BAYLOR WOMEN’S

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2005 NCAA CHAMPION | 2005 BIG 12 CHAMPION | 2005 & ‘09 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS | NINE NCAA TOURNAMENT BIDS | 2005 & ‘10 FINAL FOUR 2010-11 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER GAME INFO Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score §Date: Friday-Sunday, Nov. 12-14, 2010 N12 ——(1) FIU 6:30 p.m. § N13 ——(1) MONTANA STATE 12 p.m. Tip-Off: 6:30 p.m., 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m. (CST) N14 ——(1) RICE 2:30 p.m. Classic §Location: Waco, Texas N16 ——(2) vs. Connecticut ESPN2 5 p.m. §Arena: Ferrell Center (10,284) N19 ——MICHIGAN STATE 7 p.m. §Television: none N23 ——TEXAS SOUTHERN 7 p.m. § N26 ——LIBERTY 7 p.m. Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network N28 — SOUTHEASTERN LA. 2 p.m. 92.9 FM (Waco) or 1660 AM (Waco) BAYLOR FIU BaylorBears.com § § DECEMBER LADY BEARS PANTHERS §Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman (analyst) Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score §Live Stats: BaylorBears.com D1 ——NOTRE DAME 7 p.m. 2010-11 Record: 0-0 MONTANA STATE § D5 ——MINNESOTA FSSW 1 p.m. Ranking (AP/ESPN): 2/T2 §BOBCATS Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com D14 ——TENNESSEE ESPN2 6 p.m. Last Game: Season opener §Audio: BaylorBears.com D20 ——(3) vs. Clemson 7:15 p.m. Head Coach: RICE §Gameday Central: BaylorBears.com D21 ——(3) vs. Syracuse 7:15 p.m. Career Record: 264-76 (11th season) §OWLS §Tickets: (254) 710-1000 D30 ——UT-PAN AMERICAN 7 p.m. Record at BU: same

JANUARY Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score J8 ——§ IOWA STATE FSN 11 a.m. 2010 World Vision Classic J12 ——§ at Texas 7 p.m. J15 ——§ OKLAHOMA STATE 7 p.m. J19 ——§ at Kansas Sunflower 7 p.m. Nov. 12 (Friday) J22 ——§ TEXAS TECH 7:30 p.m. Rice vs. Montana State - 4 p.m. (CST) J30 ——§ at Texas A&M FSN 12 p.m. Florida International University (FIU) vs. Baylor - 6:30 p.m. - 1660 AM

FEBRUARY Nov. 13 (Saturday) Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Montana State vs. Baylor - 12 p.m. - 1660 AM F2 ——§ OKLAHOMA 7 p.m. FIU vs. Rice - 2:30 p.m. F6 ——§ at Oklahoma State ESPNU 1 p.m. F9 ——§ at Nebraska 7:05 p.m. Nov. 14 (Sunday) F12 ——§ TEXAS FSN 12:30 P.M. F14 ——§ TEXAS A&M ESPN2 8 p.m. Montana State vs. FIU - 12 p.m. F19 ——§ at Texas Tech FSN 12:30 p.m. Rice vs. BU - 2:30 p.m. - 92.9 FM F23 ——§ KANSAS STATE 7 p.m. F27 ——§ at Oklahoma ESPN2 4 p.m. World Vision Classic - Basketball Travelers... For the second straight season Baylor is hosting the Basketball Travelers’ World Vision Classic. Last year Baylor won the MARCH tournament with a 3-0 record, defeating Idaho (82-37), UL-Lafayette (89-42) and Lamar (87-65) en route to the title. Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Melissa Jones, Morghan Medlock and were named to the all-tournament team. M2 ——§ MISSOURI 7 p.m. M5 ——§ at Colorado 3 p.m. Season Openers... All times Central and subject to change Baylor is 28-8 all-time in season openers, 8-2 under head coach Kim Mulkey. The Lady Bears are 18-2 in Ferrell Center home openers, 10-0 under Mulkey. SCHEDULE KEY Rankings: AP/ESPN Unfurling the Banner... § Big 12 Conference game The Lady Bears’ 2010 Final Four banner will be unfurled in pregame ceremonies on Friday. Baylor made its second trip to Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Ferrell Center (10,284) the Final Four in April when it played top-ranked UConn. The Lady Bears won the 205 NCAA championship. (1) World Vision Invitational (Waco, Texas) (2) State Farm Tip-Off Classic (Hartford, Conn.) Four Games in Five Days... (3) Sunsplash Shootout (Nassau, Bahamas) The Lady Bears will tip off the 2010-11 season by playing four games in five days. Baylor hosts the four-team, three-day (4) Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) (5) NCAA Tournament - First and second rounds World Vision Classic facing FIU on Friday, Montana State on Saturday and Rice on Sunday. Early Monday morning BU will (6) NCAA Tournament Regionals travel to Hartford, Conn., where, on Tuesday, Baylor will taken on the top-ranked UConn Huskies. (7) NCAA Tournament Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) The game, broadcast nationally on ESPN2, is the only women’s game included in ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

