Despite being ranked 9th in the country, Duke (20-5) is coming off two straight losses and suddenly look vulnerable. But maybe a non-conference game against St. John’s (12-13) is just what they need. The Blue Devils have won their last five games against St. John’s overall. The Duke at St. John’s wagering odds at most online sportsbooks has Duke the favorite at -12 with a 135 over. All the intense action goes down this Thursday, February 19th at 7:00 PM EST.
 

The Blue Devils are 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 vs. the Big East. The Blue Devils are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games. The Blue Devils are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The Red Storm are 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 non-conference games. The Red Storm are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 Thursday games. The Red Storm are 0-8 ATS in their last 8 vs. the ACC.

The Under is 7-1 in the Blue Devils last 8 vs. the Big East. The Under is 4-1 in the Blue Devils last 5 road games. The Under is 21-8 in the Blue Devils last 29 overall. The Under is 13-5 in the Blue Devils last 18 non-conference games. The Under is 6-1 in the Red Storm’s last 7 home games. The Under is 5-1-1 in the Red Storm’s last 7 overall. The Under is 5-2 in the Red Storm’s last 7 vs. the ACC. The Under is 8-0 in the last 8 meetings between the two teams.

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Duke has lost four of their last six games overall including an 80-74 loss to Boston College on Sunday. Duke is just not playing any defense and it has finally caught up with them. “We’re not playing very well on the defensive end of the court,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And this is from a team that has been playing for the whole year really well defensively.” Duke has played very well against St. John’s recently though, holding the Red Storm to an average of 53.6 points per game and winning by an average of 18.4 points per game.

St. John’s is averaging only 55.7 points in their last four games overall and head coach Norm Roberts could be on the way out. “We learn every game and just take it from there,” said St. John’s swingman Paris Horne, “We’re going to get it together. It is just a matter of learning. As long as we stick together and never get down on ourselves and pick each other up game-by-game, we will be a lot better.” Last season Duke blew away the Red Storm 86-56.

The Duke Blue Devils don’t lose often in the regular season, but watch out when they do. Duke (19-3) is 5-1 straight-up coming off a regular season loss over the last two years and 4-1 ATS.

After their first loss this year against Michigan, Duke beat UNC Ashville by 43 points. After their loss at Wake Forest 10 days ago, they stormed back by beating Virginia by 25 points, 79-54. The Blue Devils will be coming off another defeat when they host the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Catch the odds for this game at Sportsbook.com and remember about our $20.00 Free Play for New Mobile bettors. The first $20.00 wager you make through your mobile phone on any NBA or NCAAB Half-Time Line is Free.

Duke’s latest defeat came at the hands of the Clemson Tigers. And while it wasn’t shocking that they lost a game they were favored by just four points, no one could have predicted the 74-47 shellacking. Clemson turned up their full-court press in a big way and they never looked back after taking a 33-21 halftime lead. Duke had 16 turnovers in the game, shot less than 31% from the field and didn’t even look like they deserved to be on the same court. This was the worst loss for the Dukies since the 1990 championship game to UNLV. Coach Kryzyzewski’s squad learned from that title loss and won the championship the next two years. And while ‘Coach K’ looks like a middle aged choir boy with that haircut, he’s as intense as any coach in the country and he will have his team fired up to play the ‘Canes, especially at home.

Miami (15-7) is at the other end of the spectrum from Duke, coming off their best game of the year, a 79-52 over 7th ranked Wake Forest. The Hurricanes showed how potent they can be when they shoot well, as they were 49% from the floor and 11-24 (45.8%) from three-point land. Guard Jack McClinton led the way with 32 points and he is going to need another monster game for them to win or even cover Saturday. The Hurricanes used a zone defense to control Wake Forest but that’s not likely to work against Duke as they can knock down three-pointers if left open. What Duke is going to do defensively is try to limit McClinton and force somebody else to beat them. Forward Dwayne Collins is the only other player to average double digits in scoring (11.7) and Duke leads the ACC in scoring defense at 60.4 PPG, a good three points better than their closest competitor. Miami is just 4-5 straight-up in the ACC this year and just 3-5-1 ATS and they must bring their ‘A’ game on Saturday because you know they’ll get it from angry Duke.