Baylor University

The University of North Texas men’s basketball director of basketball strategy and Operations, Nelson Haggerty, died Friday morning in a single-car accident at 47 years old.

Baylor and coach Scott Drew have refused to accept a vehicle wrapped with the school’s national championship logo after an insensitive remark made by the dealership’s general manager when discussing it during a live TV interview.

The 2021 NCAA men’s basketball championship averaged 16.9 million viewers, the lowest rating for CBS since it started broadcasting in 1982.

The only reason Baylor’s backcourt can’t be considered a true brotherhood is the blood coursing through their veins. Whether they were declaring together for the NBA draft or withdrawing from it, transferring from other schools or helping newcomers acclimate to coach Scott Drew’s program, Jared Butler, MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell have done just about everything together over the past...

The good news for the Brooks family is that a team from Texas with Alvin Brooks on its coaching staff is guaranteed to be playing in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball championship game.

NaLyssa Smith scored 24 points on a perfect shooting game and Queen Egbo made two big plays in the final seconds of overtime, helping No. 2 Baylor beat No. 6 Michigan 78-75 in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Egbo gave Baylor a 78-75 lead with a foul shot with 19 seconds left. After Leigha Brown…

Top-seeded Baylor overcame some frigid outside shooting Saturday to move into the Elite Eight, getting 16 points from Adam Flagler in a 62-51 victory over Villanova and its amoeba-like defense.

NaLyssa Smith scored 26 points, Dijonai Carrington had 17 and No. 6 Baylor beat TCU 92-55 on Friday to advance to the Big 12 Tournament semifinals.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey doesn’t really like playing conference tournaments, especially after winning the regular-season title.

Gonzaga’s bid to go wire-to-wire No. 1 is in its final week.

Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, taking advantage of the Bears’ loss at Kansas to leap into the No. 2 spot behind the Bulldogs. Illinois climbed one spot to fourth and Iowa gave the Big Ten three teams in the top five. West Virginia continued its steady climb, up...

No. 7 Baylor has extended the nation’s longest current streak of consecutive regular-season women’s conference titles to 11 with an 85-49 victory over Kansas State. Queen Egbo scored 19 points and NaLyssa Smith added 16 as Baylor clinched at least a share of its 12th overall Big 12 regular-season title. Moon Ursin scored all 15 of her points in the...

No. 2 Baylor is set to resume the season Feb. 23 following a six-game hiatus that started because of COVID-19 protocols and there is plenty of uncertainty over the rest of the regular season.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey believes money will be the main reason the NCAA will continue playing basketball this season and hold its men’s and women’s tournaments amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Baylor University suspended all football activities on Thursday due to COVID-19 concerns.

Some things to watch Saturday in the Big 12, when conference play starts in the league’s 25th season. I

Baylor’s season opener against Houston, scheduled less than a week ago, was one of two Bowl Subdivision games postponed Friday — the day before they were supposed to play.

Baylor became the third Big 12 team forced to postpone its scheduled season opener this weekend after Louisiana Tech reported multiple positive COVID-19 tests Tuesday, less than two weeks after a hurricane affected its campus.

Football practice was canceled at Boston College, Kentucky, South Florida, and other schools Thursday, joint decisions made by coaches and players and inspired by NBA players protesting racial injustice.

Baylor University students must test negative for COVID-19 before they can return to campus in the fall, officials said Tuesday.