Duke vs Louisville Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Duke vs Louisville prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Saturday.

Duke vs Louisville prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, January 29


Duke vs Louisville How To Watch

Date: Saturday, January 29
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Duke (16-3, Louisville (11-9)
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Why Duke Will Win

Louisville is having a few problems.

It lost five of its last six games, and there’s no real rhyme or reason to it other than the team just isn’t playing well.

One night it can’t get to the free throw line. Another night it’s not hitting from three. Another night it’s having turnover issues. More than anything else, though, the key is having a good presence on the inside and get ti the free throw line as much as possible.

Nine free throws. that’s how many the Cardinals took in the losses to Notre Dame and Virginia. Don’t get aggressive, don’t get to the basket, don’t get hacked, and Louisville doesn’t win.

Duke is 13th in the nation in fewest fouls committed. Be shocked if Louisville has ten made free throws.

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Why Louisville Will Win

The Cardinals have to win on the boards.

There are a whole lot of misses, the team isn’t great at shooting inside or out, and it’s not moving the ball around well enough to make things easier. However, it’s good on the defensive boards and it has to hang around inside and create enough second chance points to matter.

Duke is terrific on the boards – Paolo Banchero, Wendell Moore, and Mark Williams eat up everything – but Louisville has the ability to attack the glass with all the parts, led by Malik Williams in the middle.

Ohio State and Florida State were able to come up with two of the Duke losses by winning in the rebounding margin, so …

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What’s Going To Happen

Louisville won’t be able to do enough even if it does win the rebounding battle.

It just isn’t sharp enough from the field, Duke isn’t going to foul enough to matter – Clemson shot just one free throw in the loss a few games ago – and it should come up with a strong performance after being a tad shaky lately.

Duke had problems with Clemson and Florida State after giving up too many threes. That’s not going to be a problem in KFC Yum!

Duke vs Louisville Prediction, Lines

Duke 78, Louisville 67
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING

Must See Rating: 3

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Duke vs Louisville College Basketball Game Preview: ACC Tournament

ACC Tournament: Duke vs Louisville prediction and college basketball game preview.

ACC Tournament: Duke vs Louisville prediction and college basketball game preview.


Duke vs Louisville Broadcast

Date: Wednesday, March 10
Game Time: 6:30 ET
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Network: ACC Network

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Why Duke Will Win

Duke rolled Boston College right away and didn’t let up in an 86-51 win in the first round. Now it needs to stay hot and go on a epic weekend run to get into the NCAA Tournament.

If the D plays like that again, it might actually happen.

The Blue Devils haven’t been big on the whole D thing this year, but it stopped BC dead cold from three, the O moved the ball around well, and the team showed another level of intensity.

Louisville doesn’t do much from three – it hasn’t hit 40% from the outside in any of the last nine games – and the D doesn’t do nearly enough to force mistakes.

Why Louisville Will Win

The Cardinals were able to get by Duke on the road a few weeks ago by coming up with its second-best day from the field in the last nine games. The first best? It was in a 70-65 win over Duke in late January.

This might not be the most consistent team, but it’s great on the boards, the defense is solid, and it doesn’t make a whole lot of mistakes offensively. It’s not going to give Duke enough turnovers to matter.

And no, Louisville’s offense isn’t Boston College’s – it’s not going to go 1-of-15 from three, but …

What’s Going To Happen

Is this when Duke turns it on?

It’s way too late, but if the defense really can play as well as it did against Boston College, and if the team is hitting from the field like it did in the opener, it has a shot.

It might have lost the first two games against Louisville, but it’ll keep the defense going with the three-point defense cranking it up just enough to pull off the upset and keep it all going for another day.

Duke vs Louisville Prediction, Line

Duke 79, Louisville 76
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Line: Duke -2, o/u: 141
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1

Must See Rating: 3

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