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Daily Bears Report 5/18/2018 Baylor Football Has Easiest Schedule in Big 12? Basketball Awards Scholarship to Another Walk On

Track & Field lands 35 entrants to NCAA West Prelims, Softball enters NCAA Regional, Women’s Golf begins NCAA Championship

NCAA Football: Texas Tech at Baylor Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Today’s Events

  • Baseball, at West Virginia, 2:00 PM CT, Listen
  • Softball, at NCAA Regional vs. McNeese State, College Station, Texas, 3:30 PM CT
  • Women’s Golf, NCAA Championship, Stillwater, Okla. - Stroke Play, All Day

Football

Athlon Sports: Baylor to face easiest schedule in Big 12 in 2018, DieHards, After winning just one game to begin the Matt Rule era, Baylor will enjoy what Athlon Sports ranked as the easiest schedule in the Big 12 in 2018.

Big 12 strength of schedule rankings: Texas faces tough road; Oklahoma State gets it easy, CBSSports, Ranking the 2018 schedules of all 10 Big 12 teams

Baylor cornerback Jordan Tolbert medically retires from football, DieHards, Baylor football lost reserve defensive back Jordan Tolbert after he suffered multiple knee injuries during his football career.

Basketball

MBBs Gillespie Earns Scholarship - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor men’s basketball junior forward Freddie Gillespie has earned a scholarship, head coach Scott Drew announced Thursday.

Baylor walk-on Gillespie gets men's basketball scholarship, WacoTrib, Baylor walk-on men’s basketball player Freddie Gillespie has been placed on scholarship.

Golf

Women's golf team overcomes challenges to make Baylor history, BearsExtra, History will be made at Baylor when the women’s golf team travels to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to play in the NCAA Championships for consecutive years. This will be the team’s third

Women's Golf Heads to 2018 NCAA Championship - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor women's golf is headed to Stillwater, Okla., for the 2018 NCAA Championship. The Bears qualified for their third NCAA Championship in the last four seasons and will play in consecutive NCAA Championships for the first time in program history.

Track & Field

Baylor track and field sending 35 on to NCAA West Prelims, BearsExtra, Baylor’s track and field team will send a pack of Bears to the NCAA West Prelims next week in Sacramento, Calif.

BaylorBears.com Track & Field Earns 35 Entries to NCAA West Preliminary Championships - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor's track and field teams will be represented by 35 entries and 27 athletes at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships next week at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif.

Legends

Griner ready to make run at another championship, AZFamily, Brittney Griner is back from Russia and ready to go, with her eye on an MVP trophy and a WNBA championship.

Softball

No-no Rodoni: Last year's no-hitters launched Baylor pitcher into ace role, BearsExtra, Gia Rodoni was the hottest topic in college softball after spinning back to back no-hitters against Kent State and James Madison to clinch last year’s regional championship at Getterman Stadium.

Baylor Softball Feeling Loose as They Open Regional Play, CenTexProud, The Baylor softball team will open their Regional at 3:30pm on Friday afternoon against the McNeese Cowgirls.

College Station Regional preview: Baylor, A&M, McNeese, Prairie View, BearsExtrta, The Lady Bears are headed down the Brazos for the first round.

NCAA Softball Tournament: Baylor-McNeese State live updates, score, analysis, DieHards, Baylor softball plays McNeese State in the first regional game of the NCAA College Station Regional on Friday afternoon. Here's what you need to know.

SB Kicks Off NCAA Tournament Play in College Station - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor extended its program-record with its eighth-straight postseason berth, the 13th appearance all-time, all coming under 18th-year head coach Glenn Moore.

Baseball

Unique pitching plan lifts WVU past Baylor, 2-1, WDTV, Highlights from WVU's 2-1 win over Baylor in game one of their final regular season series.

Bats go quiet in Baylor baseball's opener in Morgantown, TheEagle, MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Cody Bradford was as stingy as ever. But for the first time in a while, he didn’t have much help.