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Baylor, Bryant and West hold the top five single season scoring averages, with Bryant occupying the numbers one ( 35. 4 ) and four ( 31. 6 ) spots, while Baylor has the second ( 34. 8 ), and third ( 34. 0 ), and West the fifth ( 31. 3 ).
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Baylor and Bryant
The scoring records are mostly shared by Elgin Baylor and Bryant, with Baylor having the highest average for a career ( 27. 4 ) while Bryant has the highest points scored in a single game ( 81 ).
Their rosters have included some of the game's greatest players, including George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Gail Goodrich, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O ' Neal, and Kobe Bryant.
Baylor and West
Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Los Angeles made the NBA Finals six times in the 1960s, but lost each series to the Boston Celtics, beginning their long and storied rivalry.
Led by Baylor and West at 38. 3 and 30. 8 ppg respectively, the Lakers improved to 54 – 26 in 1961 – 62, and made the finals.
West, Baylor, and Chamberlain each averaged over 20 points, and Los Angeles won their division.
This included eight consecutive championships — which is the longest championship streak in North American sports — and beat the Los Angeles Lakers of Hall-of-Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West six times in the NBA Finals.
In an interview with ESPN, Auerbach stated that his all-star fantasy team would consist of Bill Russell — who in the former's opinion was the ultimate player to start a franchise with — as well as Bob Pettit, Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, with John Havlicek as the sixth man.
The tree is located in Treaty Oak Park, on Baylor Street between 5th and 6th Streets, in the West Line Historic District.
Games against Louisiana Tech ( 17, 600 ) and West Texas State ( 17, 250 ) rank second and third, respectively, behind the standing-room-only 18, 500 Baylor drew for the 1980 opener.
* John Wooden, Jerry West, and Elgin Baylor were honored for playing at the arena with a plaque in the nearby Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Court of Honor.
The Lakers, who in the offseason added Chamberlain to join West and Elgin Baylor, won the West and were prohibitive favorites to finally win it all for the first time since relocating to L. A.
He graduated from The Bright School in 1938, Baylor School in Chattanooga in 1944 and from West Point in 1951.
Shirley was born in Locust Grove, West Virginia, the son of Robert Vinson Shirley and Julia Moore Baylor.
As a professional, Selvy is mostly known for his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, teaming with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor.
In his second campaign there, his team — with Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, and Wilt Chamberlain — notched a 55-27 record and reached the Finals again.
Houston was educated at several military academies and colleges, including West Point — from which he dropped out from the Class of 1875, and Baylor University.
The duo of Baylor and West proved to be lethal and they both finished among the NBA's top 10 scorers for the next four years.
Baylor and top
The Lakers earned the top pick in the 1958 NBA Draft and used it to select Elgin Baylor.
Carson was a top student at Jenks High School and won a National Merit Scholarship to attend Baylor University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Leading 5-2 in the top of the ninth inning of Game 5, starter Mike Witt surrendered a two-run home run to former Angel Don Baylor, cutting the Angels ' lead to 5-4.
Baylor College of Dentistry was named one of the top four dental institutions nationwide for periodontology, endodontics, and geriatric dentistry by American Health Magazine.
In the 2011 tournament, they entered as a # 5 seed and made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance, defeating Arkansas – Little Rock and Michigan State before losing to regional top seed Baylor.
Baylor and five
In a game five victory, Baylor grabbed 22 rebounds and set the still-standing NBA record for points in a finals game with 61, despite fouling out of the game.
The decisions reportedly came after furious lobbying by the other five remaining Big 12 schools ( Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri ), as well as intervention by athletic directors around the country who were concerned about the prospect of a 16-team " superconference ".
During the early 20th century, McLennan County was home to as many as five colleges ; in addition to Baylor, the other colleges included the predecessor to what is now known as Texas Christian University ( now in Fort Worth ), Paul Quinn College ( relocated since to Dallas ), and two other short-lived colleges.
