 | | MEDIA INFORMATION | | Date | Saturday, Feb. 21 | 12:00 p.m. CT | | Location | Waco, Texas; Ferrell Center (10,284)
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| | Twitter | @BaylorMBB | #SicKSU | BAYLOR BEARS
| | Record | 19-7, 7-6 | | Ranking | 20 (AP), 20 (Coaches)
| | Head Coach | Scott Drew
| | Career: 243-168 (13th season)
| | BU Record: 223-157 (12th season)
| KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
| | Record | 13-14, 6-8
| | Ranking | nr (AP), nr (Coaches)
| | Head Coach | Bruce Weber
| | Career: 373-190 (17th season)
| | KSU Record: 60-35 (3rd season)
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STORY LINES
• Saturday is the 32nd series meeting. Baylor is 14-17 all-time against K-State, including a 6-5 mark in Waco.
• Baylor is 31-10 in its last 41 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Eight of the 10 losses have been away from home (5 road, 3 neutral) and 7 of the 10 losses have been against ranked teams.
• Baylor is 17-2 at home since Feb. 15, 2014, including 4 wins vs. ranked teams. BU has a +14.5 scoring margin in that span, winning 14 games by double-digits. The losses were to No. 12 Kansas (1 pt) and No. 21 OSU?(9 pts).
• Baylor is 2nd nationally with a +9.7 average rebound margin, 3rd with 15.3 offensive rebounds per game and 4th with 40.7 total boards per game. The Bears have out-rebounded 24 of 26 opponents this season.
• Baylor's current 59.5 ppg allowed is its lowest season average in 57 years (59.1 ppg in 1958-59). The last time Baylor allowed fewer than 64.0 ppg in a season was 1985-86 (61.2).
• BU is seeking its 7th 20-win season in the last 8 years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to Drew's arrival.
• Baylor has trailed at halftime only 3 times all season -- vs. Memphis, at Oklahoma and at Oklahoma State.
• Baylor is 1 of 4 teams to lead every game by at least 6 points this season (BU, Kentucky, Gonzaga,?Notre Dame).
• Baylor is 1 of 6 Division I teams to hold all opponents under 75 points this season?(Baylor, Utah,?New Mexico, Saint Peter's, New Hampshire, Louisiana-Monroe).
• Baylor's defense is holding teams to an average of 10.1 points below their season scoring averages. The Bears have held 22 of 26 opponents under their season scoring averages, including 14 times at least 9 points below.
• Baylor was the only Division I team to hold all non-conference opponents to 66 or fewer points this season.
• Baylor has held teams to 30 or fewer 1st-half points in 20 of 26 games this season, including 10 times at 25 or fewer.
• All 5 Baylor starters average 8.0-11.6 points per game, and reserve Taurean Prince leads the team with 13.0 ppg.
• Five BU players have scored 20+ points in a game this season (Chery, Gathers, Motley, O'Neale and Prince).
• Seven different BU players have led the team in scoring this season and Gathers has done so most often (7 times).
• Baylor and Louisville are the nation's only teams ranked by the AP in football and men's and women's basketball.
• Over the last 7 seasons, Baylor is 36-20 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-1 in overtime games.
• Baylor is 78-9 when leading at the half over the last four seasons -- 17-5 this season, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12. BU is 181-31 when leading at the half during the entire Drew era.
• BU?has won 41% of its games (20-29) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 2-2 this season.
QUICK HITS
• Scott Drew is coaching his 381st game at Baylor (223-157). His .587 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .682 winning percentage (189-88) since 2007-08.
• BU is 84-5 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, and the Bears have done so 12 times this season (11-1).
• Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 8 seasons (69-62) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor ranks 2nd in the Big 12 Conference and 24th nationally in scoring defense (59.9).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks 16th nationally in 3-point FG defense (29.5%).
• Baylor is ranked No. 20 in both the AP?and coaches polls, marking BU's 9th consecutive week in the polls. The Bears have been ranked in eight straight seasons, joining Kansas as the only Big 12 schools to make that claim.
• Baylor won 3 consecutive Big 12 games by 23, 20 and 18 points vs. Texas, TCU and West Virginia, respectively. It was the first time in program history the Bears won 3 straight conference games by 18+ points.
• Baylor is 189-88 (24 wins per season) over the last eight seasons and has made six postseason appearances?(NCAA Tournament -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT -- 2009, 2013) with six 20-win seasons.
