By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer
No. 1 Baylor men’s basketball hasn’t lost since early November. The Bears’ success is unprecedented, yes, but it also signifies a paradigm in college basketball — one that shifts away from the traditional blue bloods and towards the insurgents.
The national champion 12 of the previous 13 seasons was a team that had won a title before. The lone exception? Last year’s Virginia squad, but even that school had been in the national conversation for years.
College sports are different from the professional level not just in compensation for the athletes involved, but also because there is a consistent lack of parity in the college ranks.