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College Basketball Power 10: Welcome To The Top 10, Cincinnati Bearcats

By Jeremy Karll

Jan 29, 2017; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats guard Troy Caupain (10) walks on the court during the second half against the South Florida Bulls at Fifth Third Arena. Cincinnati won 94-53. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 29, 2017; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats guard Troy Caupain (10) walks on the court during the second half against the South Florida Bulls at Fifth Third Arena. Cincinnati won 94-53. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports /
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6. Baylor (20-3)

Baylor has been arguably the best second-half team in the nation this season. That ended last week, though.

Baylor blew a 34-28 halftime lead over Kansas to lose 73-68, and the Bears fell just short of completing a comeback from a 15-point halftime deficit to Kansas State when they fell 56-54 at home after Johnathan Motley‘s last-second shot was blocked.

The Bears are still really good, but they could have given themselves a lot of leverage in the Big 12 race with their first win at Allen Fieldhouse under Scott Drew.

Baylor is now one game behind Kansas because they lost to Kansas State over the weekend and are 20-3 with people wondering how good they actually are again.

Outside of Motley’s 17 points and 14 rebounds against Kansas State, no one for Baylor played well. It can be viewed as a trap game following a hard-fought loss to Kansas earlier in the week, but top teams still find ways to win those games.

It will be interesting to see how Baylor responds to their first two game losing streak of the season. They play Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas Tech this week.