• Baylor is 15-3 in overtime games under Drew, including wins in 10 of its last 11 OT games.
• Baylor is 27-10 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last six seasons.
• Baylor is coming off a 2014 NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, which made Drew the youngest of 11 coaches nationally to take his current team to three Sweet 16s in the last five years.
• Baylor's 5 NBA?Draft picks in the last 3 years ranks 5th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke,?Kansas and Syracuse.
• Baylor is one of only 12 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in three of the last five seasons.
• Rico Gathers posted a Big 12 and school-record 28 rebounds Jan. 21, most by a DI player since Paul Millsap in 2006.
• Kenny Chery hit a game-winning shot with 4 seconds left to give Baylor a 74-73 win vs. No. 11 ISU on Jan. 14.
• Baylor shot 29.8%?in the Jan.10 win at TCU, the worst shooting in any of Scott Drew's wins at BU.
• All 31 of Baylor's regular-season games will be televised this season, including 22 games on the ESPN?family of networks. The Kansas State game will be Baylor's 130th consecutive televised contest.
• Baylor has the nation's second-best postseason winning percentage over the last six years (17-4; .810).
• Baylor finished undefeated in December for the 6th time in the last 8 years (accomplished just twice prior; `96, `00)
• Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the second-longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference. Drew, who is in his 12th season at Baylor, is second only to Texas' Rick Barnes (17th season at UT).
• Baylor has the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 758 consecutive games. The last time BU didn't make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs.?Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday is the 32nd series meeting between?Baylor and Kansas State. BU is 6-5 against K-State in Waco.
• Prior to last season's 87-73 double overtime win,?Baylor had lost 3 straight home games against K-State.
• BU is 7-10 against K-State in the Drew era, including a 4-4 mark since 2012.
A WIN WOULD ...
• Make Baylor 15-17 in the all-time series against K-State, including a 7-5 mark in Waco.
• Give Baylor its 4th consecutive 20-win season and the 7th 20-win season in the last 8 years -- BU had only 3 seasons with 20+ wins prior to the Drew era (1945-46, 1947-78 and 1987-88).
• Give Baylor a 32-10 record over its last 42 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
• Make Baylor 28-19 in February games since the 2009-10 season and 39-54 in February games under Drew.
• Give Baylor a 99-38 record since the start of the 2011-12 season.
• Make Baylor 190-88 since the start of the 2007-08 season, good for a .683 winning percentage.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Kenny Chery has scored 170 points in his last 12 games (14.2 ppg) and ranks 7th in the Big 12 with 13.4 ppg in conference play. He averaged 8.2 points per game in his previous 9 games this season.
• Taurean?Prince has scored in double figures a team-high 20 times this season -- he entered the season with 12 career double-figure scoring games in 62 games played over two seasons.
• Prince has scored in double figures in a career-best 10 straight games and is averaging 15.2 ppg during the streak.
• Rico?Gathers' 317 rebounds are 6th-most in a season in BU history. He needs 59 more rebounds to break Charles McKinney's school record of 375 in 1973-74.
• Gathers has 163 rebounds in?Big 12 play and needs to average 10.6 rpg over the next 5 games to break Blake Griffin's record for rebounds in a Big 12 conference season (215 in 2008-09).
• Gathers has shot .667 (18-of-27) from the field over his last 4 games, raising his season?FG% from .423 to .452.
• Royce O'Neale is the Big 12's only player ranked in the league's top 10 in assists and rebounds. He ranks 8th in rebounding (6.2) and 10th in assists (3.4), while posting the league's 6th-best assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1).
• O'Neale last 6 games: 11.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.7 spg; 25 assists and only 9 turnovers.
• Lester Medford has 37 assists and 19 turnovers over his last 10 Big 12 games -- he had 1 assist and 5 turnovers over his first 3 Big 12 contests.
• Medford ranks 5th in the Big 12 with a .440 3-point percentage in league play, up from .340 in non-conference.
• Johnathan Motley has 35 blocks over his last 17 games -- he had 5 blocks in the previous 9 games.
• Al Freeman has led Baylor in bench scoring 7 times this season, and the Bears have won all of those games.
• Freeman has contributed 7+ points off the bench 11 times this season, and BU is 10-1 in those games.
PROTECTING HOME COURT
• Baylor has won 17 of its last 19 home games, with losses to No. 12 Kansas (1 pt) and No. 21 Oklahoma State?(9 pts).
• Baylor has a +14.5 scoring margin in that 19-home game stretch, including 14 double-digit victories.
