KANSAS CITY - Baylor head men's basketball coach Scott Drew has been named Big 12 Coach of the Year Wednesday by the Austin American-Statesman and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
In his seventh season as head coach, Drew guided the Bears to a 24-6 record and a tied for second place in the league standings at 11-5. Baylor, which was picked 10th in the preseason coaches poll, has been ranked for a school-record nine consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 Poll. Baylor's 24 wins are tied for the second-most in school history.
Baylor, the No. 3 seed at this week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Championship, earned its first opening-round bye in the Big 12 era. The Bears will play the winner of No. 6 Texas and No. 11 Iowa State in the quarterfinals Thursday at approximately 8:30 p.m. CST on ESPN2.
Quincy Acy
Big 12 All-Reserve (Big 12 media), Big 12 All-Underrated (The Oklahoman)
Tweety Carter
All-American, fourth team (Sporting News); All-Big 12, second team (Big 12 media, AP, Austin American-Statesman, Columbia [Mo.] Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Oklahoman, Sporting News, Yahoo! Sports); All-Big 12, third team (coaches); Big 12 All-Improved (Big 12 media)
Scott Drew
All-Coaches, second team (Yahoo! Sports); Big 12 Coach of the Year (Austin American-Statesman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
LaceDarius Dunn
All-American, honorable mention (Yahoo! Sports); All-Big 12, second team (coaches, AP, Dallas Morning News, Columbia [Mo.] Tribune, Austin American-Statesman, Sporting News); All-Big 12, third team (The Oklahoman, Yahoo! Sports)
Ekpe Udoh
All-American, third team (Yahoo! Sports); All-American, fourth team (FOXSports.com); USBWA All-District VII; All-Big 12, first team (Austin American-Statesman, Columbia [Mo.] Tribune); All-Big 12, second team (coaches, AP, Big 12 media, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, The Oklahoman, Sporting News, Yahoo! Sports); Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (coaches, Columbia [Mo.] Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, Big 12 media, Yahoo! Sports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star); Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sporting News), Big 12 All-Defense (coaches, Big 12 media, The Oklahoman); Big 12 All-Rookie (coaches); Big 12 All-Newcomer (Big 12 media, The Oklahoman)
WACO, Texas - Baylor men's basketball senior point guard Tweety Carter has been named a fourth-team All-American by Sporting News Tuesday. He is the first Baylor player named an All-American by Sporting News since Micheal Williams earned back-to-back honorable mention honors in 1987 and 1988.
Carter, the Baylor career leader in games played (124) and Big 12 wins (29), earned All-Big 12 honors for the first time in his career this season. The third-team All-Big 12 selection by the coaches leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth nationally with 6.3 assists per game and ranks second in the league with a 2.45 assist-to-turnover ratio. He currently ranks third all-time at Baylor with 264 career 3-pointers, fourth with 450 career assists and ninth with 1,369 career points.
The Reserve, La., native was also named to the All-Big 12 second team by the Associated Press, Big 12 media, Austin American-Statesman, Kansas City Star, The Oklahoman and Yahoo! Sports. The Big 12 media tabbed him to the All-Improved team.
Earlier this week, teammates Ekpe Udoh and LaceDarius Dunn both garnered All-American honors by Yahoo! Sports, an online publication. Udoh was named to the third team, while Dunn earned honorable mention recognition.
Third-seeded Baylor (24-6), which earned a first-round bye for the first time in the Big 12 era, will play the winner of No. 6 seed Texas and No. 11 seed Iowa State in the quarterfinals Thursday of the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship in Kansas City. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. CST on ESPN2.
