 | | MEDIA INFORMATION | | Date | Wednesday, Feb. 25 | 8:00 p.m. CT | | Location | Ames, Iowa; Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
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| | Record | 20-7, 8-6 | | Ranking | 19 (AP), 20 (Coaches)
| | Head Coach | Scott Drew
| | Career: 244-168 (13th season)
| | BU Record: 224-157 (12th season)
| IOWA STATE CYCLONES
| | Record | 20-6, 10-4
| | Ranking | 12 (AP), 13 (Coaches)
| | Head Coach | Fred Hoiberg
| | Career: 110-53 (5th season)
| | ISU Record: 110-53 (5th season)
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STORY LINES
? Wednesday is the 29th series meeting. Baylor is 11-17 all-time against ISU, including an 0-12 mark in Ames.
? Baylor won 74-73 when the teams met in?Waco on Jan. 14. The Bears led 16-1, but Bryce Dejean-Jones hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left to give ISU a 73-72 lead. Kenny Chery answered with a jumper with 4 seconds left.
? Baylor is 32-10 in its last 42 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 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 5 teams to hold all opponents under 75 points this season?(Utah, New Hampshire, Saint Peter's, ULM).
? BU is 7-17 in road games vs. AP ranked teams over the last 8 seasons -- prior to that span, Baylor was 2-65 in road games vs. ranked teams. BU has earned 8 of its 9 road wins vs. ranked teams during the Drew era.
? Baylor is 3rd nationally with a +9.6 average rebound margin, 3rd with 15.3 offensive rebounds per game and 5th with 40.5 total boards per game. The Bears have out-rebounded 25 of 27 opponents this season.
? Baylor's current 58.8 ppg allowed is its lowest season average in 66 years (58.6 ppg in 1958-59). The last time Baylor allowed fewer than 64.0 ppg in a season was 1985-86 (61.2).
? This is Baylor's 7th 20-win season in the last 8 years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to Drew's arrival.
? Baylor's defense is holding teams to 10.6 points per game below their season averages. Only 3 of 27 opponents have topped their season averages against BU, and 15 of 27 have gone 9 or more points below average.
? 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 21 of 27 games this season, including 11 times at 25 or fewer.
? All 5 Baylor starters average 8.1-11.3 points per game, and reserve Taurean Prince leads the team with 13.1 ppg.
? Five BU players have scored 20+ points in a game this season (Chery, Gathers, Motley, O'Neale and Prince).
? Baylor and Louisville are the nation's only teams ranked by the AP in football and men's and women's basketball.
? Baylor is 271-61 in football and men's and women's basketball since 2011-12, the nation's best record in that span.
? 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 79-9 when leading at the half over the last four seasons -- 18-5 this season, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12. BU is 182-31 when leading at the half during the entire Drew era.
? BU?has won 38% of its games (20-32) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 2-2 this season.
QUICK HITS
? Scott Drew is coaching his 382nd game at Baylor (224-157). His .588 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .683 winning percentage (190-88) since 2007-08.
? Seven different BU players have led the team in scoring this season and Gathers has done so most often (7 times).
? BU is 85-5 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, and the Bears have done so 13 times this season (12-1).
? Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 8 seasons (70-62) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
? Baylor leads the Big 12 Conference and ranks 19th nationally in scoring defense (58.8).
? Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks 9th nationally in 3-point FG defense (28.8%).
? Baylor is ranked No. 19 (AP?poll) and No. 20 (coaches poll), marking BU's 10th 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 is 190-88 (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 seven 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.
? 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 Iowa State game will be Baylor's 131st 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 759 consecutive games. The last time BU didn't make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs.?Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
? Wednesday marks the 29th series meeting, and Baylor trails 11-17 in the all-time series.
? Baylor is 0-12 all-time against Iowa State in Ames. ISU's average margin of victory is 13.3 ppg vs. BU in?Ames.
? Baylor has led at halftime once in the 12 previous meetings in Ames -- the Bears led 37-30 in 2012 before losing 80-72. BU?was tied with ISU?in Ames in 1999, and the Bears trailed at half in the other 10 meetings.
? The home team has won 22 of 24 games in the all-time series, and Baylor is 1-3 vs. ISU?at neutral sites.
? Wednesday is the 3rd time the teams have met as ranked opponents, all in the last 2 seasons.
A WIN WOULD ...
? Make Baylor 12-17 in the all-time series vs. Iowa State, and it would be the Bears' 3rd win in the last 4 meetings.
? Give Baylor its first-ever win in Ames after dropping the first 12 games at Iowa State.
? Be Baylor's 10th all-time road win vs. an AP-ranked team, improving BU's record to 8-17 in those games over the last 8 seasons -- prior to that, Baylor was 2-65 in road games vs. ranked teams.
? Give Baylor a 33-10 record over its last 43 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
? Make Baylor 29-19 in February games since the 2009-10 season and 40-54 in February games under Drew.
? Give Baylor a 100-41 record since the start of the 2011-12 season.
