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Baylor drops home game to West Virginia, falls to 1-6 in Big 12

Rico Gathers

Baylor entered Tuesday night’s game at home, needing a win. The Bears had been dropped from the rankings, in the midst of a four-game conference losing streak.

A matchup with West Virginia seemed like the opportune moment for the Bears to right the ship. Juwan Staten had different ideas, when his reverse layup put the Mountaineers up two with 3.1 seconds left. Kenny Chery’s banked 3-pointer came after time had expired, as the Mountaineers escaped Waco, Texas with a 66-64 road win, burying the Bears in the Big 12 standings in the process.

Baylor is now 1-6, a game ahead of winless TCU; the only team Baylor has defeated in conference play this season.

With its upcoming schedule, and Baylor’s conference record could easily be 1-9 in less than two weeks.

The Bears begin the month of February on the road in Stillwater to face Marcus Smart and the No. 8 Oklahoma State Cowboys. That’s followed by a quick trip home to host No. 6 Kansas. Baylor plays its third ranked team in a little over a week at Norman against No. 23 Oklahoma on Feb. 8. Even after that three-game slate, games against Oklahoma State, Texas, Iowa State and Kansas State remain on Baylor’s Big 12 schedule.

Baylor began the season with neutral floor wins against Colorado and then-No. 3 while also making an appearance in the Maui Invitational title game against Syracuse.

The latest edition of College Basketball Talk’s Bracketology had Baylor as a No. 11 seed, but at this rate, the Bears might as well prepare to defend its NIT title from a season ago.

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