Baylor put a historical winning streak on the line in late February versus Kansas last season and saw it fall apart versus their primary Huge 12 bane. Quick forward a season and the No. 2 Bears are experiencing deja vu after their unbeaten run concerned an end Saturday night in a 71-58 loss to the No. 17 Jayhawks at Phog Allen Fieldhouse that leaves Gonzaga as college basketball’s last unbeaten group.
The Bears (18-1, 10-1 Huge 12) left to slow starts in both halves and never ever recuperated in the 2nd half versus a Kansas group that controlled the boards and the paint. Jayhawks center David McCormack played a huge function because formula, scoring 20 points in a redemptive effort following a bad trip in the very first conference won by Baylor last month.
Kansas (18-8, 12-6 Huge 12) has actually now won 6 of its last 7 video games with just a nonconference video game versus UTEP on Thursday left on its schedule prior to postseason play starts. The Jayhawks went into the night as a forecasted No. 5 seed in the NCAA Competition, according to CBS Sports Bracketology Specialist Jerry Palm, which will not alter instantly. However the success is a plume in the cap for a program that sustained some battles this season.
The Bears will stay a forecasted No. 1 seed however will slip to the No. 3 general area with Michigan taking control of the No. 2 general area in Palm’s forecasted bracket. The Wolverines enhanced to 18-1 general and 13-1 in the Big 10 with a win over Indiana on Saturday as they have actually have won 5 directly given that returning from a 23-day break in between video games previously this month.
Baylor still seems looking for its rhythm after returning from a 21-day break with a narrow success over a bad Iowa State group on Tuesday. The Bears’ battles because video game ended up being a precise projection of the problems they dealt with Saturday. Similar to last season, when Baylor brought a 23-game winning streak into it 2nd video game with Kansas, the Jayhawks prevented a sweep and ruined Baylor’s stretch of supremacy.