• Baylor had a 12-game home winning streak that was the 3rd-longest in the Ferrell?Center's 27-year history.
• Among the Bears 17 home court wins since Feb. 15, 2014, are victories over No. 11 Iowa State, No. 16 Iowa State No. 19 Texas and No. 19 Oklahoma, a double OT win vs. Kansas State and an OT victory vs. Oklahoma State.
• Baylor also has wins against Texas A&M,?Stephen F.?Austin, TCU, Texas Tech and New Mexico State in that span.
BEST DEFENSIVE TEAM OF DREW ERA
• Baylor is ranked 40th nationally in KenPom.com adjusted defensive efficiency. The only previous times Baylor was in the top 50 nationally under Drew were 2009-10 (No. 45) and 2011-12 (No. 46) -- both Elite Eight seasons.
• Baylor is 1 of 6 Division I?teams to hold all opponents below 75 points this season (Baylor, Louisiana-Monroe, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Saint Peter's, Utah).
• BU?was the only Division I team to hold every non-conference opponent to 66 or fewer points this season.
• Baylor's current 59.5 points per game allowed is 4.5 points better than the Bears' best defensive season of the Scott Drew era (2010-11, 64.0 ppg allowed). The last time BU held opponents below 64 ppg was 1985-86 (61.2).
• Baylor has held 20 of 26 opponents to 30 or fewer first-half points, including 10 times at 25 or fewer.
• For the first time since 2009-10, Baylor has held five Division I opponents below 50 points.
20 WINS = POSTSEASON
• Baylor, which has won 20-plus games nine times in the program's first 108 seasons, is seeking to win 20 games for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. The Bears have advanced to the postseason in all nine 20-win years.
• Head coach Scott Drew has led Baylor to 20-win seasons in six of the last seven years after the Bears had only three 20-win seasons in the program's first 101 seasons.
• Drew is the responsible for six of Baylor's nine 20-win season and six of BU's 13 postseason appearances.
HOLDING TEAMS UNDER SCORING AVERAGES BY 10.1 PPG
• Through 26 games, Baylor opponents are averaging 10.1 fewer points than their season averages against the Bears.
• Baylor?has held 22 of 26 opponents below their season average, including 14 of 26 at least 9 points below.
LAST TIME VS. K-STATE
• Baylor built a 14-point first-half lead and took a 9-point lead into the break, but Kansas State shot 59% (13-of-22) in the second half to rally for a 63-61 win in the teams' meeting in Manhattan on Jan. 17.
• Kenny Chery (21 points) and Taurean?Prince (20 points) were Baylor's only double-figure scorers.
• Chery missed a driving layup at the buzzer that would've sent the game to overtime.
• The Bears shot just 30% (9-of-30)?in the second half, including 18% (2-of-11) from 3-point range.
• K-State got 18 points and 7 boards from Nino Williams, and Marcus Foster contributed 11 points.
• Baylor led for the majority of the game, but K-State took its first lead on Justin Edwards' old-fashioned 3-point play with 6:24 left in the second half. The Bears didn't regain the lead the rest of the way.
• Since that meeting,?Baylor has gone 6-3, while K-State has gone 2-7.
ONE OF FOUR TEAMS TO LEAD EVERY GAME BY 6+ POINTS
• Baylor is one of four teams nationally to lead by at least 6 points in every game this season. The other teams to lead all games by 6+ points are No. 1 Kentucky, No. 3 Gonzaga and No. 10?Notre Dame.
• Baylor has held a double-digit lead in 19 of 26 games this season. BU is 17-2 when building a double-digit lead at any point in a game this season, with the losses at Kansas State (14-point lead) and at Kansas (13-point lead).
• Baylor has won 38 straight home games when building a double-digit lead -- the last loss was when the Bears blew a 10-point lead against Kansas on Feb. 8, 2012.
KEYS TO VICTORY
• Baylor is 11-0 this season when scoring 70+ points and 18-4 when scoring 60+ points.
• Baylor is 13-2 this season when recording more points off turnovers than its opponent and 6-5 when not doing so.
• Baylor is 14-1 this season when posting 14 or more assists and 5-6 when recording 13 or fewer assists.
• Baylor has held 12 of 26 opponents under 60 points, and the Bears are 84-5 in the Drew era when doing so.
• Baylor is 5-2 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 1-0 in overtime games this season. The Bears are 36-20 in games decided by 5 or fewer points over the last 7 seasons and are 10-1 in overtime games over that span.
