Passing Grade: Baylor flourishes in first test against Power Five team, thumps Stanford

WACO—Well … now we know.

Or rather, now we know more.

Impressive as defending national champion Baylor was in its first three wins against hapless opponents, the white-elephant question hovered both inside and outside the locker room: How would the Bears look against a good team? A Power Five team?

“We needed a test,” guard James Akinjo said, and Baylor figured it had one coming at noon Saturday when tradition-rich Stanford sashayed into the Ferrell Center.