Posts Tagged ‘Baylor University’
Defending NCAA Champ Baylor out, despite epic come-back
Baylor, the reigning NCAA Tournament champion, is the first No. 1 seed to fall in this year’s Big Dance. No. 8 seed North Carolina knocked off No. 1 seed Baylor 93-86 in overtime after Baylor made a run at the biggest comeback ever from a second-half deficit in an NCAA Tournament game. North Carolina led…
Read MoreKim Mulkey leaves Baylor to fill LSU vacancy
Kim Mulkey, who led the Baylor University women’s basketball team to three national championships in two glorious decades in charge, is Louisiana State’s new head coach. LSU athletics director Scott Woodward made the big announcement on Sunday. An introductory press conference is set for Monday. Mulkey, 58, coached Baylor from 2000-21. She compiled a 632-104…
Read MoreBaylor wins NCAA national title after a blow-out win over Gonzaga
Baylor ended Gonzaga’s bid for a perfect season with an 86-70 victory en route to its first NCAA national title. It was a defensive showcase combined with a hot shooting from three that lifted the Baylor Bears to their first national championship in school history. On Baylor’s first possession, Mark Vital missed a shot, got…
Read MoreBaylor’s first-half flurry propels Bears into NCAA Final
Baylor quickly made it clear that it would be playing for the NCAA national title on Monday night. The Bears went on an incredible 29-9 run over the final 12:48 of the first half to take a commanding halftime lead in a comfortable 78-59 win over Houston in Saturday’s semifinals of the men’s NCAA Final…
Read MoreBaylor earns first Final Four since 1950
Baylor is in the Final Four for the first time in 71 years. The No. 1 Bears put No. 3 Arkansas away over the final six minutes of their Elite Eight matchup Monday night in an 81-72 victory thanks to a couple of key threes by MaCio Teague and a long shooting drought by Arkansas.…
Read MoreBaylor survives Villanova, advances to Elite Eight in men’s NCAA Tournament
It wasn’t easy, but Baylor’s quest to reach its first Final Four in 71 years is still alive after the No. 1-seeded Bears got past No. 5 Villanova 62-51 in the Sweet 16 of the men’s NCAA Tournament. Now, half of the men’s NCAA tournament Elite Eight is set after Saturday’s March Madness offerings. Only…
Read MoreNo. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Baylor canceled
About 90 minutes before the marquee matchup between No. 1 Gonzaga University and No. 2 Baylor University was set to start on Saturday, the game was called off due to positive COVID-19 tests. One Zags player and one of the team’s staff members had tested positive for COVID-19 in the run-up to the game against…
Read MoreQuincy Miller-Scott added by Quebradillas
Quincy Miller-Scott (206 cm, Baylor’12) will be taking his game to Puerto Rico this 2018 after inking a deal to play for defending champions, the Piratas de Quebradillas (Puerto Rico-BSN). This will be a fresh start for Miller-Scott who aims to salvage his 2017-18. He played a single game for Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany-BBL) before…
Read MoreQuincy Miller-Scott departs Brose Baskets
Quincy Miller-Scott (206 cm, Baylor’12) has been cut by German club, Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany-BBL) this November 2017. In his lone game for Bamberg, Miller scored four points and pulled down five rebounds in 21 minutes of action. The Baylor product spent the 2016-17 season lending his talents to Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League). He…
Read MoreCurtis Jerrells returns to EA7 Armani
Veteran journeyman Curtis Jerrells (185 cm, Baylor’09) is making his way back to EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (Italy-Serie A) this 2017-18. He saw action for them back in the 2013-14 season. Jerrells heads to the Italian powerhouse after starting off the season on the roster of Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel-Winner League). He played two games for…
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