{"id":180844,"date":"2020-04-12T16:11:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/?p=180844"},"modified":"2021-10-13T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T20:47:56","slug":"baylor-basketball-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/baylor-basketball-final-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor Basketball Aims at First Final Four Since the Truman Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The whole international pandemic thing that&#8217;s going down forced the 2020 March Madness to be cancelled. Or so you thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NCAA is skipping this year&#8217;s tournament at all levels, but \/r\/CollegeBasketball has sponsored its own alternative Men&#8217;s Division I tournament: Reddit March Madness. Streamed exclusively on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdWlkSkTdyqer6PJvy4JO3w\" data-lasso-id=\"2022\">YouTube<\/a> and executed with a college basketball video game from almost 15 years ago, this year&#8217;s March Madness is sure to be unpredictable and full of really dumb turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing But Nylon is providing the exclusive* coverage of the event from the bedroom of our headquarters. Don&#8217;t miss any of the real* quotes and bone-breaking analysis that you&#8217;ll only find here because of how exclusive* this content is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* = this means you can&#8217;t sue me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"baylor-reddit-march-madness-results\">Baylor Reddit March Madness Results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First Round &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/scott-drew-baylor-boston-university\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2023\">Defeated No. 16 seed Boston University, 85-68<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Round &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/hoosiers-reddit-march-madness\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2024\">Defeated No. 9 seed Indiana, 82-74<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweet 16 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/greg-gard-wisconsin-baylor\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2025\">Defeated No. 4 seed Wisconsin, 88-79<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"r\/CollegeBasketball Virtual Tournament | Sweet Sixteen | (4) Wisconsin vs (1) Baylor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kp9tWKPJiS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"bears-mens-basketball-aims-at-first-final-four-in-70-years\">Bears Men&#8217;s Basketball Aims at First Final Four in 70 Years<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It was 1950 when Baylor basketball was last one of the final four teams standing in men&#8217;s college basketball, but with a win Monday in the Elite Eight, 70 years will be the magic number for history to repeat itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one with Baylor basketball remembers the Truman administration, let alone the last time the program was in the Final Four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;There were presidents before Obama?&#8221; sophomore guard Matthew Mayer asked, innocently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When I informed him that there have been presidents since the country began in 1776, he couldn&#8217;t believe what I was telling him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Whoa&#8230;&#8221; he sat back, astonished to find out the world existed before his birth. &#8220;So like, there have been a lot of presidents then?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, 45 in total and 43 before Barack Obama, I told him. I chose to end the interview there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"r\/CollegeBasketball Virtual Tournament | Second Round | (9) Indiana vs (1) Baylor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P0b9QAS8kHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While head coach Scott Drew is old enough to remember a few presidents before Obama, he was still born 20 years after Baylor made its last national semifinals run. He said he doesn&#8217;t care about the history, though. He&#8217;s in it for one thing: destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Whether past Baylor basketball teams have been able to take over the world or not does not impact my ability to spread murder and famine across the globe,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Destruction has always been my end game. I will achieve it, whether Harry Truman is president or not.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Baylor will take on No. 3 seed Seton Hall in the East Regional Final in Charlotte on Monday at 5:30 p.m. EST. Be sure to follow along with Nothing But Nylon\u2019s comprehensively exclusive* <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/topic\/college\/reddit-march-madness\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2026\">coverage<\/a> of the 2020 Reddit March Madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"943\" height=\"610\" data-public-id=\"basketball\/reddit-ad.png\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/fivestarmedia\/images\/w_943,h_610\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1634158709\/basketball\/reddit-ad\/reddit-ad.png?_i=AA\" alt=\"reddit march madness shirts\" class=\"wp-post-180844 wp-image-180517\" data-format=\"png\" data-transformations=\"f_auto,q_auto\" data-version=\"1634158709\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"943 610\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/fivestarmedia\/images\/w_848,h_548\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1634158709\/basketball\/reddit-ad\/reddit-ad.png?_i=AA 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw 943px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the proceeds from the sale of each #RedditMarchMadness <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/shop\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2027\">t-shirt<\/a> will go toward helping those in the basketball community affected by COVID-19. 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