2010 Sporting News All-Americans
First Team
G James Anderson, Oklahoma State
G Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
G Evan Turner, Ohio State
G Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
G John Wall, Kentucky
Second team
G Sherron Collins, Kansas
G Jon Scheyer, Duke
F Damion James, Texas
F Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
F/C DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
Third team
G Jordan Crawford, Xavier
G Jimmer Fredette, BYU
G Jacob Pullen, Kansas State
F Darington Hobson, New Mexico
C Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Fourth team
G Jerome Randle, California
G Devan Downey, South Carolina
G Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech
G Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
G Tweety Carter, Baylor
Fifth team
G Andy Rautins, Syracuse
G Trevon Hughes, Wisconsin
G/F Austin Freeman, Georgetown
F Lazar Hayward, Marquette
F Kyle Singler, Duke
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BAYLOR AT A GLANCE
2009-10 Record: 24-6
Big 12 Record: 11-5
Last Game: W, 92-77 vs. Texas
Head Coach: Scott Drew
Career Record: 125-112 (8th season)
Record at BU: 105-101 (7th season)
NATIONAL RANKINGS
AP/ESPN Rankings: 21/20
Highest AP Ranking: 20 (Feb. 1)
Highest ESPN Ranking: 20 (March 8)
RPI: 8 (rpiratings.com/NCAA)
Sagarin Rating: 10
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Points: LaceDarius Dunn (19.2)
Rebounds: Ekpe Udoh (9.8)
Assists: Tweety Carter (6.3)
Blocks: Ekpe Udoh (4.1)
GAME CENTER: PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (GAME 31)
Date: Thurs., March 11, 2010
Tip-Off: 8:30 p.m. CST (approximate)
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Arena: Sprint Center (18,879)
Television: ESPN2
Talent: Brent Musberger (pxp), Bob Knight (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline)
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM (Waco); Sirius 125/XM 231
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Nunley (analyst)
BU Record When Ranked in AP Poll: 21-10
Series vs. Texas: Texas leads 155-78
Scott Drew Record vs. Texas: 3-13
Series vs. Iowa State: Iowa State leads 11-8
Scott Drew Record vs. Iowa State: 4-4
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
In-Game Blog: None
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP STORY LINES
- For the first time in the Big 12 era, the Baylor Bears (24-6) earned a first-round bye in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship. Baylor, which finished the regular season tied for second place in the standings, is the No. 3 seed and will play either No. 6 Texas or No. 11 Iowa State in the quarterfinals Thursday at 8:30 p.m. CST on ESPN2.
- After being picked 10th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll in October, Baylor finished the regular season tied for second in the Big 12 with an 11-5 league mark - its best conference finish in the Big 12 era (previous best finish was fourth place in the 2007-08 season). Baylor's second-place finish is its best league finish since finishing tied for second in the Southwest Conference in 1988.
- Starting with its epic run at the 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Baylor is 16-7 (.696) in its last 23 games away from home.
- Baylor improved to 24-6 overall after a 92-77 win March 6 over Texas in Waco. Baylor's 24-6 record - tied for the second-best record through 30 games in school history (24-6 start in 1947-48) - is second only to its 25-5 start in 1945-46. Baylor lost in the NCAA championship game to Kentucky in 1948.
- Baylor is 18 games above .500 for the first time since the 1947-48 season when the Bears were 24-6.
- Baylor is 21-10 (.677) - 20-9 (.690) in the Drew era - when ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
- Since posting a 21-53 record (.284) in Drew's first three seasons, Baylor is 84-48 (.636) in its last 132 games.
- Baylor is 31-8 (.795) in its last 39 games, including a 7-2 (.778) record in its last nine postseason games.
- LaceDarius Dunn now owns the single-game (nine), single-season (109) and career (283) 3-point field goal marks at Baylor.
- Ekpe Udoh holds both the Baylor and Big 12 Conference single-season blocked shots record with 123 rejections.
- Baylor is the only NCAA Division I team with no loss by more than seven points.
- Tweety Carter leads the Big 12 and ranks eighth nationally with 6.3 assists per game.
- Through games of March 7, Baylor ranks in the top 20 of six different categories. Baylor is fifth in blocked shots per game, seventh in field goal percentage defense, seventh in rebounding margin, 13th in FG percentage, 16th in scoring margin and 20th in 3FG percentage.
