2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fourth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	2–1 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (4th season)
Associate head coach	Tony Greene
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings Sadie Edwards
Home arena	Foster Pavilion

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Oklahoma State	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
No. 10 Kansas State	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
No. 8 Iowa State	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
Texas Tech	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
Colorado	0	–	0		–			3	–	1		.750
Arizona	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
UCF	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
No. 17 Baylor	0	–	0		–			1	–	1		.500
No. 15 West Virginia	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
TCU	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Arizona State	0	–	0		–			1	–	1		.500
BYU	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Cincinnati	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Kansas	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Houston	0	–	0		–			0	–	2		.000
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2023-24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2023-24 season 26–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play good for 5th place. As the 5th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would beat 12th seed Texas Tech in the Second Round, but would lose the 4th seed Iowa State in the Quarterfinals. As an At-large bit as the 5th seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, they would beat 12th seed Vanderbilt in the first round, 4th seed Virginia Tech in the second round, but would lose to 1st seed USC in the Regional Semifinals.

Offseason

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kayla Nelms F	Miami, Florida	Miami Country Day School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova PG	Daytona Beach, Florida	DME Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

Roster

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown	Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Tony Greene (Langston) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Sadie Edwards (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3rd, 2024* 2:00 p.m.	No. 12	Langston	W 100–39	--	Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
Non-conference regular season
November 7th, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	Incarnate Word	W 85–33	1–0	Foster Pavilion (3,332) Waco, Texas
November 10th, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Oregon	L 74–76	1–1	Matthew Knight Arena (6,372) Eugene, Oregon
November 14th, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	East Texas A&M	W 104–55	2–1	Foster Pavilion (3,510) Waco, Texas
November 17th, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
November 23rd, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Southern Miss Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals			Imperial Arena  Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 24th, 2024* TBD, FloHoops		vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation 2nd Round or Semifinals			Imperial Arena  Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 25th, 2024* TBD, ESPN2/ESPNU		vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis 5th, 7th, and 3rd Place Game or Championship Game			Imperial Arena  Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29th, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		New Orleans			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
December 1st, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Tech			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
December 4th, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Southern			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
December 8th, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNLV			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
December 18th, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Utah Tech			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
December 21st, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas			Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
January 1st, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oklahoma State			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 4th, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colorado			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 8th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona			McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
January 11th, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona State			Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, Arizona
January 14th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Utah			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 17th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 20th, 2025* 2:00 p.m., FOX		vs. UCLA Coretta Scott King Classic			Prudential Center  Newark, New Jersey
January 26th, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN2		at TCU			Schollmaier Arena  Fort Worth, Texas
January 29th, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UCF			Addition Financial Arena  Orlando, Florida
February 2nd, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cincinnati			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 5th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Houston			Fertitta Center  Houston, Texas
February 8th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		BYU			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 11th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		West Virginia			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 15th, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Tech			United Supermarkets Arena  Lubbock, Texas
February 19th, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Colorado			CU Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
February 22nd, 2025 1:30 p.m., FOX		Iowa State			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 24th, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Kansas State			Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, Kansas
March 2nd, 2025 5:30 p.m., FS1		TCU Senior Night			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 2025  TBD		vs. TBD First Round			T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	12	17
Coaches	12	17

See also

• 2024–25 Baylor Bears men's basketball team