Baylor vs. the Field... The Lady Bears and the Florida International University Panthers will meet for the first time on Friday in the Ferrell Center. Baylor and the Montana State Bobcats have met three times before, the Lady Bears hold a 2-1 series lead. Sunday’s matchup against the Rice Owls marks the 35th contest between the two former Southwest Conference foes. The series between the two schools is tied at 17-17. Baylor and Montana State last met on Dec. 29, 2004, in Waco when the Lady Bears posted a 92-47 victory. The Owls and the Lady Bears’ most recent matchup came in Houston on Nov. 23, 2008, when Baylor won 83-58. 2010-11 BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 HEAD COACH KIM MULKEY KIM MULKEY - HEAD COACH When Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey accepted the position of women's basketball QUICK FACTS head coach at Baylor University a decade ago, few could have predicted the dramatic and prestigious transformation the program was about to undergo. In just 10 years at Baylor, the former Olympic Gold Education: Louisiana Tech, 1984 (B.A.) medalist has guided the Lady Bear basketball program to the pinnacle of women's basketball, the 2005 NCAA national championship, nine NCAA Tournament appearances and 10, 20-win seasons. In addition, Experience: over the past six seasons, Mulkey has led the Lady Bears to two Final Four appearances (2005, ’10) and Louisiana Tech (Player), 1980-84 three Big 12 Conference titles. Louisiana Tech (Assistant Coach), 1985-96 The 2005 national title was Baylor’s first for a women’s team sport and the first basketball national Louisiana Tech (Assoc. Head Coach), 1996-00 title, men’s or women’s, in the Big 12 Conference’s 14-year history. Baylor (Head Coach) 2000-present In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey became the first person, man or woman, to win a basketball national championship as a player, assistant coach and head coach. Highlights En route to the NCAA championship, the Lady Bears won their first Big 12 Conference championship • 2 national championships as a player (1981, AIAW; 1984, NCAA) and were the league’s tournament champion, too. Baylor claimed another Big 12 title by winning the • 1 NCAA championship as a head coach (2005) league’s 2009 postseason tournament. • 1 NCAA championship as an assistant coach (1988) Mulkey has produced amazing results since taking over the reins on April 4, 2000, averaging 26.4 wins a season. In her 10 years at the program’s • 29 seasons as a player and coach have resulted in 29 postseason helm, she has posted an impressive 264-76 (.777) record which ranks her No. 6 nationally in winning percentage. In addition, the Lady Bear trips, including 28 to NCAA/AIAW Tournament. program ranks No. 6 among the NCAA Division I's winningest teams over that span. • Mulkey is the only women’s basketball coach, and one of only three Since taking over a squad that was just 7-20 the season prior to her arrival, Mulkey has guided the Lady Bears to 10 postseason appearances, in men’s and women’s basketball (Bob Knight and Dean Smith), who including nine NCAA Tournaments, two trips to the Women’s Final Four and a trip to the 2003 WNIT finals. have won a national championship as both a player and coach. Mulkey’s autobiography, “Won’t Back Down,” hit bookstores on Nov. 1, 2007, the paperback edition became available on Sept. 8, 2008. • Mulkey is the ONLY basketball coach to win a national Since coming into the league in 2000-01, Mulkey owns the top winning percentage and most victories among Big 12 coaches at 77.7 percent champion