Utah Utes vs Baylor Bears Prediction, 3/7/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Utah Utes vs Baylor Bears

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026

Location: Foster Pavilion in Waco, TX

TV: Peacock

The Utah Utes (10-20) are on their way to Foster Pavilion on Saturday where they will try to beat the Baylor Bears (15-15).

The Utah Utes stepped onto the hardwood against Colorado and went home with a loss by a final score of 92-78 in their last game. In relation to fouls, the Utes walked away with 18 and Colorado totaled 17 fouls. They made 9 of their 17 shots from distance. Colorado went 91.3% from the free throw line by making 21 of 23 shots. Furthermore, Colorado totaled 25 rebounds (5 offensive, 20 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Colorado recorded 17 dimes and had 6 steals for the contest. With respect to defending, Utah allowed 60.8% from the field on 31 out of 51 shooting. They also doled out 15 dimes in the game in addition to forcing 7 turnovers and earning 4 steals. With regard to pulling down boards, they compiled a total of 18 with 6 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Utes converted 18 of 23 tries for a percentage of 78.3%. Utah walked away from the game with a 51.9% FG percentage (27 of 52) and knocked down 6 out of their 16 shots from beyond the arc.

Terrence Brown is one guy who came through in the matchup. He scored 26 points on 10 of 17 shooting. He saw the court for 29 minutes played and also collected 2 boards. He walked away from this one shooting 58.8% from the floor and dished out 4 assists.

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Utah comes into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 10-20 for the campaign. They are averaging 74.6 pts per contest (219th in Division 1) while connecting on 45.3% from the field. The Utes are hitting 35.2% on 3-point shots (235 of 668) and 72.9% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Utah is pulling down 34.0 boards per game and has totaled 413 assists on the year, which is 211th in the nation in terms of passing. They turn it over 11.4 times per contest and as a group are committing 16.3 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Utes have forced 9.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 15.9 fouls. They are 211th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 416 conceded this year. The Utes defensively are allowing a FG percentage of 47.6% (873 of 1,833) and they relinquish 35.2 rebounds per contest as a squad. They give up 34.7% from 3-point land and they are ranked 306th in the nation in PPG allowed (78.6).

In their last game, the Baylor Bears walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 77-64 against Houston. The Bears corralled 23 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 33 in this game. They coughed up the ball 16 times, while getting 6 steals for the matchup. Houston was called for 13 fouls in the matchup which got the Bears to the charity stripe for a total of 12 attempts. They were able to bury 10 of those for a percentage of 83.3%. In reference to shooting from 3-point land, Baylor knocked down 8 out of 25 attempts (32.0%). At the conclusion of this game, the Bears shot 23 out of 55 from the floor which gave them a rate of 41.8%. The Bears permitted Houston to make 28 out of their 61 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.9% for the contest. They went 36.0% from three-point range by going 9 out of 25 and finished the game at 12 of 16 at the charity stripe (75.0%). In reference to rebounding, Baylor permitted Houston to collect 24 in total (8 offensive).

Tounde Yessoufou was important for the Bears for this game. He converted 7 of 13 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 53.8%, and totaled 12 rebounds. He had 20 points in his 38 mins on the court and had 2 dimes for the game.

Baylor has a win-loss mark of 15-15 on the year. The Bears commit 16.3 personal fouls every game and they connect on 72.9% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.7 times per game (77th in college) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 11.8 times per contest. Baylor has scored 2,462 pts for the year (82.1 per game) and they snag 37.2 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the ball, the Bears are hitting on 47.6% from the floor, which ranks them 49th in the country.

The Bears are ranked 264th in D-1 in points given up per game with 77.0. They are forcing 11.0 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 45.1% from the field (247th in Division 1). The Baylor defense concedes 34.9% on 3-point shots (224 of 642) and their opponents are knocking down 75.6% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 13.7 dimes and 32.5 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 205th and 67th in college.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Utah

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