Baylor vs. Kansas Picks, Odds and Prediction – March 2

Saturday's contest between the No. 15 Baylor Bears (20-8, 9-6 Big 12) and No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) at Foster Pavilion should be a tight matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 75-73, with Baylor securing the victory. Game time is at 1:00 PM ET on March 2. According to our computer prediction, Kansas projects to cover the 5.5-point spread in its matchup against Baylor. The over/under is currently listed at 145.5, and the two teams are projected to exceed it.

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Baylor vs. Kansas Odds

Baylor vs Kansas Betting Information
Favorite Spread Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline
Baylor -5.5 145.5 -110 -110 -225 +184

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Baylor vs. Kansas Prediction

  • Prediction: Baylor 75, Kansas 73

Baylor Betting Info

  • The Bears are 8-7-0 against the spread in conference play this season.
  • The Bears have played 15 Big 12 games this year, and six of them have hit the over.
  • The Bears have been moneyline favorites in 17 games this season and won 15 (88.2%) of those contests.
  • Baylor has been at least a -225 moneyline favorite 10 times this season and won all of those games.
  • Bears games this season have featured more combined points than this contest's total of 145.5 points 17 times.
  • Baylor's contests this year have an average point total of 152.4, 6.9 more points than this matchup's over/under.

Baylor's Top Players

Bears Leaders
Name GP PTS REB ASST STL BLK 3PM
Ja'Kobe Walter 28 14.8 4.5 1.5 1.2 0.2 2.1
Rayj Dennis 28 13.3 3.9 6.6 1.4 0 1.2
Jalen Bridges 28 11.3 5.3 1.5 1 0.6 2
Langston Love 23 11.1 2.8 1.2 0.4 0.2 1.6
Yves Missi 27 11 5.6 0.4 0.7 1.6 0

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Kansas Betting Info

  • Against the spread in Big 12 games, the Jayhawks are 7-8-0 this year.
  • The Jayhawks have played 15 Big 12 games this season, and eight of them have gone over the total.
  • The Jayhawks have been chosen as underdogs in three games this year and have walked away with the win one time (33.3%) in those games.
  • Kansas has yet to lose in three games when named as at least a +184 moneyline underdog.
  • Jayhawks games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 145.5 points in 11 of 27 outings.
  • Kansas' games this season have had an average of 144.5 points, 1.0 fewer points than this game's total.

Kansas' Top Players

Jayhawks Leaders
Name GP PTS REB ASST STL BLK 3PM
Kevin McCullar 23 19 6.4 4.4 1.5 0.4 1.6
Hunter Dickinson 28 18.3 10.9 2.2 1 1.2 0.7
KJ Adams 28 12.3 4.6 3.2 1.2 0.6 0
Johnny Furphy 27 9.2 4.7 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.4
Dajuan Harris 28 8.4 1.9 6.4 1.5 0.4 0.9

Baylor vs. Kansas Scoring Insights

  • The Bears post 13.7 more points than the Jayhawks give up (67.9).
  • When Baylor scores more than 67.9, it is 14-8 versus the spread and 18-5 overall.
  • When Kansas concedes fewer than 81.6 points, it is 13-12 versus the spread and 20-6 overall.
  • The Jayhawks post 5.8 more points per game (76.6) than the Bears give up (70.8).
  • When scoring over 70.8 points, Kansas is 11-7 against the spread and 17-2 overall.
  • Baylor is 12-6 versus the spread and 16-3 overall when it has given up fewer than 76.6 points.
  • The Bears have outscored opponents by 304 points this season (10.8 per game), and the Jayhawks have scored 246 more than their opponents (8.7 per game).

Baylor vs. Kansas Rankings

Baylor Rank Baylor AVG Kansas AVG Kansas Rank
23rd 81.6 Points Scored 76.6 92nd
142nd 70.8 Points Allowed 67.9 71st
194th 35.2 Rebounds 36.4 121st
84th 9.9 Off. Rebounds 7.2 305th
46th 8.9 3pt Made 5.9 314th
57th 15.3 Assists 19.5 1st
195th 11.4 Turnovers 11.4 195th

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