Think of it as a pre-madness scrimmage for the Blue Devils on Thursday night when No. 5 Duke is home at Cameron Indoor Stadium to meet the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
The Duke Blue Devils step outside the ACC for their annual late season tune-up before the madness begins. Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s troops have put together six straight victories and taken down eight of their last nine opponents.
Tonight the Blue Devils play host to the Golden Hurricane from Tulsa at Cameron Indoor in a non-conference matchup.
Duke is 23-4 SU on the year posting a record of 16-9-1 ATS overall while laying waste to all who invade Cameron with a perfect 15-0 straight up mark, racking up 10 wins and only four losses for their backers against the number.
Tulsa had high hopes when the season began but the road has been much tougher than expected. Currently the Hurricane sits in fifth place in the conference which has certainly been a huge disappointment for Tulsa. The lack of depth has caused problems with Tulsa's starters having to log too many minutes and that will be a problem in Durham on Thursday night against a talented Blue Devils squad.
This Tulsa team has failed to cover its last 10 times to post and we expect another failure tonight as Duke fine tunes its offensive and defensive schemes for an upcoming postseason run. We seldom like to lay big numbers, although in some rare instances it’s warranted and this just happens to be one of those special occasions where we are willing to lay the double-digit chalk with the host as the Blue Devils roll past the not so golden Hurricane.
Projected Final Score: Blue Devils-89 Golden Hurricane-57
Free Pick: Duke -18 (-110)
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