The Leftovers: Baylor, Betrayal, and Beyond
by Jake Bates
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Mar 2026 on Becoming UnDone.
sportsmemoirscollege basketball
The general take
Matt Sayman sees the book as valuable for showing what it's actually like to be a role player in a major college basketball program, contrasting his four-year experience at Baylor with the very different one-and-done spotlight that stars like Zion Williams get. He frames it partly as a joke but seems genuinely interested in giving readers an insider perspective that goes beyond the typical star player narrative.
Who said what
Matt Sayman👍 Recommends
…author discussing the motivation and purpose behind his published memoir about college basketball
“I always joke around that I think part of the reason for writing the book was to give people an inside look of what is it like to be a part of a college basketball program, but not as a star, as a role player. Like, somebody that just survives for four years because Zion's one year at Duke and my four years I think are very different experiences in how we were.”
Becoming UnDone — 153 | Matt Sayman's Journey from Baylor Basketball Scandal to Redemptionat 16:40
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