Baylor vs Gonzaga Picks and Prediction – 11/5/2024

The Baylor Bears are getting ready to face the Gonzaga Bulldogs in an opening day top 10 showdown on Monday. The game is taking place at Spokane Arena at 11:30 PM EST and is being aired on ESPN2. Get ready for the college basketball season with our college basketball picks.

Last season Baylor ended up with a record of 11-7 in the Big 12. However, the overall record for the Bears ended up sitting at a fairly impressive 24-11 mark. Still, the home court was great for Baylor with a 15-2 mark, but the road seen the Bears struggle and limp to a 4-5 record.

Ja’Kobe Walter the leading scorer for Baylor is now playing for the Toronto Raptors. In fact, the 4th high scorer is the returning high scorer for Baylor with 11 points per game from Langston Love. JOsh Ojianwuna is the leader that is coming back with it comes to the rebounding with 3.4 boards per game.

Gonzaga is coming into this game here with a record of 14-2 from last year in the West Coast Conference. However, the overall record for the Bulldogs was a 27-8 mark. Still, the Bulldogs ended up posting a record of 13-2 at home, but 8-2 on the road last year. 

Graham Ike is the leader coming back from the scoring for the Gonzaga team with a total of 16.5 points per game. Ike is also the leader when it comes to the rebounding with 7.4 boards per game. The passing leader for the Gonzaga team is Ryan Nembhard with 6.9 assists per game. 

Baylor has a lot of good players who are coming back, but have to overcome the loss of some of the top tier talent at most of the important statistic positions. That will make it difficult to see the Bears being able to pull out the win in this game here as the Bulldogs are bringing back all of the top leaders in scoring, rebounding, and assists. Final Score Prediction, Gonzaga Bulldogs win 88-76.