http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/teams/baylor_bears/846 Recent articles about Baylor Bears en-us Mizzou basketball landed yet another big name transfer today with the addition of former Baylor forward Deuce Bello. Terez Paylor confirmed the news on Twitter today. Just got off the phone with former Baylor SF Deuce Bello. As @gabedearmond first reported, Bello has decided to transfer to #Mizzou. — Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) May 20, 2013 Bello will have to sit out next year before he is eligible to play for the 2014-15 season. Tigers coach Frank Haith will most likely look for an immediate impact out of Bello, who was a four-star prospect and ranked as one of the top forwards in the nation coming out of high school. Bello was never able to become much of a contributor with the Bears, averaging just over 10 minutes per game in his first two seasons. He committed to Baylor along with his high school teammate Quincy Miller, but it was Miller who became a star, not Bello. At the end of this past season, Bello decided to transfer to a school where he could get more playing time. I... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:49:10 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/report_baylor_transfer_deuce_bello_heading_to_missouri/13659361 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/report_baylor_transfer_deuce_bello_heading_to_missouri/13659361 Report: Baylor Transfer Deuce Bello Heading To Missouri http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/report_baylor_transfer_deuce_bello_heading_to_missouri/13659361 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png It’s been a tumultuous week for the Baylor Bears. After losing underclassmen L.J. Rose and Deuce Bello to transfer, on Monday it was announced that 6′-10″, 280 pound center Dominic Woodson had been released from his letter of intent to play at the school next season. Woodson is a native of Texas that is among the top 10 centers in the [...] Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:25 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_releases_top_10_center_dominic_woodson/13657192 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_releases_top_10_center_dominic_woodson/13657192 Baylor releases top 10 center Dominic Woodson http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/baylor_releases_top_10_center_dominic_woodson/13657192 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Seniors Tony Criswell, 6-9: Criswell enrolled at UAB in 2009 and redshirted. After his redshirt freshman year (3.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg) he transferred to Independence CC for a year before enrolling at Mizzou. Ernest Ross, 6-5: Ross began his career at Auburn, where he played for two seasons. He sat out the 2011-12 season after transferring to Missouri. Juniors Jordan Clarkson, 6-5: Began his career at Tulsa where he played for two seasons before transferring to Missouri. Jabari Brown, 6-5: Played a handful of games at Oregon before transferring to Missouri, where he became eligible last season following the fall semester. Keanu Post, 6-11: Post went the prep school route from Canada, and then on to Southwestern Illinois CC before pledging to Frank Haith and the Tigers. Deuce Bello, 6-4: Bello started off at Baylor before transferring to Missouri where he'll have to sit out next season. Danny Feldman, 6-9: Began at Columbia where he played as a freshman... Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:55 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/anatomy_of_a_roster_missouri_tigers/13656301 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/anatomy_of_a_roster_missouri_tigers/13656301 Anatomy of a roster: Missouri Tigers http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/anatomy_of_a_roster_missouri_tigers/13656301 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Cory Jefferson is staying at Baylor for his senior season. Jefferson, the 6-foot-9 forward who is on track to get his undergraduate degree in August, said Thursday he will stay and play his final season of eligibility. After finally becoming a starter, Jefferson led the Big 12 Conference making 61 percent of his field goals (191 of 313) for the NIT champion Bears. He was 11th in the league with 13.3 points a game and fourth with 8.0 rebounds while starting all 37 games. Jefferson started only one of his first 55 games. He spent his freshman season behind Ekpe Udoh, the sixth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. He redshirted before a year behind Quincy Acy, Perry Jones III and Quincy Miller, all NBA draft picks last June. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:17:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/jefferson_staying_for_senior_season/13488304 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/jefferson_staying_for_senior_season/13488304 Jefferson staying for senior season http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/jefferson_staying_for_senior_season/13488304 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/f/4fcbac301fc12d7f3d3458f4f012041d9b81b4c4/mini/6937240.jpg Cory Jefferson is staying at Baylor for his senior season. Jefferson, the 6-foot-9 forward who is on track to get his undergraduate degree in August, said Thursday he will stay and play his final season of eligibility. After finally becoming a starter, Jefferson led the Big 12 Conference making 61 percent of his field goals (191 of 313) for the NIT champion Bears. He was 11th in the league with 13.3 points a game and fourth with 8.0 rebounds while starting all 37 games. Jefferson started only one of his first 55 games. He spent his freshman season behind Ekpe Udoh, the sixth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. He redshirted before a year behind Quincy Acy, Perry Jones III and Quincy Miller, all NBA draft picks last June. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:44:46 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_forward_jefferson_staying_for_senior_season/13485340 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_forward_jefferson_staying_for_senior_season/13485340 Baylor forward Jefferson staying for senior season http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/baylor_forward_jefferson_staying_for_senior_season/13485340 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/f/4fcbac301fc12d7f3d3458f4f012041d9b81b4c4/mini/6937240.jpg Junior college standout point guard Kenny Chery has signed a national letter of intent with NIT champion Baylor. Chery, a 6-foot guard who played the past two seasons at State Fair Community College in Missouri, signed Wednesday. Three post players signed with the Bears during the early period in November. Chery, from Canada, averaged 16.