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Baylor Bears men's basketball

The Baylor Bears men's basketball[a] team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Scott Drew.

Baylor Bears
UniversityBaylor University
First season1906
All-time record1,432–1,386 (.508)
Head coachScott Drew (20th season)
ConferenceBig 12
LocationWaco, Texas
ArenaPaul J. Meyer Arena at the Ferrell Center
(Capacity: 10,284)
NicknameBears
Student sectionBear Pit
ColorsGreen and gold[1]
   
Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
Alternate
NCAA tournament champions
2021
NCAA tournament runner-up
1948
NCAA tournament Final Four
1948, 1950, 2021
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1946, 1948, 1950, 2010, 2012, 2021
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021
NCAA tournament round of 32
2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA tournament appearances
1946, 1948, 1950, 1988, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference regular season champions
1932, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 2021, 2022

History

Early years

Luther Burleson coached the first basketball team at Baylor in 1907 also doubling as the football coach. In Baylor's second season of basketball then cross-town rival TCU began their program which the Bears defeated twice during the 1908–09 season. Ralph Glaze's (1911–1914) .788 winning percentage ranks at the best all time in school history. Ralph Wolf (1927–1941) led Baylor to its first SWC Championship in 1932 after surviving and overcoming one of the first great tragedies in college athletics in his first season as coach.

Immortal Ten

On January 22, 1927, Coach Ralph Wolf's Baylor basketball team was traveling by bus to play the University of Texas. As the bus passed through Round Rock, Texas, it approached railroad tracks on the south side of the business district on a drizzly, cloudy day. As the bus crossed the tracks, the occupants failed to hear the sound of the train whistle and ringing bell. The driver caught sight of the train at the last moment and tried to steer away, but the Sunshine Special crashed into the bus at nearly 60 mph tearing off the roof and right side.[4]

 
The Immortal Ten Memorial

Ten Baylor students and basketball players were killed by the impact.[5] One player, James Clyde "Abe" Kelly, pushed his friend, Weir Washam, out the window of the bus just moments before the impact, saving Washam's life but costing Kelly his own. The bodies of Kelly and Robert Hailey were found horrifically stretched across the cow-catcher on the front of the train, with arms locked around each other and Kelly missing a leg. Ivy Foster Sr. of Taylor, Texas, had heard of the accident and rushed to the train station in Taylor to meet the train and assist where needed only to find his son among the dead.

The deceased were Jack Castellaw, Sam Dillow, Merle Dudley, L. R. "Ivey" Foster Jr., Robert "Bob" Hailey, James Clyde "Abe" Kelly, Willis Murrary, James "Jim" Walker, and William Winchester.[6]

The remainder of the 1927 season was canceled. The tragedy had reverberations over the entire state and nation and led to the construction of the first railway overpass in Texas where the event occurred at Round Rock. Buses were later required to come to a full stop and open the door at all rail crossings to listen for trains. The Immortal Ten story has been commemorated each year since 1927 at first in Chapel services then later at the Freshman Mass Meeting during Homecoming Week. In 2007, the event was also memorialized in bronze on the Baylor campus in Traditions Plaza.[7]

On the 90th anniversary of the tragedy, January 22, 2017, the City of Round Rock held a memorial event to remember those who were killed in the train-bus collision. At the event, the city dedicated the "Immortal Bridge," which arcs over the railroad tracks where the accident occurred.[8] Green lampposts, green-and-gold striping and other markings were added to honor the 10 students who were killed there.[9] The event was open to the public, and attendees included Baylor administrators and student leaders, the spirit squads, and Baylor's Golden Wave Band.

Post-World War II success

Baylor men's teams won five conference championships in the former Southwest Conference (1932, 1946, 1948, 1949*, 1950*; * denotes shared title). The Bears reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 1946, and reached the Final Four in 1948 and 1950. Bill Henderson's 1948 team advanced to play the Kentucky Wildcats for the NCAA championship, but fell 58–42 to Adolph Rupp's first national championship team. The team again advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1950 under Henderson losing to the Bradley Braves 68–66. Bill Menefee (1962–1973) would lead the Bears to a national ranking in 1969 but failed to make the postseason that year. Menefee was the only coach over the next 50 years to have a career record of over .500, and would later serve as Baylor's athletic director in the 1980s. Gene Iba's 1988 NCAA Tournament team would be the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the program in 38 years.

2003 scandal

The men's basketball program was plagued by a scandal in 2003. Patrick Dennehy, a player for the team, was murdered by former teammate Carlton Dotson; then-coach Dave Bliss was forced to resign amidst allegations that he had violated NCAA rules by making financial payments to four players and that he made improper statements to the media characterizing Dennehy as a drug dealer. The school placed itself on probation, limited itself to 7 scholarships for two years and imposed a post-season ban for one year. Additionally, the NCAA further punished the team by initiating a non-conference ban for the 2005–06 season and extending the probationary period during which the school would have limited recruiting privileges.

Recent resurgence

Thanks to the scandal, the 2005 Bears were hindered by only having 7 scholarship players and recorded only one win in conference play. From 2003 to 2007, the Bears would only win a total of 36 games. In spite of these challenges, head coach Scott Drew was able to put together a 2005 signing class ranked No. 7 nationally by HoopScoop.

