Baylor Brew 12/1: The Dancing Bears

Volleyball, Women's Hoops Keep Rolling With Wins

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December 01, 2023

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TGIF Baylor Fam. This time of year can be filled with shopping, get togethers and plenty of chaos.

Thursday night was definitely a busy one for the Bears, but it was filled with Ws, more Ws and a fresh new face joining the Green & Gold.

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

🎥 All New Episode of The Follow
🏐 Keep Dancing
🏀 Party Like Its 1975
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

Go on the road with the Baylor men’s basketball team as they take on, and take down, Oregon State and Florida at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Watch exclusive behind-the-scenes access from the trip in scout meetings, practices, game day locker rooms and huddles, and relive the 2-0 week.

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Dec. 1st Episode: 
Wins, Wins and New Faces

The title says it all - we've got a LOT to talk about on this Friday edition of Inside Baylor Sports as we discuss the Jake Spavital hiring, Baylor women's basketball's win over SMU to improve to 6-0, and Baylor volleyball's win over JMU in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Keep Dancing. It’s been eight straight years that the Baylor volleyball program has made it to the dance.

And for eight straight years, the Bears just kept on dancing as BU rolled past seventh-seeded JMU, 3-0, to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the eighth consecutive season.

The Bears were led by Elise McGhee with 16 kills and five aces, while Manuela Bibinbe, Alicia Andrew and Allie Sczech each had four blocks. Averi Carlson had 31 assists and Sophia Keene led the team with seven digs.

Up next, is a date tonight with the No. 8 overall seed, Kentucky. First serve is set for 6 pm tonight.

🔺 Party Like Its 1975. The average price of gas was $0.57/gallon. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest was the top playing movie. Rhinestone Cowboy was topping Billboard Charts.

It’s safe to say using those facts, it’s been a little while.

The 13th-ranked Baylor women’s team rolled to a 85-61 road win over SMU on Thursday night to improve to 6-0. Its the first time since 1975-76 that BU scored 80-plus in six straight wins to start the season.

Sophomore Darianna Littlepage-Buggs had her first double-double of the season with a season-high 24 points and 11 rebounds to pace the Green & Gold.
 
Dre'Una Edwards had her second double-double of the season with 10 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and three steals, while Bella Fontleroy had 17 points and six boards. 

🔺 New Face In The Fam. Widely regarded as one of the best offensive minds in college football, Jake Spavital is joining the Baylor Fam.

Thursday, head coach Dave Aranda announced the addition of Spavital to the Bears football coaching staff as the new offensive coordinator and QBs Coach.

An elite offensive mind, Spavital returns to the Lone Star State after spending the 2023 season as California's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

He is widely considered one of the best offensive minds in college football and brings a bevy of experience to Waco, including four years as the head coach at Texas State. He has also worked as the OC/QB coach at West Virginia (2017-18; 2010-11), Cal (2016) and Texas A&M (2013-15). He got his start in coaching at Tulsa in 2008, also working graduate assistant stints at Houston (2009) and Oklahoma State (2010).

He has coordinated offenses that ranked among the nation's top-30 in FEI in five of six years between West Virginia, Cal and Texas A&M, including a No. 10 mark in 2018 at WVU, also checking in No. 30 in 2017 at WVU, No. 22 at Cal in 2016, No. 12 at Texas A&M in 2014 and No. 2 in 2013 at Texas A&M. 

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🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Thursday night in Lexington, the BU volleyball program marched into the second round of the NCAA Tournament yet again.

They did so in sweeping fashion.

How many times have the Green & Gold started the NCAA Tournament with a clean sweep?

Got a guess?

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

📬 STICK WITH US

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Friday, December 1
🏐 Volleyball vs. #8 Kentucky @ 6pm (NCAA Tournament: Lexington, Ky.)

Saturday, December 2
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Northwestern State @ 5pm

Sunday, December 3
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Oregon @ 1pm

Tuesday, December 5
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Seton Hall @ 8pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Six.

That’s right, yesterday’s sweep marked the sixth time that Baylor had advanced to the second round with a first round sweep.

🐻 Enjoy your weekend, y’all!

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