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Nov. 16, 2015 | 10:30 p.m. CT

Eugene, Ore. | Matthew Knight Arena (12,364)

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Record 1-0 Ranking 22 (AP), 21 (Coaches)

Head Coach Scott Drew

Career: 249-171 (14th season)

BU Record: 229-160 (13th season)

OREGON DUCKS

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Ranking rv (AP), rv (Coaches)

Head Coach Dana Altman

Career: 657-324 (31st season)

UO Record: 124-57 (6th season)



STORYLINES

- Baylor's game against Oregon will be televised on ESPN2 as part of ESPN's College Basketball Tip-Off Marathon.- Baylor is No. 22 in the AP Top 25 Poll and has now been ranked No. 22 or better in 13 consecutive AP polls.- Baylor has been ranked in the AP PreseasonÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Poll in 5 of the last 6 seasons -- last year was the lone exception.- Monday will mark the first series meeting between Baylor and Oregon.Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Baylor iss 33-9 against first-time opponents during theera.- Baylor had assists on 31 of 36 field goals inÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Friday's season opener vs. SFA, the 3rd-most assists in BUÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € history.- BUÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € also committed only 8 turnovers vs. SFA, and none of the 11 who played had more turnovers than assists.- Baylor is 44-20 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Drew era, including a 21-7 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.- Baylor- is 45-6 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll. BUÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € is 18-17 in road games when ranked.- Baylor was the only major conference team to hold every opponent under 75 points last season, and the Bears have gone 46 consecutive games without allowing 75 points.- Baylor was the only Division I team to hold all non-conference opponents to 66 or fewer points last season.- Baylor is 83-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 21-7 last season.- BUÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € has won 39% of its games (21-33) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 3-3 last season.- Baylor is 37-22 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games since 2008-09.- Baylor is 37-13 in its last 50 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Eleven of the 13 losses have been away from home (6 road, 5 neutral) and eight losses have been against ranked teams.- Baylor is 195-91 (24 wins per season) over the last 8 seasons and has made 7 postseason appearancesÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (NCAA Tournament -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015; NIT -- 2009, 2013).- Baylor made back-to-back NCAAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Tournaments for the first time in program history in 2014 and 2015.- BU has won 20+ games in 7 of the last 8 years. BU had only three 20-win seasons prior to's arrival.- Drew is coaching his 390th game at Baylor (220-160). His .589 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .682 winning percentage since 2007-08.- Baylor's 17-5 postseason record since 2009 is the nation's 4th-best among teams with 3+ NCAAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € appearances.- Baylor is one of only 14 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in 3 of the last 6 seasons.- Baylor was picked 5th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas.- Baylor is one of two Big 12 schools to be ranked in each of the last 9 seasons (Kansas).- Drew is tied with Kansas' Bill Self as the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference (13th seasons).- Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (73-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).- Baylor is 28-12 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last seven seasons.- Baylor is one of six schools nationally ranked by the AP in football and men's and women's basketball, joining Michigan,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € MichiganÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State, NorthÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Carolina, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.- Baylor is 292-68 in football and men's and women's basketball since 2011-12, the nation's best record in that span.- Baylor's 5 NBAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Draft picks in the last 4 years ranks 8th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona, North Carolina and UCLA.- BU is 86-6 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, including a 12-2 mark last season.- Baylor has the Big 12's 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 767 consecutive games. The last time BU didn't make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs.Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Texas Tech.

SERIES HISTORY

- Monday's game will be the first meeting between Baylor and Oregon.

- Baylor is 33-9 against first-time opponents during the Scott Drew era.

- BU is 24-41 all-time against current Pac-12 Conference teams.

PICKED 5TH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL

- Baylor was picked to finish fifth in the 2016 Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll in a vote by the league's head coaches in October. It's the fifth time in the last six seasons BUÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € has been picked in the top half of the league.

- In the last nine seasons, BU has been picked 9th in 2007-08 (NCAA Tournament), 3rd in 2008-09 (NIT runner-up), 10th in 2009-10 (Elite Eight), 4th in 2010-11, 3rd in 2011-12 (Elite Eight), 2nd in 2012-13 (NITÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € champions), 3rd in 2013-14 (Sweet 16), t-6th in 2014-15 (NCAAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Tournament) and 5th (2015-16).

WINNING AWAY FROM HOME VS. NON-BIG 12 TEAMS

- Baylor is 44-20 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Scott Drew era, including a 21-7 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.

