Baylor vs Texas Tech Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/4/23

The Baylor Bears and the Texas Tech Red Raiders meet in college basketball action from the Ferrell Center on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Baylor is listed as a 9.5-point favorite with a ML price of -550. The total for this game is set at 143.5 points.

Injuries

For Texas Tech, Daniel Batcho is probable for this game with a knee issue while Fardaws Almaq is doubtful with a foot injury and Pop Isaacs is questionable with an ankle injury. For Baylor, Langston Love is questionable for this game with a thigh injury.

Matchup History

Baylor’s 81-74 win over Texas Tech back on January 17^th, 2023, snapped Texas Tech’s two-game win streak in this matchup.

Trends

Texas Tech is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a win and 2-10-1 ATS in their last 13 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a win. Baylor is 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games and 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a loss while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.

Pick

I’m backing the over in this game. Baylor struggles to defend the paint and Texas Tech has a lot of size that they use to get inside, and Baylor has a tendency to take and make a lot of threes. I just think that we had a ton of points in the first meeting and I look for more of the same here. Give me the over here.