However, Drew engineered a very quick return to respectability. In 2008, the Bears reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years with a 9–7 conference record and the team's first national ranking in 39 years. The January 23, 2008 116–110 5OT win over Texas A&M at College Station officially became the longest game in Big 12 history.[10] The 2008–09 team again was ranked early in the season but stumbled to a 5–11 conference finish before heating up in the Big 12 Tournament defeating both Kansas and Texas en route to the championship game versus Missouri, and lost by a score of 73–60. The 2008–09 team recorded the program's first postseason victory since 1950 in its first round NIT victory over the Georgetown Hoyas in Waco.[11]

The 2008–09 team went on to advance to the NIT Final where they fell to Penn State. The 2009–10 squad was again ranked in both polls and pulled off the biggest road win in school history over the then #6 Texas Longhorns in Austin 80–77 on Jan. 30th. The Bears closed out the season with a Big 12 era best 11–5 record and #3 seed in the Big 12 Tournament.

The 2009–10 team was picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 in the Big 12 Coaches Poll due to the graduation of several key players from the previous year. However, the team finished the regular season 23–6 and tied for 2nd in the Big 12 standings. Following a 2–1 record at the Big 12 tournament, the Bears were rewarded with a #3 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Bears defeated #14 seed Sam Houston State 68–59 in First Round action and then defeated #11 seed Old Dominion 76–68 in Second Round play to advance to the Sweet 16 hosted at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The Bears' Sweet 16 match-up was #10 seed Saint Mary's, which had defeated #2 seed Villanova the previous week to advance to the Sweet 16. The Bears won handily over the Gaels, 72–49, after leading 47–19 at the half. The Elite Eight was also held at Reliant Stadium and the Bears' opponent was the #1 seed Duke Blue Devils, the last #1 seed standing in the NCAA Tournament after the other three #1 seeds (Kansas, Syracuse, and Kentucky) were all defeated by lower seeded teams. In front of a very pro-Baylor crowd of over 47,000, the Bears were defeated by the Duke Blue Devils, 78–71, to end the magical run to the Elite Eight. It was the best season in the Scott Drew era as defined by conference standing, overall ranking, wins, and NCAA Tournament wins. The Bears finished the season ranked #10 in the final ESPN/Coaches Poll—the highest ranking in program history at that time.

The 2010–11 team started the season ranked 14th (according to the AP Preseason poll). The Bears began 7–0, and rose to 9th in the polls before falling to Gonzaga at a neutral court in Dallas. The team finished 18–13 overall and 7–9 in league play. The highlight of the season was LaceDarius Dunn becoming the Big 12's all-time leading scorer, and a sweep of the series versus ranked Texas A&M. After freshman star Perry Jones III was suspended by the NCAA for six games, the Bears proceeded to lose their first-round game of the Big 12 Tournament against Oklahoma.

The 2012 season saw another historic campaign for the Bears as they followed up the 2011 season with another successful conference run which saw the Bears win 30 games and make it to the Big 12 tournament title game, but eventually losing to the Missouri Tigers. The Bears were selected for the NCAA Tournament and made it all the way to the Elite Eight, which ended in a loss to eventual national champion Kentucky.

The 2013 season witnesses another winning campaign for the Bears as they followed up the 2012 Elite Eight season with another successful conference run which saw the Bears sweep both TCU and Texas Tech while only dropping one game to UT. The Bears started out with a pre-season ranking of #19 in the country. The Bears finish conference play at .500 and were selected for the NIT tournament. The Bears made it all the way to the final, which ended in a win over Iowa, winning the tournament before a large crowd in Madison Square Garden and claiming the 2013 NIT Title.

The 2016–17 season saw one of the best starts in Baylor history, going 15–0 with wins over #4 Oregon, #24 Michigan State, #10 Louisville, and #7 Xavier. On January 10, Baylor would reach AP #1 for the first time in program history. They would unfortunately would fall to #10 West Virginia that same day. Baylor remained within the top 12 for the remainder of the season and would finish 25–6, 12–6 in conference. They would fall to Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament and receive a #3 seed in the 2017 NCAA tournament. Baylor would get to the Sweet Sixteen before being eliminated by South Carolina.

The 2019–20 season is considered one of the greatest in program history. They came into the season ranked 16th in the nation, but would fall to 24 after losing to Washington in the Armed Forces Classic. This would be their only loss in 105 days (their next loss was February 22) as the Bears would go on a 23-game win streak with 6 ranked victories as well. On January 11, Baylor would defeat #3 Kansas on the road, winning in Lawrence for the first time in school history. Baylor's impressive start to the season ended on a more sour note, losing 3 of their last 5 games before the Big 12 tournament. Baylor would finish the regular season 26–4 with a 15–3 conference mark, the most wins they've recorded in conference play and stayed ranked within the top 5 from the beginning of 2020 to the end. The NCAA Tournament, however, would be cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, with the Bears’ help of soon-to-be consensus All-American Jared Butler, Baylor defeated Hartford, Wisconsin, Villanova, and Arkansas to reach their first Final Four since 1950,[12] where they defeated the in-state Houston Cougars, to reach the NCAA championship,[13] where they defeated Gonzaga, winning their first title in school history, and spoiling the Bulldogs’ then-perfect season in the process.[14]

Facilities

 
Rena Marrs McLean Gymnasium, home of Baylor basketball from 1938 to 1953
 
The Heart O'Texas Coliseum in Waco, former site of Baylor basketball home games from 1953 to 1988

In its early days, Marrs McLean Gym was Baylor’s basketball home, and doubled as the site of many physical education classes. Marrs McLean Gymnasium was built in 1938 and still stands on campus today.

