The Baylor Lariat · Feb 5, 2020
Sporterberg on MBB: Parity on the rise
Baylor head coach Scott Drew directs this team during the first half of a Big 12 basketball game against Kansas State, Monday in Manhattan, Kan. Associated PressBy Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer
No. 1 Baylor men’s basketball hasn’t lost since early November. The Bears’ success is unprecedented, yes, but it also signifies a paradigm in college basketball — one that shifts away from the traditional blue bloods and towards the insurgents.
The national champion 12 of the previous 13 seasons was a team that had won a title before. The lone exception? Last year’s Virginia squad, but even that school had been in the national conversation for years.