- Through games of March 7, Udoh ranks fourth nationally in blocked shots per game, 24th in rebounds per game and 28th in double doubles. Carter ranks fifth nationally in assists per game, 26th in assist-to-turnover ratio, 47th in 3FG percentage and and 52nd in 3FGM per game. Dunn ranks sixth nationally in 3FGM per game, 15th in 3FG percentage, 35th in FT percentage and 40th in scoring.
BAYLOR PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
- Baylor has never been a top-four seed in the history of the Big 12 Championship.
- Baylor is 8-12 all-time in the Big 12 Championship and 4-5 under head coach Scott Drew.
- Baylor is 0-1 all-time at Sprint Center, 7-14 all-time in Kansas City, 4-8 in Big 12 Championship games held in Kansas City and has lost four straight in Kansas City.
- BU is 2-1 in Big 12 Championship play as higher seed.
- Baylor has played in the quarterfinals at six of the 12 Big 12 Championships in which its participated (did not participate in 2004).
- BU is 2-3 all-time in Big 12 Championship quarterfinal games.
- Baylor is the only team in the Big 12 era to defeat two No. 1 seeds at the Big 12 Championship (2001, 2009).
- Last season in Oklahoma City, Baylor became the first No. 9 seed to advance to the Big 12 Championship title game - and the second-lowest seed ever.
- No. 3 seed in 23-8 all-time in the Big 12 Championship and has won the tournament five times - 1999 (Kansas), 2001 (Oklahoma), 2003 (Oklahoma), 2005 (Oklahoma State) and 2009 (Missouri).
- No. 3 seed has reached finals in eight of 13 Big 12 Championship tournaments.
TEXAS SERIES HISTORY
- Thursday would be the 234th series meeting between Baylor and Texas.
- The Texas-Baylor series is the most-played rivalry for both schools.
- Baylor's current three-game winning streak over Texas is its longest since winning six straight from Feb. 7, 1981-Feb. 26, 1983.
- Texas leads the all-time series, 155-78, and 8-5 at neutral sites. § Texas leads the Big 12-era series, 25-6.
- Head coach Scott Drew is 3-13 all-time vs. Texas.
- Baylor snapped a 24-game losing streak to the Longhorns with a 76-70 in the semifinals of the 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.
IOWA STATE SERIES HISTORY
- Thursday would be the 20th series meeting between Baylor and Iowa State.
- Iowa State leads the all-time series, 11-8, and 2-1 at neutral sites.
- Iowa State leads the Big 12-era series, 10-7.
- Baylor won the season matchup, 84-63, in February.
- As a No. 8 seed, Baylor upset No. 1 seed Iowa State in the 2001 Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals.
- Head coach Scott Drew is 4-4 all-time vs. Iowa State.
BAYLOR RECORDS BEST CONFERENCE FINISH SINCE 1988
- After being picked 10th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll in October, Baylor finished the regular season tied for second in the Big 12 with an 11-5 league mark - its best conference finish in the Big 12 era (previous best finish was fourth place in the 2007-08 season).
- Baylor's second-place finish in the Big 12 standings is its best since finishing tied for second in the Southwest Conference in 1988.
WINNING AWAY FROM HOME
- Starting with its epic run at the 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City, Baylor is 16-7 (.696) in its last 23 games away from the Ferrell Center - 6-4 in true road games and 10-3 in neutral-site games.
THE 40s NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD
- Baylor improved to 24-6 overall after a 92-77 win March 6 over Texas in Waco. Baylor's 24-6 record - tied for the second-best record through 30 games in school history (24-6 start in 1947-48) - is second only to its 25-5 start in 1945-46. Baylor lost in the NCAA championship game to Kentucky in 1948.
- Baylor is 18 games above .500 for the first time since the 1947-48 season when the Bears were 24-6.
NATIONAL RANKING OF HISTORIC PROPORTION
- For just the second time in school history, Baylor is ranked higher in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll. Baylor (24-6) moved up two spots to No. 20 in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll.
