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Published: February 4, 2010
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will hit the highway in ACC conference action when they face the Duke Blue Devils in a college basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time in Duke is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.
The LVSC college basketball betting odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Duke Blue Devils opened as a 12 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 144.
The early money from the college basketball betting public has come in on the home team, as the Duke Blue Devils are currently a 12-½ point betting favorite. The total has seen early movement in the betting towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 144 ½ for the bettors to play into.
College basketball money line players can make a play on the favored Duke Blue Devils at –1000 with the road underdog Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bringing back +700 to win this game without the points on their side.
This will be the second of two regular season meetings between these ACC conference foes. It was Georgia Tech defeating Duke at home on January 9th with a 71-67 victory. Duke shot the ball very poorly from the three-point line in that contest hitting on just 6 of 28 for 21.4%. The teams met only once last season with Duke getting the victory 70-56 on Georgia Tech’s home floor.
Georgia Tech sits with a 16-5 overall record on the season and they are 4-3 against ACC opponents. This will be their fourth game on the highway in ACC action. The Yellow Jackets earned a 2-point win at North Carolina but had a 2-point loss at Florida St and a 7-point loss at Virginia. Their last game in ACC play was an impressive 79-58 home win against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons back on January 28th. The club shot the ball very well in victory hitting on over 53% from the field and an incredible 60% from the three-point line. Leading scorer Gani Lawal had a good game in the teams win at home against Duke with 21 points on 8 of 9 from the field.
Duke is back home after getting routed at Georgetown on Saturday 89-77. The club was ice cold from the field hitting on just 37% from the field in defeat. The Blue Devils have been dominant in ACC conference play on their home court with a perfect 4-0 record. In their home victories the Blue Devils defeated Florida St by 14, Wake Forest by 20, Boston College by 20 and Clemson by 21. Duke is a high scoring team as they average over 89 points and hit over 50% of their shots per game on their home court.
Trend: Georgia Tech is 4-0 ATS in their past 4 games.
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One Comment on "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets versus Duke Blue Devils ESPN2 TV College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview"
Mark from duke basketball jerseys (1 comments.) on Sun, 21st Feb 2010 2:54 am
While I don’t bet on sports I like to see the spreads and what is going on with NCAA basketball. I am a Georgia Tech alumni however my son is a fan of Duke so everytime they play basketball or football it is very interesting in our house.
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