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BYU vs Baylor Prediction 1/28/25 College Basketball Picks Today

Baylor (13-6) vs. BYU (13-6)
January 28, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: BYU -3.5; Over/Under: 142.5
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The Baylor Bears and the BYU Cougars meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Marriott Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a BYU vs Baylor Prediction.

Baylor Recap

The Baylor Bears come into this game looking to build on a 76-61 win over Utah last time out to improve to 13-6 on the year. After this game, Baylor will take on the Kansas Jayhawks at home.



Bears Win Back-To-Back Games

Norchad Omier leads Baylor in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 15.4 PPG and 10.2 RPG while Robert Wright III has 11.9 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 11.9 PPG with 3.5 APG while VJ Edgecombe has 14.2 PPG with 5.4 RPG along with 3.2 APG and 2.4 SPG. Jayden Nunn added 10 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Baylor up to this point in the year. As a team, Baylor is averaging 79.9 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 36.5% from behind the arc, and 72.3% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Baylor Bears will win

  • Baylor has won 30 of its last 34 night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

BYU Recap

The BYU Cougars come into this game looking to add on to an 80-52 win over Cincinnati last time out to improve to 13-6 on the year as well. After this game, BYU will head on the road to take on UCF.

Cougars Win Back-To-Back Games

Richie Saunders leads BYU in scoring with 14.9 PPG along with 4.1 RPG while Egor Demin has 10.9 PPG with 4.3 RPG and a team-high 5.9 APG to lead the Cougars in assists. Trevin Knell has added 10 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for BYU so far this season while Fousseyni Traore has 9.4 PPG with 6.1 RPG and 1.9 APG. Kanon Catchings has 8.7 PPG with 2.7 RPG, Dawson Baker has 8.5 PPG while Dallin Hall has 6.1 PPG with 3.8 APG. Keba Keita has 6.4 PPG with a team-high 8.4 RPG to lead the Cougars on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, BYU is averaging 80.4 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three, and 68.6% from the foul line this season.

Why the BYU Cougars will win

  • BYU has won 16 of its last 17 games at Marriott Center.

Total Points Facts

  • Five of Baylor’s last six night games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 138 or fewer points.
  • Nine of BYU’s last 10 Tuesday night games against the Big 12 Conference have produced a total of 143+ points.

BYU vs Baylor Prediction

I’m on BYU here. Baylor for me is a bit of a paper 13-6, as they haven’t really been tested and in fairness, I don’t think this team is anything special. The Cougars haven’t had the strongest run in conference play either, but they do play better at home, and they shoot and make a ton of threes, which doesn’t bode well for a Baylor team that struggles to defend the perimeter at the best of times. I think that this is a BYU smash spot here so I’ll roll with the Cougars at home in this one.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: BYU -3.5

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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