It’s not easy to project Baylor’s NCAA Tournament resume.
Maybe the selection committee will give Baylor some leeway. The Bears lost to Texas Southern without Makai Mason or Mario Kegler. Notre Dame was the first team out of the field last season, and their resume wasn’t close to being a tournament team. But they lost their two best players for most of the season. With them, they were viewed much more favorably. If Baylor drops some games without Makai Mason and King McClure, maybe those get an asterisk too. Baylor’s NET Ranking (the NCAA’s new selection tool that replaced the RPI) is a strong 34.