{"id":26092,"date":"2012-11-13T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26092"},"modified":"2012-11-13T10:54:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T15:54:13","slug":"college-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-kentucky-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-kentucky-wildcats-26092\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils vs. Kentucky Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 9 Duke Blue Devils vs. No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats
\nTuesday, 11\/13\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 139.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 140.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Duke Blue Devils are 4-1 ATS as neutral court favorites of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke opened the 2012-13 season with a 74-55 win over Georgia State as 19.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the posted total of 133.\u00a0 The Blue Devils were led by Mason Plumlee\u2019s 19 points offensively, while Seth Curry and Tyler Thornton also reached double-figures in scoring with 15 and 13 points respectively.\u00a0 The program faces a big test on Tuesday night in facing the defending national champions.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about it,\u201d stated Curry this week.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a good test for us.\u201d\u00a0 Duke is 4-1 ATS as a neutral court favorite of 3.5 to 6 points, which is significant when making your college basketball sports picks.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils have compiled a 6-3 record since the 2009-10 campaign in games featuring top 10 opponents, while going 8-1 all-time when playing inside the Georgia Dome.\u00a0 Duke is also facing an SEC opponent for just the second time in the last seven years, but has gone 25-8 versus opponents from that particular conference under Coach K\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Kentucky picked up a dramatic 72-69 victory over Maryland as 10.5-point neutral-court favorites to begin the season, as it now looks to improve upon its 11-8 all-time mark against Duke.\u00a0 The Wildcats are playing back-to-back games on a neutral floor to open up a campaign for the first time since 2002-03.\u00a0 Head coach John Calipari\u2019s 103 wins over the last three-plus seasons ranks as the best total of any other coach in that span.\u00a0 Kentucky is 3-0 ATS as an underdog over the last two-plus seasons, with all three of those games going UNDER the total.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have garnered an impressive 93-22 all-time record in the month of November, including a 19-1 mark in that situation under Calipari\u2019s watch.\u00a0 Kentucky owns a 127-62 record against schools comprising of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but 71 of those games have come against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.\u00a0 Since the 1999 SEC Tournament, Kentucky has gone 12-3 in Atlanta, including a 12-2 mark inside this venue.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely fade the Wildcats in this spot, as they\u2019ve gone 3-12-1 ATS versus ACC opponents.<\/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. 9 Duke Blue Devils vs. No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats Tuesday, 11\/13\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 139.5 Current Total:\u00a0 140.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke opened the 2012-13 season with a 74-55 win over Georgia State as 19.5-point home favorites, while going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,607,2806,756,876,5693,757,3875],"class_list":["post-26092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-georgia-dome","tag-john-calipari","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-mason-plumlee","tag-seth-curry","tag-southeastern-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26092","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=26092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26094,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26092\/revisions\/26094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}