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Prominent Bears join in celebrating men’s basketball’s national title

…mpionship pic.twitter.com/pUfmLsFQJQ — Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 6, 2021 Magnolia megastars Chip (BBA ’98) and Joanna (BA ’01) Gaines made their way to Indy, too: National champs!!!!!! ⁦⁦@FinalFour⁩ ⁦@BaylorMBB⁩ ⁦@BUDREW⁩ #sicEm pic.twitter.com/6LcaH3uGZ6 — Chip Gaines (@chipgaines) April 6, 2021 Longtime ESPN personality Trey Wingo (BA ’85) and Baylor football coach Dave Aranda also were there to cheer on the Bears: Title game with ⁦@BUFo…

EnJOY it — the Baylor Bears are NCAA champions!!!!

…pions gear] When Drew was introduced as the Bears’ head coach on Aug. 22, 2003, his promises to “win NCAA tournament games” and aspirations to “win a national championship at Baylor University” struck many as outlandish. But as he cast the further vision about building a “family atmosphere” and a staff with the “work ethic, the integrity, and the commitment [for] success,” he was sharing the formula that would, over the next 18 years, prove to be…

10 things we’ve learned about slavery/racism & Baylor’s history from the Conversation Series

…her than if the way enslaved people were treated was just. 6. Despite the denomination’s reputation for dissidence, few (if any) Texas Baptists spoke against slavery leading up to the Civil War. In fact, the Southern Baptist Convention was founded in 1845 largely as a reaction to a national Baptist convention’s refusal to approve the appointment of a Georgia slaveholder as a Baptist missionary. 7. Many early Texas Baptist leaders owned enslaved pe…

Big 12 champion Lady Bears set to defend national title in San Antonio

…as led to plenty of changes since then (including the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA tournament), a lot has remained familiar. In the two years since that national title, the Lady Bears have claimed two more Big 12 regular season titles (their 10th and 11th straight, the nation’s longest active streak) and won the 2021 Big 12 tournament (their 11th conference tourney title). Now, they’ll defend that national title just down I-35 from Waco, with the…

Baylor men’s basketball earns first-ever No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament

…March Madness as a No. 1 seed, earning the top slot in the South Region for 2021. Baylor fans don’t need to be convinced of the Bears’ credentials — and neither, apparently, do national experts — but let’s revisit them anyway. Baylor enters the NCAA tournament as the reigning Big 12 champion with a 22-2 record, including a 9-2 mark against teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament field (topped by a victory over fellow No. 1 seed Illinois). Most of tho…

Culture of JOY leads Baylor men’s basketball to first Big 12 title

…ID-19 issues. Others looked back on the job Drew has done at Baylor since 2003, when he took a job few coaches wanted in the wake of the Dave Bliss scandal. Yet others predicted Baylor has locked up a No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament. But the best stories? They focused on the #Joy that surrounds this Baylor team — as seen in Drew jumping on senior Mark Vital’s back after the buzzer sounded, and racing to the locker room so he could be the one to…

Looking back on Black History Month 2021 at Baylor

…poetry. We also put together this brief history of Baylor’s National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations, often referred to as the “Divine Nine” — an integral part of life at Baylor for many Black students. The Heavenly Voices Gospel Choir blessed us all with their medley arrangement of three Black Gospel songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itis2D7So7A Former Baylor football and NFL standout Walter Abercrombie (BSED ’86, MSED ’92) explained the…

Baylor student cybersecurity team training to protect from 21st-century cyberattacks

…ss technical business roles.” Earlier this month, the team qualified at the 2021 Southwest CCDC competition. They will advance to the regional competition in March — and it’s not the first time. (The photo above is from 2018, when the Baylor team made nationals as one of the top 10 teams in the country.) “During the pandemic, the team typically meets virtually to keep its skills fresh,” Donahoo says. “We often host contest environments in a privat…

Baylor track & field star rewriting the NCAA record book in 2021

…junior on the Baylor track and field team, is off to an incredible start in 2021, setting the NCAA men’s indoor pole vault record — then besting that mark just two weeks later. “It’s been a good start to the year,” Lightfoot says — an early frontrunner for understatement of the year. On January 16 in Lubbock, Lightfoot cleared the 19 foot, 5.75 inches (5.94 m) mark to set a new NCAA indoor record. That vault broke the Baylor program record (which…

Our 10 favorite Baylor-area coffee spots

…ed) that was roasted on a restored 120‑year‑old machine made in the late 1800s. 6. One Day is tucked in a growing area of downtown Waco. Its cozy corners and patio area are sure to cater to your needs with a cup of their speciality coffee in hand. One Day also partners with local food trucks to offer sustenance at any time of day, so be sure to grab a snack, too! 7. Lalo’s Coffee and Pastries, the area’s newest coffee spot, is a locally-owned Mexi…