NCDS: Jerome Tang, Asst. Coach - Baylor

By: Jerome Tang, Asst. Coach - Baylor

Wow, what a season and its not over!  I'm actually on the team bus driving to Houston for the Sweet Sixteen.  Last year we made a run like this in the NIT, but this is the Big Dance and our guys are focused and hungry.

We started our run winning our final final games of the Big 12 season including beating Texas on senior night. We tied for second in the Big 12 (highest finish in Baylor history) and opened up the conference championship with a first round bye (also the first in Baylor history).  As luck would have it, our second round opponent was Texas.  Having swept Texas during the regular season, we knew beating any good team three times in one season would be very difficult... and it was, but our guys were determined, we got a big win and advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 championship ... We lost a very tough battle to Kansas State.

We had a Selection Sunday watch party at the Ferrell Center where about 1000 people celebrated as Baylor received a three seed in the South Region ... Highest in school history. But what made it even more special was that the first two rounds were in New Orleans, Louisiana, where both Tweety Carter and LaceDarius Dunn are from.  They were extremely excited to go home and play in front of their families.  We played a very good Sam Houston State team in the first round and then an extremely talented Old Dominion team in the second round. We are very excited about both wins. 

Right now we are focused on St Mary's and the opportunity to play in Houston, the hometown of Anthony Jones and the place where both Paul Mills (assistant coach) and I started our coaching careers as high school coaches.  Looking forward to what God has in store for us this week.

In His Court
Jerome Tang

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