The No. 10 Duke Blue Devils (23-6, 14-4 ACC) head to Raleigh to take on the NC State Wolfpack (17-12, 9-9 ACC) Monday night. Tipoff at PNC Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Duke vs. NC State odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
This is the 1st and only regular season meeting between these schools. Last year, NC State whooped Duke 84-60 at home, a game that is on C Kyle Filipowski’s mind as the Blue Devils “don’t want to be embarrassed like that again.”
Duke coasted to a 73-48 victory over Virginia at home in their last game, cashing easily as a 10-point favorite. In 7 of their last 8 games, Duke has covered ATS and the game has gone Under the total. The only outlier was the 83-79 loss to Wake Forest, which went Over the 150.5 total with the Demon Deacons covering the 3 points they were laying.
NC State has lost 3 of their last 4 games. Although, they were able to cover the 10-point spread against No. 9 UNC this past Saturday in Chapel Hill. The Wolfpack fell 79-70, blowing an 8-point halftime lead by shooting a paltry 22% from the field in the 2nd half.