We did a little more in the blitz about the team but wanted to share these as well. The Big 12 seeds are the important thing look for as this final weekend takes place.
BIG 12 SEEDING SCENARIOS
• Baylor can be no worse than the No. 5 seed at next week's Big 12 Championship, and with a win vs. Texas Tech the Bears would be seeded No. 2, No. 3 or No. 4, depending on Saturday's outcomes.
• Baylor holds all potential tiebreak scenarios. The Bears can move in front of Iowa State and Oklahoma in the standings if ISU and/or OU lose on Saturday, as long as Baylor beats Texas Tech.
• Oklahoma hosts Kansas at 3 p.m. Saturday and Iowa State plays at TCU at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
• If Baylor is the No. 4/5 seed, BU would face West Virginia in the quarterfinals at 11:30 a.m. Thursday on ESPN2.
• If Baylor is the No. 3 seed, it would face the No. 6 seed (OSU or KSU) at 8 p.m. Thursday on ESPNU.
• If BU is the No. 2 seed, it would face either No. 7 (OSU, KSU or UT) or No. 10 TTU at 6 p.m. Thursday on ESPNU.
STORY LINES
• Friday is the 130th series meeting. Baylor is 53-76 in the all-time series, including 14-9 under Scott Drew.
• Baylor is 12-3 against Texas Tech since 2008, and the Bears have won 8 of their last 9 home games vs. TTU.
• Baylor can still finish as high as 2nd in the Big 12, and the Bears hold all potential tiebreak scenarios.
• Baylor is 19-2 at home since Feb. 15, 2014, including 5 wins vs. ranked teams. BU has a +15.0 scoring margin in that span, winning 16 games by double-digits. The losses were to No. 12 Kansas (1 pt) and No. 21 OSU (9 pts).
• Baylor is 4-1 in its last 5 games and has led for 78% of game time over the last 5 games (159:58 of 205:00).
• Baylor is 32-5 against in-state opponents since 2011-12 and 46-9 against Lone Star State teams since 2009-10.
• Baylor is 34-11 in its last 45 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Nine of the 11 losses have been away from home (6 road, 3 neutral) and 7 of the 11 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 2 teams to lead every game by at least 6 points this season (No. 1 Kentucky).
• Baylor has led for at least 8 minutes in every game this season and built double-digit leads in 22 of 30 games.
• Baylor is 1 of 5 teams to hold all opponents under 75 points this season (Utah, New Hampshire, Saint Peter's, ULM).
• Baylor is 2nd nationally with a +8.9 average rebound margin, 4th with 15.2 offensive rebounds per game and 4th with 40.1 total boards per game. The Bears have out-rebounded 26 of 30 opponents this season.
• Baylor's current 59.5 ppg allowed is its lowest season average in 56 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).
• Drew was named a Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year semifinalist on Thursday.
• Baylor's defense is holding teams to 10.3 points per game below their season averages. Only 4 of 30 opponents have topped their season averages against BU, and 18 of 30 have gone 8 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 23 of 30 games this season, including 12 times at 25 or fewer.
• Baylor and Louisville are the nation's only teams ranked by the AP in football and men's and women's basketball.
• Baylor is 273-64 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 36-21 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games.
• Lester Medford needs 3 assists to reach 100 this season, and he can join Royce O'Neale (102) and Kenny Chery (101) to give Baylor a trio of 100-assist players in a season for the first time in program history.
QUICK HITS
• Scott Drew is coaching his 385th game at Baylor (226-158). His .589 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .683 winning percentage (192-89) since 2007-08.
• 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.
• 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 BU in scoring this season, but Gathers and Prince have led the last 9 games.
• Baylor is 81-10 when leading at the half over the last four seasons -- 20-6 this season.
• BU has won 38% of its games (20-32) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 2-2 this season.
• 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 (72-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally in 3-point FG defense (29.0%).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 Conference and ranks 21st nationally in scoring defense (59.5).
• Baylor is ranked No. 14 (AP poll) and No. 16 (coaches poll), marking BU's 11th 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 192-89 (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 15-4 in overtime games under Drew, including wins in 10 of its last 12 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.
• All 31 of Baylor's regular-season games will be televised this season, including 22 games on the ESPN family of networks. The Texas Tech game will be Baylor's 134th consecutive televised contest.
