For first time ever, both basketball teams open the year among top 25
…oday poll and 16th in the AP Top 25; never before has the team begun a season ranked by either group. Though two-thirds of Baylor’s roster returns from last year, the big name to watch this weekend is freshman Perry Jones III. (Yes, PJ3; that’s him at right.) Jones, a consensus top-10 recruit nationally, is the highest-rated recruit ever to sign with the program and is expected to help fill the shoes of departed NBA first-round pick Ekpe Udoh. Sea…