Yesterday, Peter broke down Gonzaga and Baylor’s offense. Today, I’m going to talk about the historic start of the Zags and Bears, both on an program level and a national level. It feels like everyone in the college basketball world expects these two teams to meet for the National Championship on April 5th. And with good reason, because these two schools are so far ahead of the pack, both analytically and with the eye test.
Let’s start with each program, both of which are having their best start in school history. KenPom has a ratings archive where you can go back to a certain date in time and do a year-by-year comparison, dating all the way back to the 2011-12 season.