumed Final Four contender, the Huskies became just the fourth AP top-two team to lose three straight games in the AP poll era, all to unranked opponents.
The Bears will advance to play the winner of No. 11 Tennessee and Virginia Friday night at 8:30 p.m. in the final round of the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championships finals.
The Bears will play No. 22 St. John’s and either No. 11 Tennessee or Virginia at the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship.
The Bears have scored over 100 points in consecutive games for the first time in the Scott Drew era.
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 set Foster Pavilion records in points, rebounds and assists.
The Bears are 1-1 after opening the season against No. 6 Gonzaga and No. 16 Arkansas.
The Bears scored 38 points in the paint in a game they never trailed en route to a 72-67 win over No. 16 Arkansas.
The Nigeria native enters his junior season with a starting job and something to prove.
The eldest of 10 siblings, Rob spent countless hours on the blacktop with his father and brothers. Shot after shot, night after night, the streetlights faded into the background. The rhythmic pattern of dribbling drills soundtracked his childhood.
Monday’s 101-63 loss to Gonzaga marked Baylor’s largest-ever loss as an AP Top-10 team. The previous low-water mark was set against Marquette in 2022 (26 pts). It’s the Bears’ largest margin of defeat overall since a 91-51 loss to unranked Oklahoma on Jan. 20, 2007.
The Bears have never finished as a top-five scoring offense under head coach Scott Drew.
The blue-chip point guard starred alongside Cooper Flagg at Montverde Academy (FL).
The Third Team All-ACC point guard is the latest in a long line of Baylor transfer guards.
The Second Team All-ACC member averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Hurricanes in 2023-24.
The Bears rank inside the preseason top 10 for the fourth time in the last five seasons.
The Bears traded out two-thirds of their roster after three consecutive second-round NCAA Tournament exits.
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.”
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Baylor men’s basketball head coach Scott Drew will officially stay with the Bears and not take the Kentucky job.