The No. 2 seed Baylor Bears (26-5, 14-4 Big 12) face off against the No. 7 seed Oklahoma Sooners (17-14, 7-11 Big 12) as 8.5-point favorites in the Big 12 Tournament Thursday at T-Mobile Center, beginning at 7:00 PM. Both teams will look to take one step closer to earning an automatic place in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Baylor has a 16-14-1 record against the spread so far this season compared to Oklahoma, who is 15-16-0 ATS. The Bears are 17-14-0 and the Sooners are 18-14-0 in terms of hitting the over. The two teams combine to score 145.6 points per game, 10.1 more points than this matchup’s total. Baylor is 4-6-0 against the spread and 8-2 overall in its last 10 contests, while Oklahoma has gone 5-5-0 against the spread and 4-6 overall.
To prepare for this Big 12 matchup, here is what you need to get ready for Thursday’s college basketball action.
Oklahoma at Baylor odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Baylor -8.5
- Total: 135.5
- Moneyline: Baylor -400, Oklahoma +310
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Oklahoma at Baylor odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Baylor 72, Oklahoma 65
Moneyline
- The Bears have won 26 of the 29 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (89.7%).
- Baylor has gone 15-2 when it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -400 or shorter (88.2%).
- The Bears have an implied moneyline win probability of 80.0% in this matchup.
- The Sooners have won five, or 33.3%, of the 15 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- This season, Oklahoma has been at least a +310 underdog on the moneyline five times, losing each of those contests.
- The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 24.4% chance of a victory for the Sooners.
Against the spread
- The Bears average 76.8 points per game, 11.9 more points than the 64.9 the Sooners allow.
- Baylor is 15-11-1 against the spread and 25-2 overall when scoring more than 64.9 points.
- When Oklahoma allows fewer than 76.8 points, it is 14-13 against the spread and 17-11 overall.
- The Sooners score an average of 68.8 points per game, 5.4 more points than the 63.4 the Bears give up to opponents.
- Oklahoma is 15-6 against the spread and 16-6 overall when it scores more than 63.4 points.
- Baylor has an ATS record of 14-8-1 and a 21-2 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 68.8 points.
- The Bears have totaled a total of 417 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 13.4 per game), and the Sooners have out-scored opponents by 122 points on the season (3.9 more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Bears’ average implied point total this season is the same as their implied total for Thursday’s game (76.0 points).
- This season, Baylor has recorded more than 72 points in 23 games.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Sooners (71.5) is 7.5 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (64).
- On the season, Oklahoma has scored more than 64 points in 23 games.
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How to watch Baylor vs. Oklahoma
- Game Day: Thursday, March 10, 2022
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
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