- Baylor is 42-16 against non-Big 12 teams away from home since the 2007-08 season (3-2 in 2014-15; 6-2 in 2013-14; 5-2 in 2012-13; 8-1 in 2011-12; 1-3 in 2010-11; 8-2 in 2009-10; 6-2 in 2008-09; 5-2 in 2007-08).

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS

- Baylor has enjoyed unprecedented success over the last seven seasons under 13th-year head coach Scott Drew . Since the start of the 2007-08 season, Baylor is 195-91 (24 wins per season) and has made seven postseason appearancesÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (NCAA -- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014; NITÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € -- 2009, 2013) and posted seven 20-win seasons.

- Prior to 2007-08, Baylor won only 135 games in the first 11 seasons of the Big 12 era (12.3 wins per season).

- Baylor has made 14 postseason appearances (seven under Drew) and won 20+ games just 10 times (seven under Drew) in the program's first 109 seasons.

FIRST TIME SUCCESS

- Baylor is 33-9 against first-time opponents in the Scott Drew era.

- Since 2007-08, Baylor is 27-5 against first-time opponents, including six postseason games (win vs. Georgetown, 2009 NIT; win vs. Saint Mary's, 2010 NCAA; loss vs. Duke, 2010 NCAA; win vs. South Dakota State, 2012 NCAA; win vs. Creighton 2014 NCAA; loss vs. Wisconsin 2014 NCAA; loss vs. Georgia State 2015 NCAA).

RANKED IN NINE STRAIGHT SEASONS

- Baylor joins Kansas as the only two Big 12 Conference schools to be ranked in each of the last nine seasons.

- Baylor has been ranked for at least three weeks in each of the last eight seasons (2008-09 through 2014-15), including 13 consecutive weekly polls entering the 2015-16 season.

SECOND-MOST WINS OF ANY BIG 12 TEAM SINCE 2011-12

- Baylor is 104-44 since 2011-12, which trails only Kansas (116-32) for most wins by a Big 12 team in that span.

- Iowa State (100-40) is 3rd, Oklahoma State (89-54) is 4th, Kansas State (85-49) is 5th, Oklahoma (82-49) is 6th, Texas (80-58) is 7th, West Virginia (75-59) is 8th, TCU (57-73) is 9th and Texas Tech (47-80) is 10th.

ELITE OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY

- Baylor's offense has ranked among the nation's top 20 in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency metric in 7 of the last 8 seasons entering 2015-16, joining Duke as the only teams to make that claim.

- Through one game this season,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Baylor is No. 11 nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency.

- Baylor was No. 18 in 2014-15, No. 9 in 2013-14, No. 14 in 2012-13, No. 8 in 2011-12, No. 3 in 2009-10, No. 11 in 2008-09 and No. 11 in 2007-08.

- Most times ranked inÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € nation's top-20 from 2007-08--2014-15: Duke-8, Baylor-7, Arizona-5, Kansas-5, Kentucky-4, NorthÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Carolina-4, OhioÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State-4.

HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS

- Baylor has won 88% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 83-11 when leading at the break in that stretch (1-0 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).

- BU has won 39% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 21-33 in those.

- BU has led at halftime in 94 of 148 games over the last four-plus seasons. With wins in 83 of those 94 games, and victories in 21 of 54 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 104-44 since 2011-12.

NATION'S BEST IN THREE MAJOR SPORTS OVER LAST 5 SEASONS

- Since 2011-12, Baylor has the nation's most combined wins across football and men's and women's basketball.

- The Bears are 292-68 in that span, giving Baylor 76 more wins than any other Big 12 team, and 8 more than the next closest team nationally (Notre Dame at 284-71).

PROGRAM'S ALL-TIME WINS LEADER

- Scott Drew holds Baylor's school record with 229 career wins as head coach.

- Drew's .589 winning percentage is the best ever by a Baylor coach with 60+ games at the helm.

DREW AMONG NATION'S ELITE

- Head coach Scott Drew is the youngest of 11 coaches nationally to take his current program to three Sweet 16 appearances in the last six seasons.

- Drew (45) is joined by Xavier's Chris Mack (45), Arizona's Sean Miller (46), Ohio State's Thad Matta (48), Kansas' Bill Self (52), Kentucky's John Calipari (56), Michigan State's Tom Izzo (60), Louisville's Rick Pitino (63), Wisconsin's Bo Ryan (67), Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (68) and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (70).

