The Baylor baseball team is red hot heading into this year's Big 12 Tournament, a different scenario than the past two seasons under Steve Rodriguez. Last year Baylor was hot early in the year but not as the postseason arrived.

Rodriguez says his guys are confident this season and excited as they get to the Big 12 tournament. That's because they've been playing as well as any team in the conference over the last 5 weeks. The Bears have won 17 of their last 20 games and they've earned series wins down the stretch in Big 12 play.

The Bears open the tournament Wednesday morning at 9am against Oklahoma. Cody Bradford will get the start in the tournament opener for the Bears. He did not pitch when Baylor visited the Sooners in the Big 12 regular season.