
Drew to Preview "The Showcase" at Dallas Luncheon Baylor head coach Scott Drew, along with "Voice of the Baylor Bears" John Morris and the best color analyst in the business Pat Nunley, will host a Men's Basketball Luncheon in Dallas to preview Baylor's upcoming game against Gonzaga, which is part of "The Showcase" at American Airlines Center. The luncheon will be held Wed., Dec. 8, at 11:30 a.m. at the American Airlines Center (The Old #7 Club-Lower Level; North Entrance-Lot F). Individual tickets are $25 (applicable state and local sales tax included on meal) and premium tables of four are $200 (premium seating and sign included). No walk-ups will be taken and only 150 seats are available. Fans must purchase tickets/register online here or by calling toll free at 1-866-281-9444. The Baylor Bookstore will also be selling Baylor merchandise at the luncheon. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Baylor's NBA-esque Frontline Lift Bears to Another 'W'
RECAPPING MONDAY'S WIN Thanks to a season-high 90-point outburst, the 11th-ranked Baylor Bears put on their best offensive performance of the season, cruising to a 90-45 victory Monday night over Prairie View A&M. Senior G LaceDarius Dunn collected his second consecutive 20-point game, scoring 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting (3-of-8 3FG) in 23 minutes. But the best all-around performance came from freshman F Perry Jones III, who posted his second career double-double with 16 points, a career-high 13 rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes. PJ3 continues to show his versatility and - along with frontcourt mates Quincy Acy and Anthony Jones - caught the attention of PVAMU head coach Byron Rimm II, who had this to say about the Bears in his postgame press conference: "I've been to a couple of NBA practices this year and I haven't even seen an NBA team that big. It was one of those games where our guys were shell-shocked and I know this is one of those games we played. The reason why we played that bad is because (Baylor) stretched that defense. Baylor played that zone. Our guys couldn't get in the gaps, and if we did get in the gaps we couldn't see over those guys with our guys that are 5-7 or 5-8. We tried to fight hard but we lost the scoring battle, that's what happens when you play the 10th ranked team in the country. They have a great basketball team. Coach (Scott) Drew is doing a great job. I think some great things are going to come with the Baylor program." Through five games, Jones III is averaging 13.0 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.8 blocks. Not bad for a freshman... Acy, who was averaging a double-double entering the Prairie View A&M game, was held to 13 points, five rebounds and three blocks in 25 minutes of work. However, he had one of patented ferocious dunks in transition in the first half; fast forward to the :20 mark for Acy's slam. Not to be overlooked is the solid 17 bench minutes from sophomore G Nolan Dennis, who poured in a career-high 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting, including a pair of treys. Dennis looked comfortable, confident and could play a big role off the bench Thursday vs. Arizona State. Why, you ask? Dennis scored seven points in 23 minutes in Baylor's 64-61 win in Tempe last season. A few notes for the road... MORE RECORD-BREAKING RANKINGS DUNN CLIMBING CAREER SCORING CHARTS HAPPY TRAILS WHAT A RUN OH SO CLOSE THE TURNOVER GAME UNDER 70 BLOCK PARTY For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Sunday Afternoon Point Guard Thanksgiving is over. We only have a few more days left in the month of November and Christmas is in the air. After spending Thanksgiving on the road the last two years, it definitely felt different watching the holiday smorgasbord that is college basketball on the ESPN platforms from home. Prior to this season, Baylor had spent its Thanksgiving break at the 76 Classic in Anaheim in 2008 and the Old Spice Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., in 2009. No 'Mouse' this year as the Bears will be spending Christmas on the island of O'ahu for the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. Way back in June, we gave everyone a sneak peek into Baylor's future regular-season tournament plans, beginning with the Diamond Head Classic