NCAA Tournament March Madness

#48 Baylor

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Projection: next four out

Baylor’s résumé reads like a team with clear high-end wins and equally clear trouble against quality opponents, with neutral-site victories over Creighton and San Diego State and resume-building road triumphs at Oklahoma State, UCF and West Virginia standing in stark contrast to damaging setbacks at Memphis and at Kansas and heavy home defeats to Houston and Texas Tech. The offense has flashed in lopsided home wins such as the one over Utah but uneven defensive showings against league powers like Iowa State and Arizona have prevented the Bears from turning good moments into a string of signature road or neutral wins that a committee values. With limited obvious chances left, the only path back toward the field is to replicate those neutral-site and true road victories instead of accumulating more costly conference losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3UTRGV124W96-81
11/9Washington54W78-69
11/14Tarleton St216W94-81
11/24(N)Creighton75W81-74
11/25(N)St John's21L96-81
11/26(N)San Diego St47W91-81
12/2CS Sacramento265W110-88
12/6@Memphis130L78-71
12/10Norfolk St321W97-67
12/19Alcorn St347W113-56
12/21Southern Univ275W111-67
1/3@TCU44L69-63
1/7Iowa St7L70-60
1/10Houston6L77-55
1/13@Oklahoma St69W94-79
1/16@Kansas19L80-62
1/20Texas Tech17L92-73
1/24TCU44L97-90
1/28@Cincinnati42L67-57
1/31@West Virginia57W63-53
2/4Colorado64W86-67
2/7@Iowa St7L72-69
2/10BYU25L99-94
2/14(N)Louisville16L82-71
2/17@Kansas St101L90-74
2/21Arizona St63W73-68
2/24Arizona3L87-80
2/28@UCF53W87-86
3/4@Houston6L77-64
3/7Utah127W101-75
3/10(N)Arizona St6358%