West Virginia vs Baylor Prediction 2/15/25 College Basketball Picks

The West Virginia Mountaineers and the Baylor Bears meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Foster Pavilion. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a West Virginia vs. Baylor prediction.

West Virginia Recap

The West Virginia Mountaineers come into this game looking to bounce back after a 73-69 loss to BYU last time out, falling to 15-9 on the year as a result. After this game, West Virginia will head home for a game against Cincinnati.

Mountaineers Looking For Some Consistency

Javon Small leads the Mountaineers in scoring and assists with 18.5 PPG and 5.5 APG along with 4.4 RPG and 1.8 SPG as the only active double-digit scorer for West Virginia so far this season. Amani Hansberry has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 6 RPG to lead the Mountaineers in rebounding, Jonathan Powell has 8.6 PPG while Toby Okani also has 8.5 PPG with 4 RPG on the year. As a team, West Virginia is averaging 69.4 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field, 33.1% from three, and 73.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the West Virginia Mountaineers will win

• West Virginia has won nine of its last 10 day games.

Baylor Recap

The Baylor Bears come into this game looking to bounce back from their 76-65 loss to Houston in their last game to drop to 15-9 as well this season. After this game, Baylor will welcome the Arizona Wildcats to town.

Bears Also Alternating Wins And Losses Across Last 6

Norchad Omier leads Baylor in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 15.5 PPG and 10.5 RPG while Robert Wright III has 12.7 PPG with a team-high 4.7 APG to lead Baylor in the assist department up to this point in the season. Jeremy Roach has chipped in 11.7 PPG with 3.5 APG while VJ Edgecombe has 15 PPG with 5.1 RPG along with 3.2 APG and 2.2 SPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Baylor up to this point in the year. Jayden Nunn has 9.6 PPG with 2.9 RPG while Jalen Celestine has 8.3 PPG with 3.3 RPG. As a team, Baylor is averaging 80 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 36.3% from behind the arc, and 74.2% from the foul line so far this season.

Why the Baylor Bears will win

• West Virginia has lost each of its last 14 Saturday road games against the Big 12 Conference.
• Baylor has won 13 of its last 14 games at Foster Pavilion.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Baylor’s last 12 day games against non-AP-ranked opponents has produced a total of 137+ points.
• Eight of West Virginia’s last nine games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 133 or fewer points.

West Virginia vs. Baylor Prediction

I’m on Baylor here. I’m concerned for Baylor long term, as they lost their main big man, Josh Ojianwuna for the year, and that forces 6’7” Norchad Omier to play center, so Baylor may have issues matching size as we progress through conference play. That being said, I don’t think it’ll be an issue here, as West Virginia runs a small lineup that’s guard-heavy to begin with and I think Baylor can match up with WVU in this one. West Virginia’s offense has been relatively ineffective for the better part of conference play, and I think that the Bears take advantage and bag themselves a win and cover at home in this one. Give me the Baylor Bears laying the points here.