{"id":9192,"date":"2012-05-25T23:04:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T23:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=9192"},"modified":"2013-01-16T15:16:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T15:16:13","slug":"baylor-football-basketball-baseball-set-ncaa-record-for-combined-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2012\/05\/baylor-football-basketball-baseball-set-ncaa-record-for-combined-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor football, basketball, baseball set NCAA record for combined wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, when it looked like the Big 12 Conference was about to fall apart and Baylor would be left scrambling for a new league, pundits across the nation said BU didn&#8217;t belong in a major conference. One year later, their songs have changed, thanks to A\u00f1odeloso &#8212; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/yearofthebear\/\" target=\"_blank\">Year of the Bear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Are you among the 35,000 who have viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zOVHRMHrDhU&#038;list=PLERdEVLVJFGTGCCEfehZudqur4zLlV9Ni&#038;index=3\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a> in the past week?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zOVHRMHrDhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s put some numbers on the Year of the Bear&#8230; When you add up the 2011-12 records for Baylor football (10-3), men&#8217;s basketball (30-8) and women&#8217;s basketball (40-0), you get a combined mark of 80-11. Those 80 total wins are a new NCAA D-1 record; here are the top five:<\/p>\n<pre>Year\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 School\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 FB\u00a0\u00a0 MBB \u00a0 WBB \u00a0Total wins  Combined record\r\n2011-12\u00a0 BAYLOR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a030\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a040\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 80         80-11 (.879)\r\n2008-09\u00a0 UConn\u00a0\u00a0     8\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a031\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a039\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 78         78-10 (.886)\r\n2007-08\u00a0 Tennessee\u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a031\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a036\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 77         77-11 (.875)\r\n2010-11\u00a0 UConn\u00a0\u00a0     8\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a032\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a036\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 76         76-16 (.826)\r\n2006-07\u00a0 Ohio St.   12\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a035\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a028\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 75         75-9 (.893)<\/pre>\n<p>But let&#8217;s take it even further. Baylor baseball&#8217;s win Friday over Kansas State improved the Big 12 champion Bears&#8217; record to 44-13. Combine that mark with football and hoops for a &#8220;Big Four&#8221; total, and you get a record of 124-24 &#8212; setting a NCAA D-1 record for combined wins across those four sports.<\/p>\n<pre>Year\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 School\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0FB  \u00a0MBB  \u00a0WBB   \u00a0BB \u00a0Total wins  Combined record\r\n2011-12\u00a0 BAYLOR\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a030\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a040\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a044\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 124        124-24 (.838)\r\n2003-04\u00a0 Texas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a025\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a030\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a058\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0123        123-31 (.799)\r\n<strong><\/strong>1984-85\u00a0 Oklahoma\u00a0\u00a0 9\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a031\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a023\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a055\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0118        118-29 (.803)\r\n2008-09\u00a0 Oklahoma\u00a0 12\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a030\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a032\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a043\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0117        117-33 (.780)\r\n2002-03\u00a0 Texas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a029\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a050\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0116        116-35 (.768)<\/pre>\n<p>With baseball ranked No. 6 in the country and only just entering the postseason, Baylor should be able to tack a few more victories onto that total before all is said and done. Add on Robert Griffin III&#8217;s Heisman and Brittney Griner&#8217;s consensus national player of the year honors &#8212; a combination only recorded one other time in the last 50-plus years &#8212; and this has truly been a year to remember.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/yearofthebear\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about the Year of the Bear at BaylorBears.com<\/a>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baylor is expected to be named one of 16 host sites when NCAA baseball regional locations are announced Sunday (and <a href=\"http:\/\/ev12.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3ABAYLOR%3ABS12%3ARGAS%3A&amp;linkID=baylor&amp;shopperContext=&amp;pc=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=&amp;groupCode=BS&amp;cgc&amp;hq_e=el&amp;hq_m=307263&amp;hq_l=1&amp;hq_v=8083da187b\" target=\"_blank\">tickets are available now<\/a>); the full 64-team bracket will be revealed Monday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPNU.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor athletics!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, when it looked like the Big 12 Conference was about to fall apart and Baylor would be left scrambling for a new league, pundits across the nation said BU didn&#8217;t belong in a major conference. One year later, their songs have changed, thanks to A\u00f1odeloso &#8212; the Year of the Bear. 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