this year and the Charleston Classic in 2011. Baylor is in the midst of a seven-game homestand at the Ferrell Center with the fifth game against the Prairie View A&M Panthers on Monday night. In fact, Baylor will play its first eight games in the state of Texas before going to Hawaii next month. Since the Bears' last game Nov. 22, a 72-60 win over Lipscomb, here's a look at three former Baylor players...Tweety Carter, arguably one of Baylor Nation's favorite players of all-time, is averaging 14.8 points and 3.8 assists in four games for the Tulsa 66ers. And, in case you were wondering, Carter is not wearing his college number (No. 45); instead, you'll find Carter wearing a No. 9 66ers jersey. EUROLOEAGUE'S PARTIZAN BELGRADE SIGNS JERRELLS LOMERS SIGNS WITH D-LEAGUE'S IDAHO STAMPEDE Here's an abbreviated WHAT'S NOT IN THE GAME NOTES for Baylor's next home game Monday vs. the Prairie View A&M Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference: WHAT'S IN A NAME CHARTER MEMBER FAMOUS ALUMNI For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). He's Baaaaack
RECAPPING MONDAY'S WIN Senior All-American G LaceDarius Dunn made his triumphant return to the court Monday night, scoring a game-high 24 points - including seven treys - to lead No. 12 Baylor to a 72-60 win over preseason Atlantic Sun Conference favorite Lipscomb. Dunn, who had nine points at the break, scored Baylor's first 12 second-half points thanks to four consecutive 3-pointers in an 108-second span. The fourth triple - Dunn's seventh of the night - was the back-breaker, putting the Bears up 17 (47-30). For Lace, it was his fifth career game with seven or more 3FG - the most by any Baylor player in program history. Dunn scored 20+ points for the 34th time in his career and is 24 points closer to Terry Teagle's school record of 2,189 career points (Dunn has 1,763 career points). Dunn now has 306 career 3FG (a school record) and needs 84 triples to become the Big 12's all-time leader. And while Dunn was scoring at will, junior PF Quincy Acy was cleaning up the glass, posting his third double-double in four games this season with 18 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.
Freshman sensation Perry Jones III, who was named Big 12 Co-Rookie of the Week Monday, was held to six points and seven rebounds in 33 minutes. Acy, PJ3 and Anthony Jones combined for 28 of Baylor's 45 rebounds (Lipscomb totalled 33 boards). A.J. Walton directly benefited from Dunn's return to the lineup, dishing out a career-high-tying eight assists (to only four turnovers). Dunn definitely helped with Baylor's early-season turnover woes as the Bears only turned the ball over 19 times (first game under 20 TOs this season). A few notes for the road... INSTANT OFFENSE HAPPY TRAILS DOUBLE-DOUBLE MAN UNDER 70 For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). What's Not in the Game Notes...Lipscomb No Xs and Os here. Every week during the 2010-2011 men's basketball season, "Full Court Press" will take an unconventional (and somewhat random) look at Baylor's opponent(s) that week. Today, 'What's Not in the Game Notes' previews Monday's non-conference home game vs. Lipscomb: No. 12/13 Baylor continues its seven-game homestand Monday when the Bears host the Lipscomb Bisons at 7 p.m. CST at the Ferrell Center. Lipscomb will be a tough non-conference test for the Bears as the Bisons played No. 8 North Carolina to an 80-66 contest Nov. 12 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Bisons are led by 2010 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Adnan Hodzic, who scored 33 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a 104-101 OT win over Austin Peay last week. Hodzic is the only active player in the nation with multiple 30-point, 15-rebound games during his career. An honorale mention All-American selection by the AP last season, Hodzic ranked second nationally with 22.7 points per game. Along with Hodzic, sneior G Josh Slater is averaging 20.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists through Lipscomb's first three games. WHAT'S IN A NAME BATTLE OF THE BOULEVARD 'S' OR NO 'S'? COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S TOP TWO ALL-TIME LEADING SCORERS MORE COLLEGE RECORDS Jerry Meyer, who split his college time at Lipscomb and Minnesota-Duluth, has a college-record 1,314 career assists; Duke's Bobby Hurley owns the NCAA record with 1,076 career assists. Oklahoma's Mookie Blaylock (NCAA-record 281 steals) has nothing on Lipscomb's Marcus Bodie, who holds the college basketball record with 440 career steals. NAIA POWERHOUSE For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Gold Uniforms and a 3-0 Start
