{"id":36352,"date":"2014-11-18T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=36352"},"modified":"2014-11-18T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T16:47:38","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-michigan-state-spartans-vs-duke-blue-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-michigan-state-spartans-vs-duke-blue-devils-36352\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Michigan State Spartans vs. Duke Blue Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan State Spartans vs. Duke Blue Devils
\nTuesday, 11\/18\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 144.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 144.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Duke Blue Devils are one of the top teams in the country once again under Coach K<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan State didn\u2019t impress many college basketball experts in picking up a 64-59 victory over the Navy Midshipmen as 17.5-point road favorites in its season opener, which is important to consider when making your college basketball predictions.\u00a0 The Spartans were actually outscored in the paint in that affair, but are capable of improving in this affair at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, as Preseason All-American Branden Dawson will become the only player to start all four Champions Classics.\u00a0 Michigan State is 4-10 SU and 8-6 ATS as an underdog since the start of the 2012-13 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Spartans have dropped seven of their eight meetings against the Blue Devils during the Tom Izzo era, but only one has been decided by 10 or more points.\u00a0 Michigan State is hoping that Travis Trice is able to put together another career performance, as he provided 25 points in the opener.<\/p>\n

Duke is expected to be a main contender to win the 2015 NCAA Tournament, especially since it has scored 109 or more points in each of its first two contests.\u00a0 The Blue Devils have won eight of their previous 10 games under Coach K when visiting the city of Indianapolis, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball lines page.\u00a0 The Hall of Fame coach has nine McDonald All-Americans on his roster, with many of them being among the top-rated freshmen class in the country.\u00a0 Duke is 14-6 SU and 11-9 ATS on a neutral floor the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils will go as far as freshman phenom Jahlil Okafor will take them, as he was recently named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week due to scoring 18.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest.\u00a0 Duke\u2019s depth will likely be the difference in this matchup, as it has the ability to play 10 different guys.\u00a0 Senior point guard Quinn Cook is the leader when on the floor\u2014a big reason why the squad has registered 52 assists and shooting 62.6 percent.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Blue Devils due to their 3-0 ATS mark as neutral court favorites of 6.5 to 9 points since 2012-13.<\/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":"

Michigan State Spartans vs. Duke Blue Devils Tuesday, 11\/18\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 144.5 Current Total:\u00a0 144.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan State didn\u2019t impress many college basketball experts in picking up a 64-59 victory over the Navy Midshipmen as 17.5-point road favorites in […]<\/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":[8663,7766,607,8662,500],"class_list":["post-36352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-branden-dawson","tag-champions-classic","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-jahlil-okafor","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36352","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=36352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36353,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36352\/revisions\/36353"}],"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=36352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}