<p>Baylor’s a shoo-in to make the upcoming NCAA tournament while Oklahoma State needs a good kick heading into this Big 12 battle Monday night in Stillwater. The Bears also still have a chance to win or share the conference regular-season crown; the Cowboys are hoping to halt a four-game losing skid.</p>
<p>Which way are we going here for our free college basketball betting pick?</p>
<h2>College Basketball Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Monday’s CBB betting lines opened Baylor as a one-point road favorite over Oklahoma State, with an over/under of right around 143. Early betting action then edged the Bears to -1.5 and dipped that total to 141.5.</p>
<p>According to Sagarin’s CBB ratings at USAToday.com Baylor should be favored by 2.5 points for this match-up.</p>
<h2>Baylor-Oklahoma State College Basketball Betting Preview </h2>
<p>The Bears just nipped a two-game losing skid by beating Texas Saturday 81-72. Baylor came out cold and trailed by 14 points early but used a 25-5 run to lead 29-27 into the half. The Bears then pulled away in the second half, later leading by 18, on their way to victory and the cover as four-point favorites.</p>
<p>The Bears shot 50 percent from the floor Saturday, hit 9/19 from 3-point land and out-rebounded the Longhorns 37-25.</p>
<p>Two games ago Baylor lost at Kansas State 75-65. Three games ago the Bears lost at Kansas 87-71. But prior to that they won four in a row.</p>
<p>At 11-5 in conference play Baylor sits in second place in the Big 12, one game behind the first-place Jayhawks. And at 22-7 overall the Bears are shoo-ins to make the NCAA tournament again.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Cowboys lug a four-game losing skid into Monday night after falling at home to K-State Saturday 73-68. Oklahoma State led 35-33 at the half, pushed its advantage to eight with 12 minutes left and still led by a point with six minutes to go. But OSU got out-scored 14-8 down the stretch to lose outright as a four-point dog.</p>
<p>Oklahoma State shot just 41 percent from the floor Saturday, hit only 5/23 from 3-point range and allowed the Wildcats to shoot 49 percent.</p>
<p>Two games ago the Cowboys lost at West Virginia 85-67; before that they lost at TCU 100-75; and just before that they lost to Kansas 87-76.</p>
<p>At 7-9 in conference play OSU needs to win its last two games to reach .500 in the Big 12. And at 16-13 overall the Cowboys, once thought to be shoo-ins for the Big Dance, are now an iffy proposition.</p>
<p>On the injury front Baylor G Keyonte George (17 ppg this season) left Saturday’s game with a tweaked ankle and is listed as questionable for Monday.</p>
<h2>Baylor-Oklahoma State Recent History </h2>
<p>The Bears are 6-2 SU over the last eight meetings with the Cowboys but only 3-5 ATS, favored by a bit too much a bit too often. Six weeks ago Baylor took the first meeting between these teams this season 74-58 in Waco.</p>
<p>The Bears scored the first 13 points of that game and never trailed, on their way to the W and the money at -8.</p>
<p>Also, that game played under a total of 138.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
<p>The Overs are 15-14 in Baylor games this season, which are averaging 148 total points.</p>
<p>The totals are split 14-14 in Cowboys games this season, which are averaging 136 points.</p>