Baylor has now started each of the last four seasons with a 3-0 record after sweeping this week's non-conference contests against La Salle and Jackson State. In three games, the 17th-ranked Bears are shooting 52.3 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent from 3-point range and 71.3 percent from the free throw line. However, the glaring statistic is 71; that's the number of turnovers the Bears have committed in their first three games. Baylor has turned the ball over 20+ times in three consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 30-Dec. 7, 1999. Turnovers aside, Baylor is 38-10 in its last 48 games dating back to its 2009 postseason run and 76-34 since the start of the 2007-08 season. Another highlight of Baylor's 3-0 start? The Bears sweet new gold alternate uniforms (More here, here, here and here). RECAPPING THURSDAY'S WIN Freshman sensation Perry Jones III scored a career-high 20 points and eight rebounds to help No. 17 Baylor hold off Jackson State, 63-49. Baylor held Jackson State to two first-half rebounds and 15 total rebounds - the fewest by a Baylor opponent during the Big 12 era. A.J. Walton was Baylor's only other double-digit scorer, adding a career-high-tying 14 points and five assists. RECAPPING TUESDAY'S WIN
Behind double-doubles from Quincy Acy and Perry Jones III, Baylor used an early second-half run to pull away from La Salle, 74-64, during Tuesday's College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on ESPN. Acy looked good in Baylor's new alternate unis, going for a career-high 25 points, 11 rebounds and his fifth career double-double. PJ3 added his career-first double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. THE COOKIE MONSTER MORE ELLIS With the first three games out of the way... No. 17 Baylor will now focus on its toughest non-conference test to date, the Lipscomb Bisons, which outlasted Austin Peay, 104-101, in overtime Thursday night. Monday's game will also mark the return of senior All-American guard LaceDarius Dunn. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). What's Not in the Game Notes...La Salle No Xs and Os here. Every week during the 2010-2011 men's basketball season, "Full Court Press" will take an unconventional (and somewhat random) look at Baylor's opponent(s) that week. Today, 'What's Not in the Game Notes' previews Baylor's College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon game against the La Salle Explorers: For the second time in three seasons, the Ferrell Center will be the site of a Tuesday mid-afternoon game on ESPN as part of the Worldwide Leader's "College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon." This year, No. 17/17 Baylor will host the La Salle Explorers out of the Atlantic 10 Conference on Tuesday for a 1:05 p.m. CST tip on ESPN. Both schools won their respective season openers - Baylor cruised to an 87-52 win over Grambling State, while La Salle needed a second-half rally to take down Columbia, 82-71. WHAT'S IN A NAME (OOPS!) TRAVEL BLOG THE PHILADELPHIA BIG 5 DOCTORS OF BASKETBALL (ACTUALLY IN LA SALLE'S GAME NOTES) HEAD COACH AND AUTHOR (ACTUALLY IN LA SALLE'S GAME NOTES) OLYMPIC TRADITION NIT AND NCAA CHAMPIONS FAMOUS ALUMNI There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Two Players Down, No. 16 Baylor Coasts to Victory in Opener
