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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
Record4–2 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTony Greene
Assistant coaches
  • Tari Cummings
  • Sadie Edwards
Home arenaFoster Pavilion
Seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oklahoma State 0 0   6 0   1.000
No. 17 TCU 0 0   6 0   1.000
Texas Tech 0 0   6 0   1.000
UCF 0 0   6 0   1.000
No. 12 West Virginia 0 0   6 0   1.000
Arizona 0 0   6 1   .857
BYU 0 0   5 1   .833
Colorado 0 0   5 1   .833
No. 15 Iowa State 0 0   5 1   .833
No. 9 Kansas State 0 0   5 1   .833
Utah 0 0   5 1   .833
Kansas 0 0   4 1   .800
Baylor 0 0   5 2   .714
Cincinnati 0 0   4 2   .667
Arizona State 0 0   3 2   .600
Houston 0 0   2 4   .333
2024 Big 12 tournament winner
As of November 25, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fourth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

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The 2023-24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2023-24 season 26–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play good for 5th place. As the 5th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would beat 12th seed Texas Tech in the Second Round, but would lose the 4th seed Iowa State in the Quarterfinals. As an At-large bit as the 5th seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, they would beat 12th seed Vanderbilt in the first round, 4th seed Virginia Tech in the second round, but would lose to 1st seed USC in the Regional Semifinals.

Offseason

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Recruiting

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kayla Nelms
F
Miami, Florida Miami Country Day School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova
PG
Daytona Beach, Florida DME Academy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

Roster

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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source:[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2024*
2:00 p.m.
No. 12 Langston W 100–39  --
Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 12 Incarnate Word W 85–33  1–0
Foster Pavilion (3,332)
Waco, Texas
November 10, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 12 at Oregon L 74–76  1–1
Matthew Knight Arena (6,372)
Eugene, Oregon
November 14, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17 East Texas A&M W 104–55  2–1
Foster Pavilion (3,510)
Waco, Texas
November 17, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 65–42  3–1
Foster Pavilion (3,435)
Waco, Texas
November 23, 2024*
12:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 18 vs. Southern Miss
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals
W 101–55  4–1
Imperial Arena (990)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 24, 2024*
12:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 18 vs. Indiana
Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals
L 65–73  4–2
Imperial Arena (179)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 25, 2024*
1:30 p.m., ESPNU
vs. Villanova
Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game
W 73–62  4–3
Imperial Arena (158)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
New Orleans Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
December 1, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Louisiana Tech Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
December 4, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Texas Southern Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
UNLV Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
December 18, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
Utah Tech Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
December 21, 2024
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Kansas Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, Kansas
January 1, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oklahoma State Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Colorado Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Arizona McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
January 11, 2025
4:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 
Tempe, Arizona
January 14th, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Utah Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 17, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Houston Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 20, 2025*
2:00 p.m., FOX
vs. UCLA
Coretta Scott King Classic
Prudential Center 
Newark, New Jersey
January 26, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN2
at TCU Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, Texas
January 29, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UCF Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, Florida
February 2, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cincinnati Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Houston Fertitta Center 
Houston, Texas
February 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
BYU Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 11, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
West Virginia Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena 
Lubbock, Texas
February 19, 2025
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Colorado CU Events Center 
Boulder, Colorado
February 22, 2025
1:30 p.m., FOX
Iowa State Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 24, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum 
Manhattan, Kansas
March 2, 2025
5:30 p.m., FS1
TCU
Senior Night
Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 2025
 TBD
vs. TBD
First Round
T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP121718RV
Coaches121717

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". baylorbears.com. Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2023.