Who's Playing

Baylor Bears @ Utah Utes

Current Records: Baylor 12-6, Utah 11-7

How To Watch

  • When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET
  • Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center -- Salt Lake City, Utah
  • TV: ESPN2
  • Follow: CBS Sports App
  • Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
  • Ticket Cost: $2.00

What to Know

Utah will be in front of their home fans on Saturday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. They and the Baylor Bears will face off in a Big 12 battle at 4:30 p.m. ET at Jon M. Huntsman Center. The Utes are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 77.7 points per game this season.

Utah is headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week's over/under low at 133.5, but even that wound up being too high. There's no need to mince words: Utah lost to Houston on Wednesday, and Utah lost bad. The score wound up at 70-36. The matchup marked the Utes' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Utah struggled to work together and finished the game with only seven assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Baylor earned a 70-62 win over Kansas State on Wednesday. The Bears were down 40-28 with 16:17 left in the second half but they still came back for the handy eight-point victory.

Among those leading the charge was VJ Edgecombe, who went 8 for 13 en route to 30 points plus two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jalen Celestine, who went 5 for 8 en route to 18 points plus seven rebounds.

Utah moved to 11-7 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Baylor, their win bumped their record up to 12-6.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Utah hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 77.7 points per game. However, it's not like Baylor struggles in that department as they've been averaging 80.2. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.

Utah suffered a grim 81-56 defeat to Baylor when the teams last played back in December of 2024. That game was pretty much over by halftime, at which point Utah was down 37-17.

Odds

Baylor is a slight 2.5-point favorite against Utah, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 2.5-point spread, and stayed right there.


The over/under is 144 points.

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Series History

Baylor won the only game these two teams have played in the last year.

  • Dec 31, 2024 - Baylor 81 vs. Utah 56