Bears face Longhorns in Big Monday Action

• No. 1 Baylor carries a school-record 20-game winning streak into its ESPN Big Monday game at Texas.

• Baylor's 20-game streak is tied for 2nd-longest in Big 12 history (KU 22 in 1997, KU 20 in 2008).

• BU's 10-game Big 12 streak is tied for the 6th-longest conference-only winning streak in league history.

• Baylor's 10-0 start to Big 12 play is tied for 5th-best in league history and best since UT started 11-0 in 2011 (16-0 KU in 2002, 13-0 KU in 2010, 11-0 UT in 2011, 11-0 OU in 2009, 10-0 KU in 2005).

• BU is looking to tie its school-record for longest single-season conference winning streak (11 in 1946).

• Monday is the 256th series meeting – the most-played rivalry in Baylor history dating back 105 years.

• BU is 17-8 vs. Texas since snapping a 24-game series losing streak at the 2009 Big 12 Championship.

• Baylor is 8-1 in its last 9 games vs. Texas, including 3-1 in Austin since 2016 (loss in 2019).

• BU is looking to sweep the regular-season series vs. Texas for a 3rd time in the last 4 years (2017, 2018).

• Baylor beat Texas 59-44 in Waco on Jan. 4, holding Texas to its fewest points since Dec. 4, 2012.

• BU is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. BU moved up in the poll 9 straight weeks until reaching No. 1 on Jan. 20.

• BU's 4 straight weeks as the AP No. 1 team ties Gonzaga for the nation's longest streak this season.

• BU is 7-1 all-time as the No. 1-ranked team, including 6-0 this season in 3 weeks as No. 1 this season.

• BU has trailed for only 11% of game time over its last 16 games (69:13 of 640:00).

• Baylor has won 20+ games for the 11th time in the last 13 years. The Bears reached the 20-win mark only 3 times in 101 seasons prior to 2008. BU is averaging 24 wins per season since 2008.

• A Baylor win would mark the best 23-game start in program history (passing 21-2 in 2012).

• Baylor's 20-game winning streak is the nation's 2nd-longest behind SDSU (24). BU also has the nation's 3rd-longest road winning streak at 7 straight (Gonzaga-16, SDSU-10, SFA-7, Vermont-7).

• BU is 7-0 in road games, the 2nd-longest road winning streak in program history – 12 in 1945-46.

• Baylor (5-0) and Iowa (5-3) are the nation's only teams with 5 wins vs. AP Top 25 ranked team.

• Baylor ranks 5th nationally in scoring defense (59.0) and 8th nationally in scoring margin (+13.5).

• Baylor's 2-point FG% defense ranks 12th nationally (.431) and effective FG% defense ranks 17th (.443).

• BU is coming off a hard-fought 78-70 win over Oklahoma State. Baylor was out-shot 47% to 42%.

• Baylor's defense has forced 15+ turnovers in 14 of 22 games after doing so in 7 of 34 games last year.

• Baylor has held 5 high-major opponents to their season-low scoring totals – Arizona (58), Butler (52), Texas (44), Texas Tech (52) and Kansas (55). BU has held 20 of 22 opponents below 70 points.

• BU has held 6 Big 12 opponents to 55 or fewer points, the program record for most in a single season.

• BU is No. 3 in the NET with 5 top-20 NET wins: No. 4 (road), No. 10, No. 11, No. 18, No. 20 (road).

• BU is the only team with 2 players on the Naismith Defensive POY Midseason Team (Vital & Mitchell).

• BU and KU are both 5-0 in Big 12 road games, while the rest of the league is a combined 7-33.

• Baylor is 39-38 in Big 12 road games since 2012, 2nd-best in the league behind only Kansas (50-27).

• Baylor is the only school with FB, MBB, WBB & VB all ranked. Those teams are a combined 83-7 this year and all four are top-12 ranked (No. 1 MBB, No. 1 WBB, No. 3 VB, No. 12 FB).

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