Also, Baylor is playing D-III Hardin-Simmons at Fort Hood on Dec. 16. The game will be played at the Abrams Physical Fitness Center at 7:00 p.m.
STORYLINES
• Baylor’s game against Oregon will be televised on ESPN2 as part of ESPN’s College Basketball Tip-Off Marathon.
• Baylor is No. 22 in the AP Top 25 Poll and has now been ranked No. 22 or better in 13 consecutive AP polls.
• Baylor has been ranked in the AP Preseason Poll in 5 of the last 6 seasons — last year was the lone exception.
• Monday will mark the first series meeting between Baylor and Oregon. Baylor iss 33-9 against first-time opponents during the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor had assists on 31 of 36 field goals in Friday’s season opener vs. SFA, the 3rd-most assists in BU history.
• BU also committed only 8 turnovers vs. SFA, and none of the 11 who played had more turnovers than assists.
• Baylor is 44-20 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Drew era, including a 21-7 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor- is 45-6 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll. BU is 18-17 in road games when ranked.
• Baylor was the only major conference team to hold every opponent under 75 points last season, and the Bears have gone 46 consecutive games without allowing 75 points.
• Baylor was the only Division I team to hold all non-conference opponents to 66 or fewer points last season.
• Baylor is 83-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 21-7 last season.
• BU has won 39% of its games (21-33) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 3-3 last season.
• Baylor is 37-22 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games since 2008-09.
• Baylor is 37-13 in its last 50 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Eleven of the 13 losses have been away from home (6 road, 5 neutral) and eight losses have been against ranked teams.
• Baylor is 195-91 (24 wins per season) over the last 8 seasons and has made 7 postseason appearances (NCAA Tournament — 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015; NIT — 2009, 2013).
• Baylor made back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history in 2014 and 2015.
• BU has won 20+ games in 7 of the last 8 years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to Scott Drew’s arrival.
• Drew is coaching his 390th game at Baylor (220-160). His .589 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .682 winning percentage since 2007-08.
• Baylor’s 17-5 postseason record since 2009 is the nation’s 4th-best among teams with 3+ NCAA appearances.
• Baylor is one of only 14 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in 3 of the last 6 seasons.
• Baylor was picked 5th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas.
• Baylor is one of two Big 12 schools to be ranked in each of the last 9 seasons (Kansas).
• Drew is tied with Kansas’ Bill Self as the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference (13th seasons).
• Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (73-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor is 28-12 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last seven seasons.
• Baylor is one of six schools nationally ranked by the AP in football and men’s and women’s basketball, joining Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.
• Baylor is 292-68 in football and men’s and women’s basketball since 2011-12, the nation’s best record in that span.
• Baylor’s 5 NBA Draft picks in the last 4 years ranks 8th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona, North Carolina and UCLA.
• BU is 86-6 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, including a 12-2 mark last season.
• Baylor has the Big 12’s 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 767 consecutive games. The last time BU didn’t make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs. Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Monday’s game will be the first meeting between Baylor and Oregon.
• Baylor is 33-9 against first-time opponents during the Scott Drew era.
• BU is 24-41 all-time against current Pac-12 Conference teams.
PICKED 5TH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL
• Baylor was picked to finish fifth in the 2016 Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll in a vote by the league’s head coaches in October. It’s the fifth time in the last six seasons BU has been picked in the top half of the league.
• In the last nine seasons, BU has been picked 9th in 2007-08 (NCAA Tournament), 3rd in 2008-09 (NIT runner-up), 10th in 2009-10 (Elite Eight), 4th in 2010-11, 3rd in 2011-12 (Elite Eight), 2nd in 2012-13 (NIT champions), 3rd in 2013-14 (Sweet 16), t-6th in 2014-15 (NCAA Tournament) and 5th (2015-16).
WINNING AWAY FROM HOME VS. NON-BIG 12 TEAMS
• Baylor is 44-20 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Scott Drew era, including a 21-7 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 42-16 against non-Big 12 teams away from home since the 2007-08 season (3-2 in 2014-15; 6-2 in 2013-14; 5-2 in 2012-13; 8-1 in 2011-12; 1-3 in 2010-11; 8-2 in 2009-10; 6-2 in 2008-09; 5-2 in 2007-08).
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
• Baylor has enjoyed unprecedented success over the last seven seasons under 13th-year head coach Scott Drew. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 195-91 (24 wins per season) and has made seven postseason appearances (NCAA — 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT — 2009, 2013) and posted 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 14 postseason appearances (seven under Drew) and won 20+ games just 10 times (seven under Drew) in the program’s first 109 seasons.
FIRST TIME SUCCESS
• Baylor is 33-9 against first-time opponents in the Scott Drew era.
• Since 2007-08, Baylor is 27-5 against first-time opponents, including six postseason games (win vs. Georgetown, 2009 NIT; win vs. Saint Mary’s, 2010 NCAA; loss vs. Duke, 2010 NCAA; win vs. South Dakota State, 2012 NCAA; win vs. Creighton 2014 NCAA; loss vs. Wisconsin 2014 NCAA; loss vs. Georgia State 2015 NCAA).
RANKED IN NINE STRAIGHT SEASONS
• Baylor joins Kansas as the only two Big 12 Conference schools to be ranked in each of the last nine seasons.
• Baylor has been ranked for at least three weeks in each of the last eight seasons (2008-09 through 2014-15), including 13 consecutive weekly polls entering the 2015-16 season.
