Gonzaga Bulldogs (31-0) vs Baylor Bears (27-2)
Monday, April 05, 2021 at 9:20 pm
With Gonzaga averaging 92.9 points per game and Baylor dropping 85.3 a game on average, on the surface, it looks like an easy Over. Not so fast. Baylor has strangled teams with their defense all season long, especially in the Tourney, and has the best defensive backcourt in the country. The pace will be swift to be sure, however, there will be stretches in this game where Baylor will slow it down and with a close game being likely, as the second half wares on, the pace will be deliberate and methodical. Even if the first half is a shootout and reaches the 90-point mark, because this figures to be nip-and-tuck, the second half will prove to kill all hopes of this one going over. I expect a one-possession game and played in the mid 70's, falling at least five buckets short of the total. Take the Under.