- Last season, Baylor was ranked No. 23 in the Coaches Poll, but was not ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll (week of Jan. 19, 2009).
BAYLOR REMAINS IN AP TOP 25 FOR SCHOOL-RECORD NINE STRAIGHT WEEKS
- With its No. 21 ranking in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll, Baylor established a school record with its ninth consecutive week in the AP Poll. Last season, the Bears were ranked for seven consecutive weeks from Dec. 1, 2008-Jan. 12, 2009.
- Baylor, which was ranked all four weeks in February, is ranked in the month of March for the first time in program history.
- Under head coach Scott Drew, Baylor has been ranked for 18 weeks in the AP Top 25 Poll. Prior to Drew's arrival, the Bears were ranked for only five weeks total in the AP Top 25 Poll.
A BAYLOR WIN WOULD...
- Catapult the Bears to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship semifinals for the second consecutive season for the third time in 13 tournament appearances.
- Increase its three-year school-record total to 70 wins.
- Extend its March winning streak to seven, dating back to its postseason run in 2008-09.
- Push it to 19 games above .500 for the first time since the Bears were 23-4 in 1947-48.
- Be its 25th of the season, tied for most wins in school history.
- Be its third win as a Top 25 team in the month of March.
- Be its 21st in the last 26 games.
- Be its 22nd as a ranked team in the Drew era.
- Be Drew's 106th as BU head coach.
- Improve its postseason record to 8-2 in last 10 games.
- Improve its record to 9-12 all-time in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship and 5-5 under head coach Scott Drew.
- Improve its record to 32-8 in its last 40 games.
- Improve its record to 15-14 in the month of March in the Drew era.
- Improve its 10th in the last 13 games in the month of March under Drew.
A BAYLOR WIN WOULD...
Texas Specific
- Improve its series record to 79-155 all-time vs. Texas and 7-25 in the Big 12 era.
- Improve Drew's record to 4-13 all-time vs. Texas.
- Extend its winning streak to four games over Texas - Baylor's longest winning streak in the series since winning six straight games from Feb. 7, 1981-Feb. 26, 1983.
- Mark the first time the Bears have beaten the Longhorns three times in the same season since the 1981-82 campaign.
Iowa State Specific
- Improve its series record to 9-11 all-time vs. Iowa State and 8-10 in the Big 12 era.
- Improve Drew's record to 5-4 all-time vs. Iowa State.
- Mark the first time the Bears have beaten the Cyclones twice in the same season .
ST. LOUIS - Baylor men's basketball junior forward and 2010 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Ekpe Udoh was selected to the All-District VII team Tuesday by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
He becomes the fifth USBWA All-District selection under head coach Scott Drew, joining Terrance Thomas (2004), Aaron Bruce (2005) and Curtis Jerrells (2008, 2009).
Udoh, who established Baylor and Big 12 single-season records with 123 blocked shots this season, was named second-team All-Big 12 and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after averaging 13.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks in 30 games. Udoh is the first Baylor player in the Big 12 era named newcomer of the year and only the third player in program history to garner top newcomer honors - Terry Teagle (1979) and Jerome Lambert (1994) were both named Southwest Conference Newcomer of the Year.
Nicknamed "The Nightmare", his 4.10 blocks per game average currently ranks first all-time on Baylor's single-season and career lists. The Edmond, Okla., native posted a team-best 13 double-doubles, while establishing career-best single-game and single-season marks in points, rebounding, assists and blocked shots.
In addition to those Big 12 awards, Udoh also collected All-Big 12 first team honors from the Austin American-Statesman and All-Big 12 second team honors from the Associated Press, Big 12 media, Kansas City Star, The Oklahoman and Yahoo! Sports. Big 12 media, Yahoo! Sports, Austin American-Statesman and Kansas City Star also tabbed him as Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, while the Big 12 media and The Oklahoman selected him to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team. Both the Big 12 media and The Oklahoman named him to the Big 12 All-Defense team. Yahoo! Sports also named the junior power forward to its All-American third team.
