MBB Continues Players Era Against 14/15 St. John's

Tuesday, November 25

Las Vegas, Nev.

3:30 pm

Baylor

St. John's

MBB Continues Players Era Against 14/15 St. John's

11/24/2025 10:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Bears matchup against first ranked opponent of the season

	BAYLOR BEARS (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes (PDF)	14/15 ST. JOHN'S (3-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. RV/RV BAYLOR (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) Nov. 25, 2025 • 3:30 p.m. CT Las Vegas, Nev. • Michelob ULTRA Arena (12,00) LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast WATCH: truTV Talent: JB Long (pxp), Candace Parker (analyst), Autumn Johnson (sideline) LISTEN: Baylor Sports Media Network via ESPN 1660 AM / 92.3 FM in Central Texas and worldwide at centexsportsfan.com Talent: John Morris (PBP), Pat Nunley (Analyst) SIRIUS XM: SiriusXM 382 or on the SXM App Baylor Social Media:
	ST. JOHN'S RED STORM (3-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) Location: Queens, N.Y. Conference/Affiliation: Big East Head Coach: Rick Pitino (UMass, 1974) Roster \| Stats \| Game Notes (PDF)

LAS VEGAS – Baylor men's basketball team (4-0) is set for its first ranked matchup of the season against 14/15 St. John's (3-2) on Tuesday at 3:30 pm CT at Michelob ULTRA Arena in its second game of the Players Era Tournament.

Fans can watch Tuesday's game on truTV. JB Long (play-by-play), Candace Parker (color) and Autumn Johnson (reporter) will be on the call. Fans can also listen on Baylor Sports Media Network with the Voice of the Bears John Morris and Pat Nunley.

Baylor is coming off an 81-74 win over Creighton, where the Bears outrebounded the Bluejays 45-28, including a 22-7 offensive board clip. With the assistance on the glass, the Bears made 27 points from second-chance opportunities, the most second-chance points since Baylor played at Oklahoma in 2023.

GAME NOTES
• Baylor continues the Players Era Tournament with Game 2 against 14/15 St. John's on Tuesday at 3:30 pm CT on truTV.
• This meeting will be the third between Scott Drew and Rick Pitino, with Drew and the Bears beating St. John's in a thriller last season, 99-98 in double OT in the Continental Tire Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.
• The prior matchup between the two was against Pitino's Louisville Cardinals in the 2016 Battle 4 Atlantis Championship game with a BU win, 66-63.
• Two of the winningest families in College basketball history, The Drew's (Scott, Bryce and Homer)entered the 2025-26 season having combined for 1,408 wins as a family, which trails only the Iba family for most wins by a father-son combination (1,632). Rick and Richard Pitino rank fifth with 1,009 career wins between the two of them.
• The Drew's and Pitino's are the only coaching families among the top-8 that are still active.
• Baylor is 44-14 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including titles in 4 of the last 6 tournaments.
• BU is 31-6 in its 12 regular-season tournaments since 2013-14.
• Baylor has won seven regular-season tournament titles under Drew the most recent being the 2023 NIT Season Tip-Off.
• Tuesday's matchup will be Baylor's first ranked matchup of the season. BU is 35-26 against ranked teams over the last five seasons, including a 18-20 mark away from home.
• Baylor is 15-4 against the Big East during the Drew era.
• Cameron Carr leads BU averaging 23.0 points per game, ranking 10th in the nation and fourth in the conference.
• The Baylor offense has been sharing the wealth with at least four Bears scoring in double figures in all four games.
• Baylor's 35 wins against ranked opponents over the last six seasons are the third-most in the nation.
• BU is one of three high-major programs, including Miami and Memphis, with zero returning players.