Baylor was poised to have the tournament run that Scott Drew has set them up so nicely for last year. In the 14-15 season Georgia State had knocked them out in the first round, but last year the Bears were in position to genuinely make some noise with a deep run. At least, it seemed that way. Instead, they bowed out to Yale after somehow managing to shoot only 46.2% inside the arc only one game after the very nearly beat top ranked Kansas.
That means that Xavier’s schedule around Thanksgiving is, with UNI also figuring prominently, loaded with teams that crashed out of the NCAA tournament last year in improbable circumstances.