Baylor No. 3 NCAA Seed, Facing South Dakota State
Baylor is going to the NCAA tournament as a No. 3 seed in the South Region.
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Baylor is going to the NCAA tournament as a No. 3 seed in the South Region.
Missouri is leaving the Big 12 on top. Kim English capped a phenomenal conference tournament with 19 points, Phil Pressey added 15 points and eight assists, and the fifth-ranked Tigers beat No. 12 Baylor 90-75 on Saturday night to win their second championship in the past four years.
Top-ranked Baylor proved Saturday it has more than just Brittney Griner.
Scott Drew feels badly that conference realignment has wiped away traditional rivalries. He feels terrible that Missouri's departure for the SEC means a storied rivalry against Kansas has drawn to a close this season. What he doesn't regret is denying the border rivals one last match-up for the Big 12 title.
Baylor sharpshooter Brady Heslip hit a pair of 3-pointers to keep No. 3 Kansas at bay, and Perry Jones III finished with 18 points as the No. 12 Bears beat the Jayhawks 81-72 on Friday night to reach the Big 12 tournament title game.
Brittney Griner had a career-high 45 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots, leading No. 1 Baylor to an 86-65 rout of Kansas State on Friday in the Big 12 tournament semifinals.
Pierce Hornung had 16 points for Colorado State, which routed TCU 81-60 in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Thursday.
McNeese State knocked off top-seeded UTA 92-72 on Thursday night in the semifinals of the Southland Conference tournament.
Texas rallied from a big deficit as J'Covan Brown lifted the Longhorns to a 71-65 victory over Iowa State in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.
Alexia Standish scored 25 points, and Texas A&M pulled away in the second half to handle Kansas 78-63 on Thursday night.
