After compiling the program’s best-ever Big 12 record and its first 20-win season in 20 years, head coach Scott Drew has the Baylor men’s basketball team headed back to the NCAA Tournament! The Bears were named a No. 11 seed in the West region; they will face No. 6 seed Purdue Thursday in Washington, D.C. […]
As Baylor’s basketball programs prepare for NCAA Tournament bracket announcements (men, 5 p.m. CT Sunday on CBS; women, 6 p.m. CT Monday on ESPN), one Lady Bear has been recognized for her performance this year. Senior guard Angela Tisdale was among 17 student-athletes listed on the ballot for the 2008 Women’s John R. Wooden Award, […]
Sunday at Mississippi State, Baylor baseball head coach Steve Smith became the second coach in school history (across all sports) to reach 500 career wins. Only Mickey Sullivan — who like Smith, lettered at Baylor — ever earned more wins leading the Bears (Sullivan won 649 games between 1974 and 1994). Smith has led Baylor […]
Baylor’s men’s and women’s basketball teams converge on Kansas City this week for the 2008 Big 12 Conference tournaments. The women’s tournament kicks off Tuesday, though the Lady Bears (led by first-team All-Big 12 selections Angela Tisdale and Rachel Allison) receive a bye as the conference’s No. 2 seed. Eighth-ranked Baylor will face either Texas […]
Listening to the Baylor men’s basketball team’s three seniors speak after the team’s final home game last night, I realized how proud I was to have watched Richard Hurd, Mark Shepherd and Aaron Bruce wear the green and gold for the past four seasons. Hurd and Shepherd were both walk-ons who contributed far more than […]
Big 12 Player of the Week Kevin Rogers helped lead the Baylor men’s basketball team over Missouri Saturday, improving the Bears’ record to 20-8 on the season and marking Baylor’s first 20-win season since 1987-88–the last time Baylor made the NCAA Tournament. Next up is the Bears’ final home game of the season, as Baylor […]
“Winning with Integrity” has been a mission of sorts for Baylor’s athletics department in recent years, and the Baylor women’s cross country team provided another example of what that means this fall. The Lady Bears had a great season in the field, finishing 17th at the NCAA Championships in November to lead all Big 12 […]
Following up on Friday’s post about this past weekend in Baylor athletics… If you were holding your breath, you can let it out now; this weekend was an unqualified success for the Bears and Lady Bears. Both the Baylor men’s and women’s basketball teams continued their marches toward the NCAA Tournament with wins Saturday. The […]
This weekend holds all kinds of drama for Baylor sports fans. It starts tonight at 6:30 p.m. as Baylor baseball kicks off its 2008 season against Purdue at Baylor Ballpark–a season that holds great promise for Bear fans. Head coach Steve Smith was quoted in today’s Waco Tribune-Herald as saying, “This team is capable of […]
The athletic department announced late Monday that the public allotment of tickets for Saturday’s men’s basketball game vs. No. 11 Texas has sold out. That means that two of the Bears’ last three home games have been sellouts; in 19 previous seasons at the Ferrell Center, the arena had only sold out three times for […]
