The Duke Blue Devils (8-8 overall, 6-6 ACC) visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-9, 3-9) in a Wednesday night (8:30 p.m. ET) all-North Carolina clash at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. Below, we analyze the Duke-Wake Forest college basketball odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Duke at Wake Forest: Odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Duke -275 (bet $275 to win $100) | Wake Forest +225 (bet $100 to win $225)
- Against the spread/ATS: Duke -6.5 (-110) | Wake Forest +6.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 145.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Duke at Wake Forest: Three things to know
- The Demon Deacons are coming off a 92-85 overtime loss at Florida State Saturday. That game marked Wake’s third straight game away from home since Jan. 30. Wake Forest is 5-2 at home this winter.
- Duke F Jalen Johnson has opted out of the rest of the season. Johnson had averaged 11.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Johnson was also tagged with 2.5 turnovers per game.
- In the strength-on-weakness department, this matchup features a Duke field-goal percentage (46.3%) that ranks 67th in the nation against a Wake Forest team allowing a 45% mark (247th). At the other end of the floor, the Deacons rank 77th in 3-point accuracy (36.1%); the Devils rank 330th in perimeter defense (38.1%).
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Duke at Wake Forest: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Duke 73, Wake Forest 71
Money line (ML)
Duke has an edge in key hidden-points areas like offensive rebounding and turnover margin. But the Blue Devils are also wildly inconsistent.
Wake has tallied 39 points off triples in three of its last six games; two of those games were in Winston-Salem.
The price is right on an underdog play: TAKE WAKE FOREST +225.
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Against the spread (ATS)
The Blue Devils are 1-8 ATS in their last nine road games against teams with a winning home record. They are 1-6 ATS when following a straight-up win; Wake Forest is 5-0 in its last five following a straight-up loss.
The Devils beat these Demon Deacons by 11 at home Jan. 9. This game can play out in that neighborhood, but more than a few versions of this one play out with Wake being within one possession.
BACK WAKE FOREST +6.5 (-110).
Over/Under (O/U)
Nothing to leverage here: PASS.
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