Daily Bears Report 3/31/2017 - Brian Nance Sighting

Today’s Events

• Baseball, at Washington, 8:00 PM, Listen
• Softball, vs Texas Tech, 4:00 PM
• Softball, vs Texas Tech, 6:30 PM, Watch, Listen
• Women's Tennis, at Iowa State, 3:00 PM
• Track, vs Texas Relays, All Day
• Women's Golf, vs Bryan National Collegiate, All Day
• Track, vs San Francisco State Distance Carnival, All Day
• Track, vs Stanford Invitational, All Day

Football

Baylor Football: Spring Practice Recap No. 6

• Baylor lands No. 5 for the 2018 class, Yahoo Sports, The Baylor coaches landed commitment No. 5 for the 2018 recruiting class yesterday afternoon when Booker T. Washington . . .
• UMHB Quarterback To Have Pro Day At Baylor - TexasHSFootball, One of the most overlooked storylines in the entirety of college football this year was UMHB's miraculous run to the championship. ... For one exceptional member of the Cru, Blake Jackson, that place might just be the NFL Draft, depending on his Pro Day with the Baylor Bears, which he announced yesterday.
• The Art Briles offense is gone from the Big 12 | News OK, With new Baylor coach Matt Rhule installing a hybird offense, and Tom Herman taking over Texas, the much-feared Art Briles spread-and-stretch is gone from Big 12 gridirons.
• How are Baylor's 2017 opponents faring in spring ball?, Highlighting the spring-ball storylines for all 12 Baylor opponents next season.
• Rivals.com - Texas spotlight: Five class of 2019 storylines to track, The time for applauding Baylor’s staff for how it pulled together a respectable recruiting class in 2017 has now officially passed. While the Bears have snagged a couple of nice commitments so far in 2018, will Matt Rhule and his staff be able to hit on more four- or even a five-star recruit?

Basketball

• Motley Named Baylor MBB's First Consensus All-American - Baylor Official Athletic Site, Baylor basketball forward Johnathan Motley is on the Associated Press All-America second team, the organization announced Tuesday. With the recognition, Motley becomes Baylor's first consensus All-America selection.
• Lady Bears' Jones participates in 3-point contest | Lady Bears Basketball | wacotrib.com, Baylor senior Alexis Jones competed in the 2017 State Farm 3-Point Championships at Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix on Thursday.
• Documentary recounts Baylor basketball scandal | Courts And Trials | wacotrib.com, Two days after a Texas Senate committee grilled Baylor University’s interim president about a sexual assault scandal that has engulfed the school for 18 months, a new documentary is poised . . .
• VOTE: Fan Choice D1 Women's Player of the Year - HERO Sports, Of thee 10 All-America choices, which is the 2017 Player of the Year in D1 Women\'s Basketball? Vote here for Kalani Brown.
• The Reason I Play | The Players' Tribune, I scored 41 points in the game that got us there, our 94–85 upset of Baylor on Sunday. After the game, someone even told me it was the most points scored by any SEC player in the history of the women’s tournament. I’m still letting it sink in because it doesn’t feel real to me. I was just playing basketball. So how did I do it? To really understand, I’d have to take you back to when I was growing up. Back to Birmingham.

Baseball

• No. 21/22 Baseball Visits Washington for Weekend Series - Baylor Official Athletic Site, No. 21/22 Baylor baseball heads to Seattle this weekend for a non-conference three-game series vs. Washington. The games are scheduled for 8 p.m. CT Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
• Rodriguez: 'No stress' for Baylor baseball despite recent lull | Baylor Baseball | wacotrib.com, Steve Rodriguez isn’t about to sound the panic alarm. Sure, Rodriguez’s Baylor baseball program has hit a rough patch, a lull, compared to the way it started the season. The Bears have dropped each of their first two Big 12 series, and have lost five of their past eight games overall after a program record-tying 15-2 record through the first 17. It’s clearly not the outcome Baylor is seeking, but Rodriguez said he likes the way his team is competing.
• Baseball heads west for showdown with Washington | The Baylor Lariat, No. 21 Baylor baseball will try to break free from its recent slide with a three-game weekend series in Seattle, Wash., against the University of Washington at Husky Ballpark.