The Heart O' Texas Fair Complex, now known as the Extraco Events Center, is located in Waco, Texas. It was once the prime basketball facility for Baylor University and was used from 1953 to 1988. The H.O.T Coliseum was constructed after McLennan County voters authorized a bond issue of $1.2 million in the early 1950s.

Since 1988, the Bears have played their home games at the Ferrell Center, adjacent to the Brazos River. It is named for Charles R. Ferrell, a Baylor student and legacy who died in 1967, and whose family's estate was a major benefactor of the arena. The main arena, Paul J. Meyer Arena, seats 10,284 people.

 
Ferrell Center in Waco, current site of Baylor basketball home games

Coaching records

Baylor coaching record (through 4/6/2021)
Coach Years coached Seasons Wins Losses Percentage Conference titles NCAA NIT
Luther Burleson 1906–1908 2 10 9 .526
Enoch Mills 1908–1910 2 19 10 .655
Ralph Glaze 1910–1913 3 26 7 .788
Norman Paine 1913–1914 1 1 8 .111
Charles Moseley 1914–1920 6 28 65 .301 0
Frank Bridges 1920–1926 6 52 77 .403 0
Ralph Wolf 1926–1941 15 148 129 .534 1 0 0
Bill Henderson 1941–1943 and
1945–1961
18 201 233 .463 4 3 0
Van Sweet 1943–1945 2 6 23 .207 0 0 0
Jeff Mangold 1945 1 0 6 .000 0 0 0
Bill Menefee 1961–1973 12 149 144 .509 0 0 0
Carroll Dawson 1973–1977 4 44 51 .463 0 0 0
Jim Haller 1977–1985 8 102 130 .440 0 0 0
Gene Iba 1985–1992 7 98 106 .480 0 1 2
Darrell Johnson 1992–1994 2 32 22 .596 0 0 0
Harry Miller 1994–1999 5 56 87 .392 0 0 0
Dave Bliss 1999–2003 4 61 57 .517 0 0 1
Scott Drew 2003–Present 20 372 215 .634 2 10 3
TOTALS 115 1405 1379 .505 7 14 6

NCAA national championships

Season Coach Site Championship Game result Most Outstanding Player Overall record Big 12 record
2020–21 Scott Drew Indianapolis Baylor 86, Gonzaga 70 Jared Butler 28–2 13–1
Total NCAA National Championships: 1

Season-by-season results

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA tournament 15 times. Their combined record is 22–15.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1946 N/A Quarterfinals
Regional 3rd Place
Oklahoma A&M
Colorado
L 29–44
L 44–59
1948 N/A Quarterfinals
Final Four
National Championship
Washington
Kansas State
Kentucky
W 64–62
W 60–52
L 42–58
1950 N/A Quarterfinals
Final Four
3rd Place Game
BYU
Bradley
North Carolina State
W 56–55
L 66–68
L 41–53
1988 8 First Round (9) Memphis (State) L 60–75
2008 11 First Round (6) Purdue L 79–90
2010 3 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
(14) Sam Houston State
(11) Old Dominion
(10) Saint Mary's
(1) Duke
W 68–59
W 76–68
W 72–49
L 71–78
2012 3 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
(14) South Dakota State
(11) Colorado
(10) Xavier
(1) Kentucky
W 68–60
W 80–63
W 75–70
L 70–82
2014 6 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
(11) Nebraska
(3) Creighton
(2) Wisconsin
W 74–60
W 85–55
L 52–69
2015 3 First Round (14) Georgia State L 56–57
2016 5 First Round (12) Yale L 75–79
2017 3 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
(14) New Mexico State
(11) USC
(7) South Carolina
W 91–73
W 82–78
L 50–70
2019 9 First Round
Second Round
(8) Syracuse
(1) Gonzaga
W 78–69
L 83–71
2021 1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship
(16) Hartford
(9) Wisconsin
(5) Villanova
(3) Arkansas
(2) Houston
(1) Gonzaga
W 79–55
W 76–63
W 62–51
W 81–72
W 78–59
W 86–70
2022 1 First Round
Second Round
(16) Norfolk State
(8) North Carolina
W 85–49
L 86–93OT
2023 3 First Round
Second Round
(14) UC Santa Barbara
(6) Creighton
W 74-56
L 76-85

NIT results

The Bears have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) six times. Their combined record is 10–5. They were NIT champions in 2013.

Year Round Opponent Result
1987 First Round Arkansas–Little Rock L 41–42
1990 First Round Mississippi State L 75–84
2001 First Round New Mexico L 73–83
2009 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Georgetown
Virginia Tech
Auburn
San Diego State
Penn State
W 74–72
W 84–66
W 74–72
W 76–62
L 63–69
2013 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Long Beach State
Arizona State
Providence
BYU
Iowa
W 112–76
W 89–86
W 79–68
W 76–70
W 74–54
2018 First Round
Second Round
Wagner
Mississippi State
W 80–59
L 77–78

Old Fight

Old Fight refers to the Baylor fight song, enacted in the mid 1950s.[15]

Bear down you Bears of old Baylor U,
We're all for you (GO BEARS)
We're gonna show dear old Baylor spirit
Through and through (GO BEARS)
Come on and fight them with all your might
You Bruins bold
And win all our victories for the Green and Gold!
(spellout) B – A – Y – L – O – R
Baylor Bears Fight!
Come on and fight them with all your might
You Bruins bold
And win all our victories for the Green and Gold!
BAY – LOR – Baylor Bears Fight!

