Baylor is separating itself
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Just takes one bad game come tournament time.
I haven't watched a second of Baylor this yr. Anyone have a breakdown of them?
Yes I agree. I’m just saying looking at the season as a whole up to this point Baylor is definitely the best team. But as we know first hand the best team don’t always win the tournament.
Baylor is on my very short list of teams that I am ok with winning it all.
Don't they play at Kansas soon? The Big 12 will make sure they come back down to earth a bit.
Ive been saying this since December. Baylor is the best defensive team in the Nation. If there is a better one it's not in the Power 5 conferences. It's all about scoring the ball for them.
Baylor is a very good team. They have been consistent.
They're an interesting team. At the start of the season I didn't know a damn thing about them (and still don't know their names). Yet they clearly have been the best team in the country so far this year ...and against a helluva schedule.
I don't know if they can keep it up all the way through March, but I sure as hell am impressed at what they've done through February.
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Maxey will separate them from the basketball.
You have to have NBA guys to win it all. I know Butler is Top 50, anyone else? Gillispie maybe?
Feel like a “get knocked off in Sweet 16 game on Thursday after midnight” team.
Feel like a “get knocked off in Sweet 16 game on Thursday after midnight” team.
Never ok with Baylor winning anything ever. Eff that entire school
I'm sure they will be our #1 seed if they stay on this path.
College basketball is down and if there was a year you didn’t need a couple of NBA caliber guys to win it, this is the year.
That's what I noticed most when I watched them.
They start a small four guard lineup, and all four guards appear to be defensive demons that just smother the perimeter. Nobody gets easy open outside looks against Baylor.
And then they'll get beat by Kansas and people will post how Kansas has "separated" themselves.. Michigan, OSU. etc.
I think everybody nationally is waiting to coronate them because they are coached by Scott Drew....they are very impressive and if you substituted their jersey for a blue blood they would be "THE" story of college basketball this year.
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They did. We were still playing two bigs. Dotson had a hip pointer and Garrett had a bad ankle.
They probably have the best guards in the country. Gillespie is a beast inside
One thing Drew has done this year was abandon that lousy zone and switch to man to man defense.
We’re two weeks from March. Baylor isn’t an aberration like those teams.
They just keep winning against a fairly tough schedule.
They are the best team in the land but I really don't think the difference between them and KU , UK , Duke , Maryland and the few other best teams is much at all . Also Baylor has a coach who does his worst when it matters most . But yes they clearly deserve to be ranked #1
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Prior to the season I had a co-worker tell me that Baylor was going to be really good. Never gave it much thought but it looks as if he's right.
That's a lot of excuses. Hold on one moment and Ill get you some cheese.
We catch a few Baylor games. This season's team is solid.
4 of the 5 starters are transfers, while Butler (4 star) transferred from 'Bama on a waiver before starting class and thus retained immediate eligibility. Mitchell transferred from Auburn 2 years ago and sat out last season. Gillespie fills the middle very well. Guard play is excellent on D. Mayer and Bandoo both hit over 40% on treys. Scott Drew knows matchups.
4 of the 5 starters are transfers, while Butler (4 star) transferred from 'Bama on a waiver before starting class and thus retained immediate eligibility. Mitchell transferred from Auburn 2 years ago and sat out last season. Gillespie fills the middle very well. Guard play is excellent on D. Mayer and Bandoo both hit over 40% on treys. Scott Drew knows matchups.
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Scott Drew is a pretty good coach. He's had some good teams while at Baylor. The win over KU put them on the national scene.
Bring on Dayton they lost to the only 2 good teams they played in Kansas and Colorado. Their best wins are what St. Mary’s? VCU? Have they beaten a ranked team all year?