NCAA Tournament March Madness

#52 Baylor

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Projection: likely out

Baylor appears to be on the outside looking in because its best moments—a pair of neutral-site wins over Creighton and San Diego State and a road victory at Oklahoma State—are outweighed by several damaging defeats, notably heavy home losses to Iowa State and Houston and painful road setbacks at Memphis and Kansas. Those bad results do more harm than routine wins over lesser opponents can repair, and the team has been uneven away from its arena rather than collecting marquee road victories that committees prize. The remainder of the schedule hands Baylor obvious chances to improve at home against Colorado, BYU and Arizona State and at neutral sites against Louisville, but looming trips to Houston and Iowa State and a hostile road swing including Kansas State, Cincinnati and West Virginia are difficult hurdles. Until Baylor turns one or more of those opportunities into a signature win and steadies its road play, the resume reads like a club that will need a strong finish to climb back into solid tournament consideration.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3UTRGV173W96-81
11/9Washington48W78-69
11/14Tarleton St177W94-81
11/24(N)Creighton53W81-74
11/25(N)St John's23L96-81
11/26(N)San Diego St45W91-81
12/2CS Sacramento283W110-88
12/6@Memphis104L78-71
12/10Norfolk St304W97-67
12/19Alcorn St344W113-56
12/21Southern Univ258W111-67
1/3@TCU49L69-63
1/7Iowa St6L70-60
1/10Houston7L77-55
1/13@Oklahoma St68W94-79
1/16@Kansas14L80-62
1/20Texas Tech17L92-73
1/24TCU49L97-90
1/28@Cincinnati5944%
1/31@West Virginia5843%
2/4Colorado8172%
2/7@Iowa St610%
2/10BYU1533%
2/14(N)Louisville1827%
2/17@Kansas St8854%
2/21Arizona St8373%
2/24Arizona115%
2/28@UCF4435%
3/4@Houston710%
3/7Utah11282%