Baylor University NCAA News

Baylor sharpshooter LaceDarius Dunn had a game-high 27 points despite sitting out most of the second half as the Bears dominated Hardin-Simmons on Sunday, 106-45. Ekpe Udoh and Quincy Acy added 13 points each and combined for 18 rebounds before the Bears cleared their bench with 12 minutes to play.

With campuses sitting only 80 miles apart, Baylor would be motivated to play century-old rival Texas A&M in anything - rugby, pingpong, bowling.

Two weeks ago, the Texas A&M Aggies spoke confidently about achieving bowl eligibility and finishing the season strong.

Early on, it looked like the Baylor Bears might just be able to hang with the Texas Longhorns.

Line: Texas A&M by 7 1/2. Series Record: Texas A&M leads 65-31-9. Last Meeting: 2008, Baylor won 41-21. Both teams are down to their last chances to earn bowl eligibility.

Minutes after their 47-14 loss to Texas, the Baylor football players were ready to forget that train wreck ever happened.

LaceDarius Dunn scored 13 points and Baylor rolled to its third victory in four days to open the season, 61-45 over Southern University on Monday night.

The Bears stood little chance in their home finale this weekend and came out on the losing end of a 47-14 drubbing at the hands of the mighty Texas Longhorns.

Another week, another dominant defensive effort. This is becoming routine for Texas coach Mack Brown's bunch.

Ekpe Udoh hit a turnaround jumper from 18 feet at the buzzer to cap a second-half comeback that lifted Baylor to a 71-69 win Sunday over Hartford.

Baylor quarterback Nick Florence was named Big 12 offensive player of the week after throwing for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns in last week's upset of Missouri.

Texas has made this game look easy, putting on a football clinic in the first half on a 40-0 throttling of Baylor .

Notes: The Baylor men's basketball team will open the season with three games in four days at the Ferrell Center.

For a guy who one night four years ago looked a bit overwhelmed by the bright lights of Texas football, Colt McCoy sure has won a lot of college games.

One era is gone, and the next one begins. Baylor coach Scott Drew built his program with a recruiting class featuring Curtis Jerrells, Kevin Rogers and Henry Dugat, who led the Bears to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2008 and a run to the NIT championship game at Madison Square Garden last season.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Baylor stunned the Big 12 with the upset of the season last week, snatching a victory at Missouri to keep the Bears' bowl hopes alive.

It was a first round game in the '09 TSSAA playoffs, but most observers agreed it was played with championship game intensity.

Baylor freshman quarterback Nick Florence was named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week after his record-setting performance in Baylora s 40-32 upset at Missouri, the league office announced Monday.

The computers, collectively, weren't so impressed with Texas ' 35-3 dismantling of Central Florida .

More than an hour after the final whistle, the parking lot was still half full, purple-clad tailgaters flipping burgers and drinking beer, sitting in camp chairs under portable awnings.