16/18 BAYLOR BEARS (1-0) Location: Waco, Texas   Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes	BAYLOR (1-0) vs. WASHINGTON (0-0) Nov. 8, 2019 • 8:30 p.m. CT Anchorage, Alaska • Alaska Airlines Center (5,000) LIVE STATS: Sidearm WATCH: ESPN and ESPN app Talent: Dan Shulman (pxp), Jay Bilas (analyst), Seth Greenberg (sideline) LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas Talent: Pat Nunley (pxp), David Kaye (analyst) Baylor Social Media:
	RV/RV WASHINGTON (0-0) Location: Seattle, Wash. Conference: Pac-12 Head Coach: Mike Hopkins (Syracuse, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes

By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
            Scott Drew gets to check something else off his bucket list when 16^th-ranked Baylor (1-0) faces Washington at 8:30 p.m. CST Friday in the Armed Forces Classic at 5,000-seat Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. 
            "It's a great opportunity, it's a bucket list for me, to be able to go up there and give back to the soldiers for what they sacrifice and do for us," said Drew, whose team opened with a 105-61 blowout of Central Arkansas on Tuesday. "I know the players are going to love the uniforms. I had a chance to see them, and they'll be fired up for that."
            Washington was picked third in the Pac-12 preseason media poll behind Oregon and Colorado despite losing its top four scorers from a 27-9 team that made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Isaiah Stewart and Jaden McDaniels, a pair of 6-9 freshmen, are McDonald's All-Americans and preseason first-team all-conference picks who are projected to go in the first round of the NBA Draft. 
            "The great thing is Washington is one of the most talented teams in the country," Drew said. "You can look at the NBA Draft boards, and they've got a couple of guys on there for a reason. They're really good players."
            While Baylor already has a game under its belt, plus closed scrimmages against LSU and Texas A&M, the Huskies are opening the regular season after a scrimmage at TCU and an 87-63 win over Western Washington last Thursday. 
            In the Bears' opener on Tuesday, they drained a Ferrell Center-record 18 3-pointers, including eight treys and 30 points by sophomore guard Jared Butler. They jumped out to a 19-0 lead in the first six minutes and were up 53-32 at halftime. 
            "We were definitely locked-in on defense, and that was one of our points of emphasis going into the game," Butler said. "We locked in, and we knew scout pretty well. We try to get three stops in a row every time, and that's what we did."
            Other than walk-ons Obim Okeke and Jackson Moffatt, who came in for the last few minutes, everyone else scored. Devonte Bandoo and Freddie Gillespie scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, while UNC Asheville transfer MaCio Teague had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. 
            "I think what you saw from Baylor was they have those pieces that they can plug in," Central Arkansas coach Russ Pennell said. "I think if he wants, he can play small. I think he can play a little bit bigger. He's just got a lot of weapons that are going to make them a good team."
            Teague, who knocked down four 3-pointers in his Baylor debut, said the Bears are ready to take that next step with Friday's game against Washington. 
            "I think the foreign tour (to Italy) helped us. The two scrimmages we had were very competitive, and I think that will help us out a lot," he said. "I think it will be a good step for our program to go and compete against a good Pac-12 team."
            Friday's game will be televised by ESPN, with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg calling the action. 
            The Bears will host Texas State in a sandwich game next Friday, Nov. 15, before going back on the road for the Myrtle Beach Invitational in Conway, S.C. 
            "We tend to sometimes overreact on a big win or a big loss," Drew said. "We have to try to find ways to get us better and make sure everybody knows it's one game, it's not the season. Just make sure they're grounded, it's all a process, and we've got a long way to go."

STORY LINES
• Baylor faces off against Washington in the 2019 Armed Forces Classic in Anchorage, Alaska.
• The Bears are 1-2 all-time against UW, but the teams haven't met since December 10, 1955.
• Baylor is 11-4 against Pac-12 teams during the Drew era (1-0 vs. Arizona, 4-0 vs. Arizona State, 2-1 vs. Colorado, 2-1 vs. Oregon, 1-0 vs. USC and 1-2 vs. Washington State).
• BU won its season-opener vs. UCA 105-61, draining 18 3-pointers, the 2nd-most in program history.
• Jared Butler had 30 points and made 8-of-12 treys vs. UCA, while MaCio Teague added 18 points and 10 rebounds in his BU debut, Devonte Bandoo added 15 points and Freddie Gillespie had 14.
• Baylor is coming off its 10th 20-win season in the last 12 years. The Bears were a No. 9 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where they knocked of Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
• The game will be televised by ESPN with Dan Shulman, Jay Biles and Seth Greenberg calling the action.
• BU is No. 16 in the Preseason AP Top 25, tied for the 2nd-best preseason ranking in program history.
• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (317-209).
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who started in their BU debuts after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague.
• BU returned 8 letterwinners from last season, including 5 players who made at least 7 starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillepsie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
• BU also returns sophomores Matthew Mayer and Flo Thamba and senior Obim Okeke.
• BU was picked 2nd in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, tying the highest in program history (2012-13). The Bears were picked 9th in last year's poll, but overcame a multitude of injuries to finish in 4th place.
• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak. 
• Baylor's streak of 11 consecutive seasons ranked was snapped last season, but the Bears have now been ranked in 12 of 13 seasons since 2007-08. BU was ranked only twice prior to the Drew era.
• Baylor is 37-10 in games against non-Big 12 teams over the last 4 seasons since 2016-17.
• Drew is coaching his 527th game at Baylor (317-209). His .603 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .669 winning percentage since 2007-08 (283-140).
• Baylor is 46-4 in regular-season non-conference games against unranked teams since December 2014.
• Baylor has posted a combined 146-33 record in November and December games during the Drew era, including a 64-10 mark in November and December games since 2013.
• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 2 last year).
• BU has been top-25 nationally in adj. offensive efficiency in 7 of the last 8 seasons (No. 20 last year).
• Five of Baylor's 12 active players have used a redshirt year at Baylor, and the Bears have two more players sitting out this season as redshirts – Adam Flagler and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua.
• Davion Mitchell takes over as Baylor's starting point guard replacing Makai Mason. Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards during the Drew era have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 seasons).

