2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASKETBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES Follow Baylor Basketball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @BaylorMBB GAME 28 2/2 BAYLOR (25-2, 14-1 Big 12) at NR/NR TCU (15-13, 6-9 Big 12) Feb. 29, 2020 • 1:00 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN2 and ESPN App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App Fort Worth, Texas • Schollmaier Arena (8,500) • Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicEm | #1TGF MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES TV: ESPN2 and ESPN App • No. 2 Baylor looks for its 8th Big 12 road win of the season when it plays at 1 p.m. Saturday at TCU. Talent: Chuckie Kempf (pxp), Tim Welsh (analyst) • Baylor’s 14 conference wins are the most in program history (beating 12-6 in 2012 & 12-6 in 2017). BU Radio: Baylor-IMG College / ESPN Central Texas • BU is looking to sweep its school-record 6th Big 12 opponent this season (ISU, KSU, OU, OSU, UT). Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst) • Baylor (9-0) can reach 10+ road wins for the 2nd time in program history (13-1 in 1945-46). Satellite Radio: Sirius 83, XM 83, Internet 83 • BU can become the 3rd team in Big 12 history to reach 8 conference road wins (KU in 2002 & 2017). Social Media: @BaylorMBB | #SicEm | #1TGF All-Time Series Baylor leads 102-84 • Baylor won 68-52 vs. TCU in Waco on Feb. 1. BU used a 14-0 run to break a 17-17 tie and led by at Waco Baylor leads 56-39 least 6 points the rest of the way. Freddie Gillespie had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 6 blocks. Fort Worth TCU leads 42-41 • Baylor fell to No. 2 in this week’s AP Top 25, snapping a streak of 5 straight weeks at No. 1. Neutral Baylor leads 5-3 • Five straight weeks at No. 1 tied the nation’s longest streak since Kentucky in 2014-15. Drew Era Baylor leads 13-3 First Meeting 12/18/1908 — BU 37-6 (Waco) • BU has been top-2 ranked for 7 consecutive weeks after being top-2 for 3 total weeks prior to 2020. Last Season 1/5/19 — TCU 85-81 (Fort Worth) • Baylor is on a school-record streak of 8 straight weeks top-5 ranked (previously 6 straight in 2017). 2/2/19 — BU 90-64 (Waco) • BU has led by at least 5 points in every game this season and has built a double-digit lead in 23 of 27 games. This Season 2/1/20 — BU 68-52 (Waco) • BU has trailed by double-digits only twice all season (win at Oklahoma State, loss vs. Kansas). 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Baylor’s streak of 17 consecutive AP polls ranked is tied for 3rd-longest in program history (all since 2010). DATE BU OPP OPPONENT TV TIME • BU’s 25-2 is its best 27-game mark in program history. BU’s best 28-game start is 23-5 in 2012 & 2017. N5 16/18 — CENTRAL ARKANSAS Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 105-61 N8 16/18 rv/rv vs. Washington1 ESPN L, 64-67 • Baylor (6-1) has the nation’s best record vs. AP Top 25 ranked teams (min. 3 games). N15 ­24/18 — TEXAS STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 72-63 • Both of Baylor’s losses this season have been by 3 points (Nov. 8 vs. Washington, Feb. 22 vs. Kansas). N21 24/23 — vs. Ohio2 ESPN2 W, 76-53 N22 24/23 — at Coastal Carolina2 ESPNU W, 77-65 • Baylor ranks 5th nationally in scoring defense (58.7) and 13th nationally in scoring margin (+12.7). N24 24/23 17/15 vs. Villanova2 ESPN W, 87-78 • Baylor’s 58.7 ppg allowed is on pace to break the Big 12 scoring defense record (59.4 TAMU in 2007). D3 18/16 — MD. EASTERN SHORE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 78-46 • Baylor’s 2-point FG% defense ranks 10th nationally (.434) and effective FG% defense ranks 12th (.442). D7 18/16 12/11 ARIZONA ESPNU W, 63-58 • BU has trailed for only 13.1% of game time over 21 total games since December 1 (109:51 of 840:00). D10 11/11 18/19 BUTLER3 ESPN2 W, 53-52 D18 10/11 — vs. UT-Martin4 ESPNU W, 91-63 • Baylor has trailed in the 2nd half only twice since December 1 (win at Oklahoma State, loss vs. Kansas). D30 6/4 — JACKSON STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 83-57 • BU and KU are both 7-0 in Big 12 road games, while