Julie Bennett, Women’s Basketball Athletic Communications Contact Second Floor, Simpson Center | 1500 South University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 76706 O: 254.710.3042 | C: 254.709.9657 | F: 254.710.1369 [email protected] | www.BaylorBears.com Twitter - @BaylorWBB Facebook - BaylorWBB & BaylorAthletics 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT BIDS | 2005, ‘10, ‘12 FINAL FOUR | 2005, ‘12 NCAA CHAMPIONS 2005, ‘11 & ‘12 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 2005, ‘09, ‘11, ‘12 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2012-13 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFO NOVEMBER § Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Date: Wednesday, Jan. 30 N9 1/1 — LAMAR FSSW W, 80-34 §Tip-Off: 7:00 p.m. (CT) N13 1/1 6/7 (1) KENTUCKY ESPN2 W, 85-51 §Location: Lubbock, Texas N16 1/1 4/4 (2) Stanford L, 71-69 §Arena: United Spirit Arena (15,050) N17 1/1 — (2) UT-Martin W, 82-67 § N18 1/1 — at (2) Hawai’i W, 77-42 Television: none N23 3/3 — LIBERTY W, 92-60 §Radio: Baylor Sports Network - IMG N27 3/3 — at Rice W, 89-49 College - 92.9 FM BAYLOR TEXAS TECH §Talent: Rick May (pxp), Lori Fogleman DECEMBER Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score LADY BEARS LADY RAIDERS (analyst) D5 3/3 5/5 at Notre Dame ESPN2 W, 73-61 §Live Stats: BaylorBears.com 2012-13 Record/Big 12: 18-1, 8-0 2012-13 Record/Big 12: 16-4, 6-2 D12 3/3 — ORAL ROBERTS FSSW Plus W, 94-56 § D18 3/3 10/11 TENNESSEE ESPN W, 76-53 Ranking (AP/ESPN): 1/1 Ranking (AP/ESPN): rv/nr Audio: BaylorBears.com (free) D29 3/3 — SOUTHEASTERN LA. W, 106-41 Last Game: W, 82-65, vs. #20 Oklahoma Last Game: W, 53-42, vs. TCU §Web Stream: TexasTech.com (paid) Head Coach: Kim Mulkey Head Coach: Kristy Curry §Gameday Central: BaylorBears.com JANUARY Career Record: 356-80 (13th season) Career Record: 304-142 (14th season) Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score §Tickets: (254) 710-1000 Record at BU: Same Record at TT: 125-91 (6th season) J2 2/2 — § at TCU FSSW Plus W, 74-35 Baylor vs. TT: TT leads 47-28 Curry vs. BU: 1-12 J6 2/2 13/12 § OKLAHOMA STATE FSN W, 83-49 J9 1/1 25/24 § IOWA STATE FSSW W, 67-39 Mulkey vs. TT: 20-8 J13 1/1 17/19 § at Kansas FSN W, 82-60 J16 1/1 — § at Kansas State FSMW W, 90-68 J19 1/1 — § WEST VIRGINIA FSSW W, 76-58 Lady Bears Travel to Texas Tech for First Meeting of Season... § J23 1/1 24/22 at Iowa State W, 66-51 The defending national champion and top-ranked Baylor Lady Bears (18-1, 8-0) have a two-game lead in the Big 12 J26 1/1 20/19 § OKLAHOMA FSN W, 82-65 J30 1/1 rv/- § at Texas Tech 7:00 p.m. standings and put their record-setting 30-game Big 12 regular season win streak on the line when they travel to Texas Tech on Wednesday, Jan. 30. FEBRUARY Baylor, led by 2012 National Coach of the Year Kim Mulkey, is 18-1 on the season after posting Saturday’s 82-65 Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score homecourt win over 20th-ranked Oklahoma, and has won 92 of its last 96 games since the start of the 2010-11 season, F2 ——§ at Oklahoma State FSSW Plus 7:00 p.m. F6 ——§ KANSAS 7:00 p.m. including a nation’s best 16 straight. F9 ——§ at Texas LHN 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech, under the direction of 14th-year head coach Kristy Curry, is 16-4 on the season and 6-2 in league play and F12 ——§ TEXAS TECH FSSW 6:00 p.m. currently sits in second place in the conference standings. The Lady Raiders are led by senior guard Casey Morris’ 12.0 F16 ——§ TCU 1:00 p.m. points per contest, senior guard Chynna Brown tallies 10.1 points a game while Christine Hyde, a senior guard, averages F18 ——at Connecticut* ESPN2 8:00 p.m. F23 ——§ TEXAS FSSW 12:05 p.m. 10.1 points an outing. Hyde, at 5.7 per game, leads a trio of Lady Raiders who average 5.0 or more rebounds a contest. F25 ——§ at Oklahoma ESPN2 6:00 p.m. Baylor Leaders... MARCH § Date BU Opp Opponent TV Time/Score Preseason National Player of the Year Brittney Griner, a 6-8 senior post, leads BU in scoring and rebounding with a M2 ——§ at West Virginia FSN 6:00 p.m. league-leading 21.5 points and 8.1 boards per game. Griner currently has 2,833 career points, 1,119 career rebounds, M4 ——§ KANSAS STATE FSN 7:00 p.m. and NCAA records of 665 blocks and 11 dunks to her credit. Griner needs just three points to become the Big 12’s M8 — — (3) TBA all-time scoring leader and recently eclipsed the NCAA career block record (665), men or women. Griner already M9 — — (3) TBA FSN M10 — — (3) TBA FSN owns the NCAA record for career dunks (11). M11 — — (3) TBA FSN § Junior point guard and All-American candidate Odyssey Sims, who averages 12.5 points an outing, also dishes out a team-leading 5.5 assists per game and is 42-of-49 (.857) from the free throw line. SCHEDULE KEY § Forward Brooklyn Pope, enjoying her finest season as a Lady Bear, averages 11.1 points and 6.3 rebounds a contest. Rankings: AP/ESPN § Big 12 Conference game Lady Bears to Debut Nike Road Uniforms... Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Ferrell Center (10,284) § The Baylor Lady Bears are one of 12 teams, and one of only three women’s teams, selected to wear the new Nike (1) State Farm Tip-Off Classic (Waco, Texas) Hyper Elite Road Jersey and Nike Hyper Elite Shorts. (2) Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i) § Baylor will debut its uniform at Texas Tech on Wednesday. * XL Center, Hartford, Conn. § The uniforms offer lightweight performance through sustainable materials. A logo inspired by each team’s home (3) Big 12 Championship (American Airlines Center, Dallas) court appears on the jersey’s center chest, a piece of “home away from home,” while the back nameplate features iconic references to the team’s mascot and home crowd. 2012-13 BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 HEAD COACH KIM MULKEY KIM MULKEY - HEAD COACH QUICK FACTS Success = Kim Mulkey. No matter what she’s attempted in basketball, whether it be on the court or along the sideline, Mulkey has found success. In just 13 seasons as a head Education: Louisiana Tech, 1984 (B.A.) coach, she has attained 356 career victories and ranks No. 3 among the winningest active Experience: Division I head coaches (.817) and No. 5 all-time by percentage. It took Geno Auriemma Louisiana Tech (Player), 1980-84 (UConn) and the legendary Pat Summitt (Tennessee) each 14 seasons to attain the 350- Louisiana Tech (Assistant Coach), 1985-96 win milestone, while Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer needed 16 seasons. Louisiana Tech (Assoc. Head Coach), 1996-00 Baylor (Head Coach) 2000-present When the Women's Basketball Hall of Famer accepted the position as Baylor University’s women's basketball head coach on April 4, 2000, few could have predicted the dramatic Highlights and prestigious transformation the program was about to undergo. In just 12 years at • 2 national championships as a player (1981, AIAW; 1982, NCAA). Baylor, the former Olympic Gold medalist has twice guided the Lady Bear basketball • 2 NCAA championships as a head coach (2005, 2012). program to the pinnacle of women's basketball, the 2005 and 2012 NCAA national • 1 NCAA championship as an assistant coach (1988). championships, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, 12, 20-win seasons, three, 30-win • 31 seasons as a player and coach have resulted in 31 postseason trips, including 30 to NCAA/AIAW Tournament. campaigns and an NCAA record 40 wins and undefeated record this past season. In addition, over the past seven seasons, • Mulkey is the only women’s basketball coach, and one of only three Mulkey has led the Lady Bears to three Final Four appearances (2005, ’10, ‘12) and seven Big 12 Conference titles. in men’s and women’s basketball (Bob Knight and Dean Smith), who The 2005 national title was Baylor's first for a women's team sport, and just the second in school history overall. have won a national championship as both a player and coach. In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey became the first person, man or woman, to win a basketball national championship as a • Mulkey is the ONLY basketball coach to win a national player, assistant coach and head coach. championship as a head coach, assistant coach and player. • Mulkey is the first individual ever to play for a women’s team En route to the NCAA championship, the Lady Bears won their first Big 12 Conference championship and were the league's ranked No. 1 among AP voters while also later becoming coach of a tournament champion, too. In 2009, the Lady Bears added to the trophy case with another Big 12 Tournament crown, claimed team selected to No. 1. both the 2011 regular season and tournament crowns and captured the 2012 regular season title by a record seven games over • 2000 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. second-place finishers Oklahoma and Texas A&M and again earned the tournament crown. • 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame inductee. Mulkey has produced amazing results since taking over the program’s reins on April 4, 2000, averaging 28.2 wins a season.