It’s hard to guess at what history looks and feels like until you see it. It was the green and yellow confetti descending from the rafters of an only sort-of-full, oversized football stadium, onto a group of players and staff who had spent a long time imagining.
Baylor is headed to the Final Four, after a 81–72 handling of Arkansas that was never all that much in doubt, the tone set by a high-scoring first half in which the Bears were slightly outshot yet ran out to a double-digit lead. It was close, but never uncomfortable, the work of an experienced team unwilling to miss a moment.