logging.basicConfig() configures the root logger. The default log level of basicConfig() is logging.WARNING or 30 (try print(logging.getLogger().level) or print(logging.root.level)).
logging.getLogger(), logging.getLogger(None) and logging.root returns the same root logger.
In [26]: logging.getLogger().level
Out[26]: 30
In [27]: logging.getLogger(__name__).level
Out[27]: 0
In [28]: logging.root is logging.getLogger(), logging.root is logging.getLogger(None)
Out[28]: (True, True)