{"id":27219,"date":"2013-01-11T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T23:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27219"},"modified":"2013-01-11T18:30:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T23:30:52","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-nc-state-wolfpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-nc-state-wolfpack-27219\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils vs. NC State Wolfpack"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 1 Duke Blue Devils at No. 20 NC State Wolfpack
\nSaturday, 1\/12\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 150
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 149
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The NC State Wolfpack are 5-27 SU all-time against the top-ranked team in the country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke will try to open a season with 16 straight wins for the fourth time under Coach K, as it comes off an impressive 68-40 win over the Clemson Tigers as 15.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Blue Devils suffered a major blow in that game, with starting forward Ryan Kelly being out indefinitely with a foot injury.\u00a0 \u201cHe was playing the best basketball of his career,\u201d stated Krzyzewski.\u00a0 It\u2019s a major deal for a program that has received 86.8 percent of its scoring from the starting rotation during the 2012-13 NCAA basketball season.\u00a0 Duke is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 road games, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils will be playing their first true road game in this affair, as they\u2019ve won seven of 10 games at PNC Arena.\u00a0 Duke\u2019s last six losses in this series have come on the road or on a neutral floor.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is shooting 50.6 percent from 3-point range over the last five games, but Kelly was a major part of that success.<\/p>\n

NC State is looking to go 3-0 in ACC play for the first time since 1988-89, as it has won nine straight games overall, including an 83-70 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackers as nine-point home favorites last time out.\u00a0 The Wolfpack will be led by guard Lorenzo Brown on the offensive end, who is leading the conference in averaging 6.7 assists per game.\u00a0 He has plenty of weapons around him, considering the team leads the country in shooting 53 percent from the field.\u00a0 NC State is 0-8 ATS at home in its last eight home games versus a team with a winning road record.<\/p>\n

The Wolfpack are one of six teams nationally with six players averaging in double figures, while 51 percent of their scoring production has come from the post area.\u00a0 Forward C.J. Leslie is the player to watch in the paint, averaging a team-high 15.6 points per game, while Brown handles things from the perimeter in averaging 13.1.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Blue Devils due to their 8-1 ATS record on the road versus a team with a winning home record, while the Wolfpack are 5-27 SU when taking on the top-ranked team in the country.<\/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. 1 Duke Blue Devils at No. 20 NC State Wolfpack Saturday, 1\/12\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 150 Current Total:\u00a0 149 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke will try to open a season with 16 straight wins for the fourth time under Coach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,7305,607,7150,4550,7304,5840],"class_list":["post-27219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-c-j-leslie","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-lorenzo-brown","tag-nc-state-wolfpack","tag-pnc-arena","tag-ryan-kelly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27219","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=27219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27220,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27219\/revisions\/27220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}