{"id":36367,"date":"2014-11-21T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=36367"},"modified":"2014-11-21T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:17:02","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-duke-blue-devils-vs-temple-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-duke-blue-devils-vs-temple-owls-36367\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Duke Blue Devils vs. Temple Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Blue Devils vs. Temple Owls
\nFriday, 11\/21\/14, 9:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -18
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -18
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 148.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 148.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Temple Owls are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games versus ACC opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke has opened up the season with a perfect 3-0 SUATS record, which includes a solid 81-71 victory over the Michigan State Spartans as eight-point neutral-site favorites in the Champions Classic Tuesday night\u2014something to consider when making your college basketball predictions.\u00a0 The Blue Devils have one of the best young players in the country in true freshman center Jahlil Okafor, who is averaging a team-high 17 .7 points and adding 6.7 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Duke is 15-6 SU and 12-9 ATS on a neutral floor the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils have hit over 50 percent of their shot attempts in all three contests thus far during the 2014-15 campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball lines, as they rank fourth nationally in shooting 60.2 percent from the floor.\u00a0 Duke has captured 11 of its last 12 games in this non-conference series, but it may struggle to get up for this game due to its youthful look and coming off a high-profile affair.<\/p>\n

Temple has shown improvement on the defensive end in winning its first two games, but it needs to put the ball in the basket at a higher rate in hopes of challenging tonight\u2019s opponent, as it ranks 317th in the country in effective field goal percentage.\u00a0 The Owls have a capable backcourt to challenge the Blue Devils, with the main player to watch being point guard Will Cummings, who is the team\u2019s leading returning scorer, and he contributed 20 points in a 82-75 victory over Louisiana Tech last time out.\u00a0 Temple is 9-3 SU and 5-6 ATS in November since the start of the 2012-13 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Owls have limited their first two opponents to a combined 36.8 shooting percentage, but they may be able to improve upon that number if Texas Longhorns transfer Jaylen Bond is able to move past an ankle injury that has sidelined him since the start of the year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Owls due to their recent 10-4 ATS run versus Atlantic Coast Conference foes.<\/p>\n

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Duke Blue Devils vs. Temple Owls Friday, 11\/21\/14, 9:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -18 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -18 Opening Total:\u00a0 148.5 Current Total:\u00a0 148.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke has opened up the season with a perfect 3-0 SUATS record, which includes a solid 81-71 victory over the Michigan State Spartans as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[607,8662,8665,1261,8664],"class_list":["post-36367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-jahlil-okafor","tag-jaylen-bond","tag-temple-owls","tag-will-cummings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36367","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=36367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36368,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36367\/revisions\/36368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}