the rest of the league is a combined 10-51. J4 6/4 — • TEXAS ESPN2 W, 59-44 • BU has the nation’s 2nd-longest road winning streak at 9 straight (San Diego State 11). J7 4/4 22/21 • at Texas Tech ESPN2 W, 57-52 • Baylor is 41-38 in Big 12 road games since 2012, 2nd-best in the league behind only Kansas (51-27). J11 4/4 3/3 • at Kansas CBS W, 67-55 J15 2/2 — • IOWA STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 68-55 • BU has held 8 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, the program record for most in a single season. J18 2/2 — • at Oklahoma State ESPN2 W, 75-68 • BU is No. 2 in the NET with 6 top-25 NET wins: No. 1 (road), No. 7, No. 13, No. 16, No. 21 (road), No. 23. J20 1/2 — • OKLAHOMA ESPN W, 61-57 J25 1/2 rv/rv at Florida5 ESPN W, 72-61 • Baylor (10-1), Kansas (11-3) and Seton Hall (10-5) are the nation’s only teams with 10+ Quadrant 1 wins. J29 1/1 — • at Iowa State ESPNU W, 67-53 • Baylor’s defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 16 of 27 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year. F1 1/1 — • TCU ESPN2 W, 68-52 • Baylor has held 5 high-major opponents to their season-low scoring totals – Arizona (58), Butler (52), F3 1/1 — • at Kansas State ESPN2 W, 73-67 Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55). BU has held 25 of 27 opponents below 70 points. F8 1/1 — • OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN2 W, 78-70 F10 1/1 — • at Texas ESPN W, 52-45 • BU is the only team with 2 Naismith Defensive POY semifinalists Mark( Vital & Davion Mitchell). F15 1/1 14/14 • WEST VIRGINIA Big 12 Now/ESPN+ W, 70-59 • Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 92-8 this year. F18 1/1 — • at Oklahoma ESPN2 W, 65-54 F22 1/1 3/3 • KANSAS ESPN L, 61-64 • Baylor is playing its 239th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over F25 2/2 — • KANSAS STATE Big 12 Now/ESPN+ 7 p.m. the program’s 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 236 of 418 games. F29 2/2 — • at TCU ESPN/2/U 1 p.m. M2 — — • TEXAS TECH ESPN 8 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION BAYLOR 2019-20 STATS M7 — — • at West Virginia Big 12 Now/ESPN+ 12 p.m. # P NAME YR PPG RPG APG MPG M11-14 Big 12 Championship6 ESPN/2/U TBD BAYLOR (25-2, 14-1 Big 12) Ranking 2nd — AP, 2nd — Coaches 12 G Jared Butler So. 15.7 2.9 3.2 29.9 31 G MaCio Teague RJr. 14.1 4.8 2.0 32.3 SCHEDULE KEY Head Coach Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) 45 G Davion Mitchell RSo. 9.9 2.9 3.9 31.9 1 – Armed Forces Classic (Anchorage); 2 – Myrtle Beach Invitational Career Record 361-222 (18th season) (Conway, S.C.); 3 – Big East/Big 12 Battle (Waco, Texas); BU Record 341-211 (17th season) 33 F Freddie Gillespie RSr. 9.6 8.8 2.2* 28.0 2 G Devonte Bandoo Sr. 7.5 3.7 1.5 25.7 4 – The Battleground 2k19 (Houston); 5 — Big 12/SEC Challenge vs. TCU 13-3 (Gainesville, Fla.); 6 — Big 12 Championship (Kansas City) 11 F Mark Vital RJr. 6.1 6.2 1.8 26.0 Rankings: AP/Coaches; All times Central TCU (15-13, 6-9 Big 12) 24 F Matthew Mayer So. 4.8 2.0 0.8 11.4 Ranking NR — AP, NR — Coaches 25 F Tristan Clark Jr. 4.1 2.5 0.5 13.6 BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Head Coach Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987) 0 F Flo Thamba So. 2.3 2.2 0.6* 8.6 DAVID KAYE Assistant AD Career Record 411-177 (17th season) 15 G Obim Okeke Sr. 0.1 0.7 0.7 3.3 254-709-5147 • [email protected] TCU Record 83-54 (4th season) 13 F Jackson Moffatt RFr. 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 vs. Baylor 3-4 5 F Jordan Turner Fr. — — — — SID Steven Schoon — [email protected] * - blocks per game GAME 28 — at TCU 2019-20 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PRONUNCIATIONS QUICK HITS John JAKUS JAYK-us • Baylor’s 23-game winning streak was the longest ever by a Big 12 team (previously 22 by 1996-97 KU). • BU’s 13-game conference winning streak was the longest in school history (previously 11 in 1946 SWC). Matthew MAYER MYE-er • Baylor has won 20+ games in 11 of the last 13 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous DAVION Mitchell DAY-vee-ahn 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).