Team: Baylor Bears
Conference: Big-12
Record: 22-11, 10-8
KenPom Ranking: 24
Good wins: SF Austin, Vanderbilt, Iowa State (sweep), Texas Tech (on the road), Texas (sweep)
Impact Players: Taurean Prince (15.5 ppg, 42.8% shooting), Rico Gathers (11.4 ppg, 9.1 rpg), Al Freeman (volume scorer, 11.5 ppg), Johnathan Motley (the X-factor, 11.0 ppg, 62% shooting)
How did they get in: The Bears finished fifth in the best conference in all of college basketball and they also won some valuable road games.