When I look at Baylor, I see a team that has explosiveness and speed that ISU and KU simply don't have. That will give them a shot, not only against KU/ISU, but other teams in the league.
That said, Rhule clearly doesn't have that team completely bought in, and that's the biggest problem. Plus, they have no depth and drop to KU talent level after their main guys. The little stunts like doing 1 on 1 drills in pregame still aren't working, but they have improved a bunch. They wouldn't be 0-5 if they had the mentality they do now, they've been competitive against Duke, OU, and us. All are much better teams than the two silly losses they had to begin the year.