Kansas returns to Allen Fieldhouse as a first place team, and takes on a Baylor team that in a lot of ways is KU’s total inverse. The Bears currently have the last ranked offense in the Big 12, but the third ranked defense. Paradoxically, there are reasons to be worried about their offense, and reasons to be optimistic about scoring on their defense.
For starters, Baylor leads the Big 12 in offensive rebounding, grabbing 36 percent of their misses in league play. That’s kind of where the positives end, however. Baylor ranks 10th in the Big 12 in eFG, turnover percentage, free throw rate, and 2 point percentage, and they rank 9th in threes attempted and 3-point percentage.