The No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils (28-5, 16-4 ACC) and the No. 7 seed Virginia Tech Hokies (22-12, 11-9 ACC) meet in the ACC Tournament Saturday at Barclays Center, beginning at 8:30 PM. Duke is favored by 6 points. Both teams are looking to take another step toward a conference title and an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Duke is 18-15-1 against the spread this season compared to Virginia Tech’s 19-15-0 ATS record. A total of 19 out of the Blue Devils’ 34 games this season have hit the over, and 16 of the Hokies’ 34 games have gone over. The two teams combine to score 151 points per game, 12.5 more points than this matchup’s total. Duke is 3-7-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall over its last 10 contests, while Virginia Tech has gone 6-4-0 against the spread and 8-2 overall.
Before watching this ACC matchup, here is what you need to know about Saturday’s college basketball action.
Virginia Tech at Duke odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Duke -6
- Total: 138.5
- Moneyline: Duke -256, Virginia Tech +208
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Virginia Tech at Duke odds, spread, & more
Moneyline
- The Blue Devils are 28-5 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 84.8% of those games).
- Duke has a record of 23-3 in games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -256 or shorter (88.5%).
- The Blue Devils have an implied moneyline win probability of 71.9% in this matchup.
- The Hokies have won five of the eight games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Virginia Tech has played as an underdog of +208 or more once this season and lost that game.
- The Hokies have a 32.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The Blue Devils record 80.6 points per game, 18.5 more points than the 62.1 the Hokies allow.
- Duke is 17-12-1 against the spread and 25-5 overall when scoring more than 62.1 points.
- Virginia Tech has a 16-14 record against the spread and a 19-12 record overall when allowing fewer than 80.6 points.
- The Hokies put up just 3.7 more points per game (70.4) than the Blue Devils allow (66.7).
- Virginia Tech has put together a 12-4 ATS record and a 14-2 overall record in games it scores more than 66.7 points.
- Duke’s record is 14-6-1 against the spread and 20-1 overall when it gives up fewer than 70.4 points.
- The Blue Devils have scored a total of 458 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 13.9 per game), and the Hokies have out-scored opponents by 281 points on the season (8.3 more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Blue Devils’ average implied point total this season is the same as their implied total in Saturday’s game (80.1 points).
- So far this season, Duke has put up more than 72 points 27 times.
- The Hokies’ average implied point total on the season (70.4 points) is 4.4 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (66 points).
- This year, Virginia Tech has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (66) 20 times.
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