NCAA Basketball Betting: Baylor vs. Oklahoma Preview

Huge game for the Sooners as they look to enhance their slim postseason chances with a major upset today.

Apparently No. 14 Baylor didn’t get the memo that teams need to be playing their best basketball of the season when March – and tournament time – rolls around.

No, after losing three of their last five SU and six of their last eight against the number, Scott Drew’s Bears appear more interested in taking a long winter’s nap than making a serious run at the Big 12 crown.

That’s fine with us as we like Oklahoma to get revenge here for a 12-point home loss to Baylor back on January 24.

The numbers, much like Shakira’s hips, don’t lie: OU owns a commanding 31-4 SU and 24-10-1 ATS mark in the series and Sooners head coach Lon Kruger chips in with a nearly unblemished 8-1 ATS effort as a dog of more than 4 points versus a sub .875 opponent.

Meanwhile, the Bears take the court in the middle of a Lone Star sandwich, going 2-6 ATS after tangling with Texas and 1-6 ATS before rumbling with the Red Raiders.

We’re not about to suggest that Oklahoma will skip out of Waco with the outright win, not when Wednesday’s win over Okie State in Bedlam, Part Two elevated the Sooners’ Big 12 record to a mere 4-11 SU.

But with Baylor just 2-5 ATS as home chalk versus conference foes this college basketball betting season, we don’t expect the hosts to improve on their recent 2-3-1 ATS record versus .650 or less adversaries.

Back the hungry dog as the Bears slide deeper into pointspread hibernation.