QUICK HITS
• BU is 41-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons.
• Baylor is 12-23 against AP Top 10 teams since March 2012. BU started the Drew era 1-26 vs. top-10.
• Baylor has defeated 7 top-10 teams in the last 3 seasons, including a 6-3 mark vs. top-10 teams in Waco.
• Baylor is 31-3 when leading at halftime over the last 3 seasons since 2017-18.
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (149-19).
• Baylor has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 seasons after recording only three 20-win seasons in the previous 100 years of Baylor Basketball (1946, 1948, 1988).
• The Bears are one of 11 programs to win 18+ games in every year since 2008.
• Baylor is 1 of 14 teams nationally to appear in every postseason since 2012 (6 NCAAs, 2 NITs).
• BU is 89-20 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (20-5 last season).
• Baylor is 192-93 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012.
• Baylor's 192 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (236).
• Baylor is 283-140 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
• Baylor is 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league.
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 904 straight games — the last time Baylor failed to make a 3-pointer was more than 29 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech (0-8).
• BU has recorded double-digit non-conference wins in 11 of the last 12 seasons (all except 2012-13).
• Baylor has won 5 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis and 2017 Hall of Fame Classic).

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• Drew is in his 17th season at Baylor and is the school's all-time wins leader (317).
• Baylor has had a nation-leading four players selected in the NBA Draft since 2010 who weren't ranked in the ESPN100 out of high school — Quincy Acy, Ekpe Udoh, Pierre Jackson and Taurean Prince
• Drew has graduated 49 players during his Baylor tenure, averaging more than 3 graduates per season.
• The Bears have advanced to postseason play in a school-record eight straight seasons (6 NCAA, 2 NIT).
• Baylor is 20-4 in regular-season tournaments since 2013-14, including 3 regular-season tournament titles.
• Drew has won 20+ games in 10 of the last 12 years — the Bears had 3 seasons of 20+ wins prior to his arrival.

SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday is the fourth series meeting between Baylor and Washington, but the teams haven't met since 1955.
• UW leads the series 2-1, but the Bears won the only neutral-site meeting.
• BU won 64-62 when the teams met in the 1948 NCAA Western Regional in Kansas City on March 19, 1948.
• UW won 71-62 and 80-68 when the teams met on consecutive days in Seattle on Dec. 9-10, 1955.
• Baylor is 11-4 against Pac-12 teams during the Drew era, including wins in the last 4 meetings.

DREW's CREW VS. THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE
• Scott Drew has posted a 11-4 record against Pac-12 teams while at Baylor, including wins in each of the last 4 meetings. The Bears won both games against Pac-12 teams last year – 58-49 at Arizona and 57-47 vs. Oregon.
• Drew's 11-4 record includes games against 6 Pac-12 teams: Arizona (1-0), Arizona State (4-0), Colorado (2-1), Oregon (2-1), USC (1-0) and Washington State (1-2). BU is 4-1 in home games, 4-2 at neutral sites and 3-1 in road games.
• Baylor's wins were vs. No. 14 Arizona State (2008-09), at Washington State (2008-09), at Arizona State (2009-10), home vs. Arizona State (2010-11), vs. Colorado (2011-12), home vs. Arizona State (2012-13), vs. Colorado (2013-14), home vs. No. 4 Oregon (2016-17), vs. USC (2016-17), at Arizona (2018-19) and home vs. Oregon (2018-19).
• Baylor's losses against Pac-12 teams under Drew were at home vs. No. 6 Washington State (2007-08), vs. Washington State (2010-11), vs. Colorado (2012-13) and at No. 25 Oregon (2015-16).