RECAPPING FRIDAY NIGHT'S WIN A 17-2 run to start the game and - POOF! - it was a runaway. Despite 23 turnovers and shooting 55.3 percent from the FT line, No. 16 Baylor scored early - and often - to open the 2010-11 season with an emphatic 87-52 win Friday night over Grambling State at the Ferrell Center. Before the game even started, Baylor led 2-0 thanks to two Fred Ellis free throws after Grambling was assessed a technical foul for dunking in warm-ups. Prior to the 9:20 p.m. CST tip, the 7,242 Baylor fans in attendance saw the unfurling of the 2010 Elite Eight banner which will hang alongside Baylor's 2008 NCAA and 2009 NIT banners. Baylor was also without the services of its starting backcourt - sophomore G A.J. Walton and senior G LaceDarius Dunn - but freshman G Stargell Love and junior F/G Fred Ellis ably stepped up. Love dished out a game-high six assists and grabbed seven rebounds, while Ellis scored a career-high 14 points in just 17 minutes. Off the bench, sophomore G Nolan Dennis tied his career high with nine points and grabbed a career-high four rebounds. And, for Baylor's menacing front line of Quincy Acy, Anthony Jones and Perry Jones III, the production was as advertised...Acy recorded his fourth career double-double, scoring a game-high 20 points and adding a career-high-tying 12 boards in 32 minutes. PJ3 chipped in 11 points and eight rebounds and orchestrated the offense several times down the floor. Not to be forgotten, Ant Jones poured in a career-high 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 30 minutes. SUCCESSFUL DEBUTS FRIDAY'S STAT OF THE NIGHT FRIDAY'S DIFFERENCE MAKER Speaking of Tuesday... With game one under their belts, the 16th-ranked Bears will now set their sights on Tuesday's 1 p.m. - yes, 1 p.m. - game against La Salle at the Ferrell Center. Tuesday's ESPN game is one of 21 live telecasts as part of ESPN's third annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Lunardi Unveils Preseason Field of 68 With the start of the 2010-11 college basketball season underway, that could only mean one thing: Bracketology. On Monday, we mentioned both Gary Parrish and Jerry Palm listed Baylor as a No. 3 seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Earlier today, ESPN resident Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has Baylor as a No. 5 seed vs. No. 12 UNLV in the Southeast Region. In the pairing game, the Baylor/UNLV winner would face either No. 4 Memphis or the winner of the First Four matchup between Louisville and Missouri State. As it stands now, nine Baylor opponents would make Lunardi's Field of 68. Switching gears... ESPN college basketball analyst Andy Katz published his must-see games for the 2010-11 men's college basketball season. One of Katz's 10 games he hopes to see in the exempt tournaments is a Baylor/Mississippi State semifinal matchup in Hawai`i. Two other Baylor games - Dec. 18 vs. Gonzaga and March 5 vs. Texas - are also on Katz's must-see slate. There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). What's Not in the Game Notes...Grambling State No Xs and Os here. Every week during the 2010-2011 men's basketball season, "Full Court Press" will take an unconventional (and somewhat random) look at Baylor's opponent(s) that week. This week, 'What's Not in the Game Notes' previews Baylor's regular-season opener against the Grambling State Tigers: For the first time in program history, Baylor will open the regular season ranked in the preseason Top 25 when the No. 16/14 Bears host the Grambling State Tigers on Friday at the Ferrell Center. The Baylor/Grambling State non-conference tilt will tip at 8:30 p.m. CST upon the conclusion of day one of the World Vision Classic. In last week's exhibition game, junior F/C J'mison (BoBo) Morgan made his unofficial Baylor debut, posting a double-double (13 points, 10 rebounds) in the Bears' 68-59 win over Midwestern State. Four Bears scored in double figures - A.J. Walton (14), Morgan (13), Quincy Acy (12) and Fred Ellis (10) - and combined for 49 of Baylor's 68 points. Baylor enters its 2010-11 season opener on the heels of three consecutive 20-win seasons, capped off by a school-record 28-win campaign in 2009-10 that culminated in a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight in Houston. Friday's opener is the first of seven consecutive home games to start the 2010-11 season. WHAT'S IN A NAME: COMMON DENOMINATOR GOIN' BOWLING EDDIE ROBINSON TIGER MARCHING BAND HARDWOOD HISTORY SID VISIONARY FAMOUS ALUMNI There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Monday Afternoon News, Notes and Brackets Yes, on the same day that This is Bear Country blogged about Baylor football's bowl projections, we, too, are blogging about Baylor basketball's postseason projections. And, yes, it is November and the first games of the 2010-11 season tipoff tonight. But it's apparently never too early for basketball analysts to offer their preseason prognostications...
