{"id":32304,"date":"2014-01-03T17:21:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T22:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32304"},"modified":"2014-01-03T17:21:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T22:21:29","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish-32304\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Blue Devils vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nSaturday, 1\/4\/14, 4:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Duke Blue Devils have enjoyed great success in conference openers under Coach K<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke has won five games in a row, including an 86-48 victory over Elon as 16.5-point neutral-site favorites last time out, while going UNDER the betting total for the sixth time in seven contests.\u00a0 The Blue Devils are 26-7 SU in conference openers under Coach K, including six consecutive wins in ACC lid lifters, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 Freshman Jabari Parker is the main player to handicap, as he\u2019s scored in double figures in all 13 games this season.\u00a0 Duke is 4-1 ATS in its last five overall games.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils have made 10 or more three-point field goals seven times this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball odds page.\u00a0 Parker is one of three players averaging double figures on the roster, with forward Rodney Hood ranking second behind Parker in scoring 17.2 points a contest.\u00a0 Duke leads the ACC in scoring and field goal percentage.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it picked up an 87-81 overtime victory over Canisius as 12.5-point home favorites last time out, while going OVER the betting total of 142.5.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish are 2-4 SU all-time against the Blue Devils, but it\u2019s important to point out that head coach Mike Brey use to serve as an assistant under Coach K in Durham, NC.\u00a0 Three probable starters are averaging in double figures this season, with senior center Garrick Sherman leading the way at 14.5 points a contest.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 0-4 ATS in its last four games versus ACC foes.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish are 12-6 SU at home against teams ranked in the top 10 under Brey, including four straight wins in that situation when playing inside Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.\u00a0 Notre Dame has one of the best floor generals in the country in Eric Atkins, as the senior point guard scored a career-high 30 points and played all 45 minutes last time out.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 6-1 in the Blue Devils\u2019 last seven 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":"

Duke Blue Devils vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday, 1\/4\/14, 4:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke has won five games in a row, including an 86-48 victory over Elon as 16.5-point neutral-site favorites last time out, while […]<\/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":[387,1389,607,6160,7999,7768,1311],"class_list":["post-32304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-coach-k","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-eric-atkins","tag-garrick-sherman","tag-jabari-parker","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32304","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=32304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32305,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32304\/revisions\/32305"}],"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=32304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}