Baylor Bears vs Villanova Wildcats: Don Best NCAA Men's Basketball Sweet 16 Odds & Insights for 3/27/2021

The No. 5 Villanova Wildcats (16-6) are 7.5-point underdogs for their Sweet 16 matchup against the No. 1 Baylor Bears (22-2) on Saturday at 5:15 PM ET as the NCAA Tournament continues live from Hinkle Fieldhouse and airing on CBS.

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ATS Records for Baylor and Villanova

Baylor Leaders

• The Bears scoring leader is Jared Butler, who puts up 16.9 points per game.
• The squad is led in rebounding by Mark Vital's 6.7 rebounds per game and assisting by Davion Mitchell's 5.4 assists per game .
• Butler makes a team-high 2.5 three-pointers per game for the Bears.
• The Bears steals leader is Butler, who averages 2.1 per game. Vital leads the team averaging 0.9 blocks a game.

Villanova Leaders

• Jeremiah Robinson-Earl leads the team in both scoring (16.0 points per game) and rebounding (8.3 rebounds per game).
• The Wildcats assist leader is Collin Gillespie with 4.6 assists per game.
• Gillespie leads the Wildcats in shooting from beyond the arc, averaging 2.1 made threes per game.
• Gillespie is the steals leader for Villanova with 1.0 steal per game and Robinson-Earl leads the squad in blocks with 0.6 per game.

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Points Insights

• The Bears score 83.8 points per game, 17.1 more points than the 66.7 the Wildcats give up.
• When Baylor totals more than 66.7 points, it is 24-1 overall and 22-0 against the spread.
• Villanova has a 0-1 record against the spread and a 0-1 record overall when giving up more than 83.8 points.
• The Wildcats score an average of 75.8 points per game, 10 more points than the 65.8 the Bears give up to opponents.
• Villanova is 15-0 against the spread and 18-3 overall when it scores more than 65.8 points.
• Baylor is 3-1 against the spread and 3-1 overall when it allows its opponents to put up more than 75.8 points.
• The Bears have out-scored their opponents by a total of 468 points this season (18 points per game on average), and the Wildcats have put up 218 more points than their opponents on the year (9.1 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Bears and the Wildcats are similar rebounding teams, with the squads averaging and 35.1 and 32.6 rebounds per game, respectively.
• When Baylor earns the rebounding advantage they are 15-3 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Villanova is 6-6.
• The Bears average 11.9 offensive boards per game, more than the Wildcats by 3.3 rebounds per contest.
• The Bears are 14-2 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Wildcats are 7-2 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. Baylor records an average rebounding margin of +four rebounds per game. Villanova averages a margin of +0.8 rebounds.