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Sports Take: Five early-season takeaways from No. 12 Baylor men’s basketball’s first week

Related Topics: Sam Houston, Scott Drew

By Jackson Posey | Sports Writer

Baylor men’s basketball might just have the most fascinating opening-season stretch of any team in the country. After getting walloped by No. 6 Gonzaga in the dead of night, the No. 12-ranked Bears (2-1) silenced No. 16 Arkansas in Dallas and took care of business against Sam Houston in the season home opener, 104-67.

With 120 minutes of game time under their belts, it’s time to mildly overreact to the Bears’ first three games.

1. Gonzaga was a fluke

A team with just one returning starter played a functional road game against one of the most experience-laden programs in the country at 10:30 p.