She is also one of five women's collegiate basketball players to ever accumulate over 2, 000 points, 1, 000 rebounds, 300 assists and 300 steals ( a list that includes teammate Tamika Catchings, Cheryl Miller of USC, Sophia Young of Baylor, and Armintie Price of Mississippi.
By 1905, Carroll had managed to convert the department of five professors into the Baylor Theological Seminary, but still under Baylor University.
Later he became an assistant vice president with the Baylor Health Affiliates Group in charge of special projects and ancillary support for five community hospitals.
Baylor and single
In fact, only two players in league history had scored more points in a single game: Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor.
Earl Williams drew a base on balls and Don Baylor followed with a single.
Baylor and season
Rockies first baseman Andrés Galarraga won the batting title, hitting. 370 for the season after Manager Don Baylor persuaded Galarraga to change from a standard batting stance into an open one in which he squarely faced the pitcher, allowing him to see incoming pitches properly.
The team's struggles led to the firing of manager Don Baylor, the only manager in franchise history, following the season.
With the coming of free agency after the 1976 season, and with team owner Finley unwilling to pay the higher salary that Jackson would ask for, Jackson was traded on April 2, 1976 along with minor leaguer Bill VanBommell and Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez, and Paul Mitchell.
That same season also saw Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor join the team as the General Manager and Vice President of basketball operations.
In the 1989 – 90 season, Baylor made a trade with the Cavaliers that brought Ron Harper in exchange for Danny Ferry and Reggie Williams.
On November 15 that season, Baylor set a new NBA scoring record when he scored 71 points in a victory against the New York Knicks while grabbing 25 rebounds.
Owner Jack Kent Cooke brought in Bill Sharman as head coach, and Elgin Baylor announced his retirement early in the season after realizing that his legs were not healthy enough.
While there he became a First Team Consensus All-American selection in 1958 ( Elgin Baylor, Bob Boozer, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Guy Rodgers and Don Hennon comprised the first team selections ) and a Second Team Consensus All-American in 1959, while being named to the United Press International and Helms Foundation first teams that season.
Austin William " Goose " Gonsoulin ( born June 7, 1938 in Port Arthur, Texas ) of Baylor University was a Professional Football safety, the original Denver Bronco, selected first in the 1960 season.
After the 1958 season, the new head football coach at Baylor hired Hayden Fry as an assistant coach.
In 1960, Baylor had an 8 – 2 record in the regular season and finished the year with a one point loss to Florida in the Gator Bowl.
That season, Fry's defensive secondary helped Baylor lead the nation in pass defense.
After the 2004-05 season, head coach Casey Owens was replaced by former Baylor University head coach Dave Bliss.
After the 1985 season, the White Sox came close to trading Fisk to the New York Yankees for designated hitter Don Baylor.
Patrick Dennehy was a junior forward who transferred to Baylor University from the University of New Mexico following his sophomore season in 2001 – 2002.
* Elgin Baylor, 11 time NBA all-star, played his first collegiate season at The College of Idaho.
Before the 1976 season, the Orioles traded Baylor with Paul Mitchell and Mike Torrez to the Oakland Athletics for Reggie Jackson, Ken Holtzman, and Bill VanBommell.
After a subpar season, Baylor was released.
Baylor was replaced by Carney Lansford after the Rockies hit a franchise-low. 226 on the road during the 2010 season.
Baylor University in Waco, Texas has a homecoming history that dates back to 1909 including what is considered to be the first collegiate homecoming including a parade, reunion parties and an afternoon football game ( the final game of the 1909 season ), a tradition that continued and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009.
Kansas faltered in the 2012 Big 12 Tournament, losing to Baylor in the semifinals-a team Kansas had beaten twice by double-digits during the regular season.
In 1990, he had had a solid season thanks to the hiring of Don Baylor as their hitting coach.
During Singletary's senior season of 1980, Baylor won 10 games, marking the first time in school history that had been accomplished.
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