Baylor Brew 3/8: Tourney Time!

Bears Open Play at Big 12 Tournament This Morning

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March 08, 2024

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TGIF Baylor Fam. The time has come…. it’s SHOWTIME!

We’re hunting a trophy in Kansas City and we’ve got plenty of other Green & Gold squads in action. This is truly March Madness!

We’ll preview it all and much more! Check it out!

🏆 Tourney Time
🏈 Welcome Aboard!
🎾 Rammin’ It Home
🐻 And much, much more!

🏀 TOURNEY TIME

That’s right. The time has come.

Tournament time is here.

The 17th-ranked BU women’s hoops team is set to kick off action in the 2024 Big 12 Tournament later today when they take on TCU at 1:30 pm in Kansas City.

Follow along with all the action at Big 12 Championship Central.

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

March 8th Edition:
Previewing The Weekend Ahead

Let the madness begin!
The Baylor women’s basketball team begins its 2024 Big 12 tournament today.

Madison Bartley stops by to talk about the upcoming tournament in Kansas City, plus we preview Baylor men's basketball matchup against Texas Tech and discuss a big-time Top 15 softball series at home in Waco for the Bears.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Welcome Aboard. Last year, he helped the Huskies of Washington to the national title game.

This year, he’s on the sidelines in Waco.

Veteran defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield has been tabbed to lead Baylor's defensive line, announced by Coach Aranda this week.
 
One of the nation's most accomplished defensive line coaches, Breckterfield joins the Baylor staff after working to lead Washington to the national championship game in 2023 and an 11-2 mark in 2022. He spent the 2021 season as the defensive line coach at Vanderbilt. 

🔺 Rammin’ It Home. What a way to kick off the weekend!

In front of yet another awesome crowd at the Hurd Tennis Center, the 25th-ranked men’s tennis team picked up a hard-fought 4-2 win over #33 VCU on Thursday night.

With the win, the Bears improve to 13-3 on the year and have a quick turnaround with a showdown with Omaha later this afternoon.

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👏 WHAT IT’S REALLY ALL ABOUT!

This past weekend, the Baylor men’s squad picked up two huge wins.

We may have found the secret behind the success!

Last week, the Bears had the pleasure of welcoming Special Olympics of Texas’ athlete Ella Hedricks to practice and to hang out for the afternoon with the squad.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Entering this weekend’s tournament, the Bears have held the opposition to 20-percent or below from beyond the arc in four straight games.

Where does BU rank nationally in that category?

Got a guess?

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

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🎙 SIC ‘EM POD WITH YVES MISSI

Baylor freshman Yves Missi has one of the most fascinating journeys in all of college basketball.

After picking up a basketball for the first time less than 5 years ago, Yves is now one of the top freshmen in the entire country. Now, as his first year comes to a close, Yves hopes that he can leave a lasting impact on the program.

🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Friday, March 8
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Indoor Championships (Boston, Mass.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. TBD @ 11am (Big 12 Tournament - Kansas City)
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Omaha @ 3pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. UCF @ 6pm
🥎 Softball vs. #6 Oklahoma State @ 6:30pm
⚾️ Baseball at Houston @ 6:30pm

Saturday, March 9
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Indoor Championships (Boston, Mass.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Iowa State @ 11am (Big 12 Tourney - Kansas City)
🥎 Softball vs. #6 Oklahoma State @ 2pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Texas Tech @ 5pm
⚾️ Baseball at Houston @ 6:30pm

Sunday, March 10
🎾 Men’s Tennis at #2 TCU @ 12pm
🥎 Softball vs. #6 Oklahoma State @ 1pm
⚾️ Baseball at Houston @ 1pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Houston @ 2pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Cleveland State @ 7pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 5th. 

Holding their opponents to 25.5-percent from long range this year, BU leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth nationally in that category.

🐻 Have a great weekend, y’all!

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