I want to start this article with a question. If you had to choose between the following two options, what would you choose? A) Baylor plays in a visibly frustrating game in which they let a very bad Rice hang around but Baylor’s underlying performance is good, or B) Baylor comfortably wins against a bad Rice team but the score is misleading and the underlying performance is bad.
There is not necessarily a correct answer here; to each their own. However, if what you care about is Baylor being as good as possible in conference play, than you should choose option A.