{"id":26400,"date":"2012-11-27T19:46:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T00:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26400"},"modified":"2012-11-27T19:46:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T00:46:13","slug":"ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-duke-blue-devils-college-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ohio-state-buckeyes-vs-duke-blue-devils-college-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions-26400\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Duke Blue Devils: College Basketball Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes at No. 2 Duke Blue Devils
\nWednesday, 11\/28\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 144
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 142
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The Ohio State Buckeyes are dangerous road underdogs on Wednesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio State is participating in the Big Ten\/ACC Challenge for the 11th consecutive year, as it looks to improve upon its even 5-5 mark in the event.\u00a0 The Buckeyes have won their first four games of the 2012-13 college basketball season, while they\u2019ve gone OVER the total in their only two opportunities.\u00a0 Head coach Thad Matta hopes he has an edge in this game, as the program\u2019s video coordinator is Greg Paulus, who played at Duke from 2006-09.\u00a0 Ohio State is 8-4 ATS in November over the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes have won four consecutive games in this event, which includes a 85-63 win over the Blue Devils last year.\u00a0 Ohio State is 7-15 all-time when going against the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, as it will lean heavily on the experience of Aaron Craft and Deshaun Thomas, who could both join the 1,000-point club this season.\u00a0 The team jumped out to an 11-0 lead in last year\u2019s meeting, with Craft and Thomas combining to score 35 points.<\/p>\n

Duke will try to push its record to 7-0 for the third straight season, as it comes off an impressive 76-71 win over the Louisville Cardinals as one-point neutral-site underdogs, while going OVER the total in four of its last five contests.\u00a0 The Blue Devils definitely have revenge on their minds entering this affair.\u00a0 \u201cSometimes you just get your butt kicked,\u201d stated Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski.\u00a0 The program is 11-2 all-time in this event, including a 4-0 mark when playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium.\u00a0 Duke is 3-10 ATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils have five games averaging in double figures, with senior forward Mason Plumlee leading the way in scoring 19.7 points and grabbing 10.0 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Duke has won 55 of its last 56 games in the month of November dating back to the start of the 2004-05 season, with its lone loss against Ohio State last year.\u00a0 The starting lineup has accounted for 91.1 percent of the team\u2019s scoring this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 4-0 ATS mark versus ACC opponents, while the Blue Devils are 3-13 ATS in their last 16 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 Ohio State Buckeyes at No. 2 Duke Blue Devils Wednesday, 11\/28\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 144 Current Total:\u00a0 142 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Ohio State is participating in the Big Ten\/ACC Challenge for the 11th consecutive year, as it looks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7134,387,3442,4014,3884,607,1661,463],"class_list":["post-26400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-aaron-craft","tag-acc","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-cameron-indoor-stadium","tag-deshaun-thomas","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-mike-krzyzewski","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26400","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=26400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26402,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26400\/revisions\/26402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}