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Baylor’s Slow-Motion Knockdown

The most-desired matchup in men’s college basketball of the past two seasons ultimately proved to be a wire-to-wire act. Baylor toppled Gonzaga 86-70 on Monday night to earn the first national championship in program history. As a result, Gonzaga’s dreams of becoming the first team since Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers in 1976 to complete an […]

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The Baylor Bears Are Bad News For Opposing Offenses

In the semifinals of the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament, Baylor’s indomitable defense was mauled by phenom Cade Cunningham and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Bears allowed 83 points in the loss — the most they had given up all season in a non-overtime game. To hear the Bears tell it, that effort — one […]

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The Favorites And Cinderellas Of The Men’s NCAA Tournament

A year after we were forced to take solace in virtual brackets, March Madness is (thankfully) back in 2021 — and so are our men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament forecast models. Click here to read about how the probabilities are generated and read on to see what data points and trends jumped out in our […]

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Can Anybody Stop Gonzaga And Baylor’s Championship Collision Course?

On an average night of college basketball, when the scoreboard shows Gonzaga scoring 98 points in a game against the sport’s premier defensive program, or Baylor leading 38-5 in the first half of a conference matchup, it’s easy to make an idle statement about the country’s only two unbeaten teams standing far above the rest. […]

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