Baylor at Texas Tech 03/13/25 - NCAAB Picks & Predictions

The Baylor Bears remain in Kansas City Thursday night for a quarterfinal matchup in the Big 12 tournament against Texas Tech. Baylor has nineteen wins and 13 losses on the year having won three of the last four overall after a 14 point victory against Kansas State on Wednesday. The Bears offense averages 76.7 points on 44.8% shoot for the floor. Defensively Baylor is allowing 69.4 points per game overall but have given up an average of 58.3 points per game during their last three victories. For other college basketball news see our College Basketball Picks.

Defensively Baylor did the job against Kansas State giving up 56 points on 36.8% shooting from the floor. The Bears won the rebounding battle and forced 7 turnovers in the game. Offensively Baylor dominated scoring 70 points on 45.9% shooting and knocked down 7 triples in the game. Freshman VJ Edgecombe led the show for the Baylor offense with 19 points on 15 shots.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders come into Thursday as the number 9 ranked team in the nation currently sitting in 2nd place at the Big 12 conference with 24 wins and seven losses riding a three-game winning streak after a blowout 28 point victory on the road against Arizona State. Offensively Texas Tech averages 81.1 points on 47.4% different floor. Defensively the Red Raiders are allowing 66.8 points per game this season through 31 games played.

JT Toppin leads Texas Tech this season averaging 18.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. Chance McMillan is second on the team averaging 14.7 points and Darrion Williams averages a third best 14.3 points per game. Christian Anderson is 4th on the team averaging 10.7 points per game this season. Elijah Hawkins averages 9 points to go along with the team leading 6.2 rebounds per game.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders come into Thursday as the number 9 ranked team in the nation and will continue to roll. Take the Red Raiders to do the work against a good Baylor team. Texas Tech will do the work Thursday leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Texas Tech Red Raiders win and cover 76-64.