Washington State at Baylor

The Washington State Cougars and the Baylor Bears will face off in a high-octane matchup of contrasting styles. Adding to the fire, each enters here just one game shy of perfect. The Cougars have been living mostly in the 80s, which is key to tonight's matchup. They hosted Kansas State who suffocated them defensively holding them to just 58 points in their only loss on the season. They can expect more of the same as the Bears have a suffocating defense of their own, that has seen their nine opponents average just 53.4 points per game. That seems to be the recipe against this Cougars team - play sticky defense, get them frustrated and force them into contested shots. I like the defense to win out in the end, and with a bona fide All-American in Lacedarius Dunn on Baylor, they have the guy you want taking the last shot. The Cougars have played five of their last seven vs. the Big-12 to the UNDER, and the Bears have gone 9-4 to the UNDER out of conference. I'm backing both the UNDER and Baylor on the moneyline.