Baylor Basketball has elected to join seven other teams in Las Vegas for the College Basketball Crown tournament beginning April 1st. Scott Drew has decided that missing the dance in 2026 will not be the final headline for his team as the Bears are set to face off against the Minnesota Golden Gophers early next month.
Scott Drew and his staff are hitting the road to start recruiting to prevent another disaster like the 2025-26 season. One of the biggest issues that plagued the Bears throughout the 2025 season was a lack of dynamic guard play in the back court.
The NCAA Tournament bracket is out, and the Baylor Bears, for the first time in nearly a decade are not involved in the festivities. In a season to forget, the Bears finished nearly at the bottom of the Big 12 conference, while also bowing out in the first round of the conference tournament.
After a 10-1 start to the season, Baylor didn't finish the way it hoped. The Bears would drop the last three of five games, including the regular-season finale at TCU and the first game in the Big 12 Tournament against Colorado.
The Bears' season likely came to an end on Tuesday after falling in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to ASU. Under the bright lights, Carr scored 25 while bringing down seven rebounds.
Player retention is the new buzz phrase across college basketball, and that is especially true in Waco, Texas, where the Baylor Bears are coming off their worst season in nearly a decade.
Baylor made the addition of hiring Jacori Greer as its new defensive line coach for the 2026 season, a move made back in December. Greer spent last season as the D-line coach at Coastal Carolina, and was with Louisiana Tech before that.
Baylor’s basketball season essentially ended on Tuesday afternoon, and now we’re all left to wonder how they got to this point. They were one of the worst teams in the Big 12 this season, and were eliminated in the first round of the conference tournament.
The Bears suffered a 4-point loss to Arizona State, ending their season. Barring an NIT appearance, Baylor basketball will look very different next time they take the floor.
Up to about 10 years ago, Baylor Bears freshman wing Tounde Yessoufou would be a shoo-in as a top-five pick. That may not be the case in 2026, and not simply because the top three prospects in the upcoming NBA Draft are all but set in stone.
In a surprising twist in the transfer portal cycle, former Kentucky wide receiver Hardley Gilmore is headed back to Lexington after previously signing with the Baylor Bears.
The Ole Miss Rebels entered the weekend as the top team in the country according to RPI, but struggling to get recognition from the polling agencies. Baseball America has the Rebs as high as 11, but Perfect Game has them unranked entirely.