All-time series records

All-time series records against Big 12 members

Baylor men's basketball all-time series against all Big 12 Conference opponents as of the beginning of the 2019–2020 season.

In series against conference opponents since the advent of the Big 12, Baylor leads TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.

Baylor vs. current Big 12 members*[16]
Baylor
vs.
Overall Record at Waco at Opponent's
Venue
at Neutral Site Last 5 Meetings Last 10 Meetings Current Streak Since Beginning of
Big 12 Competition
Iowa State BU, 22–20 BU, 12–2 ISU, 6–14 ISU, 1–4 BU, 5–0 BU, 7–3 W 4 BU, 21–19
Kansas KU, 33–7 KU, 13–3 KU, 17–1 KU, 2–2 KU, 3–2 KU, 7–3 L 1 KU, 31–7
Kansas State tie, 23–23 BU, 9–8 KSU, 12–9 tie, 3–3 BU, 5–0 tie, 5–5 W 3 BU, 24–16
Oklahoma OU, 45–20 OU, 19–9 OU, 23–6 OU, 3–2 BU, 4–1 BU, 7–3 W 6 OU, 36–15
Oklahoma State OSU, 55–31 BU, 20–17 OSU, 26–10 OSU, 1–12 BU, 4–1 BU, 7–3 W 4 OSU, 29–24
Texas UT, 163–93 UT, 66–56 UT, 89–32 tie, 8–8 BU, 4–1 BU, 7–3 W 1 UT, 33–22
Texas Christian BU, 103–85 BU, 56–39 tie, 42–42 BU, 5–3 TCU, 3–2 BU, 7–3 W 1 BU, 14–4
Texas Tech TTU, 80–62 BU, 36–27 TTU, 48–18 TTU, 3–4 TTU, 3–2 BU, 6–4 W 13 BU, 27–23
West Virginia BU, 12–8 BU, 4–3 BU, 4–3 BU, 2–1 BU, 5–1 tie, 5–5 W 1 BU, 11–8
*Incomplete.

Players

All-Americans

Player Year(s) Team(s)
Hubert Kirkpatrick 1938 Helms (1st), NEA (2nd)
Jackie Robinson 1946 Helms (2nd)
1948 Helms (2nd)
Vinnie Johnson 1979 AP (2nd)
Terry Teagle 1982 AP (2nd)
Johnathan Motley 2017 Consensus Second TeamAP (2nd), USBWA (2nd), NABC (2nd), Sporting News (2nd)
Jared Butler 2020 AP (3rd), USBWA (3rd), NABC (3rd), Sporting News (3rd)
2021 Consensus First TeamAP (1st), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), Sporting News (1st)
Davion Mitchell 2021 AP (3rd), NABC (3rd), Sporting News (3rd)
James Akinjo 2022 AP (3rd), USBWA (3rd), NABC (3rd), Sporting News (3rd)

Career scoring leaders

Records as of the 2021–22 season[17]

Rank Name Seasons Points
1 LaceDarius Dunn 2007–2011 2,285
2 Terry Teagle 1979–1982 2,189
3 Micheal Williams 1985–1988 1,854
4 Curtis Jerrells 2005–2009 1,820
5 Brian Skinner 1994–1998 1,702
6 Darryl Middleton 1985–1988 1,677
7 Aundre Branch 1991–1995 1,666
8 Tweety Carter 2006–2010 1,447
9 Kevin Rogers 2005–2009 1,371
T10 Darrell Hardy 1965–1967 1,360
T10 Quincy Acy 2008–2012 1,360

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Before the 2021–22 season, Baylor women's basketball had used the nickname "Lady Bears". On September 3, 2021, the school announced that basketball, soccer, and volleyball, the last three Baylor women's sports still using "Lady", would use only "Bears" from that point forward.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Baylor University Athletics Brand Identity (PDF). April 15, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Quillen, Kurtis (September 3, 2021). "Baylor University to drop 'Lady Bears' nickname from women's teams". Temple, TX: KCEN-TV. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (September 4, 2021). "Baylor women's hoops drops 'Lady' from team name, to be known as Bears". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Danner, Megan. "The Immortal Ten". Waco History. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  5. ^ Copeland, Todd (2006). The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University. Big Bear Books. ISBN 978-1932792904.
  6. ^ "Remembering the Immortal Ten". BaylorProud. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  7. ^ "The Baylor Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 107, No. 1, Monday, August 20, 2007 :: The Baylor Lariat". digitalcollections.baylor.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  8. ^ Adams, Christopher (22 January 2017). "Round Rock dedicates bridge to Baylor's 'Immortal Ten'". KXAN. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. ^ Warner, Joe (20 January 2017). "Round Rock to honor Baylor University's Immortal Ten on Sunday". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "No. 25 Baylor Wins In Five Overtimes". baylorbears.com. 24 January 2008. from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. ^ "MBB: BU Vies For NIT Championship". baylorbears.com. 1 April 2009. from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. ^ Borzello, Jeff (30 March 2021). "Baylor Bears' rebuilding effort progresses into first Final Four since 1950". ESPN. from the original on 2021-03-30. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  13. ^ Salvador, Joseph (3 April 2021). "Baylor Blows Out Houston in Final Four, Punches Ticket to Championship Game". Sports Illustrated. from the original on 2021-04-03. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  14. ^ Boone, Kyle (6 April 2021). "NCAA Championship 2021 score: Baylor routs Gonzaga as Bears win first national title, end Zags' perfect season". CBS Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  15. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  16. ^ 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 65
  17. ^ "Baylor Leaders & Records". Sports Reference. from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