Udoh was one of four Big 12 players from Texas named to the USBWA All-District VII team. A complete listing of the USBWA District VII awards follows:
USBWA 2009-10 ALL-DISTRICT VII AWARDS
(Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Damion James, Texas
COACH OF THE YEAR: John Brady, Arkansas State
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas
Gilberto Clavell, Sam Houston State
Randy Culpepper, UTEP
Damion James, Texas
Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
Bradon Reed, Arkansas State
Mike Singletary, Texas Tech
Donald Sloan, Texas A&M
Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
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IRVING, Texas - Baylor men's basketball juniors LaceDarius Dunn and Ekpe Udoh were named to the 2010 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Second Team, while senior Tweety Carter earned third-team recognition Sunday. The official All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Baylor (24-6) placed multiple players on the All-Big 12 first, second or third team for the first time in the league's 14-year history. Prior to this season, Baylor had only one first-team and one third-team All-Big 12 selection in the Scott Drew era.
Dunn and Udoh are the first Baylor players to earn second-team All-Big 12 accolades since Brian Skinner in 1998. Carter is the third All-Big 12 third team honoree in Baylor history, joining Lawrence Roberts (2003) and Curtis Jerrells (2009).
Udoh, who established Baylor and Big 12 single-season records with 123 blocked shots this season, was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after averaging 13.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks in 30 games. Udoh is the first Baylor player in the Big 12 era named newcomer of the year and only the third player in program history to garner top newcomer honors - Terry Teagle (1979) and Jerome Lambert (1994) were both named Southwest Conference Newcomer of the Year.
Nicknamed "The Nightmare", his 4.10 blocks per game average currently ranks first all-time on Baylor's single-season and career lists. The Edmond, Okla., native posted a team-best 13 double-doubles, while establishing career-best single-game and single-season marks in points, rebounding, assists and blocked shots. He currently leads the Big 12 in blocked shots per game, while ranking second in rebounding (9.8) and fourth in field goal percentage (48.6 percent).
A year after winning the Big 12 Sixth Man Award, Dunn became one of the league's best scorers, averaging 19.2 points and a league-best 3.3 3-point field goals per game. As a sophomore last season, he earned All-Big 12 honorable mention and All-Reserve team recognition. Dunn also ranks second in the Big 12 in scoring, second in free throw percentage (86.6 percent), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (42.4 percent) and ninth in field goal percentage (43.5 percent).
The Monroe, La., native ranks seventh in Baylor history with 1,610 career points. He is the Baylor career leader in both 3-point field goals made (283) and free throw percentage (84.1 percent), while ranking sixth on the Big 12 career 3-point field goals chart.
Carter, the Baylor career leader in games played (124) and Big 12 wins (29), was named All-Big 12 for the first time in his career. The Reserve, La., senior leads the Big 12 with 6.3 assists per game and ranks second with a 2.45 assist-to-turnover ratio. He currently ranks third all-time at Baylor with 264 career 3-pointers, fourth with 450 career assists and ninth with 1,369 career points.
Third-seeded Baylor, which earned a first-round bye for the first time in the Big 12 era, will play the winner of No. 6 seed Texas and No. 11 seed Iowa State in the quarterfinals Thursday of the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship in Kansas City. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. CST on ESPN2.
2010 BIG 12 POSTSEASON HONORS
Tweety Carter
All-Big 12, second team (Kansas City Star)
All-Big 12, second team (Yahoo! Sports)
All-Big 12, third team (coaches)
Scott Drew
All-Coaches, second team (Yahoo! Sports)
LaceDarius Dunn
All-Big 12, second team (coaches)
All-Big 12, third team (Yahoo! Sports)
Josh Lomers
Academic All-Big 12, first team
Ekpe Udoh
All-Big 12, second team (coaches)
All-Big 12, second team (Kansas City Star)
All-Big 12, second team (Yahoo! Sports)
Big 12 All-Defense (coaches)
Big 12 All-Rookie (coaches)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (coaches)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (Yahoo! Sports)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (Kansas City Star)