STORYLINES
• Baylor’s game against Oregon will be televised on ESPN2 as part of ESPN’s College Basketball Tip-Off Marathon.
• Baylor is No. 22 in the AP Top 25 Poll and has now been ranked No. 22 or better in 13 consecutive AP polls.
• Baylor has been ranked in the AP Preseason Poll in 5 of the last 6 seasons — last year was the lone exception.
• Monday will mark the first series meeting between Baylor and Oregon. Baylor iss 33-9 against first-time opponents during the Scott Drew era.
• Baylor had assists on 31 of 36 field goals in Friday’s season opener vs. SFA, the 3rd-most assists in BU history.
• BU also committed only 8 turnovers vs. SFA, and none of the 11 who played had more turnovers than assists.
• Baylor is 44-20 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Drew era, including a 21-7 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor- is 45-6 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll. BU is 18-17 in road games when ranked.
• Baylor was the only major conference team to hold every opponent under 75 points last season, and the Bears have gone 46 consecutive games without allowing 75 points.
• Baylor was the only Division I team to hold all non-conference opponents to 66 or fewer points last season.
• Baylor is 83-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 21-7 last season.
• BU has won 39% of its games (21-33) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 3-3 last season.
• Baylor is 37-22 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games since 2008-09.
• Baylor is 37-13 in its last 50 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Eleven of the 13 losses have been away from home (6 road, 5 neutral) and eight losses have been against ranked teams.
• Baylor is 195-91 (24 wins per season) over the last 8 seasons and has made 7 postseason appearances (NCAA Tournament — 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015; NIT — 2009, 2013).
• Baylor made back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history in 2014 and 2015.
• BU has won 20+ games in 7 of the last 8 years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to Scott Drew’s arrival.
• Drew is coaching his 390th game at Baylor (220-160). His .589 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .682 winning percentage since 2007-08.
• Baylor’s 17-5 postseason record since 2009 is the nation’s 4th-best among teams with 3+ NCAA appearances.
• Baylor is one of only 14 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in 3 of the last 6 seasons.
• Baylor was picked 5th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas.
• Baylor is one of two Big 12 schools to be ranked in each of the last 9 seasons (Kansas).
• Drew is tied with Kansas’ Bill Self as the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference (13th seasons).
• Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (73-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor is 28-12 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last seven seasons.
• Baylor is one of six schools nationally ranked by the AP in football and men’s and women’s basketball, joining Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.
• Baylor is 292-68 in football and men’s and women’s basketball since 2011-12, the nation’s best record in that span.
• Baylor’s 5 NBA Draft picks in the last 4 years ranks 8th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona, North Carolina and UCLA.
• BU is 86-6 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, including a 12-2 mark last season.
• Baylor has the Big 12’s 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 767 consecutive games. The last time BU didn’t make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs. Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Monday’s game will be the first meeting between Baylor and Oregon.
• Baylor is 33-9 against first-time opponents during the Scott Drew era.
• BU is 24-41 all-time against current Pac-12 Conference teams.
PICKED 5TH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL
• Baylor was picked to finish fifth in the 2016 Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll in a vote by the league’s head coaches in October. It’s the fifth time in the last six seasons BU has been picked in the top half of the league.
• In the last nine seasons, BU has been picked 9th in 2007-08 (NCAA Tournament), 3rd in 2008-09 (NIT runner-up), 10th in 2009-10 (Elite Eight), 4th in 2010-11, 3rd in 2011-12 (Elite Eight), 2nd in 2012-13 (NIT champions), 3rd in 2013-14 (Sweet 16), t-6th in 2014-15 (NCAA Tournament) and 5th (2015-16).
WINNING AWAY FROM HOME VS. NON-BIG 12 TEAMS
• Baylor is 44-20 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Scott Drew era, including a 21-7 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 42-16 against non-Big 12 teams away from home since the 2007-08 season (3-2 in 2014-15; 6-2 in 2013-14; 5-2 in 2012-13; 8-1 in 2011-12; 1-3 in 2010-11; 8-2 in 2009-10; 6-2 in 2008-09; 5-2 in 2007-08).
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
• Baylor has enjoyed unprecedented success over the last seven seasons under 13th-year head coach Scott Drew. Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 195-91 (24 wins per season) and has made seven postseason appearances (NCAA — 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NIT — 2009, 2013) and posted 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 14 postseason appearances (seven under Drew) and won 20+ games just 10 times (seven under Drew) in the program’s first 109 seasons.
FIRST TIME SUCCESS
• Baylor is 33-9 against first-time opponents in the Scott Drew era.
• Since 2007-08, Baylor is 27-5 against first-time opponents, including six postseason games (win vs. Georgetown, 2009 NIT; win vs. Saint Mary’s, 2010 NCAA; loss vs. Duke, 2010 NCAA; win vs. South Dakota State, 2012 NCAA; win vs. Creighton 2014 NCAA; loss vs. Wisconsin 2014 NCAA; loss vs. Georgia State 2015 NCAA).
RANKED IN NINE STRAIGHT SEASONS
• Baylor joins Kansas as the only two Big 12 Conference schools to be ranked in each of the last nine seasons.
• Baylor has been ranked for at least three weeks in each of the last eight seasons (2008-09 through 2014-15), including 13 consecutive weekly polls entering the 2015-16 season.
