Baylor vs Arizona Prediction 2/17/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Arizona Wildcats and the Baylor Bears meet Monday in college basketball action from the Foster Pavilion. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Baylor vs Arizona Prediction.

Arizona Recap

The Arizona Wildcats come into this game looking to bounce back from a 62-58 loss to Houston in their last game to sit at 17-8 on the year. After this game, Arizona will head home for a game against BYU.

Wildcats Lose Back-To-Back Games

Caleb Love leads Arizona in scoring with 16.3 PPG along with 4.5 RPG and 3.2 APG while Jaden Bradley has 11.7 PPG and 3.8 APG of his own to lead Arizona in assists. KJ Lewis has 10 PPG with 4.5 RPG and 3.3 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Arizona so far this year while Tobe Awaka has 7.9 PPG and a team-high 7.9 RPG to lead the Wildcats on the glass. Anthony Dell’Orso also has 8.3 PPG and Trey Townsend has 9 PPG and 4.1 RPG so far this season. Henri Veesaar also has 8.1 PPG with 4.6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Arizona is averaging 82.9 PPG on 47.5% shooting from the field, 32.8% from three-point range, and 76.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the Arizona Wildcats will win

• Arizona has won each of its last nine Monday games.
• Baylor has lost each of its last four night games against AP-ranked opponents.

Baylor Recap

The Baylor Bears come into this game looking to build off of their 74-71 win over West Virginia last time out to improve to 16-9 on the year. After this game, Baylor will head on the road for a game against Colorado.

Bears Looking For Some Consistency

Norchad Omier leads Baylor in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 15.5 PPG and 10.5 RPG while Robert Wright III has 12.7 PPG with a team-high 4.7 APG to lead Baylor in the assist department up to this point in the season. Jeremy Roach has chipped in 11.7 PPG with 3.5 APG while VJ Edgecombe has 15 PPG with 5.1 RPG along with 3.2 APG and 2.2 SPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Baylor up to this point in the year. Jayden Nunn has 9.6 PPG with 2.9 RPG while Jalen Celestine has 8.3 PPG with 3.3 RPG. As a team, Baylor is averaging 80 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 36.3% from behind the arc, and 74.2% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Baylor Bears will win

• Baylor has won 14 of its last 15 games at Foster Pavilion.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Baylor’s last six games against AP-ranked opponents has produced a total of 151 or fewer points.
• Sixteen of Arizona’s last 18 night games against non-AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 152+ points.

Baylor vs Arizona Prediction

I’m on Arizona in this one. Baylor lost their big man for the season last week in Josh Ojianwuna, and that’s problematic because it forces Norchad Omier, who is 6’7”, into the center role. Omier’s a great rebounder and it didn’t hurt last game against a West Virginia team that usually runs small and is very guard-heavy, but I think it will hurt against good rebounding teams with size like Arizona and I think off of back-to-back losses, knowing that they’re running out of time to get big resume-building wins, Arizona shows up here. I’ll roll with Arizona on the road in this one.