Oct. 21, 2009

MEDIA DAY CENTRAL | WATCH LIVE

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 2009 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Media Day will be held Thursday at the Sprint Center, site of the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship.

Live video coverage of men's basketball media day will begin Thursday at 9 a.m. Video of all 12 coaches' press conferences will be available at www.Big12Sports.com as well as team previews. Joining head coach Scott Drew at Big 12 Media Day will be senior Tweety Carter and junior Ekpe Udoh. Coach Drew will take the podium for his press conference at 8:15 a.m.

The Big 12 Report on Big12Sports.com will conduct a live, on-site show during the entire media day. The show, hosted by Wendell Barnhouse, will break into press conferences as warranted and provide feature coverage throughout the entire event.

BAYLOR BIG 12 MEDIA DAY REPRESENTATIVES

Tweety Carter, Senior Point Guard (Reserve, La.)

• First-ever McDonald's All-American at Baylor
• Highest scoring high school player in U.S. history -- 7,457 points (six varsity seasons)
• 5th on Baylor's career 3-point field goals made list (195)
• 7th in career 3-point field goal percentage (38.4 percent)
  
• 10th in career assists (286) and career steals (111) at Baylor
• Enters the 2009-10 season 42 points shy (958) of becoming the 24th member of Baylor's 1,000-point club
• Enters the 2009-10 season ranked eighth all-time at Baylor with 57 career wins, 10th all-time with 2,812 career minutes played and 10th alltime with 286 career assists
• Owns national high school 3-point single-season mark -- 287
• Given name Demond (DEE-mond), nicknamed "Tweety" because of crying sound as baby

Ekpe Udoh, Junior Forward/Center (Edmond, Okla.)

• Transferred to Baylor in June 2008 after spending two seasons at the University of Michigan
• Sat out the 2008-09 season to satisfy the NCAA's transfer policy to retain two seasons of eligibility
• Broke Chris Webber's sophomore blocks record at U-M
• Finished 4th all-time in career blocks at U-M
  
• Born in Oklahoma but is of Nigerian descent
• Full given name is Ekpedeme, which translates to `Lion'
• Pronunciation, first name: `Epp-Ay', last name: `You-Doe'
• Nickname is Paw-Paw and 'The Nightmare'
  
• Wears No. 13 because his middle name is `Friday'