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It's been a few days since we had a proper DBR and there is plenty to report. Now that the calendar has rolled over into March, Men's and Women's basketball will take center stage with the conference tournament that starts tomorrow for both teams and the NCAA tournaments coming up after that. It is surely an exciting time to be alive!
Before we get to the Baylor links, let's cover the Big XII action from tonight so we know a little more about where our teams stand when they start play tomorrow. On the women's side, 10-seed Missouri upset 7-seed Oklahoma State tonight. Missouri now plays 3-seed Oklahoma tomorrow. Texas Tech demolished Texas in the other game of the evening to earn the right to play our own Lady Bears tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 PM.
9-seed Texas A&M knocked off 8-seed Oklahoma in the early game tonight of the men's bracket. The second game of that bracket between #7 Oklahoma State and #10 Texas Tech (those are seeds, just so nobody gets confused) is still going as I type this, but it looks like OSU is going to win. They should, anyway. Neither of these games alters Baylor's chances in the tournament significantly. Kansas will probably kill Texas A&M tomorrow, anyway, to face the winner of the Baylor-Kansas State game.
Speaking of that game... (hit the jump)
Baylor Men's Basketball:
To change things up from the normal routine, we're going to start with the MBB team tonight and their game tomorrow morning at 11:30 against Kansas State. The Game Thread for that game will go up at 11:00 AM.
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12/11 Baylor (25-6) vs. RV/RV Kansas State (21-9) March 8, 2012 | 11:33 a.m. CST Kansas City, Mo. | Sprint Center (18,972) TV: ESPN2 |
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Kansas State Wildcats vs. Baylor Bears - Preview - March 08, 2012 - ESPN
NCAA Men's Basketball Preview: Final statistics from the Kansas State Wildcats vs. Baylor Bears game played on March 08, 2012
MBB Opens Postseason vs. Kansas State in Big 12 Quarters - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
No. 4 seed Baylor (25-6) opens postseason play against No. 5 seed Kansas State(21-9) in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Mo.
Baylor, Jones look to surpass expectations - KansasCity.com
As Perry Jones III ducked his head and entered the fuselage, the Baylor players already on the plane headed for the Big 12 tournament gave him a standing ovation.
Big 12 tournament primer -- what to expect in Kansas City - ESPN
With three teams in the top 11 and two more capable of pulling off upsets, the Big 12 tournament is poised to be one of the best ever.
Thursday’s Big 12 quarterfinal preview | (5) Kansas State vs. (4) Baylor - KansasCity.com
• WHEN/WHERE: 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Sprint Center.
NCAA College Basketball Preview - Kansas State Wildcats at Baylor Bears - Mar 08, 2012 - CBSSports.com
Baylor heads into the Big 12 tournament looking to improve its seed for the NCAA tournament.
MBB to Participate in 2013 EA SPORTS Maui Invitational - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
11th-ranked Baylor is one of eight teams that will compete in the 2013 EA SPORTSTM Maui Invitational® hosted by Chaminade University at Maui's famed Lahaina Civic Center.
Previewing the Big 12 Basketball Tournament - Barking Carnival
Previewing the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship. Kansas and Missouri lead a pack of talented teams.
Baylor Women's Basketball:
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Baylor [#1/1 (31-0, 18-0)] vs. Texas Tech [NR/NR (19-12, 6-12)] Thursday, March 8, 2012 | 1:30 p.m. CT Kansas City, Mo. | Municipal Auditorium (9,308) TV: FSN (TV Listings) |
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WBB Opens Big 12 Play vs. Texas Tech - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
The top-ranked Baylor Lady Bears seek to claim their second straight and fourth overall Big 12 Championship title in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m. CT. The contest will be televised live on FSN.
WBB's Griner and Sims Finalists for Wooden Award - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
Baylor's Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims were named among 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Wednesday.
Baylor’s Griner, Ogwumike sisters of Stanford lead finalists for women’s Wooden Award - The Washington Post
Brittney Griner of Baylor, Skylar Diggins of Notre Dame and sisters Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford are among 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award given to college basketball’s top female player.
Baylor Baseball: (last night's game)
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Baseball Ties NCAA Record in 9-4 Loss at TCU - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
Baylor tied an NCAA record with 10 hit batsmen, helping the Bears take a 4-2 lead in the seventh, but TCU took advantage of four straight walks to score six runs in the eighth on its way to a 9-4 win on Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium.
Baylor Softball:
No. 15 Softball Takes Two From La Tech - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
The No. 15 Baylor softball team (16-5) recorded a pair of 3-1 wins for the doubleheader sweep over Louisiana Tech (10-11) Tuesday evening at Getterman Stadium.
Baylor Football:
Baylor Begins Life Without Robert Griffin - Big 12 Football : Big 12 Football
Baylor opened spring football practice on Monday and with it, they began the post Robert Griffin era in Waco. From the reports coming out after the first day of practice, it sounds like head coach Art Briles made it through without shedding any tears, publicly at least.
Breaking down spring camp: Baylor - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Baylor's next in line to kick off spring practice, and the party gets started in Waco this afternoon. Here's a closer look on what to watch for.