External links

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appearances1946 1948 1950 1988 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2021 2022 2023Conference regular season champions1932 1946 1948 1949 1950 2021 2022 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Immortal Ten 1 3 Post World War II success 1 4 2003 scandal 1 5 Recent resurgence 2 Facilities 3 Coaching records 3 1 NCAA national championships 4 Season by season results 5 Postseason results 5 1 NCAA tournament results 5 2 NIT results 6 Old Fight 7 All time series records 7 1 All time series records against Big 12 members 8 Players 8 1 All Americans 8 2 Career scoring leaders 9 See also 10 Footnotes 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditEarly years Edit Luther Burleson coached the first basketball team at Baylor in 1907 also doubling as the football coach In Baylor s second season of basketball then cross town rival TCU began their program which the Bears defeated twice during the 1908 09 season Ralph Glaze s 1911 1914 788 winning percentage ranks at the best all time in school history Ralph Wolf 1927 1941 led Baylor to its first SWC Championship in 1932 after surviving and overcoming one of the first great tragedies in college athletics in his first season as coach Immortal Ten Edit See also List of accidents involving sports teams On January 22 1927 Coach Ralph Wolf s Baylor basketball team was traveling by bus to play the University of Texas As the bus passed through Round Rock Texas it approached railroad tracks on the south side of the business district on a drizzly cloudy day As the bus crossed the tracks the occupants failed to hear the sound of the train whistle and ringing bell The driver caught sight of the train at the last moment and tried to steer away but the Sunshine Special crashed into the bus at nearly 60 mph tearing off the roof and right side 4 The Immortal Ten Memorial Ten Baylor students and basketball players were killed by the impact 5 One player James Clyde Abe Kelly pushed his friend Weir Washam out the window of the bus just moments before the impact saving Washam s life but costing Kelly his own The bodies of Kelly and Robert Hailey were found horrifically stretched across the cow catcher on the front of the train with arms locked around each other and Kelly missing a leg Ivy Foster Sr of Taylor Texas had heard of the accident and rushed to the train station in Taylor to meet the train and assist where needed only to find his son among the dead The deceased were Jack Castellaw Sam Dillow Merle Dudley L R Ivey Foster Jr Robert Bob Hailey James Clyde Abe Kelly Willis Murrary James Jim Walker and William Winchester 6 The remainder of the 1927 season was canceled The tragedy had reverberations over the entire state and nation and led to the construction of the first railway overpass in Texas where the event occurred at Round Rock Buses were later required to come to a full stop and open the door at all rail crossings to listen for trains The Immortal Ten story has been commemorated each year since 1927 at first in Chapel services then later at the Freshman Mass Meeting during Homecoming Week In 2007 the event was also memorialized in bronze on the Baylor campus in Traditions Plaza 7 On the 90th anniversary of the tragedy January 22 2017 the City of Round Rock held a memorial event to remember those who were killed in the train bus collision At the event the city dedicated the Immortal Bridge which arcs over the railroad tracks where the accident occurred 8 Green lampposts green and gold striping and other markings were added to honor the 10 students who were killed there 9 The event was open to the public and attendees included Baylor administrators and student leaders the spirit squads and Baylor s Golden Wave Band Post World War II success Edit Baylor men s teams won five conference championships in the former Southwest Conference 1932 1946 1948 1949 1950 denotes shared title The Bears reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 1946 and reached the Final Four in 1948 and 1950 Bill Henderson s 1948 team advanced to play the Kentucky Wildcats for the NCAA championship but fell 58 42 to Adolph Rupp s first national championship team The team again advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1950 under Henderson losing to the Bradley Braves 68 66 Bill Menefee 1962 1973 would lead the Bears to a national ranking in 1969 but failed to make the postseason that year Menefee was the only coach over the next 50 years to have a career record of over 500 and would later serve as Baylor s athletic director in the 1980s Gene Iba s 1988 NCAA Tournament team would be the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the program in 38 years 2003 scandal Edit Main article Baylor University basketball scandal The men s basketball program was plagued by a scandal in 2003 Patrick Dennehy a player for the team was murdered by former teammate Carlton Dotson then coach Dave Bliss was forced to resign amidst allegations that he had violated NCAA rules by making financial payments to four players and that he made improper statements to the media characterizing Dennehy as a drug dealer The school placed itself on probation limited itself to 7 scholarships for two years and imposed a post season ban for one year Additionally the NCAA further punished the team by initiating a non conference ban for the 2005 