GATHERS ONE OF NATION'S BEST REBOUNDERS ...
• Rico?Gathers ranks 2nd nationally in total rebounds per game (12.2) and offensive boards (5.2), and he ranks 13th in defensive rebounds (7.0). Gathers leads the Big 12 Conference in all three rebounding categories.
• Gathers leads the Big 12 and ranks 15th nationally with 13 double-doubles this season, twice as many as his first two seasons combined (7) and 6 more than any other Big 12 player.
• Gathers has 163 rebounds in?Big 12 play and needs to average 10.6 rpg over the next 5 games to break Blake Griffin's record for rebounds in a Big 12 conference season (215 in 2008-09).
• Gathers' 20 career double-doubles and 34 career double-digit rebound games are both tops among active Big 12 players.
• Gathers is 1 of 4 power-5 conference players averaging a double-double (11.1 ppg and 12.2 rpg), joining Auburn's Cinmeon Bowers, Washington State's Josh?Hawkinson and LSU's Jordan Mickey.
• Gathers set Big 12 and Baylor records with 28 rebounds on Jan. 21, most by a DI player since Paul?Millsap in 2006.
• Gathers is also one of the nation's least turnover-prone players, ranking 38th nationally with a 9.6 turnover rate. He has more steals steals (32) and blocks (26) than turnovers (25).
... AND A KARL MALONE AWARD FINALIST
• Rico?Gathers is one of 16 finalists for the inaugural Karl?Malone Award, given to the nation's top power forward.
• Gathers is joined by Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Arizona), Justin?Moss (Buffalo), Kevon?Looney (UCLA), Kyle Wiltjer (Gonzaga), David Laury (Iona), Aaron?White (Iowa), Georges Niang (Iowa State), Perry Ellis (Kansas), Jordan Mickey (LSU), Montrezl Harrell (Louisville), Jake Layman?(Maryland), Christian?Wood (UNLV), Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa), Myles Turner (Texas) and Larry?Nance Jr. (Wyoming).
• The list will be trimmed to five finalists on?March 9, and the winner presented on April 10.
O'NEALE DOES IT ALL
• During his four years of Division I basketball, Royce O'Neale has 1,180 points, 748 rebounds, 371 assists, 150 steals and 41 blocks in 126 games played. If all of his games played were at Baylor, he would rank 19th in school history in scoring, 8th in rebounding, 7th in assists and 9th in steals.
• O'Neale is the only Big 12 Conference player to rank in the league's top 10 in rebounding and assists -- he currently ranks 8th in the Big 12 in rebounding (6.2) and 10th in assists (3.4).
• O'Neale has started 56 consecutive games against DI opponents -- (sat out vs. Huston-Tillotson on?Jan. 21).
• Including his two seasons at Denver, O'Neale has 28 career games played touching all five stat categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks).
CHASING 400 REBOUNDS, 200 ASSISTS
• Royce O'Neale has 360 rebounds and 195 assists in 63 games over his Baylor career. He's on pace to become the 5th 400-rebound, 200-assist player in program history, and the first to reach those numbers in two seasons.
• Players to reach 400-rebounds and 200-assists at Baylor are: Jay Shakir (515r/314a in 110 games), Curtis Jerrells (486r/487a in 119 games), A.J.?Walton (454r/404a in 142 games) and Henry Dugat 418r/222a in 117 games).
• Last season, O'Neale became the first player in program history to post 200+ rebounds (205) and 100+ assists (110) in the same season. He needs 45 rebounds and 15 assists to repeat that feat this season.
'FRESH PRINCE OF BAYLOR' LEADS TEAM IN SCORING AS 6TH MAN
• Taurean Prince, dubbed the "Fresh Prince of Baylor"?by ESPN's Adnan Virk, averages 13.0 points per game, which ranks 1st nationally among all power-5 conference reserves.
• Prince ranks 4th nationally among all reserves (fewer than 10 starts), trailing only ETSU's Jalen?Riley?(20.2 ppg), BYU's Anson?Winder (14.0) and Elon's Elijah Bryant (14.0).
• Prince leads the team with 20 double-figure scoring games this season after scoring in double figures 12 times in his first two seasons at Baylor combined. He's led BU?in bench scoring in 16 of 19 games as a reserve.
• In his first two seasons, Prince averaged 5.2 ppg in 11.2 minutes per game over 62 games played.
• Prince has played 25+ minutes in 17 games this season after doing so in just 2 games over his first two seasons.
