WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s and women’s basketball released schedule updates for the coming 2022-23 season Monday while the Big 12 conference announced an extension to the Big 12-Big East Battle through the 2024-25 season.
Per Baylor University press release, both basketball programs will take part in the second annual PAC-12 US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, December 18th. Nicki Collen’s squad will face Arizona at 6:30 p.m. while Scott Drew’s team will square off against Washington State afterward at 9:00 p.m., both in the American Airlines Center.
“Tickets will become available in three phases beginning at noon on Monday, August 1st. Participating institutions' presale takes place August 1-2. American Airlines Center presale is August 3-4. Tickets will be made available to the general public on August 5th.”
Fans can purchase tickets for the doubleheader here. Season tickets are already on sale for men’s and women’s basketball through the official Baylor Athletics website.
The afternoon session of the PAC-12 US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge will feature Stanford vs. Texas on the men’s side and USC vs. Texas on the women’s.
Elsewhere in Big 12 men’s basketball, the Big 12-Big East Battle has been extended by two seasons and will grow from 10 matchups each year to 11 matchups. The Big 12 will host the extra or sixth matchup in 2023-24, and the Big East will host the sixth game the following year.
“The Battle matchups will continue to be jointly determined by the two conferences, with the home team choosing the venue of its game. Broadcast arrangements for the contests will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is ESPN for the Big 12 and FOX Sports for the BIG EAST.”
This year’s Battle schedule is as follows:
- Nov. 29 Baylor at Marquette
- Nov. 30 Providence at TCU
- Nov. 30 Georgetown at Texas Tech
- Nov. 30 Kansas State at Butler
- Dec. 1 Creighton at Texas
- Dec. 1 Oklahoma State at Connecticut
- Dec. 1 Seton Hall at Kansas
- Dec. 3 Oklahoma at Villanova
- Dec. 3 West Virginia at Xavier
- Dec. 4 St. John's at Iowa State
