Georgia Tech vs. Duke – College Basketball Odds & Predictions: The No. 10 (AP) ranked Duke Blue Devils (17-4, 5-2 ACC) will host the 21-ranked Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech (16-5, 4-3) Thursday in a crucial Atlantic Coast Conference college basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.(7 Eastern, ESPN2).
College basketball oddsmakers at SPORTSBETTING.com give a big edge to Duke installing them as 12-point favorites with a 145 total. Duke will be happy to return to Cameron Indoor Stadium where they have won 14 straight games after going on the road and losing by 12 (77-89) at Georgetown on Saturday, Jan. 30.
Georgia Tech defeated Duke in Atlanta 71-67 in the schools first meeting of the season on Jan. 9. In that game Georgia Tech took advantage of some poor Duke shooting as the Blue Devils went 6-of-28 from three-point distance.
Georgia Tech’s 21st-ranked (AP) basketball team passes the halfway point of its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule this week with an important pair of games within a 48-hour period, visiting Duke for a nationally-televised (ESPN2) game Thursday night at 7 p.m. and returning back home to meet NC State Saturday at 4 p.m.
Georgia Tech is tied for fourth place in the ACC standings. The Yellow Jackets have their best record through 21 games since the 2003-04 season and have beaten three top-25 teams in the last month, including the win over No. 5 Duke on Jan. 9, a 73-71 triumph at No. 12 North Carolina Jan. 16 and a 66-64 win over No. 17 Clemson on Jan. 19.
The Blue Devils remain the ACC’s highest scoring team at 81.9 points per game, and in conference games only, they rank second at 73.4 per game.
The Yellow Jackets have been one of the better defensive teams in the ACC and the nation so far, ranking second in the ACC and fourth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (36.6 pct.) in all games, and second in the ACC in league games only (39.5 pct.). Tech ranks fourth in the conference and 18th nationally in lowest three-point percentage yield (.293) in all games, third in the ACC in league games only (28.0 pct.).
College Basketball Predictions: Georgia Tech will probably lose the game SU but cover as a +12 underdog.
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