4/4 BAYLOR BEARS (11-1) Location: Waco, Texas   Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes	BAYLOR (11-1) vs. TEXAS TECH (10-3) Jan. 7, 2020 • 8 p.m. CT Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena (15,000) LIVE STATS: baylorstats.com WATCH: ESPN2 and ESPN app Talent: Jon Sciambi (pxp), Fran Fraschilla (analyst) LISTEN: Baylor-IMG College | ESPN Central Texas Talent: John Morris (pxp), David Kaye (analyst) Baylor Social Media:
	22/21 TEXAS TECH (10-3) Location: Lubbock, Texas Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Chris Beard (Texas, 1995) Roster | Stats | Game Notes

By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
            After surviving a defensive battle with Texas to open Big 12 play, the No. 4-ranked Baylor Bears (11-1, 1-0) will get an even stiffer test when they travel to face No. 22/21 Texas Tech (10-3, 1-0) at 8 p.m. Tuesday at United Supermarket Arena in Lubbock. 
            Coming off its first Big 12 regular-season championship and an overtime loss to Virginia in last year's national championship game, Tech had to replace four starters from the winningest team in program history (31-7). But, fourth-year head coach Chris Beard has reloaded with two grad transfers and a pair of top-100 national recruits in 6-6 guard Terrance Shannon Jr. and 6-4 guard Jahmi'us Ramsey. 
            "A lot of different faces," Baylor coach Scott Drew said of the Red Raiders, who opened league play with an 85-50 win over Oklahoma State. "Coach Beard has always done a good job of bringing in older guys as well, so they have college experience, and physically and mentally they're ready for the rigors of college basketball."
            Ramsey (17.4 ppg) and Shannon (12.2) are two of the five Red Raiders averaging double-digit points, while grad transfers TJ Holyfield from SFA (10.1 ppg, 5.1 rebounds) and Chris Clarke from Virginia Tech (7.1 ppg, 8.9 rebounds) have helped solidify a frontline that lost Tariq Owens and Norense Odiase. Jarrett Culver, an All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year, was the sixth overall pick in the NBA Draft and a rookie this season with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
            "Defensively, obviously, they have the same principles and apply the same pressure and defensive tenacity," Drew said. "Coach Bear has done a great job in integrating a bunch of new players with his scheme in a short period of time. It does help when you have a foreign tour, and both of us had foreign tours."
             While the Baylor offense struggled in the conference opener, shooting just 31 percent in a 59-44 win at home over Texas, the Bears played lock-down defense and held the Longhorns to the fewest points ever by a Shaka Smart-coached team. 
            Predominantly a zone team in years past, Baylor has gone almost exclusively man-to-man this year with a guard-dominated lineup. 
            "First of all, we don't have the size and length we've had, playing more guards," Drew said. "So, that leads to a defense more pressure-oriented and more proactive than reactive. . . . If you look at it, we have a lot of guys that are very athletic, very good defenders, and they're aggressive. So, you put them in a situation like this, and they thrive."
            Sophomore guard Jared Butler, who was just 4-of-15 from the field against Texas, said "unfortunately, it was one of those nights."
            "Most importantly, we always tell ourselves our defense will never waver, no matter what our offense is doing," said Butler, who is averaging a team-high 17.3 points per game. "Good defense travels. Whether we're making shorts or missing shots, we'll be able to play good defense."
            While crediting Texas' defense, Drew said he also hopes to "scheme-wise, put our guys in some better situations."
            "Tendencies and weaknesses and things that you don't see in the non-conference get exposed in conference," Drew said. "After that first one or two (games in conference), you see how people are going to guard you, and it changes schematically how you do things."
            Although the Red Raiders have a lot of new faces and start two freshmen, Baylor senior forward Freddie Gillespie said "they're young but they're really hungry."
            This will be as tough a week as there is all season, with the road trip to Tech on Tuesday and at No. 3 Kansas on Saturday in Lawrence, where the Bears have never won. 
            "I don't really much thought into it," Drew said, "from the standpoint that's what is so good about the Big 12, you play everybody twice, home and away. No matter when you play them, it's going to be tough. . . . Tech's definitely had a lot of success at home the last years, especially, and Kansas has had a lot of success probably since the beginning of time.
            Tuesday's game will be broadcast by ESPN2, with Jon Sciambi and Fran Fraschilla calling the action. Saturday's top-5 game in Lawrence is a national broadcast on CBS. 
 