? Make Baylor 191-88 since the start of the 2007-08 season, good for a .685 winning percentage.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
? Baylor has two streaks that could be difficult to extend at Iowa State. The Bears are 1 of 4 teams nationally to lead every game by at least 6 points this season, and BU is 1 of 5 teams to hold all opponents below 75 points.
? Kenny Chery has scored 175 points in his last 13 games (13.5 ppg) and ranks 9th in the Big 12 with 12.8 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 21 times this season -- he has scored in double figures in a career-best 11 straight games and is averaging 15.1 ppg during the streak.
? Prince had career highs with 5 assists and 5 steals on?Saturday, and he led the team with 14 points.
? Rico?Gathers' 327 rebounds are 6th-most in a season in BU history. He needs 49 more rebounds to break Charles McKinney's school record of 375 in 1973-74.
? Gathers has 173 rebounds in?Big 12 Conference play and needs to average 10.8 rpg over the next 4 games to break Blake Griffin's record for rebounds in a Big 12 season (215 in 2008-09).
? Gathers has shot .622 (23-of-37) from the field over his last 4 games, raising his season?FG% from .423 to .455.
? 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 (6.1) and 9th in assists (3.4), while posting the league's 3rd-best assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2).
? O'Neale last 7 games: 11.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.1 apg, 1.6 spg; 29 assists and more steals (11) than turnovers (9).
? Lester Medford has 39 assists and 20 turnovers over his last 11 Big 12 games -- he had 1 assist and 5 turnovers over his first 3 Big 12 contests.
? Medford ranks 6th in the Big 12 with a .436 3-point percentage in league play, up from .340 in non-conference.
? Johnathan Motley has 36 blocks over his last 18 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 12 times this season, and BU is 11-1 in those games.
6TH STRAIGHT SEASON WITH ROAD WIN VS. RANKED TEAM
? Baylor has won a road game against an AP?top 20-ranked opponent in each of the last 6 seasons.
? BU is 7-17 in road games vs. AP Top 25 teams over the last 8 seasons -- prior to that span, Baylor was 2-65 in road games vs. ranked teams. BU has earned 8 of its 9 road wins vs. ranked teams during the Scott Drew era.
? Baylor's all-time road wins vs. ranked teams were: No. 15 West Virginia (2014-15), No. 8 Oklahoma State (2013-14), No. 8 Kentucky (2012-13), No. 18 Kansas State (2011-12), No. 16 Texas A&M (2010-11), No. 6 Texas (2009-10), No. 17?Texas A&M (2007-08), No. 13 Oklahoma State (2002-03) and No. 11 Arkansas (1978-79).
BEST DEFENSIVE TEAM OF DREW ERA
? Baylor is ranked 29th 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 5 Division I?teams to hold all opponents below 75 points this season (Baylor, Louisiana-Monroe, New Hampshire, 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 58.8 points per game allowed is 5.2 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 21 of 27 opponents to 30 or fewer first-half points, including 11 times at 25 or fewer.
? For the first time since 1949-50, Baylor has held six opponents below 50 points.
LAST TIME VS. IOWA STATE
? Baylor jumped out to a 16-1 lead and led 22-5 just 6 minutes into the game.?The Bears didn't trail until Georges Niang hit a jumper with 1:54 left, but Lester Medford hit a 3-pointer to put BU back in front 70-68.
? ISU went back in front 73-72 when Bryce Dejean-Jones hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining, but Kenny Chery then put the Bears back on top with an elbow jumper with 4 seconds on the clock.
? Niang missed a runner from just inside the 3-point line as time expired, and Baylor won 74-73.
? Four of Baylor's five starters reached double figures in scoring, and five different BU players had 3+ assists.
? Taurean Prince had 5 points in 25 minutes, his lowest point total in 21 games this season with 20+?minutes.
? Baylor's 9 bench points marked its 2nd-fewest this season -- BU had 8 bench points vs. Kansas on Jan. 7.
? Iowa State hit 10-of-19 shots from 3-point range, the most 3s and highest percentage against Baylor this season.
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. 9?Notre Dame.
? Baylor has held a double-digit lead in 20 of 27 games this season. BU is 18-2 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 39 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.
KENPOM RANKS BEARS AMONG NATION'S BEST
? KenPom.com has Baylor ranked No. 12 nationally in team rankings.
? The Bears' offense is ranked No. 15 in adjusted efficiency, while the defense is No. 29 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. 30 Oklahoma?State, vs. No. 30 Oklahoma State, vs. No. 61 Illinois and at No. 93 Kansas State.
? The Bears have 12 wins against KenPom top-100 teams, 9 of which have been against teams in the top 55.
HOLDING TEAMS UNDER SCORING AVERAGES BY 10.6 PPG
? Through 27 games, Baylor opponents are averaging 10.6 fewer points than their season averages against the Bears.
? Only 3 of 27 teams have topped their season scoring averages against Baylor.
? The Bears have held 15 of 27 opponents 9 or more points below their season averages.