• Baylor has the nation's second-best postseason winning percentage over the last six years (17-4; .810).
• 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 762 consecutive games. The last time BU didn't make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs. Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor is 53-76 in the all-time series against Texas Tech, including a 33-26 mark in games played in Waco.
• Baylor has won 9 of 10 games homes against Texas Tech since 2006.
• Baylor is 14-9 against Texas Tech under Scott Drew, including a 12-3 mark since 2008.
BEST IN TEXAS
• Baylor is 32-5 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, including a 9-1 mark this season. The losses in that stretch came at Texas in 2013,2014 and 2015, at Texas Tech in 2014 and home vs. Texas in 2014.
• Since 2009-10, BU is 46-9 against Lone Star State teams after going 10-27 vs. in-state teams in Scott Drew's first six seasons at Baylor. (9-1 in 2014-15, 6-3 in 13-14, 7-1 in 12-13, 10-0 in 11-12, 5-3 in 10-11, 9-1 in 09-10).
A WIN WOULD ...
• Clinch at least the No. 4 seed at the Big 12 Championship -- BU would be able to move up as high as the No. 2 seed, jumping one seed each if Iowa State and/or Oklahoma lose on Saturday.
• Tie Baylor's 2nd-most conference wins in a season and be the 6th time Baylor has reached 11 conference wins.
• Make Baylor 54-76 all-time against Texas Tech, including a 15-9 mark in the Scott Drew era.
• Give Baylor a 13-3 record against Texas Tech since 2008 and a 9-1 home record vs. Tech since 2006.
• Tie Baylor's 7th-highest win total in a season, equaling the 23 wins of 1987-88 and 2012-13.
• Give Baylor a 35-11 record over its last 46 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
• Make Baylor 36-28 in March games under Scott Drew, including 12-3 in its last 15 March games.
• Give Baylor a 102-42 record since the start of the 2011-12 season and 193-89 over the last 8 seasons.
• Tie Rico Gathers with Tweety Carter for 7th on Baylor's career Big 12 wins list at 29.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Baylor has two streaks to watch. The Bears are 1 of 2 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.
• Baylor has led for at least 8 minutes in all 30 games this season and trailed at halftime only 3 times.
• Lester Medford needs 3 assists to reach 100 this season, joining Royce O'Neale (102) and Kenny Chery (101) to give Baylor a trio of 100-assist players in a season for the first time in program history.
• Taurean Prince has scored in double figures in a career-best 14 straight games (15.9 ppg during the streak).
• Prince has 20 points in 4 of his last 7 games -- he had three 20-point games in 84 prior games at Baylor.
• Chery has scored 201 points in his last 16 games (12.6 ppg) and ranks 11th in the Big 12 with 12.1 ppg in conference play. He averaged 8.2 points per game in his first 9 games this season.
• Rico Gathers' 355 rebounds are 3rd-most in a season in BU history, 21 away from breaking Charles McKinney's school record (375 in 1973-74). Gathers needs 15 rebounds to pass William Chatmon (369 in 1970-71) for 2nd-most in a season at BU.
• Gathers needs 15 rebounds vs. TTU to break Blake Griffin's record for rebounds in a Big 12 season (215 in 2008-09).
• O'Neale is the Big 12's only player ranked in the league's top 10 in assists and rebounds. He ranks 7th in assists (3.5) and 10th in rebounding (5.9), while posting the league's 3rd-best assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3).
• O'Neale last 10 games: 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.6 spg; 42 assists and more steals (16) than turnovers (12).
• Baylor is 12-0 this year when O'Neale scores 10+ points and 20-2 in his 22 career double-figure scoring games.
• Medford has made 11-of-23 3-point attempts over his last 6 games, launching him to 3rd in the Big 12 with a .455 3-point percentage in conference play, up from .340 in non-conference.
• Baylor is 11-1 when Medford scores in double figures and 10-1 when he posts 5+ assists.
• Johnathan Motley has 39 blocks over his last 21 games -- he had 5 blocks in the previous 9 games.
• Al Freeman has contributed 7+ points off the bench 13 times this season, and BU is 12-1 in those games.
• Freeman is shooting .533 (24-of-45) in his last 13 games, up from .367 (29-of-79) in his first 17 games.
• Austin Mills has played 25 minutes over the last 5 games after totaling 5 minutes in BU's 12 previous Big 12 games.
