Baylor basketball is floating in rarified air.
We’ve had only a brief glimpse of the capabilities of the Baylor Bears so far in the 2020-2021 season, but all indications point to a season of unrivaled success in program history. If you glance back over the last 19 seasons, these small sample size Bears would be a top 5 KenPom team in all but two of those years. In this season, the margin between Baylor and the third ranked KenPom team (currently Villanova) is as great as third to ninth (Iowa). If you look just at the last 19 seasons of Big XII play, Baylor’s current efficiency ranking would have been the best in all but 5 of those seasons.