Baylor at WVU 3/7/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

By: Adam |

Last Updated: 03/06/2020 at 4:57 PM ET

The No. 4 ranked Baylor Bears visit WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia on Saturday to play the West Virginia Mountaineers in the final game of the regular season for both. Baylor improved to 26-3 overall and 15-2 in the Big 12 following its 71-68 overtime victory against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Monday. Baylor is in second place one game behind Kansas in the Big 12 standings and has an outside chance of tying the Jayhawks for the regular season title.

Jared Butler is the leading scorer for Baylor with an average of 15.8 points per game, while Freddie Gillespie is the leading rebounder with an average of 9.1 per game and Davion Mitchell is the leader in assists with an average of 3.9 per game. Baylor has just two players averaging double-figures in scoring..

West Virginia improved to 20-10 overall and 8-9 in the Big 12 following is 77-71 victory on Tuesday over the Iowa State Cyclones. Derek Culver and Miles McBride were the leading scorers with 17 points each for the Mountaineers. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Mountaineers but West Virginia has lost six of its last eight.

Oscar Tshiebwe  is leading West Virginia in scoring and rebounding with averages of 11.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, while Derek Culver is the second leading scorer and second leading rebounder with averages of 10.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game Jermaine Haley is the leader in assists for West Virginia with an average of 1.9 per game.

Even though West Virginia won its last outing, the Mountaineers have fallen on hard times as West Virginia has lost six of its last eight straight up and has failed to cover seven of those same eight. West Virginia and Baylor have two of the best defenses in the nation and the play here is the UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in each of West Virginia’s last six at home and in 9 of the Mountaineers last 10 overall. Final Score Prediction, Baylor Bears win but our best play is UNDER 61-57.

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