The No. 24 Iowa Hawkeyes (6-1) and the No. 15 Duke Blue Devils (8-2) meet Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Iowa vs. Duke odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Rankings courtesy of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The Hawkeyes were tripped up 79-66 by TCU on a neutral floor in Florida on Nov. 26 in a holiday tournament. It rebounded with an 81-65 victory over Georgia Tech last time out last Tuesday, covering a 15.5-point spread as the Under hit for the 3rd consecutive game.
The Blue Devils registered a 75-59 victory against Boston College in the ACC opener Saturday, failing to cover on a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the bad beat if you were laying the 17.5 points. Duke has alternated non-covers and covers in each of the past 5 outings while cashing the Over in each of the previous 2 contests.
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Iowa vs. Duke odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:33 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): Iowa +3.5 (-115) | Duke -3.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 146.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Iowa vs. Duke picks and predictions
Prediction
Duke 74, Iowa 70
Moneyline
There was no money line available at the time of publishing.
Against the spread
DUKE -3.5 (-105) is a solid play at MSG. Duke can be trusted despite that it was trampled by another Big Ten team, Purdue, in its most recent neutral-site game on Nov. 27 in Portland, Ore.
Duke redeemed itself with an 81-72 win over Ohio State, another Big Ten team, in the following game Wednesday, and it pounded B.C. 75-59 last time out in the ACC opener.
Iowa has a nice record overall, but really, it has been tested just 3 times, narrowly beating a mediocre Clemson team 74-71 as an 8.5-point favorite, while losing to TCU. It also has a nice 83-67 road win at Seton Hall, but Duke’s body of work is much more impressive.
Over/Under
UNDER 146.5 (-110) is the lean, but play it with a half-unit wager at best.
The Under is 4-0 in the past 4 neutral-site games for the Hawkeyes, while going 8-3 in the past 11 against teams with a winning percentage over .600.
The Under is also 4-0 in the past 4 neutral-site games for the Blue Devils while going 7-3 in the past 10 games overall and 6-1 in the past 7 following a straight-up victory.
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