Baylor does not return a single player… not one. Nine players eligible to return all hit the portal. I always hate this stretch of the off season. Something’s gotta change.
Unbelievable. Spent three years in Denton and was in Dallas quite a bit. Drove by Waco a few times, but never visited. Wonder if it has anything to offer. Baylor Men's Basketball Team Has NO Players Left From Last Season
What is up with the culture at Baylor? Didn't Baylor win the National championship just a few year ago?
Change will come, just as soon as the folks who punch below the waist get punched below the waist a few times. It takes time.
That is strange, with their coach not going anywhere it’s hard to fathom how that happens. They were a bit down this year, yet still a tourney team. Still hard to fathom a few players not finding opportunity to start. Even when there actually is a coaching change you’d think some players would see that as an opportunity to shine, rather than to bail. Even if looking purely through a mercenary/$$$ perspectives, you’d think as each player leaves, that opens up more NIL to retain any remaining key players or maybe a 6th man to become a lead dog. How does *every* player leave??? I guess the flipside argument is Baylor thought they themselves could get better “value” out of the portal rather than pay. It says 35% of the entire NCAA MBB hit the portal. Nuts. Stuff like this is what is going to kill college sports, esp at schools that keep losing players. Baylor isn’t some small mid-major either.
Indiana at least went through a coaching change. Which is, I guess, slightly more understandable (although still somewhat crazy to me to not at least have at least a couple players stick around, I guess zero loyalty is the assumed norm now). Kentucky this past year I believe also had *zero* returning players.
Yet another reason why roster continuity correlates so well with success in college hoops. We only returned 2 rotation players in 2023, but 5 last year and hopefully 5 again next year. Major leg up over programs who are incorporating so many new players.
That is bizarre without a coaching change. I think other teams with that level of attrition have all involved coaching departures.
Afraid that ship has sailed. I don't see how the NCAA could ever reign this under control at this point. They are essentially powerless.
I don’t see much changing until there’s an employer-employee relationship, a players union, and cba. Until then, any attempts to restrict movement and/or money are just going to get shot down by the courts. Even eligibility is being challenged now.
Nothing like this shocks or surprises me anymore. Happened to LSU when Wade got the boot (they may have kept one), almost to us the same year. At least with basketball, you only need 10-12 players to get right again. Think about losing 50-60 in football.
A buddy of mine that went to Ga Tech says they're down to 3 scholarship players. No coaching change there either. Crazy
