Oh please - stop with the fairytale scenarios
Lol. They wouldn’t win a single game
= joke
It seems that Baylor kind of quietly went through the tournament without much hype. They put on one of the all-time great performances. Their margins of victory were impressive (averaging 15.2):
Hartford - 26
Wisconsin 13
Villanova - 11
Arkansas - 9
Houston - 19
Gonzaga - 16
And yet they seem to be a team that will be largely forgotten about by next year given the lack of big personalities like Timme or dominant superstars like Suggs. They had four different players lead the team in scoring in tournament games.
This is a good piece on their total dominance of what going into the game, was considered the best team in the country:
https://www.theringer.com/2021/4/6/22369353/baylor-bears-mens-ncaa-champions-scott-drew-march-madnessThe Bears had an incredible shooting performance, hitting at least seven 3s that were listed as contested shots by ESPN Stats and Info. (Gonzaga, meanwhile, hit only five 3s, total.) On the rare occasion that they missed shots, they also rebounded well, getting 16 offensive rebounds while Gonzaga had only 17 defensive boards. The Bears forced more turnovers than Gonzaga, hit more shots than Gonzaga, and blocked more shots than Gonzaga. They played harder than Gonzaga, shot better than Gonzaga, and looked more athletic than Gonzaga. If one team has more heart, more skills, and more talent, what’s left?