KEYS TO VICTORY
? Baylor is 11-0 this season when scoring 70+ points and 19-4 when scoring 60+ points.
? Baylor is 14-2 this season when recording more points off turnovers than its opponent and 6-5 when not doing so.
? Baylor is 15-1 this season when posting 14 or more assists and 5-6 when recording 13 or fewer assists.
? Baylor has held 13 of 27 opponents under 60 points, and the Bears are 85-5 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.
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 15th 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
BALANCED SCORING ATTACK
? Baylor has benefited from a balanced scoring attack that has seen eight different players combine to score in double figures 82 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 7 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 13.1 points per game, while BU's five starters average between 8.1 and 11.3 ppg.
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.
20 WINS = POSTSEASON
? Baylor, which has won 20-plus games 10 times in the program's 109 seasons, has reached the 20-win milestone for the 7th time in the last eight seasons. The Bears have advanced to the postseason in all previous 20-win years.
? Head coach Scott Drew has led Baylor to 20-win seasons in seven of the last eight years after the Bears had only three 20-win seasons in the program's first 101 seasons.
? Drew is the responsible for seven of Baylor's 10 20-win season and six of BU's 13 postseason appearances.
HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS PAYING OFF
? Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 79-9 when leading through the first 20 minutes in that stretch (18-5 this season, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
? BU has won 38% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 20-32 in those.
? BU has led at halftime in 88 of 137 games over the last four seasons. With wins in 79 of those 88 games, and victories in 20 of 52 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 99-41 since 2011-12.
GATHERS ONE OF NATION'S BEST REBOUNDERS ...
? Rico?Gathers leads the nation in total rebounds per game (12.1), ranks 3rd in offensive boards (5.1), and he ranks 13th in defensive rebounds (7.0). Gathers leads the Big 12 Conference in all three rebounding categories.
? Gathers ranks 14th nationally with 14 double-doubles this season, twice as many as any other Big 12 player.
? Gathers has 173 rebounds in?Big 12 play and needs to average 10.8 rpg over the next 4 games to break Blake Griffin's record for rebounds in a Big 12 conference season (215 in 2008-09).
? Gathers' 21 career double-doubles and 35 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 (11.2 ppg and 12.1 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 33rd nationally with a 9.2 turnover rate. He has more steals steals (35) and blocks (28) 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 1,190 points, 752 rebounds, 375 assists, 151 steals and 42 blocks in 127 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 8th 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 (6.1) and 9th in assists (3.4).
? O'Neale has started 57 consecutive games against DI opponents -- (sat out vs. Huston-Tillotson on?Jan. 21).
? Including his two seasons at Denver, O'Neale has 29 career games played touching all five stat categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks).
CHASING 400 REBOUNDS AND 200 ASSISTS
? Royce O'Neale has 364 rebounds and 199 assists in 64 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 41 rebounds and 11 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 13.1 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?(20.6 ppg), BYU's Anson?Winder (14.0) and Elon's Elijah Bryant (13.9).
? Prince leads the team with 21 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 17 of 20 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 18 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 72 assists and 46 turnovers in 17 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 175 points in his last 13 games (13.5 ppg), including a season-high 25 points against Kansas on?Jan. 7, and he ranks 9th in the Big 12 with 12.8 points per game in conference play.
MOTLEY AT BEST WHEN AVOIDING 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 10.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.5 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 36 shots in his last 18 games (2.0 bpg) after blocking 5 shots over his first 9 games (0.6 bpg).
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 5 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 and at home against Kansas State.
? Freeman averages 17.7 minutes per game, mostly at the two-guard spot with either Kenny Chery or Lester Medford running the point.
MEDFORD IS SECOND OPTION AT 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 4th 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 41 assists and 21 turnovers over his last 12 games, posting at least a 2:1 A:T ratio in 8 of those games.
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?Feb. 17.
? Mills had 2 assists and 0 turnovers in 13 minutes; he's played a total of 8 minutes over Baylor's 13 other Big 12 games.
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 10 consecutive weeks, ranging from No. 16 to No. 22 in the AP?poll.
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. 19 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 224 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 .588 winning percentage is the best ever by a Baylor coach with 60+ games at the helm.
NATION'S BEST IN 3 MAJOR SPORTS OVER LAST 4 SEASONS
? Since 2011-12, Baylor has the nation's most combined wins across football and men's and women's basketball.
? The Bears are 271-61 in that span, giving Baylor 70 more wins than any other Big 12 team, and 7 more than the next closest team nationally (Louisville at 264-67).
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).
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 190-88 (24 wins per season) and has made six postseason appearances?(NCAA -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT?-- 2009, 2013) with seven 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 10 times (seven under Drew) in the program's first 109 seasons.
UP NEXT
? Baylor returns to Waco for its next-to-last home game of the season. The Bears host No. 20 West Virginia at 3 p.m. Saturday on ESPNU, and the team will wear black as part of #EveryoneInBlack.
? Baylor won 87-69 against then-No. 15 West Virginia when the teams met in Morgantown on Feb. 7.