06 season and extending the probationary period during which the school would have limited recruiting privileges Recent resurgence Edit Thanks to the scandal the 2005 Bears were hindered by only having 7 scholarship players and recorded only one win in conference play From 2003 to 2007 the Bears would only win a total of 36 games In spite of these challenges head coach Scott Drew was able to put together a 2005 signing class ranked No 7 nationally by HoopScoop However Drew engineered a very quick return to respectability In 2008 the Bears reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years with a 9 7 conference record and the team s first national ranking in 39 years The January 23 2008 116 110 5OT win over Texas A amp M at College Station officially became the longest game in Big 12 history 10 The 2008 09 team again was ranked early in the season but stumbled to a 5 11 conference finish before heating up in the Big 12 Tournament defeating both Kansas and Texas en route to the championship game versus Missouri and lost by a score of 73 60 The 2008 09 team recorded the program s first postseason victory since 1950 in its first round NIT victory over the Georgetown Hoyas in Waco 11 The 2008 09 team went on to advance to the NIT Final where they fell to Penn State The 2009 10 squad was again ranked in both polls and pulled off the biggest road win in school history over the then 6 Texas Longhorns in Austin 80 77 on Jan 30th The Bears closed out the season with a Big 12 era best 11 5 record and 3 seed in the Big 12 Tournament The 2009 10 team was picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 in the Big 12 Coaches Poll due to the graduation of several key players from the previous year However the team finished the regular season 23 6 and tied for 2nd in the Big 12 standings Following a 2 1 record at the Big 12 tournament the Bears were rewarded with a 3 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament The Bears defeated 14 seed Sam Houston State 68 59 in First Round action and then defeated 11 seed Old Dominion 76 68 in Second Round play to advance to the Sweet 16 hosted at Reliant Stadium in Houston The Bears Sweet 16 match up was 10 seed Saint Mary s which had defeated 2 seed Villanova the previous week to advance to the Sweet 16 The Bears won handily over the Gaels 72 49 after leading 47 19 at the half The Elite Eight was also held at Reliant Stadium and the Bears opponent was the 1 seed Duke Blue Devils the last 1 seed standing in the NCAA Tournament after the other three 1 seeds Kansas Syracuse and Kentucky were all defeated by lower seeded teams In front of a very pro Baylor crowd of over 47 000 the Bears were defeated by the Duke Blue Devils 78 71 to end the magical run to the Elite Eight It was the best season in the Scott Drew era as defined by conference standing overall ranking wins and NCAA Tournament wins The Bears finished the season ranked 10 in the final ESPN Coaches Poll the highest ranking in program history at that time The 2010 11 team started the season ranked 14th according to the AP Preseason poll The Bears began 7 0 and rose to 9th in the polls before falling to Gonzaga at a neutral court in Dallas The team finished 18 13 overall and 7 9 in league play The highlight of the season was LaceDarius Dunn becoming the Big 12 s all time leading scorer and a sweep of the series versus ranked Texas A amp M After freshman star Perry Jones III was suspended by the NCAA for six games the Bears proceeded to lose their first round game of the Big 12 Tournament against Oklahoma The 2012 season saw another historic campaign for the Bears as they followed up the 2011 season with another successful conference run which saw the Bears win 30 games and make it to the Big 12 tournament title game but eventually losing to the Missouri Tigers The Bears were selected for the NCAA Tournament and made it all the way to the Elite Eight which ended in a loss to eventual national champion Kentucky The 2013 season witnesses another winning campaign for the Bears as they followed up the 2012 Elite Eight season with another successful conference run which saw the Bears sweep both TCU and Texas Tech while only dropping one game to UT The Bears started out with a pre season ranking of 19 in the country The Bears finish conference play at 500 and were selected for the NIT tournament The Bears made it all the way to the final which ended in a win over Iowa winning the tournament before a large crowd in Madison Square Garden and claiming the 2013 NIT Title The 2016 17 season saw one of the best starts in Baylor history going 15 0 with wins over 4 Oregon 24 Michigan State 10 Louisville and 7 Xavier On January 10 Baylor would reach AP 1 for the first time in program history They would unfortunately would fall to 10 West Virginia that same day Baylor remained within the top 12 for the remainder of the season and would finish 25 6 12 6 in conference They would fall to Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament and receive a 3 seed in the 2017 NCAA tournament Baylor would get to the Sweet Sixteen before being eliminated by South Carolina The 2019 20 season is considered one of the greatest in program history They came into the season ranked 16th in the nation but would fall to 24 after losing to Washington in the Armed Forces Classic This would be their only loss in 105 days their next loss was February 22 as the Bears