WACO, Texas Baylor won its first National Championship in program history. This means that brand new hardware will make itself at home inside the Ferrell Center. Along with the National Association of Basketball Coaches Tournament trophy, the Bears will receive the Ferris Mowers NABC National Championship Trophy at Tuesday s parade.
The 2021 Men s Basketball National Champions will be celebrated with full fanfare in a parade through downtown Waco. The Bears will join Baylor University, the City of Waco, the Waco Chamber of Commerce and the Baylor Bear Foundation in celebration on Tuesday, April 13.
The parade will kickoff at 6 p.m. downtown and will follow Austin Avenue. The route will start at 14th street and proceed to 3rd street, just outside Waco City Hall. The parade will include student-athletes, coaches, administrators, invited guests, local city officials and other honorees.
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By the time confetti dispensed from the rafters, every Baylor player took in the life-changing moment in their own way at center court. Davion Mitchell – the gritty backbone and defensive juggernaut of this team – FaceTimed and hugged the national championship trophy like a toddler with a teddy bear. All Big-12 guard MaCio Teague watched the One Shining Moment montage while sprawled on the confetti-covered floor, waiting for the finale. Spoiler alert: He stars in it.
Reserve Matthew Mayer, hat worn backwards over his signature mullet, danced with Most Outstanding Player Jared Butler, who soon after took a championship shirt and towel and shot-faked as if the game was still going and he d hit another barrage of dagger three-pointers.
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Before we continue, take a minute and let that sink in.
Then, consider this head coach Scott Drew’s squad just might be playing its best basketball of the year and at exactly the right time.
Baylor raced out to a 25-point lead in the first half of Saturday’s Final Four match-up against Houston, and it was never close after that as the Bears coasted to a 78-59 win. The Cougars were a No. 2 seed in this year’s tournament, with just three losses on the year but against Baylor, UH both scored its fewest points in a half AND gave up its most points in a half this season.