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Baylor Could Be Headed Full-Circle to Final Four Days

HOUSTON – To hear Gerald Cobb tell it, his era as a do-it-all sixth man on the Baylor men's basketball teams in the 1940s and early 1950s were the best of times for the program. The Bears were a power in the region, having won outright or shared a piece of the Southwest Conference championship during four of five...

LeVias Unwittingly Blazed Trail in Southwest Conference

Black History Month has been celebrated in some form since 1924. For sports fans, it is a chance to reacquaint themselves with those who broke down barriers in all areas of competition and all segments of society. Many are now household names and American icons: Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Wilma Rudolph,...

Background on Southwest Conference

The Southwest Conference (SWC) was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1914 to 1996. It consisted of schools mostly in the state of Texas and one in Arkansas, with historical members in Oklahoma.

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