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The Incarnate Word Cardinals (5-4) and Duke Blue Devils (7-2) tussle in a Tuesday game in Durham. Tip time from Cameron Indoor Stadium will be at 7 p.m. ET (ACC Network). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Incarnate Word vs. Duke odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
Incarnate Word makes the trip east from San Antonio having played eight straight games against foes outside the BartTorvik top 200, so the Cardinals figure to be in for a rude awakening. UIW last played Saturday, covering as a 7.5-point favorites in a 65-53 home victory against East Texas A&M. After 3 straight iffy defensive games that saw the Cardinals yield an aggregate field-goal mark of 54.4%, during a 1-2 showing, Incarnate Word held East Texas A&M to a 36.6% mark in Saturday’s triumph.
Duke, which is No. 6 in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, earned a 76-65 win at Louisville Sunday. The Blue Devils covered as 8.5-point favorites and the Under (145.5) came in. Freshman G Cooper Flagg logged a 20-point, 12-rebound double-double in what marked the Blue Devils’ third straight conquest. Duke has won 19 of its last 21 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Incarnate Word at Duke odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated Monday at 9:53 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): Incarnate Word +33.5 (-104) | Duke -33.5 (-118)
- Over/Under (O/U): 143.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Incarnate Word at Duke picks and predictions
Prediction
Duke 92, Incarnate Word 58
Moneyline
Not available.
Against the spread
Duke is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games at Cameron Indoor.
The Blue Devils have not played a team from UIW’s neighborhood in the rankings since their first 2 games of the season. Duke opened its 2024-25 campaign with a 96-62 triumph as a 32-point home favorite vs. Maine Nov. 4 and followed that with a 100-58 win as a 33.5-point fave over visiting Army Nov. 8.
It’s the Blue Devil defense that tilts this one toward the home side. Duke excels in forcing bad looks. Incarnate Word needs to rebound and hit 3’s. However, the Cardinals are not a very good rebounding squad (33.7 per game to rank 291st in the country per NCAA.com), but they rank fourth in the country with a 42.6% percentage behind the arc.
BACK BLUE DEVILS -33.5 (-118).
Over/Under
The Over is 4-1 in the last 5 Cardinals games.
Expect a moderate pace in this matchup. But as Duke did against Maine and Army (both Overs), the Blue Devils figure to get its share of points. Their rim-amd-3 rate and turnover quick points should see to that.
The last 9 times Duke has been favored by 25-plus, the Over has gone 6-3. OVER 143.5 (-110) is the value side of this one.
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