FOUR NEWCOMERS

- Baylor welcomes four newcomers to its 2015-16 roster, including three prep standouts and one JuCo transfer.

- BU added three guards from the high school ranks -- Jake Lindsey (Salt Lake City, Utah), King McClure (Ovilla, Texas) and WendellÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas).

- Additionally, the Bears added 7-footer Jo Acuil (Melbourne,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Australia) out of Neosho Community College.

NATION'S FOURTH-BEST POSTSEASON RECORD

- Baylor's 17-5 postseason record over the past seven seasons is the nation's fourth-best among teams with three or more NCAAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Tournament berths since 2009.

- The Bears' 17 postseason wins trail only Kentucky (24), North Carolina (20), MichiganÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State (20), Duke (19) and Louisville (18) during that span.

- Baylor went 4-1 and advanced to the 2009 NIT Championship game, 3-1 on their way to NCAA Tournament Elite Eight berths in 2010 and 2012, 5-0 to claim the 2013 NIT title and 2-1 on its way to the 2014 Sweet 16.

FIVE NBA DRAFT PICKS IN LAST FOUR YEARS

- Baylor's five NBAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Draft picks in the last four years ranks tied for 8th nationally, trailing only Kentucky,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € North Carolina and UCLA.

- BU likely would've had another draftee in 2014, but IsaiahÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Austin was diagnosed with a career-ending condition.

NATIONAL EXPOSURE

- For the fourth consecutive season, all 31 of Baylor's regular-season games will be televised in 2015-16.

- Baylor has 21 games on the ESPNÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € family of networks, nine games on FOXÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Sports Southwest and one game on CBS.

- With 21 games on ESPNÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € networks this season, Baylor will have 149 ESPN games in the last nine seasons.

BAYLOR BASKETBALL ON THE RADIO

- Baylor basketball is aired live via the Baylor-IMG College Radio Network on ESPNÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Central Texas and flagship station 1660AM ESPN Radio (KRZI) in Waco and worldwide on Sirius XM Radio. All games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris and former Baylor basketball standout Pat Nunley. Morris is in his 28th year doing Baylor broadcasts, while Nunley is in his 33rd season as color analyst.

- The radio call from all of Baylor's games can be heard live on the Internet at www.BaylorBears.com.

BEARS ADD PAIR OF 2016 SIGNEES

- Baylor signed a pair of highly-rated 2016 prospects during the early signing period.

- The Bears inked prep forward Mark Vital (Lake Charles,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € La.) and JuCo forward Nuni Omot (Mahtomedi, Minn.).

- Vital is a 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward, who is ranked as high as No. 55 nationally by 247Sports.com. He began his prep career at Washington-Marion HS inÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Lake Charles and currently attends Dallas'Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Advanced Preparatory International.

- Omot is a 6-foot-9, 205-pound forward, who is ranked the No. 1 JuCo prospect at his position. He began his collegiate career at DII Concordia in St. Paul, Minn., and is currently plays at Indian Hills CCÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € in Ottumwa, Iowa.

PRODUCING PROFESSIONALS

- In the Scott Drew era, 20 former players have gone on to play professional basketball -- either in the NBA, NBAÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Development League or internationally.

- Fourteen former Baylor players are currently playing professionally -- Quincy Acy (NBA, Sacramento Kings), Tweety Carter (Lithuania), Kenny Chery (Hungary), LaceDarius Dunn (Kosovo), Brady Heslip (Italy), Pierre JacksonÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (NBA, Philadelphia 76ers), CoryÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Jefferson (NBA,Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Phoenix Suns), Curtis Jerrells (Russia), Anthony Jones (Hungary), Perry Jones III (NBA, free agent), Quincy Miller (NBA, free agent), Royce O'Neale (Germany), Ekpe Udoh (Turkey) and A.J.Ãƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Walton (Poland).

- Other former players to have gone on to play professionally include Aaron Bruce (Australia), Henry Dugat (Mexico), Kevin Rogers (Greece), Harvey Thomas (D-League), TerranceÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Thomas (D-League, Mexico, Turkey) and Tommy Swanson (England, France, Japan).

