When the security guard stepped aside, allowing members of the media to invade the Baylor locker room inside Vivint Smart Home Arena, the first player seen seated in front of their locker was Jake Lindsey. Like all his teammates, he was scrolling through his phone, sneakers laced up, his practice gear on, ready to get out onto the court and prepare for No. 1 seed Gonzaga. Life and basketball are symbiotic for Lindsey, the former Olympus High star who went on to play at his father’s alma mater in Waco, Texas.
Lindsey gets to be out there on the bench, in the arena he grew up frequenting, seeing the senior year that never materialized continue in his hometown of Salt Lake City.