2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
Record	4–2 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (4th season)
Associate head coach	Tony Greene
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings Sadie Edwards
Home arena	Foster Pavilion

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

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

Recruiting

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: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova PG	Daytona Beach, Florida	DME Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   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

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown	Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Tony Greene (Langston) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Sadie Edwards (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:

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

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	12	17	18	RV
Coaches	12	17	17

See also

• 2024–25 Baylor Bears men's basketball team