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 26 games last season, when he made 45 percent of his 3-pointers. Baylor's point guard this season was senior Pierre Jackson, an All-Big 12 pick and the league's top scorer at 19.8 points a game. Jackson was a junior college transfer when he joined the Bears two years ago. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:43:18 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/standout_juco_guard_chery_signs_with_baylor/13425031 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/standout_juco_guard_chery_signs_with_baylor/13425031 Standout JUCO guard Chery signs with Baylor http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/standout_juco_guard_chery_signs_with_baylor/13425031 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/3/a38da263a99bb8ed76b063cfd80f84d8077dbbe2/mini/5989266.jpg Associated Press Pierre Jackson has done his best to lead the Baylor team to a not so great 9-9 Big 12 record his hard work has paid off leading the Bears to their first ever NIT Championship title. NEW YORK (AP) — Pierre Jackson had his fourth straight double-double with 17 points and 10 assists to lead Baylor to the first National Invitation Tournament title in school history with a 74-54 win over Iowa on Thursday night. Cory Jefferson scored 23 points and Isaiah Austin had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Bears (23-14), who reached the tournament final five years ago, but never had won it before. Mike Gesell led Iowa (25-13) with 13 points and Aaron White had 12. Hawkeyes start Devyn Marble was held to six points.   Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:31:06 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_wins_first_ever_nit_championship/13320889 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_wins_first_ever_nit_championship/13320889 Baylor wins first ever NIT championship http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/baylor_wins_first_ever_nit_championship/13320889 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/3/a38da263a99bb8ed76b063cfd80f84d8077dbbe2/mini/5989266.jpg Pierre Jackson had 24 points and 10 assists to lift Baylor back into the National Invitation Tournament title game for the second time in five years with a 76-70 win over BYU on Tuesday night. Baylor's Cory Jefferson scored 21 points and Isaiah Austin had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Bears. Tyler Haws scored 25 points for the Cougars, who couldn't buy a shot from 3-point range for much of the game. Baylor (22-14) pulled away in the final eight minutes or so, and then withstood a late furious rally by BYU, led by Matt Carlino on 5-for-15 3-point shooting. The rest of the Cougars (24-12) went 0 for 6. Baylor was set to play the winner between Iowa and Maryland in Tuesday's other semifinal. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:36:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_76_byu_70/13299853 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_76_byu_70/13299853 Baylor 76, BYU 70 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/baylor_76_byu_70/13299853 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/8/280c3bc7097667c45ac20f2c8bbc7753bbd373a0/mini/6126264.jpg Brady Heslip scored 26 points while making eight 3-pointers and Baylor hit a season-high 16 shots from long range in a 112-66 victory over Long Beach State in a first-round NIT game Wednesday night. Heslip had three early 3s, pushing the Bears to a 16-6 lead in the first 4 minutes, when he had already made long-range shots from the left corner, left wing and top of the key. The Big 12's Bears (19-14) kept a double-figure lead after a 3-pointer by Gary Franklin, who lives about a half-hour from the Long Beach State campus, made it 23-12 with 14:25 left in the first half. Kris Gulley had 13 points to lead Big West regular-season champion Long Beach State (19-14), which lost for the fifth time in seven games. The Bears had seven players score in double figures in their highest-scoring postseason game ever. Cory Jefferson had 15 points. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:22:17 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_112_long_beach_st_66/13195141 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/baylor_112_long_beach_st_66/13195141 Baylor 112, Long Beach St. 66 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/baylor_112_long_beach_st_66/13195141 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png When did they put sexy back in women’s basketball? That’s UConn coach Geno Auriemma patting Baylor coach Kim Mulkey on the butt before the game. Auriemma gave an explanation, but (no pun intended) how are you going to slap dat ass Aur…. “She was staring at my butt and she was commenting on it and I said, ‘Really? How about yours?’” Auriemma said, via Jeff Eisenberg of Yahoo Sports. “She went, `Yeah, look at it,’ and I went (slap), ‘I’ll teach you a lesson.’ And then she started talking about how she only dated Italians her whole life and that she wanted me to set her up with some Italians and I said `The Italians I send to see you aren’t going to date you.’ We’ve had a long and great relationship since, gosh, she was an assistant at Louisiana Tech. It goes back a long ways.” File under: TMI. Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:36:24 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/the_new_motto_of_womens_college_basketball_get_some/12965359 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/the_new_motto_of_womens_college_basketball_get_some/12965359 The new motto of women’s college basketball: ‘Get some’ http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/the_new_motto_of_womens_college_basketball_get_some/12965359 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Storming the court is out of control. I blame all the students who continue to rush the court when it isn’t necessary for what happened with a toddler in midst of the Baylor/Oklahoma game Wednesday night. This wasn’t an end of the game situation, as there was still over 8 minutes remaining with the Bears trailing by 10 at home to the Sooners. Suddenly, a young child ran onto the court. We assume that is the child’s father that grabbed him in what was a funny, but probably embarrassing moment for the child’s parent. But that will be one helluva story for this family. