Monday, Feb. 8
NCAA Basketball
Louisville at Duke (-3.5, 147) (7 pm ET, ESPN)
Louisville (19-4 SU, 10-9 ATS) just beat North Carolina at home last Monday, but now they’ll have to play Duke on the road. The Cardinals are a young and inexperienced team, so this road test will likely be more difficult tonight. Louisville did stay focused in an easy 79-47 blowout win over Boston College on Saturday.
Duke ended their 1-4 SU slide with back-to-back wins versus Georgia Tech and NC State, but the Blue Devils will be taking a step up in class tonight. Duke's offense has been strong this season, averaging 84.8 points per game on 47.8% FG (versus opponents that allow just 70.9 ppg on 42.8% FG). However, the Blue Devils have been weaker on defense, allowing 71.6 ppg on 43.6% FG (versus opponents that average 74.9 ppg on 44.8% FG). Louisville holds a substantial edge defensively as the Cardinals allow just 59.8 ppg on 37.6% FG this season (versus opponents that average 74.4 ppg on 44.8% FG).
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