This post was edited on 3/7 5:34 AM by K Lonnquist
BIG 12 SEEDING SCENARIOS
• Baylor can be no worse than the No. 5 seed at next week's Big 12 Championship, and with a win vs. Texas Tech the Bears would be seeded No. 2, No. 3 or No. 4, depending on Saturday's outcomes.
• Baylor holds all potential tiebreak scenarios. The Bears can move in front of Iowa State and Oklahoma in the standings if ISU and/or OU lose on Saturday, as long as Baylor beats Texas Tech.
• Oklahoma hosts Kansas at 3 p.m. Saturday and Iowa State plays at TCU at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
• If Baylor is the No. 4/5 seed, BU would face West Virginia in the quarterfinals at 11:30 a.m. Thursday on ESPN2.
• If Baylor is the No. 3 seed, it would face the No. 6 seed (OSU or KSU) at 8 p.m. Thursday on ESPNU.
• If BU is the No. 2 seed, it would face either No. 7 (OSU, KSU or UT) or No. 10 TTU at 6 p.m. Thursday on ESPNU.
STORY LINES
• Friday is the 130th series meeting. Baylor is 53-76 in the all-time series, including 14-9 under Scott Drew.
• Baylor is 12-3 against Texas Tech since 2008, and the Bears have won 8 of their last 9 home games vs. TTU.
• Baylor can still finish as high as 2nd in the Big 12, and the Bears hold all potential tiebreak scenarios.
• Baylor is 19-2 at home since Feb. 15, 2014, including 5 wins vs. ranked teams. BU has a +15.0 scoring margin in that span, winning 16 games by double-digits. The losses were to No. 12 Kansas (1 pt) and No. 21 OSU (9 pts).
• Baylor is 4-1 in its last 5 games and has led for 78% of game time over the last 5 games (159:58 of 205:00).
• Baylor is 32-5 against in-state opponents since 2011-12 and 46-9 against Lone Star State teams since 2009-10.
• Baylor is 34-11 in its last 45 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Nine of the 11 losses have been away from home (6 road, 3 neutral) and 7 of the 11 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 2 teams to lead every game by at least 6 points this season (No. 1 Kentucky).
• Baylor has led for at least 8 minutes in every game this season and built double-digit leads in 22 of 30 games.
• Baylor is 1 of 5 teams to hold all opponents under 75 points this season (Utah, New Hampshire, Saint Peter's, ULM).
• Baylor is 2nd nationally with a +8.9 average rebound margin, 4th with 15.2 offensive rebounds per game and 4th with 40.1 total boards per game. The Bears have out-rebounded 26 of 30 opponents this season.
• Baylor's current 59.5 ppg allowed is its lowest season average in 56 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).
• Drew was named a Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year semifinalist on Thursday.
• Baylor's defense is holding teams to 10.3 points per game below their season averages. Only 4 of 30 opponents have topped their season averages against BU, and 18 of 30 have gone 8 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 23 of 30 games this season, including 12 times at 25 or fewer.
• Baylor and Louisville are the nation's only teams ranked by the AP in football and men's and women's basketball.
• Baylor is 273-64 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 36-21 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games.
• Lester Medford needs 3 assists to reach 100 this season, and he can join Royce O'Neale (102) and Kenny Chery (101) to give Baylor a trio of 100-assist players in a season for the first time in program history.
QUICK HITS
• Scott Drew is coaching his 385th game at Baylor (226-158). His .589 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .683 winning percentage (192-89) since 2007-08.
• 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.
• 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 BU in scoring this season, but Gathers and Prince have led the last 9 games.
• Baylor is 81-10 when leading at the half over the last four seasons -- 20-6 this season.
• BU has won 38% of its games (20-32) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 2-2 this season.
• 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 (72-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally in 3-point FG defense (29.0%).
• Baylor leads the Big 12 Conference and ranks 21st nationally in scoring defense (59.5).
• Baylor is ranked No. 14 (AP poll) and No. 16 (coaches poll), marking BU's 11th 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 192-89 (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 15-4 in overtime games under Drew, including wins in 10 of its last 12 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.
• All 31 of Baylor's regular-season games will be televised this season, including 22 games on the ESPN family of networks. The Texas Tech game will be Baylor's 134th consecutive televised contest.
• Baylor has the nation's second-best postseason winning percentage over the last six years (17-4; .810).
