Baylor is probably in the NCAA Tournament as things stand, but the Bears
certainly can’t afford a loss to one of the Big 12?s worst teams in TCU on
Wednesday in Kansas City. Baylor opened as a 15-point WagerWeb favorite.
TCU (9-21, 0-18) enters on an 18-game losing streak and finished the season
losing its final nine games all by double digits. Of the 16 players listed on
the 2013-14 roster, only four in Kyan Anderson, Jarvis Ray, Brandon Parrish and
Christian Gore have played in every game this season. The last five games, the
Frogs have played without the services of second-leading scorer and junior Amric
Fields. In the last five minutes of a game when TCU has the lead during any
point, it has gone on to claim victory. In the 21 losses, the Frogs have never
led under the five-minute mark.
Baylor closed the season winning three straight. It beat Kansas State 76-74
in Manhattan on Saturday. Kenny Cherry had 29 points and Cory Jefferson added 16
points for the Bears (21-10, 9-9 Big 12), who erased a 12-point second-half
deficit to win for the seventh time in their last eight games. Baylor’s winning
stretch coincides with the return of Chery to the starting lineup. He had been
struggling with turf toe earlier in the season.
Wednesday is the 175th all-time series meeting between Baylor and TCU, but
the first time the teams have met in a conference tournament since the 1992
Southwest Conference Tournament. Baylor is 4-0 against TCU since the Horned
Frogs joined the Big 12, winning by an average of 24 points per game. Baylor’s
33-point win at TCU on Feb. 12 was the largest margin-of-victory in any Big 12
game this season. Baylor is looking to beat a Big 12 team three times in a
season for the second time ever (3-0 vs. Texas in 2010). Baylor is 11-16
all-time in the Big 12 Championship, including a 7-9 mark under Coach Bryce Drew
and a 6-5 record since 2009.
TCU has posted a 19-36 record in conference tournament games. The Frogs’
all-time records by conference tournament: Southwest Conference (1976-96:
10-20), WAC (1997-2001: 5-5), Conference USA (2002-05: 2-3), Mountain West
(2006-12: 2-7) and Big 12 (2013-present: 0-1).
WagerWeb trends: Horned Frogs are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games following
a SU loss of more than 20 points. Horned Frogs are 2-9 ATS in their last 11
games following a double-digit loss at home. Bears are 10-1 ATS in their last 11
games vs. a team with a winning % below .400. Bears are 6-1-1 ATS in their last
8 games overall. Bears are 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a S.U.
win.
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