{"id":26562,"date":"2012-12-07T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26562"},"modified":"2012-12-07T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T23:45:09","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-temple-owls-vs-duke-blue-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-temple-owls-vs-duke-blue-devils-26562\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Temple Owls vs. Duke Blue Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temple Owls vs. No. 2 Duke Blue Devils
\nSaturday, 12\/8\/12, 3:15 PM EST, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 142
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 145
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Duke Blue Devils have been tremendous on a neutral floor the last five years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Temple is set for a battle of unbeatens at the IZOD Center Saturday afternoon, as it comes off a 76-61 victory over Villanova as four-point road favorites, while going UNDER the posted total of 139.5.\u00a0 The Owls will be looking to defeat a top 10 team for the fifth straight season, which includes a 78-73 win over Duke as 7.5-point home underdogs last year.\u00a0 Temple is 6-1 ATS in its last seven games versus ACC foes, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Owls have three probable starters that are scoring in double figures, with senior guard Scootie Randall leading the way in averaging 16.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Temple is 10-18 all-time in this series, which had been very one-sided recently until last year\u2019s victory that snapped a nine-game losing streak.\u00a0 Senior guard Khalif Wyatt is scoring 15.2 points per game, but that\u2019s below the 17.1 points he averaged a season ago.<\/p>\n

Duke is 8-0 on the year and looking to open the season with nine straight wins for the 15th time under coach Mike Krzyzewski, as the program is 40-4 on a neutral floor over the last five seasons, including 4-0 this year.\u00a0 The Blue Devils will be playing only one game in a 17-day span, which could be important to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll see how we handle this break from competition,\u201d stated Coach K this week in practice.\u00a0 Duke is 6-1 ATS versus Atlantic 10 foes in its last seven opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils are led by senior Mason Plumlee, who has scored 16 or more points in all eight games this season, as he ranked second in the ACC in averaging 19.6 points per game.\u00a0 He is attempting to become just the third player in ACC history to averaging 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Duke\u2019s starting lineup has accounted for 88.4 percent of the team\u2019s total scoring this year, with the group compiling 34 of the team\u2019s 36 double-figure scoring games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Blue Devils due to their 4-0 ATS mark on a neutral floor, while the Owls are 2-6 ATS in their last eight opportunities in the same situation.<\/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":"

Temple Owls vs. No. 2 Duke Blue Devils Saturday, 12\/8\/12, 3:15 PM EST, TV: ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 142 Current Total:\u00a0 145 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Temple is set for a battle of unbeatens at the IZOD Center Saturday afternoon, as it comes off a 76-61 […]<\/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":[607,7232,5693,7233,1261],"class_list":["post-26562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-izod-center","tag-mason-plumlee","tag-scootie-randall","tag-temple-owls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26562","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=26562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26563,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26562\/revisions\/26563"}],"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=26562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}