The Baylor Bears pulled up to Lucas Oil Stadium with the seats leaned all the way back and the music bumpin’ loud as it could go. They had that “We in this piece attitude” that nothing can stop us but us. Gongaza pulled up undefeated acting like it was a matter of formality. Let’s go on and get this over with and become the first team since Indiana in 1976 to finish with a perfect season.
Well playas…when the smoke cleared the Baylor Bears had beaten the brakes, doors, transmission and back seats off of Gonzaga 86-70 to win their first ever national title.
By the time I could bite into my hot dog and take a sip of my drink Baylor was up 19 points midway through the first half and never looked back.
This is the game that everybody wanted to see because they both were the two best teams in America all season long. However, when they finally met is wasn’t even close who the best team in America was. Baylor straight up out hustled them all night. They out rebounded them by 16 rebounds. Beat them up and down the floor all night and seemed to want it just a little bit more.
Gonzaga surprisingly shot the ball well at 51 percent from the field but couldn’t hit the side of a barn from downtown at 29 percent and was terrible from the free throw line at 71 percent.
Baylor on the other hand was consistent shooting 45 percent from the field, 44 percent from behind the arc and 89 percent from the foul line. Did I mention that they just flat out, out hustled them all night.
The Bears had boyz shook from the word go and now the folks in Waco are partying like it’s 1999. I just hope they’ve got masks on. Stop me when I start lyin’!