CHERY BACK AT FULL STRENGTH
• Kenny Chery is back at full strength after missing 5 starts with plantar fasciitis (came off bench once).
• Chery has 68 assists and 41 turnovers in 16 games since returning to the starting lineup. He had 14 assists and 16 turnovers in 5 games before taking the time to rest and recover.
• Chery has scored 170 points in his last 12 games (14.2 ppg), including a season-high 25 points against Kansas on?Jan. 7, and he ranks 7th in the Big 12 with 13.4 points per game in conference play.
MOTLEY AT BEST WHEN AVOIDING EARLY FOUL TROUBLE
• Redshirt freshman Johnathan Motley's best games have come when he's avoided early foul trouble.
• In games where he enters halftime with fewer than 2 fouls, Motley is averaging 10.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks. Those numbers drop to 6.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg and 1.5 bpg in games where he has 2+ first-half fouls.
• Motley has blocked 35 shots in his last 17 games (2.1 bpg) after blocking 5 shots over his first 9 games (0.6 bpg).
MILLS PROVIDES UNEXPECTED SPARK IN LUBBOCK
• Walk-on guard Austin Mills, who was awarded a scholarship for the spring semester, provided an unexpected spark off the bench in?Baylor's 54-49 win in Lubbock on?Tuesday.
• Mills had 2 assists and 0 turnovers in 13 minutes after playing 5 total minutes in BU's 12 previous Big 12 games.
FREEMAN IS FIRST GUARD OFF BENCH
• Redshirt freshman Al Freeman is typically Baylor's first guard to enter the game off the bench.
• Freeman has led Baylor in bench scoring seven times, and the Bears are 7-0 in those games.
• Freeman has posted double figure scoring off the bench 4 times. He had a career-high 13 points in 22 minutes vs. Norfolk?State, posted 10 points against both Texas A&M and New Mexico State and had 11 points at West Virginia.
• Freeman averages 17.6 minutes per game, mostly at the two-guard spot with either Kenny Chery or Lester Medford running the point.
MEDFORD AN OPTION AT THE POINT
• Baylor starting point guard Kenny Chery missed 5 starts with a foot injury and another for rest (vs. Huston-Tillotson), allowing Lester Medford to slide from his starting shooting guard position to the starting point guard role.
• Medford posted 35 assists and 8 turnovers in his 6 starts at point guard. Despite returning to his shooting guard spot, Medford still ranks 5th in the Big 12 with a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio and 7th with 3.5 assists per game.
• Medford hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:10 left in the Bears' win over Iowa State on Jan. 14, and in the previous game against TCU he had a game-tying 3-point play with 2:45 left in regulation.
• Medford has 39 assists and 20 turnovers over his last 11 games, posting at least a 2:1 A:T ratio in 7 of those games.
ELITE OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
• Baylor's offense has ranked among the nation's top 20 in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency metric in each of the last four seasons, joining Duke as the nation's only teams to make that claim.
• Baylor is currently 16th in adjusted offensive efficiency this season, and the Bears have been in the top 20 in seven of the last eight seasons. Baylor was No. 9 in 2013-14, No. 14 in 2012-13, No. 8 in 2011-12, No. 3 in 2009-10, No. 11 in 2008-09 and No. 11 in 2007-08.
• Most times ranked in?nation's top-20 since 2007-08: Duke-8, Baylor-7, Arizona-6, Florida-6, Kansas-5, Pittsburgh-5, Wisconsin-5, Kentucky-4, North?Carolina-4, Ohio?State-4
TOUGHNESS IN CLOSE GAMES
• The Bears are 5-2 this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points, with wins at South?Carolina, at Vanderbilt, at Texas?Tech, home against Southern and home against Iowa State. BU also won at TCU in its only overtime game.
• Over the last 7 seasons,?Baylor is 36-20 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-1 in overtime games.
KENPOM RANKS BEARS AMONG NATION'S BEST
• KenPom.com has Baylor ranked No. 13 nationally in team rankings.
• The Bears' offense is ranked No. 15 in adjusted efficiency, while the defense is No. 40 in adjusted efficiency.
• Baylor's 7 losses are all against KenPom top-100 teams: at No. 9 Kansas, vs. No. 9 Kansas, at No. 10 Oklahoma, at No. 26 Oklahoma?State, vs. No. 26 Oklahoma State, vs. No. 58 Illinois and at No. 90 Kansas State.
