Baylor was picked 9th in the Big 12 poll and received zero votes in the preseason top 25 poll. The expectations for the Bears are low outside of Waco.
One major reason people seem down on Baylor is because of roster turnover. Jo Lual-Acuil, Terry Maston, Nuni Omot and Manu Lecomte are gone. Those four were major contributors last season, and it’s easy to wonder: how Baylor going to replace those players?
The concern about turnover is especially pronounced on defense. Baylor runs complicated defenses. The team switches between a 1-3-1 zone and man-to-man. King McClure told me this summer that, “The zone can take a while to learn.