National Semifinal - Houston vs. Baylor Tidbits

Baylor is 19-14 in the NCAA Tournament

Baylor is in the National Championship Game for the 1st time since 1948 and the 2nd time overall.  They lost to Kentucky 58-42 in the 1948 Championship Game.

Scott Drew will be coaching in his first ever championship game.

This is the 5th championship game appearance for the Big 12 and the first time in history that the Big 12 has had back-to-back appearances in the championship game.

• 2003 - Kansas
• 2008 - Kansas
• 2012 - Kansas
• 2019 - Texas Tech
• 2021 - Baylor

Baylor's win over #6 Houston is the highest AP ranked team they have defeated in tournament history.  Their previous high was over #10 Arkansas in the Elite Eight.  Before this tournament, they had never defeated an AP Top 15 team.

Baylor is 2-0 vs. teams from Texas in the tournament.  They defeated Sam Houston State 68-59 in the 2010 Round of 64.

Houston is 33-27 in the NCAA Tournament

Houston is 2-4 in National Semifinals.  The loss snaps a 2-game winning streak in this round.

Houston is 2-5 vs. teams from Texas in the tournament

Today's game was the 14th time that two teams from the state of Texas played each other in the tournament.  The 14 intra-state games is 4th behind California (29), Pennsylvania (17) and Kentucky (16).

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Round
1956	Southern Methodist	68	Texas Tech	67	Round of 32
1956	Southern Methodist	89	Houston	74	Sweet Sixteen
1961	Texas Tech	69	Houston	67	Regional Third Place
1963	Texas	65	Texas-El Paso	47	Round of 32
1964	Texas-El Paso	68	Texas A&M	62	Round of 32
1965	Southern Methodist	89	Houston	87	Regional Third Place
1967	Houston	83	Southern Methodist	75	Elite Eight
1968	Houston	103	Texas Christian	68	Elite Eight
1969	Texas A&M	81	Trinity, Texas	66	Round of 32
1972	Texas	85	Houston	74	Round of 32
2010	Baylor	68	Sam Houston State	59	Round of 64
2018	Texas Tech	70	Stephen F. Austin	60	Round of 64
2021	Abilene Christian	53	Texas	52	Round of 64
2021	Baylor	78	Houston	59	National Semifinals