Baylor Bears face Texas Longhorns: NCAA basketball odds preview and stats

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18-9February 26, 2014, 09:00 | Frank Erwin Center20-7

 


Many eyes in the college basketball world will be on Frank Erwin Center Wednesday as host Texas looks to handle the Baylor Bears in NCAA hoops action.

Texas is riding a 5-1 ATS streak agaibst Baylor and opened as small favorites at Sportsbook to win Wednesday.

The Longhorns currently sports a 20-7 record overall in NCAAB action, and have posted a corresponding betting slate of 13-11 ATS. The Bears are 18-9 and 8-12-1 ATS. Betting totals have seen the Longhorns produce a 13-11 OVER/UNDER record on the season, while the Bears have gone 12-9 against the number.



View Baylor Bears vs Texas Longhorns Odds and Stats.

Sportsbooks such as Sportsbook had set the Longhorns as 4.5-point favorites on the Sportsbook line for this contest. It may have moved, check for updates.

The Power Rankings at Odds Shark show No. 58-rated Baylor taking on the No. 80-rated Longhorns in this contest.

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Baylor won its last outing, an 88-75 result against West Virginia on February 22. They covered in that game as a 3-point underdog. The Bears grabbed an 88-75 win over the Mountaineers on Saturday, behind a 22-point effort from Royce O'Neale at WVU Colliseum.

In their last action, Texas was an 85-54 loser on the road against Kansas. They failed to cover the 10.5-point spread as underdogs. Texas was run off the court by the Jayhawks on Saturday as Kansas routed them 85-54 at Allen Fieldhouse.

How They Match Up:
When it comes to rebounds, the visiting Bears rank No. 13 in NCAA Division 1 with 39.48 per game. That compares with Texas’s No. 4 ranking in that category. The story is different when it comes to three-point shooting where Texas is college basketball's No. 199-ranked team at 5.19 per game, while the Bears rate No. 38 with 7.67 per game.

A few Bears at Longhorns trends to consider:
Baylor is 4-7-1 ATS in its last 12 games
Baylor is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baylor's last 5 games
Baylor is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Texas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Texas is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


Next up:
Baylor home to Texas Tech, Saturday, March 1st
Texas at Oklahoma, Saturday, March 1st

 

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