• The Bears have 11 wins against KenPom top-100 teams, 10 of which have been against teams in the top 60.
BALANCED SCORING ATTACK
• Baylor has benefited from a balanced scoring attack that has seen eight different players combine to score in double figures 77 times this season. Additionally, five different players have scored 20+ points a total of 15 times.
• Seven different BU players have led the team in scoring this season, and none have done so in more than 7 games -- Rico?Gathers 7 times, Taurean Prince 6 times, Johnathan?Motley 4 times, Royce O'Neale 4 times, Kenny Chery 4 times, Lester?Medford twice and Deng Deng once.
• Prince leads the team with 13.0 points per game, while BU's five starters average between 8.0 and 11.6 ppg.
ONE OF TWO BIG 12 TEAMS RANKED EIGHT STRAIGHT SEASONS
• Baylor joins Kansas as the only Big 12 Conference schools to be ranked in each of the last eight seasons. The Bears were unranked in the preseason for the first time since 2009-10, but cracked the rankings at No. 22 on Dec. 22.
• Baylor has been ranked for at least three weeks in each of the last seven seasons (2008-09 through 2014-15).
• The Bears have been ranked for nine consecutive weeks, ranging from No. 16 to No. 22 in the AP?poll.
PICKED 6TH/7TH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL
• Baylor was picked to finish tied for sixth in the 2014-15 Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll in a vote by the league's head coaches in October. Sixth is the lowest the Bears have been picked since 2010, when BU?was projected 10th and ended up advancing to the NCAA?Tournament Elite Eight.
• In the last eight seasons, BU has been picked ninth in 2007-08 (NCAA Tournament), third in 2008-09 (NIT runner-up), 10th in 2009-10 (Elite Eight), fourth in 2010-11, third in 2011-12 (Elite Eight), second in 2012-13 (NIT?champions), third in 2013-14 (Sweet 16) and tied for sixth in 2014-15.
HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS PAYING OFF
• Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 78-9 when leading through the first 20 minutes in that stretch (17-5 this season, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
• BU has won 41% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 20-29 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 87 of 136 games over the last four seasons. With wins in 78 of those 87 games, and victories in 20 of 49 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 98-38 since 2011-12.
BAYLOR AND LOUISVILLE ONLY SCHOOLS RANKED IN FB, MBB AND WBB
• Baylor and Louisville are the nation's only schools ranked by the AP in football and men's and women's basketball.
• Baylor football is ranked No. 7, men's basketball is No. 20 and women's basketball is No. 3.
• Baylor, Duke, Louisville and Michigan State were the only teams to finish the 2013-14 academic year ranked in the final AP polls for all three sports.
DREW IS PROGRAM'S ALL-TIME WINS LEADER
• Scott Drew holds Baylor's school record with 223 career wins as head coach.
• Drew became the all-time wins leader by defeating Texas on March 14, 2014 for his 202nd Baylor victory, passing Bill Henderson (201 wins; 1941-43 and 1945-61) for the all-time wins mark.
• Drew's .587 winning percentage is the best ever by a Baylor coach with 60+ games at the helm.
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
• Baylor has enjoyed unprecedented success over the last seven-plus seasons under 12th-year head coach Scott Drew. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 189-88 (24 wins per season) and has made six postseason appearances?(NCAA -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT?-- 2009, 2013) and posted six 20-win seasons.
• Prior to 2007-08, Baylor won only 135 games in the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 era (12.3 wins per season).
• Baylor has made 13 postseason appearances (six under Drew) and won 20+ games just nine times (six under Drew) in the program's first 108 seasons.
DREW AMONG NATION'S ELITE
• Head coach Scott Drew is the youngest of 11 coaches nationally to take his current program to three Sweet 16 appearances in the last five seasons.
• Drew (44) is joined by Arizona's Sean Miller (46), Ohio State's Thad Matta (47), Florida's Billy Donovan (49), Kansas' Bill Self (52), Kentucky's John Calipari (55), Michigan State's Tom Izzo (60), Louisville's Rick Pitino (62), Wisconsin's Bo Ryan (67), Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (67) and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (70).
UP NEXT
• Baylor heads to Ames to face Iowa State at 8 p.m. CT?Wednesday on ESPNU.
• Baylor won 74-73 after Kenny Chery hit a game-winning jumper when the teams met in?Waco on?Jan. 14, but the Bears are 0-12 all-time in Ames and have lost 11 of the 12 meetings by at least 8 points.