would go on a 23 game win streak with 6 ranked victories as well On January 11 Baylor would defeat 3 Kansas on the road winning in Lawrence for the first time in school history Baylor s impressive start to the season ended on a more sour note losing 3 of their last 5 games before the Big 12 tournament Baylor would finish the regular season 26 4 with a 15 3 conference mark the most wins they ve recorded in conference play and stayed ranked within the top 5 from the beginning of 2020 to the end The NCAA Tournament however would be cancelled amid the COVID 19 pandemic In 2021 with the Bears help of soon to be consensus All American Jared Butler Baylor defeated Hartford Wisconsin Villanova and Arkansas to reach their first Final Four since 1950 12 where they defeated the in state Houston Cougars to reach the NCAA championship 13 where they defeated Gonzaga winning their first title in school history and spoiling the Bulldogs then perfect season in the process 14 Facilities Edit Rena Marrs McLean Gymnasium home of Baylor basketball from 1938 to 1953 The Heart O Texas Coliseum in Waco former site of Baylor basketball home games from 1953 to 1988 In its early days Marrs McLean Gym was Baylor s basketball home and doubled as the site of many physical education classes Marrs McLean Gymnasium was built in 1938 and still stands on campus today The Heart O Texas Fair Complex now known as the Extraco Events Center is located in Waco Texas It was once the prime basketball facility for Baylor University and was used from 1953 to 1988 The H O T Coliseum was constructed after McLennan County voters authorized a bond issue of 1 2 million in the early 1950s Since 1988 the Bears have played their home games at the Ferrell Center adjacent to the Brazos River It is named for Charles R Ferrell a Baylor student and legacy who died in 1967 and whose family s estate was a major benefactor of the arena The main arena Paul J Meyer Arena seats 10 284 people Ferrell Center in Waco current site of Baylor basketball home gamesCoaching records EditMain article List of Baylor Bears men s basketball head coaches Baylor coaching record through 4 6 2021 Coach Years coached Seasons Wins Losses Percentage Conference titles NCAA NITLuther Burleson 1906 1908 2 10 9 526 Enoch Mills 1908 1910 2 19 10 655 Ralph Glaze 1910 1913 3 26 7 788 Norman Paine 1913 1914 1 1 8 111 Charles Moseley 1914 1920 6 28 65 301 0 Frank Bridges 1920 1926 6 52 77 403 0 Ralph Wolf 1926 1941 15 148 129 534 1 0 0Bill Henderson 1941 1943 and1945 1961 18 201 233 463 4 3 0Van Sweet 1943 1945 2 6 23 207 0 0 0Jeff Mangold 1945 1 0 6 000 0 0 0Bill Menefee 1961 1973 12 149 144 509 0 0 0Carroll Dawson 1973 1977 4 44 51 463 0 0 0Jim Haller 1977 1985 8 102 130 440 0 0 0Gene Iba 1985 1992 7 98 106 480 0 1 2Darrell Johnson 1992 1994 2 32 22 596 0 0 0Harry Miller 1994 1999 5 56 87 392 0 0 0Dave Bliss 1999 2003 4 61 57 517 0 0 1Scott Drew 2003 Present 20 372 215 634 2 10 3TOTALS 115 1405 1379 505 7 14 6NCAA national championships Edit Season Coach Site Championship Game result Most Outstanding Player Overall record Big 12 record2020 21 Scott Drew Indianapolis Baylor 86 Gonzaga 70 Jared Butler 28 2 13 1Total NCAA National Championships 1Season by season results EditMain article List of Baylor Bears basketball seasonsPostseason results EditNCAA tournament results Edit The Bears have appeared in the NCAA tournament 15 times Their combined record is 22 15 Year Seed Round Opponent Result1946 N A QuarterfinalsRegional 3rd Place Oklahoma A amp MColorado L 29 44L 44 591948 N A QuarterfinalsFinal FourNational Championship WashingtonKansas StateKentucky W 64 62W 60 52L 42 581950 N A QuarterfinalsFinal Four3rd Place Game BYUBradleyNorth Carolina State W 56 55L 66 68L 41 531988 8 First Round 9 Memphis State L 60 752008 11 First Round 6 Purdue L 79 902010 3 First RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight 14 Sam Houston State 11 Old Dominion 10 Saint Mary s 1 Duke W 68 59W 76 68W 72 49L 71 782012 3 First RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite Eight 14 South Dakota State 11 Colorado 10 Xavier 1 Kentucky W 68 60W 80 63W 75 70L 70 822014 6 First RoundSecond RoundSweet Sixteen 11 Nebraska 3 Creighton 2 Wisconsin W 74 60W 85 55L 52 692015 3 First Round 14 Georgia State L 56 572016 5 First Round 12 Yale L 75 792017 3 First RoundSecond RoundSweet Sixteen 14 New Mexico State 11 USC 7 South Carolina W 91 73W 82 78L 50 702019 9 First RoundSecond Round 8 Syracuse 1 Gonzaga W 78 69L 83 712021 1 First RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourNational Championship 16 Hartford 9 Wisconsin 5 Villanova 3 Arkansas 2 Houston 1 Gonzaga W 79 55W 76 63W 62 51W 81 72W 78 59W 86 702022 1 First RoundSecond Round 16 Norfolk State 8 North Carolina W 85 49 L 86 93OT2023 3 First RoundSecond Round 14 UC Santa Barbara 6 Creighton W 74 56 L 76 85NIT results Edit The Bears have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament NIT six times Their combined record is 10 5 They were NIT champions in 2013 Year Round Opponent Result1987 First Round Arkansas Little Rock L 41 421990 First Round Mississippi State L 75 842001 First Round New Mexico L 73 832009 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal GeorgetownVirginia TechAuburnSan Diego StatePenn State W 74 72W 84 66W 74 72W 76 62L 63 692013 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal Long Beach StateArizona StateProvidenceBYUIowa W 112 