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Oklahoma St. Cowboys vs. Baylor Bears Odds & NCAAB Free Pick

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Oklahoma State is 8-13 ATS with an O/U record of 13-8 and Baylor is 7-11-1 ATS with an O/U record of 11-7. [ad-4468020]

Venue/ Stadium: Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Time/Date: 9 PM EST Monday, February 17. 2014
NCAAB Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: OFF
Spread: Baylor -4
Over/Under:  142.5
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ATS Matchup Stats | Gambling Insight!

This season the Baylor is 10-4 home and Oklahoma State is 2-5 on the road.

In their last games Baylor beat Kansas State 87-73 in double OT and Oklahoma State lost to Oklahoma 77-74.

Oklahoma State and Baylor are both on the Big Dance bubble and each is 4-8 in Big 12 play. OSU is without their leading scorer Marcus Smart for their last 2 games and this is the last game he will not be on the court. However, is it too late? The Cowboys have lost 6 straight and they are losing because they are playing poor defense.

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Baylor got off to a great start this season, but then hit the skids once conference play began. However, they have won 2 straight and they are the 4-point home favorite in this game.

Marcus Smart was playing the last time these 2 teams met a few weeks ago at Oklahoma State, but Baylor still won 76-70.

With Smart out Markel Brown and Le’Bryan Nash are the next 2 leading scorers and they have been decent in the last few games while the rest of the team has struggled. In 5 of the last 6 losses for OSU their offense is averaging nearly 10 points fewer than their season average.

OSU has to play good defense facing Bears’ leading scorer and rebounder Cory Jefferson. However, their all around D is key facing a deep Baylor squad that has 4 players that are averaging in double figures.

Baylor is a legit team when it comes to hitting the glass and they should easily win this game if Jefferson and company can dominate the boards, especially on the offensive end of the court.
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Both OSU and Baylor finish the season playing 2 top 25 teams in their last 5 games.

The loser of this game will be in 2nd to last play in the conference and may have to do some serious damage in the conference tournament to get an invoice to the Big Dance.

Betting Trends

OSU is 9-25 ATS in their last 34 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, 1-9 ATS in their last 10 road games, and in their last 8 games they have an Over record of 6-2.

Baylor is 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games, and in their last 5 games they have an Over record of 4-1.

In 5 of the last 7 games between these 2 teams at Baylor the total has gone Over 5 times.

Baylor is 7-0 ATS in their last 7 home games against Oklahoma State.

Jason’s Pick: Baylor is back on track with a couple of wins in a row and with Smart still out they will win and cover on their floor.

Player Injuries 

Bears
[G] 11/08/2013 – Allerik Freeman out indefinitely ( Hand )
Cowboys
(!)[G] 02/16/2014 – Marcus Smart expected to miss Monday vs. Baylor; eligible to return 2/22 vs. Texas Tech ( Suspension )
[G] 02/03/2014 – Stevie Clark dismissed from team ( Legal problems )
[F] 12/31/2013 – Michael Cobbins out for season ( Achilles )

By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.