 STORY LINES
• No. 4/4 Baylor heads to Lubbock to face No. 22/21 Texas Tech at 8 p.m. CT Tuesday on ESPN2.
• Tuesday is the 139th all-time series meeting dating back to 1937. Baylor is 19-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including a 7-7 mark in Lubbock in that span. BU is 6-4 in its last 10 trips to Lubbock.
• The teams split the series last season, with each winning on its home court. Jared Butler led Baylor in scoring in both games, as the Bears won 73-62 in Waco and lost 86-61 in Lubbock.
• Baylor is riding a 10-game winning streak, the 8th-longest streak in program history. It's also the nation's 3rd-longest active streak behind San Diego State (15) and Auburn (13).
• BU defeated 3 ranked teams prior to January for the 2nd time in program history (4-0 in 2016-17).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally in scoring defense (58.9). BU ranks No. 9 nationally in defensive efficiency (87.4), on pace to be the best defense of the Drew era (16th at 92.9 in 2016-17).
• Baylor is 34-38 in Big 12 road games since 2012, 2nd-best in the league behind only Kansas (45-28).
• BU reached double-digit non-conference for the 6th time in the last 7 seasons and 12th time in 14 years.
• Baylor has led or been tied for 98% of game time over its last 6 games (234:09 of 240:00).
• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 9 of 12 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year.
• BU is No. 4 in the most recent AP Top 25 and has moved up in the rankings in 7 consecutive weeks.
• Baylor's No. 4 AP ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 4 on Feb. 13, 2017. 
• Baylor's streak of 10 consecutive AP polls ranked is the 6th-longest in program history (all since 2010).
• The Bears have now been ranked in every AP Top 25 spot except No. 8 during the 17-year Drew era.
• BU won its third tournament title in 4 years by beating Villanova to win the Myrtle Beach Invitational.
• Baylor is 1 of 6 Power-5 programs to win 18+ games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2008, joining Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina.
• Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 63-7 this year and all four are currently top-10 ranked (No. 3 VB, No. 4 MBB, No. 6 WBB, No. 7 FB).
• Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU's all-time wins leader (327-210).
• Drew is coaching his 538th game at Baylor (327-210). His .609 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 40+ games, and his teams have a .675 winning percentage since 2007-08 (293-141).
• Baylor is playing its 224th game as a ranked team under Drew – BU was ranked in 2 of 2197 games over the program's 97 seasons prior to Drew. Since 2008-09, BU has been ranked in 221 of 403 games.
• 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 off Syracuse before falling to No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
• 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.
• Baylor has been in the Preseason AP Top 25 in 7 of 10 seasons since its first preseason ranking in 2010-11.
• BU has advanced to the postseason in 8 straight seasons, tied as the nation's 10th-longest active streak. 
• BU has ranked top-10 nationally in offensive rebounding pct. in 6 straight seasons (No. 7 this year).

QUICK HITS 
• BU is 44-72 against AP-ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew's first 4 rebuilding seasons. 
• Baylor is 38-4 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 (156-20). 
• BU is 99-21 since 2015-16 when leading at any point in the 2nd half of a game (11-1 this season). 
• Baylor is 202-94 over the last 9 seasons, averaging 24 wins per season since 2012. 
• Baylor's 202 wins since 2011-12 are second-most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (247). 
• Baylor is 293-141 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships. 
• 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 Gillespie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7). 
• Baylor returned 9 players with at least 26 games of Division I experience, including a pair of transfers who are now starters after sitting out last season – Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague. 
• Eight of Baylor's 14 players either have used or are currently using a redshirt year. Five after transferring to BU – Flagler, Gillespie, Mitchell, Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Teague, and three as freshmen — Moffatt, Turner and Vital. 
• Eight of Baylor's nine starting point guards under Drew have earned All-Big recognition (14 of last 15 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 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 nationally (1 of 6 in Power-5) 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 5-1 all-time in Big 12/SEC Challenges, the best record of any team in either league. Combined with a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Series and 1-0 in the Big 12/Big East Battle, Baylor is 9-2 in conference challenges. 
• Baylor has the nation's 11th-longest active streak with at least one 3-point FG made in 915 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 12 of the last 13 seasons (all except 2012-13). 
• Baylor has won 6 tournament titles under Drew (2007 Paradise Jam, 2011 Las Vegas Classic, 2013 NIT, 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis, 2017 Hall of Fame Classic and 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational). 

SERIES HISTORY 
• Tuesday is the 139th all-time series meeting dating back to 1937. 
• Baylor is 58-80 in the series, including an 18-49 mark in Lubbock and a 19-13 mark in the Scott Drew era. 
• Baylor is 19-9 vs. Texas Tech since 2006, including 7-7 in Lubbock in that span (6-4 in Lubbock since 2010). 

LAST TIME VS. TEXAS TECH IN LUBBOCK 
• Baylor played without four projected starters in an 86-61 loss at No. 15 Texas Tech on Feb. 16, 2019. 
• BU held Tech to .407 from the field (22-of-54), but the Red Raiders converted 30-of-35 free throws. 
• Freshman Jared Butler had team-highs of 16 points, 4 assists and 37 minutes, while Mario Kegler added 15 points. 
• The 25-point margin-of-defeat was Baylor's worst since Jan. 2, 2016 at Kansas. 

LAST TIME VS. TEXAS TECH IN WACO 
• Freshman Jared Butler led the Bears with 19 points and 5 assists (14 points, 2 assists and 3 steals in the 2nd half), while Makai Mason added 16 points to help the Bears to a 73-62 win over No. 8 Texas Tech on Jan. 19, 2019. 
• Baylor trailed 23-10 midway through the 1st half, but BU closed the half on a 23-8 run to lead 33-31 at halftime. 
• Butler scored Baylor's first 8 points in the 2nd half, and after Tech cut the BU lead to 2 points with 5 minutes left, Butler made a 3-pointer and converted a 3-point play on consecutive possessions to extend the lead back to 8 points. 
• BU went 10-of-10 at the foul line in the final 3 minutes, with Freddie Gillespie and Mason making 4 apiece.