{"id":19740,"date":"2011-11-28T18:04:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T23:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19740"},"modified":"2011-11-28T18:04:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T23:04:41","slug":"duke-vs-ohio-state-acc-big-ten-challenge-tips-off-inside-value-city-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/duke-vs-ohio-state-acc-big-ten-challenge-tips-off-inside-value-city-arena-19740\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke vs. Ohio State: ACC-Big Ten Challenge Tips Off Inside Value City Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 4 Duke Blue Devils at No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes
\nTuesday, 11\/29\/11, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 144
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 144
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Duke Blue Devils are road underdogs against the Ohio State Buckeyes Tuesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke comes in with a perfect 7-0 record and will be looking to improve upon the school\u2019s 11-1 all-time mark in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, which includes a 3-1 record when playing on the road.\u00a0 The Blue Devils will be playing their third consecutive ranked opponent, coming off wins over the Michigan Wolverines and Kansas Jayhawks.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the program is 49-15 against Big Ten Conference competition under the direction of head coach Mike Krzyzewski.\u00a0 Duke is 2-5 ATS in its last seven contests versus opponents from that particular conference.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils will be putting their 35-game November winning streak on the line and are 30-2 in their last 32 non-conference games overall.\u00a0 Duke has five players averaging over 10.0 points per game this season, making them one of eight teams nationally.\u00a0 Junior guard Seth Curry is leading the team in averaging 15.1 points per game, shooting 57.1 percent from three-point range.\u00a0 He has managed to score in double figures in six of seven games.\u00a0 Duke is shooting an ACC-best 45.9 percent from three-point range.<\/p>\n

Ohio State moved up to the No. 2 spot in the AP poll with North Carolina falling out of the top spot, sitting just behind the Kentucky Wildcats.\u00a0 The Buckeyes are 34-8 all-time as the second-ranked team, as they get ready to participate in this event for the 10th consecutive year.\u00a0 The program has produced a 4-5 record against the ACC in this particular situation.\u00a0 This will be just the sixth meeting between the two teams, with the Buckeyes looking to even things up, with the last meeting resulting in a 91-76 loss as 15-point road underdogs on Dec. 3, 2002.\u00a0 Ohio State is 4-1 ATS versus ACC opponents.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have won 28-straight games inside the Value City Arena, including an 80-47 win over Valpairaiso as 22.5-point home favorites on Nov. 25.\u00a0 Ohio State is led by the play of sophomore Jared Sullinger, who has recorded at least 10 points and 10 rebounds in each of his last four games for a career total of 22.\u00a0 Through six games, he\u2019s averaging 18.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Head coach Thad Matta has put together an advantageous schedule at the start, playing eight home games to start the season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Blue Devils due to their 10-4 ATS mark on Tuesdays, while the Buckeyes are just 5-2 ATS in home games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 4 Duke Blue Devils at No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes Tuesday, 11\/29\/11, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 144 Current Total:\u00a0 144 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke comes in with a perfect 7-0 record and will be looking to improve upon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,3442,5744,607,3883,1661,463,757,4004],"class_list":["post-19740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-cbb","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-jared-sullinger","tag-mike-krzyzewski","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-seth-curry","tag-thad-matta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19742,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19740\/revisions\/19742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}