76W 89 86W 79 68W 76 70 W 74 542018 First RoundSecond Round WagnerMississippi State W 80 59L 77 78Old Fight EditOld Fight refers to the Baylor fight song enacted in the mid 1950s 15 Bear down you Bears of old Baylor U We re all for you GO BEARS We re gonna show dear old Baylor spirit Through and through GO BEARS Come on and fight them with all your might You Bruins bold And win all our victories for the Green and Gold spellout B A Y L O R Baylor Bears Fight Come on and fight them with all your might You Bruins bold And win all our victories for the Green and Gold BAY LOR Baylor Bears Fight All time series records EditAll time series records against Big 12 members Edit Baylor men s basketball all time series against all Big 12 Conference opponents as of the beginning of the 2019 2020 season In series against conference opponents since the advent of the Big 12 Baylor leads TCU Texas Tech and West Virginia Baylor vs current Big 12 members 16 Baylorvs Overall Record at Waco at Opponent s Venue at Neutral Site Last 5 Meetings Last 10 Meetings Current Streak Since Beginning ofBig 12 CompetitionIowa State BU 22 20 BU 12 2 ISU 6 14 ISU 1 4 BU 5 0 BU 7 3 W 4 BU 21 19Kansas KU 33 7 KU 13 3 KU 17 1 KU 2 2 KU 3 2 KU 7 3 L 1 KU 31 7Kansas State tie 23 23 BU 9 8 KSU 12 9 tie 3 3 BU 5 0 tie 5 5 W 3 BU 24 16Oklahoma OU 45 20 OU 19 9 OU 23 6 OU 3 2 BU 4 1 BU 7 3 W 6 OU 36 15Oklahoma State OSU 55 31 BU 20 17 OSU 26 10 OSU 1 12 BU 4 1 BU 7 3 W 4 OSU 29 24Texas UT 163 93 UT 66 56 UT 89 32 tie 8 8 BU 4 1 BU 7 3 W 1 UT 33 22Texas Christian BU 103 85 BU 56 39 tie 42 42 BU 5 3 TCU 3 2 BU 7 3 W 1 BU 14 4Texas Tech TTU 80 62 BU 36 27 TTU 48 18 TTU 3 4 TTU 3 2 BU 6 4 W 13 BU 27 23West Virginia BU 12 8 BU 4 3 BU 4 3 BU 2 1 BU 5 1 tie 5 5 W 1 BU 11 8 Incomplete Players EditAll Americans Edit Player Year s Team s Hubert Kirkpatrick 1938 Helms 1st NEA 2nd Jackie Robinson 1946 Helms 2nd 1948 Helms 2nd Vinnie Johnson 1979 AP 2nd Terry Teagle 1982 AP 2nd Johnathan Motley 2017 Consensus Second Team AP 2nd USBWA 2nd NABC 2nd Sporting News 2nd Jared Butler 2020 AP 3rd USBWA 3rd NABC 3rd Sporting News 3rd 2021 Consensus First Team AP 1st USBWA 1st NABC 1st Sporting News 1st Davion Mitchell 2021 AP 3rd NABC 3rd Sporting News 3rd James Akinjo 2022 AP 3rd USBWA 3rd NABC 3rd Sporting News 3rd Career scoring leaders Edit Records as of the 2021 22 season 17 Rank Name Seasons Points1 LaceDarius Dunn 2007 2011 2 2852 Terry Teagle 1979 1982 2 1893 Micheal Williams 1985 1988 1 8544 Curtis Jerrells 2005 2009 1 8205 Brian Skinner 1994 1998 1 7026 Darryl Middleton 1985 1988 1 6777 Aundre Branch 1991 1995 1 6668 Tweety Carter 2006 2010 1 4479 Kevin Rogers 2005 2009 1 371T10 Darrell Hardy 1965 1967 1 360T10 Quincy Acy 2008 2012 1 360See also EditNCAA Men s Division I Final Four appearances by coachesFootnotes Edit Before the 2021 22 season Baylor women s basketball had used the nickname Lady Bears On September 3 2021 the school announced that basketball soccer and volleyball the last three Baylor women s sports still using Lady would use only Bears from that point forward 2 3 References Edit Baylor University Athletics Brand Identity PDF April 15 2019 Retrieved June 20 2019 Quillen Kurtis September 3 2021 Baylor University to drop Lady Bears nickname from women s teams Temple TX KCEN TV Retrieved September 4 2021 Voepel Mechelle September 4 2021 Baylor women s hoops drops Lady from team name to be known as Bears ESPN com Retrieved September 4 2021 Danner Megan The Immortal Ten Waco History Retrieved 2019 07 05 Copeland Todd 2006 The Immortal Ten The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University Big Bear Books ISBN 978 1932792904 Remembering the Immortal Ten BaylorProud 2016 01 22 Retrieved 2019 07 05 The Baylor Lariat Waco Texas Vol 107 No 1 Monday August 20 2007 The Baylor Lariat digitalcollections baylor edu Retrieved 2018 11 27 Adams Christopher 22 January 2017 Round Rock dedicates bridge to Baylor s Immortal Ten KXAN Retrieved 7 July 2021 Warner Joe 20 January 2017 Round Rock to honor Baylor University s Immortal Ten on Sunday Community Impact Newspaper Retrieved 7 July 2021 No 25 Baylor Wins In Five Overtimes baylorbears com 24 January 2008 Archived from the original on 2018 12 27 Retrieved 13 July 2021 MBB BU Vies For NIT Championship baylorbears com 1 April 2009 Archived from the original on 2021 07 20 Retrieved 20 July 2021 Borzello Jeff 30 March 2021 Baylor Bears rebuilding effort progresses into first Final Four since 1950 ESPN Archived from the original on 2021 03 30 Retrieved 17 July 2021 Salvador Joseph 3 April 2021 Baylor Blows Out Houston in Final Four Punches Ticket to Championship Game Sports Illustrated Archived from the original on 2021 04 03 Retrieved 17 July 2021 Boone Kyle 6 April 2021 NCAA Championship 2021 score Baylor routs Gonzaga as Bears win first national title end Zags perfect season CBS Sports Retrieved 17 July 2021 Traditions Baylor Official Athletic Site Archived from the original on 2016 03 24 Retrieved 2016 03 18 2014 15 Texas Basketball Fact Book p 65 Baylor Leaders amp Records Sports Reference Archived from the original on April 20 2022 Retrieved April 20 2022 2014 15 Baylor Men s Basketball Media Almanac permanent dead link External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Baylor Bears men 27s basketball amp oldid 1145608170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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