Baylor Bears men's basketball
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| University | Baylor University | |||
| First season | 1907 | |||
| Conference | Big 12 | |||
| Location | Waco, TX | |||
| Head coach | Scott Drew (14th year) | |||
| Arena |
Paul J. Meyer Arena at the Ferrell Center (Capacity: 10,284) |
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| Nickname | Bears | |||
| Colors | Green and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament runner-up | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1948, 1950 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1948, 1950, 2010, 2012 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2010, 2012, 2014 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 2010, 2012, 2014 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1946, 1948, 1950, 1988, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1932, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950 | ||||
The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Scott Drew.
Luther Burleson coached the first basketball team at Baylor in 1907 also doubling as the football coach. In Baylor's second season of basketball then cross-town rival TCU began their program which the Bears defeated twice during the 1908–09 season. Ralph Glaze's (1911–1914) .788 winning percentage ranks at the best all time in school history. Ralph Wolf (1927–1941) lead Baylor to its first SWC Championship in 1932 after surviving and overcoming one of the first great tragedies in college athletics in his first season as coach.
On January 22, 1927, Coach Ralph Wolf's Baylor Basketball team was travelling by bus to play the University of Texas. As the bus passed through Round Rock, Texas, it approached railroad tracks on the south side of the business district on a drizzly, cloudy day. As the bus crossed the tracks the occupants failed to hear the sound of the train whistle and ringing bell. The driver caught sight of the train at the last moment and tried to steer away, but the Sunshine Special crashed into the bus at near 60 mph tearing off the roof and one side.
Ten Baylor students and basketball players were killed by the impact. One player, James Clyde "Abe" Kelly, pushed his friend, Weir Washam, out the window of the bus just moments before impact, saving the life of Washam but costing Kelly his life. The bodies of Kelly and Robert Hailey were found horrifically stretched across the cow-catcher on the front of the train with arms locked around each other with Kelly missing a leg. Ivy Foster Sr. of Taylor, Texas, had heard of the accident and rushed to the train station in Taylor to meet the train and assist where needed only to find his son among the dead.
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