Baylor opens the season on Nov. 13 against Stephen F. Austin and is expected to have its All-American-caliber forward available to play.
On Friday, Gary Parrish of CBS Sports caught up with Baylor head coach Scott Drew as part of Parrish’s weekly Inside College Basketball column. Drew told CBS Sports that Gathers’ offseason run-in with the law has been handled and Gathers isn’t expected to miss any games this season.
On June 9, the senior forward turned himself into police, arrested and charged with theft of under $500 after he was seen on tape shoplifting from a Walmart in Waco earlier that month.