• 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 762 consecutive games. The last time BU didn't make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs. Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor is 53-76 in the all-time series against Texas Tech, including a 33-26 mark in games played in Waco.
• Baylor has won 9 of 10 games homes against Texas Tech since 2006.
• Baylor is 14-9 against Texas Tech under Scott Drew, including a 12-3 mark since 2008.
BEST IN TEXAS
• Baylor is 32-5 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, including a 9-1 mark this season. The losses in that stretch came at Texas in 2013,2014 and 2015, at Texas Tech in 2014 and home vs. Texas in 2014.
• Since 2009-10, BU is 46-9 against Lone Star State teams after going 10-27 vs. in-state teams in Scott Drew's first six seasons at Baylor. (9-1 in 2014-15, 6-3 in 13-14, 7-1 in 12-13, 10-0 in 11-12, 5-3 in 10-11, 9-1 in 09-10).
A WIN WOULD ...
• Clinch at least the No. 4 seed at the Big 12 Championship -- BU would be able to move up as high as the No. 2 seed, jumping one seed each if Iowa State and/or Oklahoma lose on Saturday.
• Tie Baylor's 2nd-most conference wins in a season and be the 6th time Baylor has reached 11 conference wins.
• Make Baylor 54-76 all-time against Texas Tech, including a 15-9 mark in the Scott Drew era.
• Give Baylor a 13-3 record against Texas Tech since 2008 and a 9-1 home record vs. Tech since 2006.
• Tie Baylor's 7th-highest win total in a season, equaling the 23 wins of 1987-88 and 2012-13.
• Give Baylor a 35-11 record over its last 46 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014.
• Make Baylor 36-28 in March games under Scott Drew, including 12-3 in its last 15 March games.
• Give Baylor a 102-42 record since the start of the 2011-12 season and 193-89 over the last 8 seasons.
• Tie Rico Gathers with Tweety Carter for 7th on Baylor's career Big 12 wins list at 29.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Baylor has two streaks to watch. The Bears are 1 of 2 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.
• Baylor has led for at least 8 minutes in all 30 games this season and trailed at halftime only 3 times.
• Lester Medford needs 3 assists to reach 100 this season, joining Royce O'Neale (102) and Kenny Chery (101) to give Baylor a trio of 100-assist players in a season for the first time in program history.
• Taurean Prince has scored in double figures in a career-best 14 straight games (15.9 ppg during the streak).
• Prince has 20 points in 4 of his last 7 games -- he had three 20-point games in 84 prior games at Baylor.
• Chery has scored 201 points in his last 16 games (12.6 ppg) and ranks 11th in the Big 12 with 12.1 ppg in conference play. He averaged 8.2 points per game in his first 9 games this season.
• Rico Gathers' 355 rebounds are 3rd-most in a season in BU history, 21 away from breaking Charles McKinney's school record (375 in 1973-74). Gathers needs 15 rebounds to pass William Chatmon (369 in 1970-71) for 2nd-most in a season at BU.
• Gathers needs 15 rebounds vs. TTU to break Blake Griffin's record for rebounds in a Big 12 season (215 in 2008-09).
• O'Neale is the Big 12's only player ranked in the league's top 10 in assists and rebounds. He ranks 7th in assists (3.5) and 10th in rebounding (5.9), while posting the league's 3rd-best assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3).
• O'Neale last 10 games: 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.6 spg; 42 assists and more steals (16) than turnovers (12).
• Baylor is 12-0 this year when O'Neale scores 10+ points and 20-2 in his 22 career double-figure scoring games.
• Medford has made 11-of-23 3-point attempts over his last 6 games, launching him to 3rd in the Big 12 with a .455 3-point percentage in conference play, up from .340 in non-conference.
• Baylor is 11-1 when Medford scores in double figures and 10-1 when he posts 5+ assists.
• Johnathan Motley has 39 blocks over his last 21 games -- he had 5 blocks in the previous 9 games.
• Al Freeman has contributed 7+ points off the bench 13 times this season, and BU is 12-1 in those games.
• Freeman is shooting .533 (24-of-45) in his last 13 games, up from .367 (29-of-79) in his first 17 games.
• Austin Mills has played 25 minutes over the last 5 games after totaling 5 minutes in BU's 12 previous Big 12 games.
This post was edited on 3/7 5:34 AM by K Lonnquist
