Baylor Bears NCAA Basketball Betting
The Baylor Bears were one of the better teams in the Big 12 but not good enough to win the regular season championship ultimately. Still, the Bears made gamblers happy with a solid profit margin as a consistent value. Baylor will be making its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and the nine in the past ten March Madness tournaments. Baylor has one of the top offenses in college basketball with a lineup full of 3-point sharpshooters. However, their defense was a liability as far as its championship prospects.
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2024 Baylor Bears Betting Odds
Colgate Raiders +13.5
Baylor Bears -13.5
Total: 138.5
Money Line: Colgate +664, Baylor -1000
Baylor Bears Next Matchup
On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Colgate Raiders of the Patriot League will face the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference at FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN. Tipoff Time is 12:40 p.m. ET, with television coverage on truTV.
Colgate Raiders Team Overview
Overall, the Colgate Raiders are 22-9 straight up, 16-13-1 against the spread, and 10-19 over/under the total. Colgate has national metrics of 254th for scoring offense, 73rd for field goal percentage, 35th for 3-point field goal percentage, 301st for free throw percentage, and 102nd for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Colgate is 11th for scoring defense, 33rd for field goal percentage permitted, 19th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 107th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Colgate has covered two of its previous eight games. Colgate has gone over the total in two of its last nine outings. First among Colgate scorers is Braedon Smith, with 12.5 points per game.
Baylor Bears Team Overview
Overall, the Baylor Bears are 22-9 straight up, 17-10-3 against the spread, and 16-14 over/under the total. Baylor has national metrics of 26th for scoring offense, 20th for field goal percentage, 7th for 3-point field goal percentage, 109th for free throw percentage, and 203rd for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Baylor is 165th for scoring defense, 293rd for field goal percentage permitted, 183rd for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 4th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Baylor has covered three of its previous eight games. Baylor has gone over the total in three of its last four outings. First among Baylor scorers is G Ja’Kobe Walter, with 14.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. G RayJ Dennis averages 13.5 points and 6.7 assists per game. And then Jalen Bridges brings 11.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
The Baylor Bears program remains at the top of college hoops programs, starting with head coach Scott Drew. He has mastered the art of culture-building and recruits players who fit a certain identity of toughness. There’s no reason to believe that the winning will slow down, and for a fourth straight year, a national title is a real possibility.
For Baylor Bears men’s basketball, these are the best of times. In fact, it hasn’t been this good since 1946-50, when the Bears made the Final Four twice. Their best finish then was a loss in the 1948 national championship game. From 1950 through 2008, Baylor had only one invite to the Big Dance (1988) and was bounced in the first round. But in 2003, Baylor made the most important move in program history. Baylor hired Scott Drew as its head coach. And the program renaissance began. Baylor is now one of the best programs in the country. Bears basketball is also valuable to the sport and the university itself.
Baylor is one of the best rebuilds in college basketball, with head coach Scott Drew leading the Bears to their first-ever Big 12 title and national championship in 2021. However, multiple draft picks later, Baylor no longer possesses the championship caliber they once did. Initially ranked highly at the start of last season, the Bears fell drastically after losses to Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament and in the second round of March Madness to Creighton. The Bears are ranked at No. 20 in the AP poll for this upcoming season, considerably lower than they have been in the past two campaigns.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2023 |
Lost Second Round vs. (6) Creighton, 76–85 |
| 2022 |
Lost Second Round vs. (8) North Carolina, 86–93 (OT) |
| 2021 |
Won National Championship vs. (1) Gonzaga, 86–70 |
| 2019 |
Lost Second Round vs. (1) Gonzaga, 83–71 |
| 2017 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (7) South Carolina, 50–70 |
| 2016 |
Lost First Round vs. (12) Yale, 75–79 |
2023-2024 NCAA Basketball Top Teams
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