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:30:27 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_toddler_rushes_the_court_during_bayloroklahoma/12802576 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_toddler_rushes_the_court_during_bayloroklahoma/12802576 Video: Toddler rushes the court during Baylor/Oklahoma http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/video_toddler_rushes_the_court_during_bayloroklahoma/12802576 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Wednesday night's NCAA basketball game in Waco, Texas between Baylor and Oklahoma was briefly interrupted in the second half when a little kid ran onto the court. Granted that the kid was only about five, but rules are rules and they should apply to everyone, so this should be an automatic ejection from the arena, shouldn't it? Fortunately, the kid was removed from the court before he could get hurt. Where were this kid's parents? More importantly, where was arena security? H/T Sports Crackle Pop. Visit us at holdoutsports.com and follow us on Twitter @HoldoutSports. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:59:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/little_kid_runs_onto_court_during_baylor_vs_oklahoma_basketball_game_video/12798718 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/little_kid_runs_onto_court_during_baylor_vs_oklahoma_basketball_game_video/12798718 Little kid runs onto court during Baylor vs Oklahoma basketball game (Video) http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/little_kid_runs_onto_court_during_baylor_vs_oklahoma_basketball_game_video/12798718 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png With a little over 8:30 minutes left in the second half, and Baylor trailing Oklahoma by 10, a precocious tyke clad in Bears gear wandered on the court during play, causing the refs to halt the game momentarily while the kid’s dad corralled him back to his seat. Luckily he didn’t find himself smack dab in the middle of the action because he could have been hurt, or worse, soiled his diaper during a Baylor fast break. Great parenting there, dad. Turns out the kid was part of a dunk contest at halftime. Apparently he wanted to show off his mad hops to the television viewing audience who might have missed his halftime performance. Either that or he was frustrated with the way Baylor was running their half-court offense and decided he’d show them how they do it on the preschool basketball court. The wee lad must have had some effect on the Baylor squad because they came back from a 16-point 2nd half deficit to nearly topple Oklahoma, but the Sooners prevailed 74-71. [USA Today] The post... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:31:11 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/little_baylor_fan_wanders_onto_the_court_during_sooners_bears_game_video/12798637 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/little_baylor_fan_wanders_onto_the_court_during_sooners_bears_game_video/12798637 Little boy runs onto court during game http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/little_baylor_fan_wanders_onto_the_court_during_sooners_bears_game_video/12798637 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/d/3d56b7dda1a131f291137667011a6f908b215b50/mini/bay.jpg A very young Baylor fan stormed the court during the Oklahoma vs. Baylor game Wednesday night. Apparently he thought he could help his team win if they just gave him the ball. But that wasn’t in the playbook. The kid ran onto the court with 8:41 remaining in the second half of the Big 12 matchup. Officials stopped the game. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:10:40 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/little_kid_storms_court_during_oklahoma_vs_baylor_game_video/12798376 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/little_kid_storms_court_during_oklahoma_vs_baylor_game_video/12798376 Little kid storms court during Oklahoma vs. Baylor game (Video) http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/little_kid_storms_court_during_oklahoma_vs_baylor_game_video/12798376 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Brittney Griner of Baylor University could be the first female to make an NBA roster. Only a junior, Griner would have to declare for the draft, but would an NBA team like the Sacramento Kings or New Orleans Hornets select her? If she declares, this will be big news and more than likely, a team [...] Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:22 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/should_brittney_griner_be_drafted_by_the_nba_instead_of_the_wnba/10752716 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/should_brittney_griner_be_drafted_by_the_nba_instead_of_the_wnba/10752716 Should Brittney Griner be drafted by the NBA instead of the WNBA? http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/should_brittney_griner_be_drafted_by_the_nba_instead_of_the_wnba/10752716 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:31:53 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/perry_jones_iii_leaving_baylor_for_the_nba/10516112 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/perry_jones_iii_leaving_baylor_for_the_nba/10516112 Baylor star headed to the NBA http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/perry_jones_iii_leaving_baylor_for_the_nba/10516112 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Brittney Griner of Baylor University could be the first female to make an NBA roster. Only a junior, Griner would have to declare for the draft, but would an NBA team like the Sacramento Kings or New Orleans Hornets select her? If she declares, this will be big news and more than likely, a team would go for her late in the second round just for publicity sakes. The suggestion of her making it to the ‘Association’ has been asked before, but the topic deserves a refresh. She’s 6 foot 8 inches tall with a wing span of 86 inches. The most impressive aspect of her athletic sculpture is her leanness. She looks like she has the potential for a silky, smooth player with her rail figure and long arms. In the women’s game, she has an imposing presence. She needs to use her presence to take care of business this year. She can quiet more critics by leading her Baylor Bears to a national championship. Of course her length is intimidating in the women’s game, but it won’t hold too much weight in the men’s gam Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:00:29 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/will_brittney_griner_be_drafted_by_the_nba_instead_of_the_wnba/9639079 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/will_brittney_griner_be_drafted_by_the_nba_instead_of_the_wnba/9639079 Will Brittney Griner be Drafted by the NBA instead of the WNBA? http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/will_brittney_griner_be_drafted_by_the_nba_instead_of_the_wnba/9639079 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png