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Men’s basketball concludes best season in program history

…e to go all the way back to when Scott Drew was hired as coach; you simply need to look back at last fall, when the Bears were picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 Conference by the league’s coaches in a preseason poll. Defying such expectations, Baylor truly broke out on the national scene this season in what very well might have been the best year in program history. For example: The Bears set a program record for most wins (28) in a season and d…

Men’s hoops reaches Elite Eight

…as Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, Regent Emeritus Drayton McLane and prominent Houston lawyer John Eddie Williams, as well as new Baylor President Ken Starr. Because we’re so excited, how about an extra Elite Eight bonus link? Take a minute to compare what you hopefully saw in person or on TV Friday with this video footage from the Bears’ last deep NCAA tournament run — 1948, when Baylor advanced to the NCAA finals. And don’t forget — the Lady Be…

Senior overcomes cancer, complications, cruel cold to brave Bearathon

…With temperatures hovering around 40 degrees, rain coming down, lightning flashing, and a strong north wind blowing about 30 mph, Student Foundation leaders had to make the difficult decision to cancel Saturday’s Bearathon. But that didn’t keep a hardy group of about 50 competitors from running the race — led by senior Matt Ison (pictured at right from last year’s race). As a non-athlete, it boggles my mind to think about anyone running a half mar…

Basketball succeeding in the classroom and on the court

…national runners-up — in the Sweet 16. In real-life action, the Bears face Sam Houston State in the first round of the NCAA tournament today at approximately 2 p.m. The game will be televised regionally on CBS as well as online at mmod.ncaa.com; for live stats and an in-game blog, visit BaylorBears.com. And if you’re not following the Full Court Press blog for all the behind-the-scenes and beyond-the-numbers reports, well, you’re missing out. Sic…

Women’s tennis ranked No. 1 in the nation

…king in five years, and are coming off a stretch in which they beat No. 13 Southern Cal and No. 2 UCLA on the road, then defeated No. 4 North Carolina in Waco — all in the span of five days. Four Lady Bears are ranked among the top 100 singles players in the nation, led by senior Lenka Broosova, who is No. 5 in this week’s rankings. Baylor also has one ranked doubles team, Broosova and senior Csilla Borsanyi, who rank eighth. Which other Baylor te…

Men’s hoops earns highest NCAA tournament seeding ever

…able now; if you can’t make it to New Orleans, tune in on CBS or watch for free online). If the Bears win Thursday, they’ll face either Notre Dame or Old Dominion on Saturday. A win there would propel the Bears to the Sweet 16 for the first time ever. (Interestingly, Baylor has made two Final Four appearances without ever playing in the Sweet 16; the Bears were national runners-up in 1948 and reached the Final Four again in 1950, at at time when t…

Business students participate in Q&A with billionaire Buffett

It’s not every day you get to meet one of the world’s most successful businessmen, so Baylor students soaked in the experience during a recent trip to Omaha, Neb., where they joined several other college groups in meeting with multibillionaire investor Warren Buffett. Buffett — recently recognized as the world’s third-richest man by Forbes, behind only Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu and Microsoft’s Bill Gates — welcomed the group for lunch and an excl…

School of Ed preparing psychologists to serve tomorrow’s students

Baylor has long worked hard to provide everything a student needs for success; many of those services were brought together under the roof of the Paul L. Foster Success Center a couple of years ago. However, college students aren’t the only ones who can need support. High schools, junior highs and even elementary schools are increasingly hiring school psychologists to help students overcome obstacles to get the most from their education, so much…

Bearathon 2010: the nation’s first cup-free half-marathon

…alf-Marathon in Texas” just took racing to the next level. Introducing cup-free racing. Student Foundation members had green fever, so they put their heads together and found a way to prevent more than 28,000 cups from littering the Bearathon course and Waco landfills. Instead, this year’s runners will each sport a complimentary HydraPouch. Created by Craig McSavaney, the silicone container will help runners keep their drink in them instead of on…

Habitat finds a longtime home at Baylor

…t organization that provides volunteers and helps raise funds to build homes with Waco Habitat for Humanity, a Christian housing ministry that builds homes in partnership with low-income families who then purchases the houses at cost and with no interest added to the loan. Baylor photographer Robert Rogers joined a number of students in braving the cold earlier this month to continue work on a house near downtown Waco; see his photos here. Just an…