#2 Auburn vs #9 Duke Tonight

[SBR Andy]

One of a handful of good college hoops games on tonight sees the undefeated Auburn Tigers travel to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on Duke.

The Blue Devils a -3.5 favorite with a total of 146.5.

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I know it's a tough spot but I've been very impressed with Auburn this season so will take a shot on the +140 ML.

Who do you guys have winning this one?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Will give one comment:

*Maybe the buildup was too much. Flagg has under-whelmed in the early going.

[Headsterx]

This game and (3) more Top 25 teams playing against each other for a great college Wednesday!

[hank_kingsley]

Hammer the ever-loving f\*\*k out of Auburn. Money line, spread, alt lines, whatever...they're the best team in college basketball right now, and they've got a chip on their shoulder. No way they should be a dog in this. I'd bet Burn up to -5. They have no weaknesses and Duke really isn't a great home team despite the reputation.

Parlay Burn with Bama for a Tobacco Road parlay special. GUAR AN TEEEEEED!

[Mac4Lyfe]

Hammer the ever-loving f\*\*k out of Auburn. Money line, spread, alt lines, whatever...they're the best team in college basketball right now, and they've got a chip on their shoulder. No way they should be a dog in this. I'd bet Burn up to -5. They have no weaknesses and Duke really isn't a great home team despite the reputation.

Parlay Burn with Bama for a Tobacco Road parlay special. GUAR AN TEEEEEED!

I tend to agree. I don’t think Duke is ready for the physicality Auburn will bring. Heck the ACC hasn’t been ready for the SEC. The SEC just has more athletes right now. It’s a huge disparity. Duke may have the 5 stars but those guys are kids next to grown men. Their upside is huge but this is t the NBA.

[Mac4Lyfe]

One of a handful of good college hoops games on tonight sees the undefeated Auburn Tigers travel to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on Duke.

The Blue Devils a -3.5 favorite with a total of 146.5.

Picks and Predictions

Line History

Matchup Stats

I know it's a tough spot but I've been very impressed with Auburn this season so will take a shot on the +140 ML.

Who do you guys have winning this one?

I love the ML as well. Let’s cash this bitch.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Good Luck, guys. See if my Flagg opinion holds up. His Offensive stats are not yet up to the billing.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Good Luck, guys. See if my Flagg opinion holds up. His Offensive stats are not yet up to the billing.

I hate to bring this up after just seven games. Does THE GREAT WHITE HOPE whiff again?

[Mac4Lyfe]

Auburn had a big lead and Duke made up 15 points with some home cooking calls by the refs. 5 points Duke lead now in a HOSTILE environment.

[DJK]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but the line moved against the betting percentage.

The public bet percentage on Auburn was around 65% in the late afternoon and it climbed as high as 93% by the tip off and yet at DraftKings the line moved the other way to Duke -4-105. The opening line was -2.5 and it moved to -3.5 and then to -4.0 by the tip off when the pretty much the whole public was on Auburn.

Then, ESPN said before the tip off that SEC hasn't won at Duke since 1981. That's 43 years ago.

So, I laid off from tailing this pick and saved me money. If anything I was going to bet the ML on Duke and I should have.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but the line moved against the betting percentage.

The public bet percentage on Auburn was around 65% in the late afternoon and it climbed as high as 93% by the tip off and yet at DraftKings the line moved the other way to Duke -4-105. The opening line was -2.5 and it moved to -3.5 and then to -4.0 by the tip off when the pretty much the whole public was on Auburn.

Then, ESPN said before the tip off that ACC hasn't won at Duke since 1981. That's 43 years ago.

So, I laid off from tailing this pick and saved me money. If anything I was going to bet the ML on Duke and I should have.

Good insight, DJ. Betting is so much of a head-game.

Auburn had looked awfully good. Sometimes, teams deflate after a big tournament win. Especially if they're coming off long-travel.

I mentioned my viewpoint on Flagg. Props to the Dukies on a big showing.

Sports-betting really is a mental game. So much of this stuff looks crystal-clear after the game goes final.

[SBR Andy]

Flagg finally showed up and the freshman Evans was unconscious from 3 in the first half. Solid win by Duke.

Crazy stat of the week: The SEC went 14-2 in the ACC/SEC Challenge. I think there's a new power conference in college hoops - they could get double digit teams in the NCAA tourney this year.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Flagg finally showed up and the freshman Evans was unconscious from 3 in the first half. Solid win by Duke.

Crazy stat of the week: The SEC went 14-2 in the ACC/SEC Challenge. I think there's a new power conference in college hoops - they could get double digit teams in the NCAA tourney this year.

Good one, Andy. I saw the early rankings. I think they have ten teams rated in the top 40.

Crazy. Was designed as a football conference. But SEC doing well in Baseball and Basketball, too.