Oftentimes, prominent college basketball programs like Baylor and Gonzaga utilize “buy games” at the start of the year, which is when they pay a smaller team to play them to start with easy wins.

Two pitchers combined for five innings of scoreless relief, five different batters drove in a run and the Bears took care of Gonzaga, 5-2, on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Here are the programs which have won the NCAA men’s basketball championship: 2025 — Florida 65, Houston 63 2024 — UConn 75, Purdue 60 2023 — UConn 76, San Diego St. 59 2022 — Kansas 72, North Carolina ...

Baylor's narrow 76-74 defeat to Texas Tech in the Big 12 quarterfinal round also didn't do much to help Gonzaga's resume either — the Bulldogs' win over the Bears in the season opener fell from ...

Gonzaga and Baylor both stand inside the projected March ... of any low-major program — albeit with assistance from the 2020 postseason being canceled, since it fell in the conference tournament ...