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The 7th seed South Carolina Gamecocks face the 2nd seed Baylor Bears in an East Region Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on Friday, March 24 at 7:29 PM ET. The college basketball board shows lists Baylor as a -3.5 point favorite over South Carolina. The total for this match has seen some downward movement from a 165.6 opener to a consensus O/U line of 135 points.
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South Carolina is coming off an 88-81 win over Duke in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament where they covered the spread as a 6.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 169, which was well over the closing line of 145. The Gamecocks have covered the spread in their last two games after failing to do so in three in a row and in their last two games the total has gone over. South Carolina had lost two in a row before winning their first two NCAA Tournament games.
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Baylor is coming off an 82-78 win over USC in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament where they failed to cover the spread as a 5.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 160, which was over the closing line of 141.5. The Bears have failed to cover the spread in two of their last three games and in five of their last six games, including their last four, the total has gone over. Baylor has won four of their last five games.
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Offensively, South Carolina is putting up 73.1 points per game on a 41.6% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Gamecocks are allowing 65.2 points on a 40.2% FG average, which ranks 19th in the nation.
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Baylor is putting up 73.5 points per game on a 47.2% FG average. On defense the Bears are allowing 63.5 points per game on a 40.4% FG average.
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These teams last met in the 2014 season were Baylor beat South Carolina 69-65.
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South Carolina Gamecocks at Baylor Bears Betting Trends<br />
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The game total had gone under in 10 of South Carolina’s last 13 Friday games.
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South Carolina is 3-9 against the spread in their last 11 non-conference games.
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The game total has gone under in 8 of the Gamecocks last 11 non-conference games.
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The game total has gone over in 7 of Baylor’s last 10 NCAA Tournament Games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this college basketball matchup between South Carolina and Baylor have the public leaning slightly to the Bears minus the 3.5 points with 60%. The over/under bettors are evenly split on whether this game will go over the posted total line of 137.5 with 50% per side.
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