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Baylor will be a -9 favorite versus Marquette in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament.
Ryan Hawkins scored 18 points and Ryan Kalkbrenner had 14 points and nine rebounds as Creighton beat Marquette 74-63 in the Big East Conference tournament quarterfinals.
Marquette as an underdog is 11-5 (68.8%) Against The Spread this season.
Since 2016, the Eagles are 8-15 Against The Spread (34.8%) on neutral courts.
Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua's suffered a left knee injury last month and is out for the season. This leads the Bears with little depth up front and it is a worrisome development heading into March Madness.
But Baylor annihilated Norfolk State in Round 1 of the tournament Thursday 84-49.
Matthew Mayer led the way for the Bears with 22 points in Thursday's first-round game at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The top seed in the East region scored the first five points and never trailed in the wire-to-wire win.
As a favorite, Baylor is 118-22 Straight Up for a win percentage of 84.3% since 2016. As an away favorite they have only lost five games in the last six seasons.
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- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
