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Bears looking for the positive after an abrupt end to a magical season

By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer

From start to finish this wasn’t a normal season for the Bears. Baylor’s men’s basketball team began their season 24-1, including a stretch that featured the longest winning-streak by a Big 12 team in conference history. Then, it abruptly ended due to the world-wide pandemic.

Baylor was ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press four times more this season than it had been over the course of program history. The Bears were set up for their best showing on Selection Sunday, with Joe Lunardi’s bracket projection slotting them in for a No.