Baylor Baseball: Highlights vs UTSA

Softball

• SB Shuffles Schedule for Weekend Series with Texas Tech - Baylor Official Athletic Site, Baylor softball will compact the three-game weekend series with Texas Tech into a two-day slate due to predicted severe weather, announced Thursday afternoon by the respective head coaches.
• No. 13 Baylor Softball Faces Texas Tech in Big 12 Home Opener - Baylor Official Athletic Site, With a quick turnaround after the Wednesday night midweek win over Abilene Christian, the Lady Bears (29-6, 2-1) continue through the seven game home stand, hosting Texas Tech (18-16, 3-0) for a three-game weekend series, March 31-April 1 at Getterman Stadium.
• No. 13 SB Takes Win over Abilene Christian - Baylor Official Athletic Site, No. 13/14 Baylor softball (29-6) improved to 9-0 in midweek games, downing Abilene Christian (18-14) with a 6-0 shutout on Wednesday evening at Getterman Stadium.

Baylor Softball: Highlights vs Abilene Christian

• Big 12 softball power poll | All OU Sports | normantranscript.com, 2. Baylor (29-6, 2-1): The Bears have had some eye-popping wins, over No. 8 Washington and No. 13 UCLA, but have also had some questionable losses, to Fordham and North Texas. Kelsee Selman has put together a good resume in the circle, with a 15-3 record and a 1.45 ERA.
• Texas Tech softball hits road for second straight weekend, faces Baylor | Red Raiders, For a second straight weekend, Texas Tech softball remains on the road this weekend as it travels to Waco for a three-game series at No. 14 Baylor at Getterman Stadium. Potential weather conditions have compacted the schedule for the weekend. Tech and Baylor have agreed to play a doubleheader Friday with game times tentatively set for 4 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. The series finale is currently slated for Saturday at 1:05 p.m.
• Kelsee Selman filling Baylor softball's role of ace in the circle | Baylor Softball | wacotrib.com, Baylor’s pitching staff has been stacked with aces for a long time.

Tennis

• No. 15 WT Hits the Road - Baylor Official Athletic Site, The No. 15 Baylor womens tennis team (13-5) prepares for consecutive road dual matches against Big 12 foes Iowa State (15-4) on Friday, March 31 and West Virginia (4-9) on Sunday, April 2. The matches will take place at 3 p.m. (CT) and 9 a.m., respectively.
• Women’s tennis prepares for conference road matches | The Baylor Lariat, The No. 15-ranked Baylor women’s tennis team looks to improve their conference record as they face Iowa State and West Virginia this weekend. The Lady Bears (13-5, 1-2) defeated No. 47 Oklahoma but dropped road matches to No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 9 Texas Tech earlier this month

Track & Field

• Pfeiffer Breaks Heptathlon School Record - Baylor Official Athletic Site, On Thursday at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays presented by Spectrum, Jenna Pfeiffers school record in the heptathlon headlined the action for Baylor track and field at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
• Track & Field Sweeps Big 12 Athlete of the Week Honors - Baylor Official Athletic Site, Baylor track and field athletes Cion Hicks and Ryan Womack were named the Big 12 Athletes of the Week, the league announced Wednesday.

Baylor Track & Field: Texas Relays - Day 3 Recap

Golf

• Womens Golf Heads to Bryan National Collegiate - Baylor Official Athletic Site, Baylor womens golf heads to Browns Summit, N.C., to play in the 20th annual Bryan National Collegiate. The tournament runs Friday through Sunday at the par-72, 6,386-yard Bryan Park Champions Course.
• Texas A&M Ready to Host Aggie Invitational, Many of the country’s top collegiate golfers will appear in Aggieland this weekend as Texas A&M hosts the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Golf Course. 2017 Aggie Invitational Field (Golfweek/Sagarin – 3/27): Arkansas (26), Baylor (2), Kent State (9), LSU (5), Michigan (46), New Mexico State, North Carolina (32), North Texas, Oklahoma State (4), Texas (16), Texas A&M (19), Texas Tech (11) and UTSA. LIVE SCORING/RESULTS Fans can follow the action online at GolfStat.com... Links will be available at 12thMan.com ... Updates and photos can also be found through twitter at @AggieMensGolf.

Acrobatics & Tumbling

Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling: Highlights vs Gannon

Scandal

• Frustrated Texas senators call for transparency from Baylor after rape scandal | khou.com, AUSTIN, Texas ( TRIBUNE ) – A Texas Senate panel on Wednesday lambasted Baylor University over its recent sexual assault scandal and pondered taking the dramatic step of requiring the private university to comply with state open records laws. Garland pushed back against those complaints, saying the school is "trying to be transparent." "We were not trying to cover up what happened at Baylor," he said.