{"id":32769,"date":"2014-01-27T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32769"},"modified":"2014-01-26T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T00:47:54","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-pittsburgh-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-pittsburgh-panthers-32769\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils vs. Pittsburgh Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Blue Devils vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
\nMonday, 1\/27\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Pittsburgh Panthers are 1-3 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke has won four games in a row, including a 78-56 victory over the Florida State Seminoles as nine-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Blue Devils are 4-4 away from home this season, including a 1-2 mark in true road games, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has three players averaging in double figures, with freshman forward Jabari Parker leading the way at 18.7 points a contest.\u00a0 Duke is 3-5 SUATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils have held the opposition to five or fewer three-point field goals in 18 of 20 games this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball odds page.\u00a0 Duke has out-rebounded its opponent by a double-digit margin in back-to-back games, with Parker finishing with a double-double in both of those affairs.\u00a0 Point guard Rodney Hood is someone to keep an eye on in this matchup, as he leads the ACC in three-point field goal percentage.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has won and covered the number in its last two games, including a 83-79 victory over the Maryland Terrapins as three-point road favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for the fifth time in six contests.\u00a0 The Panthers have won their 18 games by an average of 16.2 points, with 16 of those coming by nine or more.\u00a0 Senior forward Lamar Patterson is gaining national recognition for his play this year, as he\u2019s scoring 19.6 points during conference play.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 1-3 SUATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have won all 17 of their meetings with previous ACC schools under head coach Jamie Dixon, while they\u2019ve compiled a dominating 192-22 SU record at the Petersen Events Center.\u00a0 Pittsburgh has won its last 14 home games, as it prepares to host Monday\u2019s opponent for the first time since Jan. 12, 1974.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Panthers due to their 16-6-1 ATS mark in their last 23 Monday 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. Pittsburgh Panthers Monday, 1\/27\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke has won four games in a row, including a 78-56 victory over the Florida State Seminoles as nine-point home favorites last Saturday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,607,7768,7866,3736,615],"class_list":["post-32769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-jabari-parker","tag-lamar-patterson","tag-petersen-events-center","tag-pittsburgh-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32769","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=32769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32772,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32769\/revisions\/32772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}