NCAA Tournament March Madness

#49 Baylor

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Projection: likely out

Baylor’s résumé reads like a borderline tournament case because it pairs signature moments with a worrying string of bad outcomes: neutral-site wins over Creighton and San Diego State and true road victories at Oklahoma State, UCF, and West Virginia show the offense can deliver away from Waco and home wins such as Washington and Utah reinforce that upside, but those highs are undercut by damaging defeats from a mauling at Houston to road setbacks at Kansas and Memphis and a cluster of poor conference losses to Texas Tech, BYU, Iowa State and Louisville that expose defensive inconsistency; until Baylor follows its flashy nonconference and select road wins with strong showings late in league play or at the conference tournament the profile will sit on the edge because the committee values both quality wins in hostile environments and the ability to limit truly bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3UTRGV115W96-81
11/9Washington53W78-69
11/14Tarleton St221W94-81
11/24(N)Creighton76W81-74
11/25(N)St John's17L96-81
11/26(N)San Diego St48W91-81
12/2CS Sacramento265W110-88
12/6@Memphis134L78-71
12/10Norfolk St327W97-67
12/19Alcorn St346W113-56
12/21Southern Univ279W111-67
1/3@TCU43L69-63
1/7Iowa St6L70-60
1/10Houston5L77-55
1/13@Oklahoma St66W94-79
1/16@Kansas21L80-62
1/20Texas Tech20L92-73
1/24TCU43L97-90
1/28@Cincinnati44L67-57
1/31@West Virginia59W63-53
2/4Colorado70W86-67
2/7@Iowa St6L72-69
2/10BYU23L99-94
2/14(N)Louisville19L82-71
2/17@Kansas St101L90-74
2/21Arizona St67W73-68
2/24Arizona2L87-80
2/28@UCF54W87-86
3/4@Houston5L77-64
3/7Utah126W101-75
3/10(N)Arizona St67L83-79