🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Happy Tuesday Baylor Fam. Last week, the BU women’s team hosted Taylor Swift night at the Ferrell Center.

Well, the Green & Gold are much like T-Swift as they are climbing the charts like one of her new singles.

What all do we have stirrin’ in today’s Brew? Check it out!

📈 Chart Climbers
🏝 Bahama Bears
🏐 Finishing Strong
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

A Night To Remember!

Re-live Baylor women's basketball's dominant performance in their win over No. 4 Utah, and go behind-the-scenes with Nicki Collen, Dree Edwards, and the rest of the team in practice, meetings, game day locker rooms and sideline huddles. 

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Nov. 21st Episode: 
The Finishing Touches of the 2023 BU Football Season

On today’s show, we hear from Dave Aranda following his weekly press conference. Coach Aranda provides an update on Blake Shapen’s injury status.

Justin Hoff and Elliot Coffey talk about Drake Dabney’s record, senior night, WVU and their Thanksgiving rituals.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Chart Climbers. There are over 330 Division I basketball institutions.

Three have BOTH teams ranked in the top-15 nationally. Our Bears are one of them.

Baylor is joined by UConn and Texas as the only three schools ranked in the top-15 of the latest AP Top-25 released on Monday.

📈: The AP Women’s Top-25 Poll
📈: The AP Men’s Top-25 Poll

🔺 Bahama Bears. At this point, Baylor may become the official college basketball team of the Bahamas.

For the third time, the Bears will head to the Baha Mar Hoops Championship, this time in 2024 alongside St. John’s, Tennessee and Virginia.

The tournament bracket and schedule will be released at a later date. It will be BU's third appearance on the island, boasting a 6-0 mark and two Battle '4' Atlantis championships in prior visits.

📝: Learn More About Next Year’s Trip To The Island

🔺 Finishing Strong. We got the perfect appetizer for your Thanksgiving meal.

BU Volleyball at the Ferrell Center!

The Bears wrap up their 2023 regular season when they host 21st-ranked Houston in yet another Top-25 showdown for the Green & Gold.

Baylor is looking to build off Saturday’s dominating sweep of West Virginia as they look forward to Sunday’s NCAA Selection Show.

🔺 By George, He’s A Player. Just 13 games into his NBA career, former BU star Keyonte George is showing what Bears fans already knew - the kid can play.

He has scored 15 points in two of his last three games and is currently averaging 8.5 points, 5.4 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game for the Jazz.

🔢: Keyonte’s Full Stat Breakdown This Year

🏆 AWARD WINNING

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🎥 BAYLOR+: FILM ROOM

Three games into her BU career, Bears fan are already excited to watch Kentucky transfer Jada Walker this season.

Sunday’s win over Harvard saw the veteran guard with her best showing of the year with 13 points, eight assists and a steal.

Prior to the year, we went inside the film room to breakdown what Jada brings to the program, both on and off the court.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Tomorrow night kicks off a two-night showdown at the NIT Season Tip-Off for Baylor’s men’s squad.

In the past five years, how many times have the Bears won an early season tournament?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

This week, the Baylor men head to NYC to play in the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center.

What better way to prepare then going inside the last road trip, a season-opener to South Dakota and a huge win over perennial SEC power Auburn.

Baylor+ takes you behind closed doors, on the road and in the locker room as the Bears prepared for and battled through the season-opener.

📬 STICK WITH US

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, November 22
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Oregon State @ 6pm (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)
🏐 Volleyball vs. Houston @ 6pm | Live Coverage

Friday, November 24
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Pitt/Florida @ TBD (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. McNeese @ 2pm

Saturday, November 25
🏈 Football vs. West Virginia @ 6pm

Sunday, November 26
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Alcorn State @ 2pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 4.

During Coach Drew’s tenure, the Bears are 40-13 in regular season tournaments, including coming away with championships in four of the past five years, the last coming at the 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament.

🐻 Enjoy your Tuesday, y’all!

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