Kim Mulkey Leaves Baylor, Takes Over As LSU Coach
Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey has left Baylor to return home and take over the LSU women's basketball team.
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Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey has left Baylor to return home and take over the LSU women's basketball team.
Baylor more than lived up to its top-seeded billing, pulling away from No. 3 Arkansas early and then again the second the game got uncomfortably close.
The Baylor University athletics department has decided to halt all football-related activities after recent positive COVID-19 tests.
The scheduled football season opener between Baylor and Louisiana Tech has been postponed, and will not be played on Saturday, September 12.
While public schools are still grappling with if and when to offer face- to-face instruction, colleges and universities in Texas are moving forward with plans to welcome students back.
UT Austin, SMU, TCU and Baylor released more information about their plans this week.
Baylor University is requiring a negative COVID-19 test of all students coming to campus for the fall semester.
The facility will have enough space for more than 200 beds, and provide care for patients if the medical center in Dallas becomes congested.
Ruby Alexander, 79, died Tuesday night. The Baylor guard was the youngest of her nine grandchildren. Mulkey said Alexander, who she described as "vivacious," spent weeks at a time in Waco and attended many Baylor games.
As mass sexual assault scandals, some dating back decades, roil universities in Texas and across the country, the schools are seemingly drawing from the same playbook in their responses.
After a Big 12-record 23-game winning streak, the Bears lost for the second time in three games when they fell 75-72 at TCU on Saturday.
Kansas is back on top of the college basketball world after knocking off Baylor Saturday.
Udoka Azubuike had 23 points and a career-high 19 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas held on to beat No. 1 Baylor 64-61 Saturday.
Some say the Baylor men's basketball team's winning streak may be on the line when they host #3 Kansas Saturday.
Mulkey earned her 600th victory in her 700th game, four games faster than Adolph Rupp with the Kentucky men.
Jared Butler scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, and top-ranked Baylor never trailed while tying the longest winning streak in Big 12 history at 22 games with a 70-59 victory over No. 14 West Virginia.
No. 1 Baylor's school-record winning streak has reached 20 games Saturday.
"Given the number of student-athletes involved, the suspensions will be staggered over the course of three weeks beginning with the season opener next Friday, February 14," the University said in a news release.
Results for one of the people have come back negative according to the state, but results for three others are still pending.
Aranda will replace Matt Rhule, the new coach of the NFL's Carolina Panthers.
Teá Cooper scored 27 points and No. 6 Baylor used a dominant fourth quarter to beat top-ranked UConn 74-58 on Thursday night, ending the Huskies' 98-game home winning streak.
Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer didn't play the second half of the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma.
JaMycal Hasty rushed for three touchdowns and No. 11 Baylor forced six turnovers in a 61-6 victory over Kansas on Saturday.
Brewer accounted for 296 yards and two touchdowns before missing most of the fourth quarter and the Bears won 24-10 in their home finale over Texas on Saturday, a week a loss there to Oklahoma ended their bid for an undefeated season.
Charlie Brewer threw for 303 yards and a touchdown, Denzel Mims caught six passes for 102 yards and Baylor held on to beat Rice 21-13 on Saturday night.
