2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears basketball
NCAA National Champions
Big 12 Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
Preseason Women's NIT Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament National Championship, W, 80–61 vs Notre Dame
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches #1
AP #1
2011–12 record 40–0 (18–0 Big 12)
Head coach Kim Mulkey
Assistant coach Bill Brock
Assistant coach Damion McKinney
Assistant coach Rekha Patterson
Home arena Ferrell Center

The 2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey. The team plays its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

The Lady Bears began the season as the preseason #1 team in both the Associated Press and the Coaches' Poll. They ran through the season undefeated, winning the Big 12 regular season and the Big 12 Tournament. They became the first team in college basketball history (men's or women's) to finish 40–0 by defeating Notre Dame for the National Championship. (In 2014 Connecticut matched the Lady Bears 40-0 mark, tying an NCAA record.)

Roster

Number Name Height Position Class
0 Odyssey Sims 5–9 Guard Sophomore
1 Kimetria Hayden 5–11 Guard Junior
3 Jordan Madden 6–0 Guard Junior
4 Shanay Washington 6–1 Guard Sophomore
10 Destiny Williams 6–1 Forward Junior
14 Makenzie Robertson 5–10 Guard Sophomore
20 Terran Condrey 5–7 Guard Senior
22 Sune Agbuke 6–4 Post Freshman
24 Ashley Field 6–2 Center Senior
25 Lindsay Palmer 5–10 Guard Senior
32 Brooklyn Pope 6–1 Forward/Guard Redshirt Junior
42 Brittney Griner 6–8 Center Junior
44 Mariah Chandler 6–2 Forward Junior

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  1. http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/bay-w-baskbl-mtt.html