We are roughly four days away from Baylor's 2010-11 season opener against Grambling State. There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). It Was Just an Exhibition Game, But... Last night's game may have only been an exhibition contest, but Baylor junior F/C J'mison 'BoBo' Morgan made a very good first impressive. BoBo posted a double-double, finishing with 13 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in 23 minutes off the bench. Off the bench. Of course, let us not forget another impressive stat: Morgan was 7-of-8 from the FT line last night. That's very solid production from the big man, especially considering... Morgan averaged 2.1 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.7 blocks and 7.0 minutes- and a 38.9 percent career FT shooter - in 40 career games in two seasons at UCLA. In fact, if Thursday's game were Baylor's regular-season opener, BoBo would have established new career highs for points, rebounds, blocks and minutes played...Moreover, Morgan has never reached double digits in either points or rebounds. However, Morgan wasn't the only impressive player on the court Thursday night for the Bears. 10 points and six rebounds in 29 minutes. That was the stat line for junior F Fred Ellis, who also started for the Bears at the 2 position (Baylor went with one guard and four forwards vs. MSU). "Freddy E" played very well in what would be his career-first start for the Bears. Ellis, who is averaging 1.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 55 career games, would have matched his single-game career highs for points (10 vs. Providence, 11/27/08) and rebounds (six vs. Providence, 11/27/08). Baylor sophomore PG A.J. Walton scored a game-high 14 points and made some spectacular plays, none of which more impressive than this steal-and-dunk (around the :15 mark). There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). What's Not in the Game Notes...Midwestern State No Xs and Os here. Every week during the 2010-2011 men's basketball season, "Full Court Press" will take an unconventional (and somewhat random) look at Baylor's opponent(s) that week. 'What's Not in the Game Notes' makes its FCP debut with Baylor's exhibition game against the Midwestern State Mustangs: For the fifth consecutive season, Baylor will open its schedule with an exhibition contest against the Lone Star Conference. In 2009, it was Central Oklahoma; in 2007 and 2008, it was Tarleton State; and Texas A&M-Commerce in 2006. Both schools are coming off historic Elite Eight runs in 2010 - the Bears won a school-record 28 games en route to their first Elite Eight (Division I) appearance in the modern tournament era, while the Mustangs won a school-best 31 games on their way to their first Elite Eight (Division II) appearance in school history. WHAT'S IN A NAME MAVERICK THE MUSTANG Midwestern State's Indian moniker survived 83 years as the school developed through the junior college ranks before becoming a full-fledged four-year institution in 1946. THE EIGHTH-BEST ATTENDANCE IN DIVISION II MUSTANGS PICKED TO WIN LSC SOUTH...AGAIN BATTLE OF TABC COLLEGE COACHES OF THE YEAR NOW, WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE NOTES FAMOUS ALUMNI There's still plenty of time to purchase season tickets for the 2010-11 basketball season. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Tulsa Drafts Lomers in 2010 D-League Draft Third Round Earlier today, we mentioned former Baylor All-American Tweety Carter was assigned to the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League. Well, it appears he will be reunited with Baylor teammate Josh Lomers, who was taken in the third round (45th overall pick) of Monday's NBA D-League Draft by the 66ers. Lomers, who played for the San Antonio Spurs' summer league team in July, was one of eight players drafted by Tulsa in the 2010 NBA D-League Draft. The 7-foot, 265-pound center averaged 4.5 points while shooting 66.3 percent from the floor in 129 career games with the Bears. A three-time Academic All-Big 12 first team selection, Lomers averaged 6.6 points and 3.7 rebounds as a senior during Baylor's run to the Elite Eight in 2009-10. Tulsa opens training camp on Sunday, Nov. 7. The 66ers tip off the 2010-11 season on the road with back-to-back games against the Bakersfield Jam (Nov. 19/20). For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). Tweety Carter Assigned to D-League's Tulsa 66ers Former Baylor basketball All-American point guard Tweety Carter has been assigned to the Tulsa 66ers, the NBA Development League affiliate for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Carter was on Oklahoma City's training camp roster before being waived in mid-October. Carter concluded his four-year Baylor career as the school's all-time leader in Big 12 wins (29), games played (131) and minutes played (3,973). He ranks second all-time in 3-point field goals made (274), third in assists (474), third in steals (153), seventh in 3FG percentage (.384), eighth in points (1,437) and ninth in assists per game (3.62). Carter averaged 15.0 points and a Big 12-leading 5.9 assists per game as a Sporting News fourth-team All-American in 2009-10. Carter and the Tulsa 66ers will open the 2010-11 regular-season with back-to-back road contests against the Bakersfield Jam on Nov. 19 and 20. For constant updates on all things Baylor basketball, don't forget to follow Full Court Press on Twitter (@BaylorFCP). |
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