MEASURABLES

- Johnathan Motley has Baylor's longest wingspan at 7'3.5", followed by Jo Acuil at 7'3", Ishmail Wainright at 7'1.5", TaureanÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Prince at 6'11.5", Terry Maston at 6'11" and RicoÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Gathers at 6'10.5".

- John Heard has Baylor's highest vertical jump at 39.5", followed by Lester Medford and AlÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Freeman at 37". Motley's 36" vertical is best among big men, followed by Prince, Gathers and Maston at 34.5".

- Gathers has the longest hands at 10.5", followed by Maston, Acuil and Prince at 9".

- Jake Lindsey has the team's widest hands at 10.25", followed by Motley and Wainright at 9.5".

- Wendell Mitchell recorded the fastest NBA Sprint Test at 3.01, followed by Prince and Manu Lecomte at 3.02.

UP NEXT

- Baylor returns to Waco to begin a stretch of six consecutive home games.

- BU hosts JacksonÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € State at 7 p.m. CTÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Friday on FOXÃƒ ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Sports Southwest-Plus.

By Jerry Hill

Baylor Bear Foundation

Baylor's 22nd-ranked men are already making this a November to remember.

Just three days after a 42-point blowout victory over a Stephen F. Austin team coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, the Bears (1-0) will face the Oregon Ducks (1-0) at 10:30 p.m. CST Monday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.

"Strength of schedule is huge when it comes to Selection Sunday, for you to not only have a chance to make it but to be seeded high. So, these are great games and great RPI games," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "Some people have them picked as high as second in the Pac-12, so this is a tournament team, a team that's had success and should be a great test for us."

Oregon is one of only nine schools that have made the NCAA Tournament each of the last three seasons. Last year, the Ducks opened with a 79-73 win over Oklahoma State before falling to eventual national runner-up Wisconsin, 72-65.

Three of five starters return, but 6-9 sophomore forward Jordan Bell sat out the season-opening 80-52 win over Jackson State with a foot injury. Freshman guard Tyler Dorsey, a top-50 national recruit who played for Greece in this summer's FIBA U-19 World Championships, had an impressive debut with 20 points, five rebounds and five assists.

"Tyler Dorsey is a top-20 freshman, the Gatorade Player of the Year in California and somebody that some people think might be a one- or two-and-done player," Drew said. "They have a lot of guys that can shoot the 3; it makes it tough to guard when you've got five guys on the court who can all play on the perimeter. . . . They match up well with us because they've got big wings."

Baylor's size on the wings -- with 6-8 senior Taurean Prince and 6-5 Ishmael Wainright -- gave Stephen F. Austin fits in the Bears' 97-55 season-opening win over the Lumberjacks. SFA, another NCAA Tournament team, shot just 32.7 percent from the field overall and 5-of-23 from outside the arc.

"There's a reason they're one of the top defensive teams in the country," SFA coach Brad Underwood said. "That length is something that we cannot simulate. Other teams play zone, and it's great, we're fine. That zone bothers you, and that length against us is very bothersome."

With senior point guard Lester Medford running the show, the Bears had a balanced attack led by 6-8 senior forward Rico Gathers with 18 points and seven rebounds. Medford had 13 points and nine assists, and Johnathan Motley (12), freshman King McClure (11) and Taurean Prince (10) also scored in double digits.

Wainright, making his first start in nearly two years, had a solid all-around game with eight points, nine rebounds and six assists.

"I have to take up the slack for Royce O'Neale," Wainright said of last year's senior wing, who was second on the team in assists. "My role is to help Rico on the boards, help TP out whenever I can and get to the free-throw line to get some points on the board. And if I don't have a good shot, I'm looking down for Rico, and I know he's not going to dribble if I give him a good pass."

Prince, who chipped in a career-high seven assists, said he loves road games. The Bears are the first ranked nonconference opponent to play the Ducks in their five seasons at Matthew Knight Arena.

"You've got to lock in more, mentally and physically, and just do what you've got to do," he said. "It's just being an underdog against all odds. I just love that pressure, and being able to overcome it is the best feeling."

For the sixth time in the last eight years, Baylor is part of ESPN's 24-hour Tip-Off Marathon, with Monday's game being nationally televised on ESPN2.

"Anytime you're in the Marathon, it's exciting," Drew said. "Twenty-four hours, collge hoops, a lot of hoopla, a lot of exposure. We're just excited to be a part of it."

The Bears will be home for their next six games, beginning with next Friday's matchup at 7 against the same Jackson State team that Oregon just played.