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
2011/11/11*
6:30 p.m.
#1 Howard
Women's NIT
W 82–28  1–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,587)
Waco, Texas
2011/11/13*
2:00 p.m.
#1 Chattanooga
Women's NIT
W 91–31  2–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,005)
Waco, Texas
2011/11/17*
7:00 p.m.
#1 UCLA
Women's NIT
W 83–50  3–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,577)
Waco, Texas
2011/11/20*
1:00 p.m., CBS College Sports
#1 #2 Notre Dame
Women's NIT
W 94–81  4–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (9,477)
Waco, Texas
2011/11/22*
6:30 p.m.
#1 Yale W 109–59  5–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,681)
Waco, Texas
2011/11/27*
1:00 p.m., ESPN
#1 #7 Tennessee W 76–67  6–0 (0–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (16,623)
Knoxville, Tennessee
2011/11/30*
7:00 p.m.
#1 Texas Southern W 91–39  7–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,041)
Waco, Texas
2011/12/04*
1:00 p.m.
#1 Minnesota W 89–60  8–0 (0–0)
Williams Arena (3,814)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011/12/08*
7:00 p.m.
#1 Milwaukee W 72–41  9–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,066)
Waco, Texas
2011/12/11*
10:00 a.m., ESPNU
#1 St. John's
Maggie Dixon Classic
W 73–59  10–0 (0–0)
Madison Square Garden (n/a)
New York, New York
2011/12/18*
7:30 p.m., ESPN
#1 #2 Connecticut W 66–61  11–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (10,627)
Waco, Texas
2011/12/21*
7:00 p.m.
#1 McNeese State W 90–50  12–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,516)
Waco, Texas
2011/12/30*
7:00 p.m.
#1 Mississippi Valley State W 93–55  13–0 (0–0)
Ferrell Center (7,634)
Waco, Texas
2012/01/04
7:00 p.m.
#1 Missouri W 90–46  14–0 (1–0)
Ferrell Center (8,017)
Waco, Texas
2012/01/07
7:00 p.m.
#1 Iowa State W 57–45  15–0 (2–0)
Hilton Coliseum (9,103)
Ames, Iowa
2012/01/11
7:00 p.m.
#1 Oklahoma State W 71–44  16–0 (3–0)
Ferrell Center (8,707)
Waco, Texas
2012/01/15
1:30 p.m.
#1 Texas W 77–59  17–0 (4–0)
Frank Erwin Center (9,002)
Austin, Texas
2012/01/18
7:00 p.m., KCEN
#1 #20 Texas Tech W 72–64  18–0 (5–0)
United Spirit Arena (12,403)
Lubbock, Texas
2012/01/21
7:00 p.m.
#1 #22 Kansas State W 76–41  19–0 (6–0)
Ferrell Center (9,380)
Waco, Texas
2012/01/26
7:00 p.m., FSN
#1 Oklahoma W 89–58  20–0 (7–0)
Lloyd Noble Center (8,103)
Norman, Oklahoma
2012/01/28
7:00 p.m.
#1 Kansas W 74–46  21–0 (8–0)
Ferrell Center (10,006)
Waco, Texas
2012/02/01
7:00 p.m.
#1 Missouri W 71–41  22–0 (9–0)
Mizzou Arena (3,504)
Columbia, Missouri
2012/02/04
7:00 p.m.
#1 Kansas State W 70–41  23–0 (10–0)
Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
Manhattan, Kansas
2012/02/06
8:00 p.m., ESPN2
#1 Oklahoma
Big Monday
W 81–54  24–0 (11–0)
Ferrell Center (8,341)
Waco, Texas
2012/02/11
5:00 p.m., FSN
#1 #14 Texas A&M W 71–48  25–0 (12–0)
Ferrell Center (10,627)
Waco, Texas
2012/02/15
7:00 p.m.
#1 Oklahoma State W 81–51  26–0 (13–0)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,648)
Stillwater, Oklahoma
2012/02/18
7:00 p.m., KCEN
#1 Texas Tech W 56–51  27–0 (14–0)
Ferrell Center (10,381)
Waco, Texas
2012/02/21
6:30 p.m., FSN Southwest
#1 Texas W 80–59  28–0 (15–0)
Ferrell Center (8,592)
Waco, Texas
2012/02/24
6:30 p.m., FSN
#1 Kansas W 76–45  29–0 (16–0)
Allen Fieldhouse (4,676)
Lawrence, Kansas
2012/02/27
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
#1 #17 Texas A&M
Big Monday
W 69–62  30–0 (17–0)
Reed Arena (10,265)
College Station, Texas
2012/03/03
11:00 a.m., FSN
#1 Iowa State W 77–53  31–0 (18–0)
Ferrell Center (9,435)
Waco, Texas
Big 12 Tournament
2012/03/08
1:30 p.m., FSN
#1 Texas Tech
Big 12 Quarterfinals
W 72–48  32–0 (18–0)
Municipal Auditorium (5,542)
Kansas City, Missouri
2012/03/09
12:00 p.m., FSN
#1 Kansas State
Big 12 Semifinals
W 86–65  33–0 (18–0)
Municipal Auditorium ( –)
Kansas City, Missouri
2012/03/10
12:00 p.m., FSN
#1 #22 Texas A&M
Big 12 Finals
W 73–50  34–0 (18–0)
Municipal Auditorium (4,235)
Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
2012/03/18
1:30 p.m., ESPN2
#1 UC-Santa Barbara
NCAA First Round
W 81–40  35–0 (18–0)
Stroh Center (4,205)
Bowling Green, Ohio
2012/03/20
6:05 p.m., ESPNU
#1 Florida
NCAA Second Round
W 76–57  36–0 (18–0)
Stroh Center (4,097)
Bowling Green, Ohio
2012/03/24
1:30 p.m., ESPN
#1 #15 Georgia Tech
NCAA Sweet Sixten
W 83–68  37–0 (18–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (7,941)
Des Moines, Iowa
2012/03/26
6:00, ESPN
#1 #9 Tennessee
NCAA Elite Eight
W 77–58  38–0 (18–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (9,068)
Des Moines, Iowa
2012/04/01
8:00 p.m., ESPN
#1 #2 Stanford
NCAA Final Four
W 59–47  39–0 (18–0)
Pepsi Center (19,028)
Denver, Colorado
2011/04/03
7:30 p.m., ESPN
#1 #4 Notre Dame
NCAA Championship Game
W 80–61  40–0 (18–0)
Pepsi Center (19,028)
Denver, Colorado
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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