The 12-seed Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (30-4) face the 5-seed Duke Blue Devils (26-8) in a first-round East Region game in the NCAA Tournament. Tip-off from Amway Center in Orlando is scheduled for approximately 7:10 p.m. ET (truTV). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Oral Roberts vs. Duke odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
The Golden Eagles rolled to the Summit League Tournament title with victories over North Dakota, St. Thomas (Minn.) and North Dakota State, winning 2 of the games by 16 or more points. It limited teams to just 61.5 PPG in the final 2 games, cashing the Under in each outing.
Oral Roberts went 1-3 straight-up (SU) against 4 teams in the NCAA Tournament field, while going 2-2 against the spread (ATS).
ORU broke brackets everywhere in 2021, upsetting Ohio State and Florida as a 15-seed, going to the Sweet 16 behind the heroics of Max Abmas and Kevin Obanor. The latter transferred out to Texas Tech, but Abmas is still in Tulsa doing his thing, and he rolled up 22.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 3.7 APG and 1.2 SPG, while hitting 37.3% from behind the 3-point line and 91.4% from the free-throw line.