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No. 7 Kansas provided a startling reality check Wednesday, rolling into the Ferrell Center and steamrolling Baylor 68-54 in what was billed as the biggest home game in the history of the Bears' program.
The hype was justified, based on Baylor's record and the fact that Wednesday's winner joined No. 4 Missouri as the co-leader in the Big 12 standings. But the difference in these two programs remains pronounced, as Kansas (19-5, 9-2) drove home with regularity after absorbing an early Baylor salvo.
The energized Bears (21-3, 8-3) actually scored the game's first seven points and led 19-9 with 9:40 remaining in the first half. But the remainder of the contest was all Kansas, all the time.
Especially during a game-turning, 34-5 stretch in which the Jayhawks...
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