{"id":329166,"date":"2025-02-17T13:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=329166"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:17:18","slug":"arizona-vs-baylor-sgp-predictions-ncaa-basketball-february-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/arizona-vs-baylor-sgp-predictions-ncaa-basketball-february-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona vs. Baylor college basketball SGP predictions: Jaden Bradley should lead Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monday&#8217;s best college basketball game is saved for last, as the Baylor Bears host the No. 13 Arizona Wildcats for a 10 p.m. ET tip-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Jaden Bradley showed up in a big way when the Wildcats last faced the Bears, and I&#8217;m riding with the guard to perform well again tonight. My +325 SGP also includes an alt spread and a prop bet on Baylor&#8217;s V.J. Edgecombe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Arizona vs. Baylor <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzIyJnA9MjM3NzA%3D\">predictions<\/a> for the men&#8217;s college basketball matchup on Feb. 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arizona vs. Baylor predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/ncaab\">college basketball betting markets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Arizona +5.5 | Bradley 4+ assists | Edgecombe 15+ points (+325)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:109682\">Embed: #109682<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzIyJnA9MjM3NzA%3D\">Arizona +5.5 (-215)<\/a>:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t mind taking a flier on the Wildcats to win straight up as underdogs, but for some added cushion, I&#8217;m rolling with this alt spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating back to Dec. 7, Arizona has covered a +5.5 spread in 17 of 18 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, that includes the Wildcats&#8217; 81-70 win over the Bears in Arizona on Jan. 14. Arizona took the lead less than three minutes into that game and never relinquished it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baylor (16-9, 8-6 Big 12) is three games behind Arizona in the conference standings. The Bears have failed to cover this number in six of their past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzIyJnA9MjM3NzA%3D\">Bradley 4+ assists (-159)<\/a>:<\/strong> Bradley averages 3.8 assists, so this might seem like an undesirable price to back him at this milestone. But tonight&#8217;s matchup is a good one for the junior guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baylor allows an assist on 60.7% of opponent field goals. That&#8217;s the 20th-highest rate in NCAA Division I, per KenPom.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When these teams matched up last month, Bradley had six assists in 38 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s also cashed this bet in six of his past eight games, as well as 14 of 25 overall (56.0%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzIyJnA9MjM3NzA%3D\"><strong>Edgecombe 15+ points <\/strong>(-130)<\/a>:<\/strong> Edgecombe finished with 14 points when he last faced Arizona, but his overall body of work in recent games makes this point total perfectly attainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 11 games since Jan. 7, the freshman guard has averaged 17.8 points while shooting 44.2% from 3-point range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 15+ points in 7\/11 games in that span while finishing with exactly 14 points three other times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Edgecombe&#8217;s 14-point effort vs. Arizona was only the third time this season (in 23 games) that he didn&#8217;t attempt a free throw. That&#8217;s an anomaly that will hopefully sort itself out on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Touted as the No. 5 recruit in the 2024 class, per 247 Sports, it shouldn&#8217;t surprise anyone that Edgecombe is getting into a groove in the back end of his first collegiate season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 12:55 p.m. ET 02\/16\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday&#8217;s best college basketball game is saved for last, as the Baylor Bears host the No. 13 Arizona Wildcats for a 10 p.m. ET tip-off. The pregame narrative: Jaden Bradley showed up in a big way when the Wildcats last faced the Bears, and I&#8217;m riding with the guard to perform well again tonight. 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