The Lady Bears made this one look easy. After winning their first two NCAA tournament games by a combined 62 points, head coach Kim Mulkey’s Baylor squad is headed to the Sweet 16 for the 8th straight season. There are 349 schools that play Division I women’s basketball; of those, only UConn and Stanford have active Sweet 16 streaks as […]
Scott Drew has led Baylor basketball to unprecedented success in his 13 seasons leading the Bears. He’s won more games (and a higher percentage of his games) than any coach in program history, reached three Sweet 16s and two Elite Eights, and produced 5 NBA players. Now, he can add another accomplishment to his resume: For the first […]
Winning a conference title is hard. Sweeping both the regular season and conference tournament titles in the same year? Even more impressive. But doing it six straight years — well, that’s almost unfathomable. In the Big 12 Conference’s 20-year history, only three teams have ever put together such a sustained run of dominance over the league: Texas […]
One night after the nation’s attention was focused on the polling booths for Super Tuesday, Baylor and President Ken Starr welcomed one of America’s most prominent political commentators, David Brooks, for an “On Topic” discussion in front of a packed Waco Hall audience. [See photos from the event here.] Naturally, Brooks — known for his political pieces in The New York Times […]
After countless hours of practice and two weeks of performances, All University Sing 2016 has come and gone — but, as always, you’ll get one more shot to see the best acts again this fall. [LINKS: See almost 200 pictures from this year’s performances || Get a taste of Sing 2016 in this short video] The ladies […]
As we start 2016, we thought we’d look back at the last year through the eyes of the Baylor campus photographers who run the official Baylor Instagram account. Here are the top 10 Baylor Instagram photos of 2015: 10. The new Rosenbalm Fountain on 5th Street: A photo posted by Baylor University (@bayloruniversity) on Oct 29, 2015 at […]
In our bowl preview, we noted that Baylor’s rushing attack could carry the day, and to “expect the Bears to try and take advantage of this mismatch.” Boy, did they ever. Even without All-Big 12 running back Shock Linwood, the 17th-ranked Bears set a record for any bowl game, anywhere, ever, with 645 yards rushing, and […]
This (above) is how we decorate our home for campus. What about you? Check out these Bears who have covered their homes in green and gold for Christmas; maybe they’ll spark some #BaylorChristmas ideas for your own home! (Have any Baylor-themed Christmas decorations you want to show off? Let us know! Post them to Twitter […]
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas at Baylor until Christmas on 5th Street comes around. After last night, NOW it feels like Christmas. Thousands of students, faculty/staff and Waco residents filled campus on a seasonably chilly (but not too cold) Thursday night, enjoying the annual event’s usual activities: carriage rides along Fifth Street, pictures with Santa, musical performances in […]
The year was 2001. Chip Gaines, BBA 98, had a truck that needed a brake inspection; Joanna Stevens, BA ’01, needed to put in some hours at her father’s tire shop. A “Hey, you’re the girl from the commercials!” got things started, and two years later, they were married. Fast-forward almost 15 years, and the […]
